OOF2: The Manual

`By Elements (ExpandByElements)`
	6.5.2. Subclasses

Name

By Elements (ExpandByElements) — Expand the node selection by selecting all nodes of neighboring elements.

ExpandByElements()

ExpandByElements is used as the criterion parameter of OOF.NodeSelection.Expand_Node_Selection. It expands the current Node selection by selecting all Nodes that share an Element with a Node that is already selected. When a Skeleton contains quadrilateral Elements, ExpandByElements may select more Nodes than its colleague ExpandBySegments will.

Figure 6.75. Expansion of Node Selection by Neighboring Elements

A Skeleton containing some selected Nodes (blue dots).

The Elements (in pink) through which the Node selection will be expanded.

The expanded set of Nodes.


`Every Time (EveryTime)`		`By Segments (ExpandBySegments)`