Deleting Members, FE Surfaces and Grid Lines

Select Modify Geometry> Delete Members, FE Surface, Grid Lines. This opens the Delete editing function at the right of the screen.

In this function, entities are selected from the frame graphics window for deletion.

1.Select entities for deletion

Physical Members are be selected by default. Uncheck the ‘Select whole members’ to allow selection of just analytical member parts. Hence, if you had a physical member made up of, say 4, analytical members, you could delete member 3 of the 4. In this case the physical member would be split into two physical members that are now disconnected due to the deletion of the analytical member.

Check the ‘Select slabs/wall (FE surfaces)’, to allow the selection of FE surfaces for deletion.

Check the ‘Select grid lines’, to allow the selection of grid lines for deletion. When a grid line(s) is selected, you can use the ‘Select’ button to auto-select all members on the selected grid line(s).

To reset the current selection of members, click the ‘Clear’ button.

2.You can optionally click on the ‘Preview Changes’ check button at the bottom of window, to enter the preview mode. This shows the changes to made in preview mode.

3.To action the deletion, click on the ‘Apply’ button at the bottom of the window. This also automatically clears the current selection.

To exit/close the Delete Entity function, click on the ‘X’ button at the top right of the Delete Entity window.