ModelElement Methods

accept an element visitor

accept an element visitor

accept an element visitor

add an element load to the element

add loads connected to this element to its feb-element

enrich the given mesh with strain data of this element

enrich the given mesh with stress data of this element

create feb-element and add it to the feb-model

enrich the given mesh with utilization data of this element

builds elements (Beam, Truss, spring,..) out of grass-elements and additional information.

calculate characteristic length of the element

clears the loads of the element. Make sure to clone it before clearing the loads in order to avoid side effects.

clone the model element

Clone the grass-element on which this model-element is based and linked to

return the cloned grass-element on which this model-element is based or null

calculate the center of gravity of the element

update the elements node indexes with those of the underlying finite element. This is necessary when topology of the feb-model changed

calculates axial deformation- and bending energy stored in the element

add lines of cross section forces diagrams to curves or meshes

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.

determines the states in discrete points of the element

Serves as the default hash function.

Gets the Type of the current instance.

checks whether an Element lies partly inside a given Brep

create local coo-sys of undeformed element

create local coo-sys of deformed element

returns the resultant value of the largest cross section force output. Can e.g. be used to scale graphical output.

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

return mid-point of deformed element

determine extreme axial strains in model for the currently visible loadcase. Add result of element if necessary.

return reference point on local z-axis for local coordinate system being situated at first element node.

calculates resultant normal force (N), shear force (V) and moment (M) in an element

return scaled state at given element, location; superimpose loadcases if lc_num is smaller than 0; unscaled loadcase for lc_num % model.numLC if lc_num >= model.numLC (is used for retrieval of beam results)

set the element and fe_element index

set activation state of element and synchronize it with fe-model. An extra fe-model-generation step is not necessary. Is therefore fast.

set the node indexes of the element

change the element if nodes snap together according to the given list of node indexes. returns true if the element was completely snapped

The element with index ind is the seed of an element split. Make all splits in the model that are necessary so that feb-model and model are synchronized.

Returns a string that represents the current object.

returns the eccentricity of the element in global coordinates

return weight of the element in kN