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Find/Select Specific Element by Name

Find/Select Specific Element by Name

Find/Select Specific Element by Name

(OP)
I ran a SESTATIC 101 analysis, which failed and browsing through the log files, I found about 100 lines in the .f06 file which say
"*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 5276 (EQD8D)
     ELEMENT 183427 HAS TOO MUCH CURVATURE AND MAY YIELD POOR ANSWERS."
Ran a FEM model check to see if the .f06 elements were in the failed elements list, but the first 15 I checked were not.

My question: is there a way to highlight/find/select a specific element by name (i.e. Element 183427) so that I can see where it is in the model and possibly adjust the mesh in the problem area?

RE: Find/Select Specific Element by Name

In advanced simulation, go Information - Advanced simulation - Node / Element... Select Element as type, then expand "Element labels" and key in the "183427".

 Regards,
 Tomas
  

RE: Find/Select Specific Element by Name

(OP)
Thanks for your reply Toost. Your answer works, but it unfortunately deselects the elements once the dialog box is closed.

I discovered that in the FEM you can create a new group and add elements by name to the group, then use the group for selection. I had close to a thousand elements to add, so I created an AutoHotKey script to parse the log file and add the elements automatically.

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