A sample to show how to detach shells by element.
Go to the Detach dialog.
Pick the element (s) that you would like to detach(to express the meaning more clearly, all the visible nodes are identified by Identify ahead of schedule).
Pick element to detach
Click Detach,Accept, toggle Free Edge , you will find the edges of picked element(s) become the Free Egde .
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Show Free Edge after detaching |
Go to the Identify dialog to identify all visible nodes again, then go to the DupNode dialog, click Show Dup Nodes , you will find four newly created duplicated nodes.
Show Dup Nodes
In combination with the General Selection Interface, LsPrePost detach function can detach shell,solid,tshell,beam elements and nodes, create newly nodes and free egdes after detaching, also, it plays a significant role for creating keyword *CONSTRAINED_TIED_NODES_FAILURE or *CONSTRAINED_TIE_BREAK.