This section describes how you can use the Edit Mesh toolset to perform a global edit of a mesh containing orphan mesh components or Abaqus/CAE native mesh components or a combination of both mesh types.
Generating layers of solid elements offset from an existing mesh Generating layers of shell elements offset from an existing mesh Wrapping a mesh about the Z-axis Collapsing short edges of a linear orphan mesh Growing short edges of a linear orphan mesh Converting a triangular shell mesh to a solid tetrahedral mesh Converting a solid orphan mesh to a shell orphan mesh Merging elements Subdividing elements Copying a mesh pattern Viewing and editing mesh-geometry associativity Deleting mesh-geometry associativity Inserting cohesive seams