Surfaces
Block Format Keyword
Input Type Keywords
- Keyword
- Input Type
- /SURF/SEG
- Segments
- /SURF/SUBSET
- Shell subsets
- /SURF/SUBMODEL
- Submodel
- /SURF/PART
- Shell parts
- /SURF/ELLIPS
- Group of 3D elements
- /SURF/GRSHEL
- Group of shells
- /SURF/GRSH3N
- Group of 3-node shells
- /SURF/MAT
- Shell material
- /SURF/PROP
- Shell property
- /SURF/SURF or /SURF/DSURF
- Surfaces
- /SURF/BOX or /SURF/BOX2
- Box
Geometrical Surfaces
- Keyword
- Input Type
- /SURF/ELLIPS
- Hyper-ellipsoid
- /SURF/MDELLIPS
- Madymo ellipsoid
- /SURF/PLANE
- Infinite plane
Comments
- A surface is a set of 3-node
or 4-node segments. It can be defined:
- explicitly, with segment connectivity
- by box
- by subsets or parts (all 3-node and 4-node shells belonging to these entities are used to define the surface)
- by submodels (all 3-node and 4-node shells belonging to parts in the listed submodels are used to define the surface)
- by properties or materials (all 3-node and 4-node shells belonging to these entities are used to define the surface)
- by shell groups
- with other surfaces
- All nodes must belong to a shell element, a brick element or a triangular shell element.
- A surface cannot be defined using Madymo surfaces.