elements

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.

cogy

The y center-of-gravity for the element. This takes into account the thickness and mass of the element.

cogz

The z center-of-gravity for the element. This takes into account the thickness and mass of the element.

IXX

The I_xx component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).

IXXcog

The I_xx component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the element COG.

IYY

The I_yy component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).

IYYcog

The I_yy component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the element COG.

IZZ

The I_zz component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).

IZZcog

The I_zz component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the element COG.

IXY

The I_xy component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).

IXYcog

The I_xy component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the element COG.

IXZ

The I_xz component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).

IXZcog

The I_xz component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the element COG.

IYZ

The I_yz component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the global origin (0,0,0).

IYZcog

The I_yz component of the mass moment of inertia for the element. This is calculated about the element COG.

mass

The summed total mass of the element. This takes into account both structural and nonstructural mass.

material

The ID of the material for the element. This takes into account the property, component or component's property to get this value.

nonstructuralmass

The summed nonstructural mass of the element.

plylist

The list of ply IDs or the stacking sequence for the element.

plylistmax

The number of ply IDs in the stack sequence for the element.

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).

principalaxis1cog

The x, y and z components of the first principal axis for the element. This is calculated about the component COG.

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).

principalaxis2cog

The x, y and z components of the second principal axis for the element. This is calculated about the component COG.

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).

principalaxis3cog

The x, y and z components of the third principal axis for the element. This is calculated about the component COG.

refx

The x-component of material orientation direction for 2D or 3D elements.

refy

The y-component of material orientation direction for 2D or 3D elements.

refz

The z-component of material orientation direction for 2D or 3D elements.

structuralmass

The summed structural mass of the element.

thickness

The thickness of the element. This only takes into account the thickness of the property assigned to the element.

nonstructuralmass

The summed nonstructural mass added through *ELEMENT_MASS_PART_SET, *ELEMENT_MASS_PART or NSM in *SECTION.

structuralmass

The summed structural mass of the elements in the component.

For PART_INTERIA, reports the translational mass (TM) value.