General commands

Overview

Menu group „General“ contains the following general commands:

Information	General information about assignments, node coordinates, etc.
Assign IDs	Assign group ID’s, color indices, etc.
Layer names	Define name of layers
Sort nodes	Sort and renumber nodes and elements by position
Smoothing	Shift nodes on a regular surface
Compress nodes	Remove nodes which are close together
Check elements	Check conditions (vertex angle, orientation etc.) of elements
Element selection	Select elements
Node selection	Select nodes
Stop	Finish application
xunload	Exits MAKROS if invoked from AutoCAD (AutoCAD command)
MAKROS	Command selection from MAKROS menu (AutoCAD command)
Control to AutoCAD	Pass control to AutoCAD

With Information you get the information, which element types, groups, IDs etc. exist in the active structure. With Assign IDs elements are assigned new group IDs, color indices, etc., With Layer names layer IDs are assigned a text string, so that parts of the structure may be identified by names. With Sort Nodes, nodes and elements may be sorted according to their geometrical position in the structure. With Smoothing nodes may be shifted on to regular surfaces. Compress nodes serves the purpose to fuse nodes, which are close together into a single node. Check elements allow checking the corner angles, distortion, etc., of the elements.

Commands Element selection and Node selection allow defining and saving of selections for the use with other command. Commands Control to AutoCAD and MAKROS are only available if the program is started from within AutoCAD, it gives control back to AutoCAD and conversely. Command Stop, respectively xunload when started from AutoCAD, ends the application.

Command description

Information.htm

Assign_IDs.htm

Layer_name.htm

Sort.htm

Smoothing.htm

Compress_nodes.htm

Check_elements.htm

Element_Selection.htm

Node_Selection.htm

MAKROS.htm

AutoCAD.htm

xunload.htm