1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

BEGIN BULK

Where:

Type

Unit

is a keyword to define the beginning of the data

Keyword

No

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

GRID*

Node_id

x_coord

y_coord

cflag

cflag

z_coord

Where:

Type

Unit

is the keyword (double field format)

Keyword

No

is the identifier number of the node

Integer

No

are the coordinate values of the node in the global frame

Integer

No

is the continuation line flag

String

No

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CQUAD4

EID

PID

Node_1

Node_2

Node_3

Node_4

cflag

cflag

TH_1

TH_2

TH_3

TH_4

Where:

Type

Unit

is the keyword for the 4 nodes shell element

Keyword

No

is the identifier number of the element

Integer

No

is the property identifier number of the element

Integer

No

are the identifier numbers of the node connectivity of the shell

Integer

No

is the continuation line flag

String

No

is the thickness of the node_i

Real

Length

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

CTRIA3

EID

PID

Node_1

Node_2

Node_3

cflag

cflag

TH_1

TH_2

TH_3

Where:

Type

Unit

is the keyword for the 3 nodes shell element

Keyword

No

is the identifier number of the element

Integer

No

is the property identifier number of the element

Integer

No

are the identifier numbers of the node connectivity of the shell

Integer

No

is the continuation line flag

String

No

is the thickness of the node_i

Real

Length

BEGIN BULK

GRID*                  1                  -8.6314740e+02  -5.3617853e+02 1000001

*1000001   2.0918124e+02

GRID*                  2                  -8.6434418e+02  -5.3400195e+02 1000002

*1000002   2.0917842e+02

GRID*                  3                  -8.6554608e+02  -5.3181616e+02 1000003

*1000003   2.0917554e+02

GRID*                  4                  -8.6674969e+02  -5.2962726e+02 1000004

*1000004   2.0917262e+02

CQUAD4         1       4    2397     181     149    23980.0000000.000000+E100001

+E100001                1.5586081.5552421.5613061.560449

CQUAD4         2       4    2398     149     150    23990.0000000.000000+E100002

+E100002                1.5604491.5613061.5553691.560354

CQUAD4         3       4    2400     151     152    24010.0000000.000000+E100003

+E100003                1.5492411.5470191.5443201.554353

CTRIA3        83       4    2480    2479      63                        +E100083

+E100083                1.3716001.3562011.357757

CQUAD4        84       4    2401     152     153    24020.0000000.000000+E100004

+E100004                1.5543531.5443201.5341601.559306