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New Dialog Box

Tools → Dialog Box → Create → Dialog Box → New
Creates a new dialog box.
Learn Customizing Dialog Boxes Using the Dialog-Box Builder.
 
For the option:
Do the following:
Library
Enter the library in which to store the dialog box. By default, the library is .gui.
Name
Enter a title for your dialog box.
Create Buttons
Select any predefined buttons you'd like on your dialog box.

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Node Finder Dialog Box

Ribbon menu → Bodies tab → Flexible Bodies container
or
(Classic) Build → Flexible Bodies → Rigid to Flex/Flex to Flex → Node Finder
Searches for nodes on the replacement flexible body that are within a specified radius or closest to a given marker. It displays the nodes that it found in the lower portion of the dialog box. This is helpful if you are not sure to which node to transfer a marker.
Learn about Replacing Existing Bodies with Flexible Bodies.
 
For the option:
Do the following:
Find Nodes
Select how you want to find nodes:
■Closest to Marker - Find those nodes closest to the marker specified.
■By Radius Around Marker - Find those nodes within a specified radius of the marker.
Marker Name
Enter the name of the marker that you want to search for nodes closest to.
Number of Nodes
Available only when Closest to Marker is selected.
Enter the number of nodes to search for which are closest to the specified marker. For example, find the 10 nodes closest to a marker.
Radius
Available only when By Radius Around Marker is selected.
Enter the radius around the marker to search for nodes.
Interface Nodes Only
Select to search only interface nodes.
Find Nodes
Select to search for closest nodes.
Node listing
Lists the nodes found. You can copy one of the nodes to the Swap a rigid body for another flexible body or Swap a flexible body for another flexible body dialog box:
1. Right-click a node, and then select Copy.
2. In the swap a rigid body/flexible body dialog box, right-click the Node ID text box, and then select Paste.

Object Color Tool Stack

(Classic) Main Toolbox → Object Color Tool Stack