Deleting the user-selected entities

The procedure for the deletion of entities

1. Select the entities that should be removed.

2. Start function Delete:

   1. either: via menu Modify > Delete,

   2. or: via the window pop-up menu.

3. The program informs you about what have been selected.

4. If the report corresponds to what you are expecting, confirm the action. If you are not sure about the reported message, abort the action, clear the selection and start again.

5. If the action has been confirmed, it is performed and the selected entities are removed from the project.

It may happen that after the operation is completed some free nodes remain in the project. They may be removed by means of function Check structure data.

Under certain conditions (depending on the entities present in the model) the program issues a question box to find out what to do with a certain type of entities.

Delete free nodes	If ON, the free nodes that form as a result of the Delete operation will be deleted.
Convert intersection into internal edge	If ON then if a deleted slab intersects with another slab and if the intersection of the two slabs has been generated, this intersection remains preserved as an internal slab of the slab that is not deleted.
Convert plate ribs into 1D member	If ON then if a ribbed slab is deleted, the beams are converted to standard 1D members and are kept in the model.
Always display this warning	If ON, this warning is shown with every Delete. If OFF, the program takes into account the settings, but the dialogue itself is not shown. The settings can be changed through menu function Setup > Delete.

The settings for the Delete function can also be adjusted through menu function Setup > Delete.