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Add Checkbox to Not Create "Mesh Nodes" and "Mesh Elements" Folders

Add Checkbox to Not Create "Mesh Nodes" and "Mesh Elements" Folders

When you create beams (or mesh, etc.) the layer manager creates these two folders.  I don't ever use them and it makes more work for me to put the elements/nodes where I want them to go.

 

A couple of cases this isn't an issue because you can assign the new elements to the active layer.

 

These folders pop up repeatedly and get very annoying.  I like to keep my layer manager as clean as possible.  I understand its intent and I am sure that this feature is useful for some people.  But, since it's adding more work for me almost every time I add a beam or mesh element I would like an option to tell the software not to create these folders in the layer manager.

3 Comments
M.Brassel
Advocate

Perhaps you could implement a checkbox "sort nodes/elements in active layer" (like in other menus).

rick.schneider
Enthusiast

Its also annoying how it reorders your layers after every mesh operation.  Please put any new layers at the bottom of the list and don't reorder any of the exisiting layers.

Anonymous
Not applicable

Yes!  When you drag layers to change their order it does not save that order.

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