Select nodes/faces "by angle"

Sergio

Hi, is there a possibility to select nodes or faces (of elements or geometry) by angle? In NX or Abaqus I can select a threshold angle and then just select one item and automaticly all the items that are adjacent and bellow that angle are selected.

Now I'm working with some imported meshes (orphan) and this feature would be appreciated.

Regards

Victor

Not in v4. Automatically selecting adjacent faces within an angle tolerance is something that's been on my list for a while though.

In case you mean selecting nodes whose coordinates are within some range of angles in the global coordinate system, you could do that using Edit -> Select nodes by formula.

Sergio

Thanks, I will investigate the formulas for selecting. Any advice to create a formula that include the nodes within an angle of by example 10 degrees?

Regards

Victor

To select nodes less than 10 degrees from the X-axis in the +X+Y quadrant, you could use the formula

atan(y/x) - pi/180 * 10 < 0

Don't type the "< 0".