elty

   'elty' [<set>] ['be2'|'be3'|'tr3'|'tr3u'|'tr6'|'qu4'|->
                'qu8'|'he8'|'he8f'||'he8i'|'he8r'|'he20'|'he20r']

This keyword is used to assign a specific element type to a set of entities (see section Element Types in the appendix). The element name is composed of the following parts: The leading two letters define the shape (be: beam, tr: triangle, qu: quadrangle, he: hexaeder), then the number of nodes follow and at last an attribute describing the mathematical formulation or other features (u: unstructured mesh, r: reduced integration, i: incompatible modes, f: fluid element for ccx). If the element type is omitted the assignment is deleted. If all parameters are omitted the actual asignments are posted:

elty

will print only the sets with assigned elements. Multiple definitions are possible. For example,

elty all

deletes all element definitions. If the geometry was already meshed, the mesh will NOT be deleted and if the mesh command is executed again after new assignments had taken place, additional elements will be created.

elty all he20

assigns 20 node brick-elements to all bodies in the set all.

elty part1 he8

redefines that definition for all bodies in the set part1.

elty part2 qu8

assigns 8 node shell elements to all surfaces in set part2.