	Name	Description
	builder_element	raw element from where the base data comes (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	canBuckle	if true buckling is considered when doing cross section optimization or calculating the utilization (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	color	color of the element for some types of rendering. Can be set with a ElemSets-component (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	colorIsSet	return true if the element has a color attached (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	crosec	set/get cross section of the model element (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	ecce	return the elements eccentricity (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	ecce_glo	return vector of global cross section eccentricity (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	ecce_loc	return vector of local cross section eccentricity (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	Elem_loads	the elements loads (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	fe_id	get first element index in fe-model. In case of shells there may be more than one finite element connected to a model element and fe_id points to the shells TriMesh-object. (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	fe_ind_begin	get first element index in fe-model. in case of shells there may be more than one finite element connected to a model element (Overrides ModelElementfe_ind_begin.)
	fe_ind_end	get index of element in femodel that lies one entry beyond the last finite element of the model element. (Overrides ModelElementfe_ind_end.)
	fe_node_ind	index of fe-nodes of fe-elements in fe-model. Can differ from node_ind in case of joints (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	hasEccent	return true if cross section has an eccentricity (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	id	return identifier (name) of element (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	ind	zero-based index of element in model. The indexes are consecutively numbered from 0 to number of elements. (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	is_active	set/get activation state of the element. If inactive the element is removed from the statical model using the soft-kill approach. The fe-model needs to be rebuilt after manipulating this flag. (Overrides ModelElementis_active.)
	is_visible	return true if element is visible (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	mesh	Return the mesh of the patch of shell elements
	nII	set get normal force that induces ThII effects (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	node_inds	index of nodes of elements after assembly (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	x_ori	get the user defined local x-axis of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha) (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	x_ori_given	return true if a user defined local x-axis is given (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	x_ori_list	get the user defined local x-axes of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha) (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	y_ori	get the user defined local y-axis of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha) (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	y_ori_given	return true if a user defined local z-axis is given (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	z_ori	get the user defined local z-axis of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha) (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	z_ori_given	return true if a user defined local z-axis is given (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	z_ori_list	get the user defined local z-axes of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha) (Inherited from ModelElement.)

	Name	Description
	Accept(ModelElementVisitor)	accept an element visitor (Overrides ModelElementAccept(ModelElementVisitor).)
	AcceptT(ModelElementVisitorT, T)	accept an element visitor (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	AcceptT(ModelElementVisitorT, T)	accept an element visitor (Overrides ModelElementAcceptT(ModelElementVisitorT, T).)
	AcceptR, T(ModelElementVisitorR, T, T)	accept an element visitor (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	AcceptR, T(ModelElementVisitorR, T, T)	accept an element visitor (Overrides ModelElementAcceptR, T(ModelElementVisitorR, T, T).)
	add	add an element load to the element (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	addLoads	add loads connected to this element to its feb-element (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	addStrainMesh	add faces with strain colors of a beam to existing mesh (Overrides ModelElementaddStrainMesh(ListIMesh, Model, ListDouble).)
	addStressMesh	add faces with stress colors of a beam to existing mesh (Overrides ModelElementaddStressMesh(ListIMesh, Model, ListDouble).)
	addStressStrainMesh
	addTo	create feb-element and add it to the feb-model (Overrides ModelElementaddTo(Model, Int32, Int32).)
	addUtilizationMesh	add faces with strain colors of a beam to existing mesh (Overrides ModelElementaddUtilizationMesh(ListIMesh, Model, ListDouble).)
	area	return area of the element
	area(Int32)	return area of the sub-element
	characteristic_length	calculate characteristic length of the element (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	clearLoads	clears the loads of the element. Make sure to clone it before clearing the loads in order to avoid side effects. (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	Clone	clone the model element (Overrides ModelElementClone.)
	cloneBuilderElement	Clone the grass-element on which this model-element is based and linked to (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	clonedBuilderElement	return the cloned grass-element on which this model-element is based or null (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	cog	calculate the center of gravity of the element (Overrides ModelElementcog(Model).)
	copyFEModelNodeIndexes	update the elements node indexes with those of the underlying finite element. This is necessary when topology of the feb-model changed (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	deformationEnergy	calculates axial deformation- and bending energy stored in the element (Overrides ModelElementdeformationEnergy(Model, EnergyVisitor, ListDouble, ListDouble).)
	dispLocalCoordinateSystem	return displaced local coordinate system and its origin
	dispNormalVectors	returns the shell normal vector for each node of the shell
	drawCroSecForceOutput	add lines of cross section forces diagrams to curves or meshes (Overrides ModelElementdrawCroSecForceOutput(Model, ListIMesh, ListPolyLine3, Boolean, Double, ElementStates).)
	Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	feMesh
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	getElementStates	determines the states in discrete points of the element (Overrides ModelElementgetElementStates(Model, Int32, Boolean).)
	GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	is_inside	checks whether an Element lies partly inside a given Brep (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	localCoSys(Element)	create local coo-sys of undeformed element (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	localCoSys(PointState)	create local coo-sys of deformed element (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	maxCroSecForceOutput	returns the resultant value of the largest cross section force output. Can e.g. be used to scale graphical output. (Overrides ModelElementmaxCroSecForceOutput(Model, Double, ElementStates).)
	meanDisp	calculate mean displacement of an element
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	midpoint_disp	return mid-point of deformed element (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	minmaxEpsX	determine extreme axial strains in model for the currently visible loadcase (Overrides ModelElementminmaxEpsX(Double, Double, Model).)
	referencePointOnZAxis	return reference point on local z-axis for local coordinate system being situated at first element node. (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	resultantCroSecForces	calculates resultant normal force (N), shear force (V) and moment (M) in an element (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	scaledState	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) (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	set_fe_and_model_index	set the element and fe_element index (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	set_is_active	set activation state of element and synchronize it with fe-model. An extra fe-model-generation step is not necessary. Is therefore fast. (Overrides ModelElementset_is_active(Model, Boolean).)
	SetNodeInds	set the node indexes of the element (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	snapElement	change the element if nodes snap together according to the given list of node indexes. returns true if the element was completely snapped (Overrides ModelElementsnapElement(ListNode, Double).)
	split_elem	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. (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	totalEccentricity	returns the eccentricity of the element in global coordinates (Overrides ModelElementtotalEccentricity(Model).)
	utilization	return utilization of shell patch for given loadcase lc
	weight	return mass of the element (Overrides ModelElementweight(IReadOnlyListNode).)

	Name	Description
	_eloads	the elements loads (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	_fe_id	index of element in fe-model, in case of shells it is the index oh the trimesh (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	_ind	zero-based index of element in model. The indexes are consecutively numbered from 0 to number of elements. (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	fe_node_ind_	index of fe-nodes of fe-elements in fe-model. Can differ from node_ind in case of joints (Inherited from ModelElement.)
	node_inds_	index of nodes of elements after assembly (Inherited from ModelElement.)

ModelShell Class

Reference