This section describes how you can use the Edit Mesh toolset to edit the elements that comprise orphan meshes and ABAQUS/CAE native meshes. The following topics are covered:
“Reversing the surface normal direction of shell elements,” Section 41.6.3
“Collapsing an edge of a quadrilateral or triangular element,” Section 41.6.5
“Splitting an edge of a quadrilateral or triangular element,” Section 41.6.6
“Swapping the diagonal of a pair of adjacent triangular elements,” Section 41.6.7