elements

Unless otherwise specified, data names are accessible in level 3 only.

The following data names are only available for "core" solver templates routinely maintained by Altair:

cogx
The x center-of-gravity for the element. This takes into account the thickness and mass of the element.
Type: double
cogy
The y center-of-gravity for the element. This takes into account the thickness and mass of the element.
Type: double
cogz
The z center-of-gravity for the element. This takes into account the thickness and mass of the element.
Type: double
elementalxaxis
The x-component of the element orientation direction for 2D elements.
Type: double
elementalyaxis
The y-component of the element orientation direction for 2D elements.
Type: double
elementalzaxis
The z-component of the element orientation direction for 2D elements.
Type: double
Ixx
The Ixx component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).
Type: double
Ixxcog
The Ixx component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the element COG.
Type: double
Iyy
The Iyy component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).
Type: double
Iyycog
The Iyy component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the element COG.
Type: double
Izz
The Izz component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).
Type: double
Izzcog
The Izz component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the element COG.
Type: double
Ixy
The Ixy component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).
Type: double
Ixycog
The Ixy component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the element COG.
Type: double
Ixz
The Ixz component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).
Type: double
Ixzcog
The Ixz component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the element COG.
Type: double
Iyz
The Iyz component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).
Type: double
Iyzcog
The Iyz component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the element COG.
Type: double
mass
The summed total mass of the element. This takes into account both structuralmass and nonstructuralmass.
Type: double
material
The ID of the material for the element. This takes into account the property, component or component's property to get this value.
Type: entity
moduleid
The module ID of the entity.
Type: integer
nonstructuralmass
The summed nonstructural mass of the element.
Type: double
plylist
The list of ply IDs or the stacking sequence for the element.
Type: entity array
plylistmax
The number of ply IDs in the stack sequence for the element.
Type: unsigned integer
poolid
The pool number of the entity.
Type: integer
poolname
The pool name of the entity.
Type: string
principalaxis1
The x, y and z components of the first principal axis for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).
Type: triple double
principalaxis1cog
The x, y and z components of the first principal axis for the element. This is calculated about the component COG.
Type: triple double
principalaxis2
The x, y and z components of the second principal axis for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).
Type: triple double
principalaxis2cog
The x, y and z components of the second principal axis for the element. This is calculated about the component COG.
Type: triple double
principalaxis3
The x, y and z components of the third principal axis for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).
Type: triple double
principalaxis3cog
The x, y and z components of the third principal axis for the element. This is calculated about the component COG.
Type: triple double
refx
The x-component of material orientation direction for 2D or 3D elements.
Type: double
refy
The y-component of material orientation direction for 2D or 3D elements.
Type: double
refz
The z-component of material orientation direction for 2D or 3D elements.
Type: double
solver_id
The solver ID of the entity.
Type: integer
structuralmass
The summed structural mass of the element.
Type: double
thickness
The thickness of the element. This only takes into account the thickness of the property assigned to the element.
Type: double

LS-DYNA Specific Data Names

The following data names are only available for LS-DYNA, or have specific behavior for LS-DYNA.

nonstructuralmass
The summed nonstructural mass added through *ELEMENT_MASS_PART_SET, *ELEMENT_MASS_PART or NSM in *SECTION.
Type: double
structuralmass
The summed structural mass of the elements in the component.
For PART_INTERIA, reports the translational mass (TM) value.
Type: double

Version History

2019 - Added new data names plyidlist, plyidlistmax, refx, refy and refz.

2019.1 - Added new data names elementalxaxis, elementalyaxis, and elementalzaxis.

2021.1 - Added new data names moduleid, poolid, poolname, and solver_id.

2021.2 - Added new data names internalname and solvername.