GEOMETRY LINE ELEMENTS lnam [elty]

    

This command is used to define a line from elements directly.

lnam = name of the line, used for later references to the line, for example for plotting.

elty = either BE2 or BE3

FEMGEN normally creates nodes and beam elements automatically from the line definitions entered by the user (or from a CAD system). When a higher degree of control over element definitions is required, beam elements may be defined manually.

The GEOMETRY LINE ELEMENTS command is used to associate a line name and element type to the elements manually defined in subsequent MESHING ELEMENT commands.

Return Level: GEOMETRY LINE

Examples:

1.

GEOMETRY LINE ELEMENTS LM1

Create a line LM1 which will be used to create manually defined BE2 elements.

See also the following commands

'LABEL GEOMETRY LINES'
'MESHING ELEMENT'
'UTILITY DELETE LINES'
'UTILITY TABULATE GEOMETRY LINES'
'VIEW GEOMETRY'