Element Location and attached Nodes
Hi,
I am using an imported mesh in HyperMesh. I would like to define boundaries based on faces locations. Firstly, I create faces using the following:
*createmark elements 1 'displayed'
*findfaces elements 1
This seems to have created extra elements (initial element count was 61, and after this command 307).
When I export the modified mesh as an .inp file, the new elements do not seem to appear (reading the .inp file in Notepad shows that there are only 61 elements). Therefore, I am unable to see what nodes are attached to each of the elements and can't locate the elements.
Would anyone be able to help me?
I am just looking for anyway to get location information about elements that were created when the faces where created.
Thanks
Then I would like to know
After I create faces on this mesh, I would like to be able to read in the new mesh
When I export an Abaqus type mesh (.inp) from HyperMesh
here is a snippet to get the nodes of the faces... try it and make sure that it does what you need.