Users:Geometry Generation/Design Elements

Design elements are used in order combine part, element property and geometry information. FE-elements are created. The mesh density can be defined in the refinement block (more).

Example of a Complete Input Block

!###################################################################
!####                        DESIGN-BLOCK                       ####
!###################################################################
!         ID  PART  PROP   NURBS_TOP
DE-ELTOP-NURBS
  DE-EL    1     1     1     1                                  !means  (NURBS_TOP 1 = NURBS_PATCH 1); standard input format
!alternatives:
!  DE-EL    2     1     1     DE-NODES   1 2 3 4   
!  DE-EL    3     1     1     DE-NODES   3 4 5 6      
!  DE-EL    4     1     1     NURBS-TOP 1                       !means  (NURBS_TOP 2)
!  DE-EL    5     1     1     NURBS_TOP 2                       !means  (NURBS_TOP 3)
!  DE-EL    6     1     1     2 	NURBS_REF 4		!initial geometry

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