Area

Calculates the shell area.

Inputs

elems
An element entity table.
coords
A coordinate vector value table.

Outputs

answer
A scalar value table.

Comments

  • Only shell elements are processed.
  • If the answer scalar table is bound to nodes, the nodal shell area will be calculated; otherwise, the shell area will be calculated.
  • All vectors in coords must be relative to the global system.
  • Nodal shell area is the sum of element area divided by the number of nodes per element for all adjacent elements.

Syntax

Area(elem,coords)

XML Example

<call name="Area" elems="elem_tab" coords="coord_tab" 
answer="ans_tab" />