- The main list contains the list of quadrangles selected for cutting. You can
click on a quadrangle in the 3D viewer and it will be highlighted (lock Shift
keyboard button to select several quadrangles):
- Click \b Add button and the ID of this quadrangle will be added to the list.
- To remove a selected element or elements from the list click \b Remove button.
- <b>Sort list</b> button allows sorting the list of IDs.
- \b Filter button allows applying a definite filter to the selection of quadrangles.
- <b>Apply to all</b> check box allows cutting all quadrangles of the selected mesh, sub-mesh or group.
- \b Preview provides a preview of cutting in the viewer. It is disabled for <b>Cut into 4 triangles</b> as this cutting way implies no ambiguity.
- \b Criterion defines the way of cutting:
- <b>Cut into 4 triangles</b> allows cutting a quadrangle into four triangles by inserting a new node at the center of the quadrangle. The other options allow cutting a quadrangle into two triangles by connecting the nodes of a diagonal.
- <b>Use diagonal 1-3</b> and <b>Use diagonal 2-4</b> allow specifying the opposite corners, which will be connected to form two new triangles.
- <b>Use numeric functor</b> allows selecting in the field below a quality metric, which will be optimized when choosing a diagonal for cutting a quadrangle:
- <b>Minimum diagonal</b> cuts by the shortest diagonal.
- <b>Aspect Ratio</b> cuts by the diagonal splitting the quadrangle into triangles with \ref aspect_ratio_page "Aspect Ratio" closer to 1
- <b>Minimum Angle</b> cuts by the diagonal splitting the quadrangle into triangles with \ref minimum_angle_page "Minimum Angle" closer to 60 degrees.
- <b>Skew</b> cuts by the diagonal splitting the quadrangle into triangles with \ref skew_page "Skew" closer to 0.0 degrees.
- <b>Select from</b> allows choosing a sub-mesh or an existing group, whose quadrangle elements will be automatically added to the main list.
3) Click the \b Apply or <b>Apply and Close</b> button to confirm the operation.
