{"id":6726,"date":"2021-09-13T08:43:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T08:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=6726"},"modified":"2025-04-29T07:16:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T07:16:21","slug":"how-to-delete-points","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/knowledge-base\/how-to-delete-points\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete points"},"content":{"rendered":"    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--info   hts-messages--withicon \" id=\"\" style=\"\">\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tThe words <em>node<\/em> and <em>point<\/em> are both interchangeably by our customers. But there is actually a difference between the two.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A point is a physical element in geometry. A point can be selected in the Geometry configuration <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-2121\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GeometryConfiguration.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"26\" \/>. Therefor they can be deleted.<\/li>\n<li>A (mesh)node is an element in the mesh. A node cannot be selected. Not in the Geometry configuration <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-2121\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GeometryConfiguration.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"26\" \/>, neither in the Mesh configuration <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-5310\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MeshConfiguration.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" \/>. Therefor it cannot be deleted.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Method 1<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the geometry\u00a0configuration<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-2121\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GeometryConfiguration.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"26\" \/>.<\/li>\n<li>Select the relevant point(s) and hit <kbd>DEL<\/kbd>.<br \/>\nIf the line segments\u00a0left and right of\u00a0the selected point(s) are co-linear, the point(s) will be deleted.<br \/>\nIf they are not co-linear, the point(s) will remain present. In that case you should try method 2 to remove them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Method 2<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the geometry\u00a0configuration<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-2121\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GeometryConfiguration.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"26\" \/>.<\/li>\n<li>Double click the linge segment you want to delete. <strong>Pay attention to where you double click<\/strong>: the end point nearest to your double click will stay in place while the other one moves.<\/li>\n<li>Set the length of the line segments to zero.<br \/>\nExample: delete point B. Double click the line closer to point A and set the length to zero.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6794 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DeletePoint.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1065\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DeletePoint.jpg 1065w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DeletePoint-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DeletePoint-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DeletePoint-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DeletePoint-50x35.jpg 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DeletePoint-60x42.jpg 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DeletePoint-35x24.jpg 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1065px) 100vw, 1065px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Method 1 Go to the geometry\u00a0configuration. Select the relevant point(s) and hit DEL. If the line segments\u00a0left and right of\u00a0the selected point(s) are co-linear, the point(s) will be deleted. If they are not co-linear, the point(s) will remain present. In that case you should try method 2 to remove them&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[59],"ht-kb-tag":[1017,1018,832,824,839,834,833,837,835,836,838],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/6726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6726"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/6726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15209,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/6726\/revisions\/15209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=6726"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=6726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}