Commands and functions > Apply > Define nodes
  
Define nodes
Ribbon:
Tab ATHENA Model > Group Apply > Define nodes
Menu:
Modeling > Apply > Define nodes
Toolbar:
ATH Apply > Define nodes
Command input:
ath_bar_nodes
With this function you can manually add a node to a bar which meets a second one or you can delete the node. This may be necessary with bars which are to form a T-shaped joint in a construction.
Nodes can also be formed automatically with the command Analysis of axis model.
Input request 
Select bar or [?]:
You choose the bar on which nodes are to be formed due to other bars coming together. With the option ? you call the help.
Select bar for nodes or [Remove/Add/?]:
Now you select one or more bars, one after the other, which are to form nodes on the initial bar. You terminate the command by pressing the Enter key.