TCHG
TCHG, ENAME1
, ENAME2
, ETYPE2
Converts 20-node degenerate tetrahedral elements to their
10-node non-degenerate counterparts.
ENAME1
Name (or the number) of the 20-node tetrahedron element that you want to convert. This argument is required.
ENAME2
Name (or the number) of the 10-node tetrahedron element to which you want to convert the
ENAME
elements. This argument is required.ETYPE2
Element TYPE reference number for
ENAME2
. IfETYPE2
is 0 or is not specified, the program selects the element TYPE reference number forENAME2
. See the "Notes" section for details. This argument is optional.
Notes
The TCHG command allows you to specify conversion of any selected 20-node brick that is degenerated into a tetrahedron to a 10-node tetrahedron.
The TCHG command is useful when used in with the MOPT,PYRA command. Twenty-node pyramid shaped elements may be used in the same volume with 10-node tetrahedra.
Performing a conversion is likely to create circumstances in which more than one element type is defined for a single volume.
If specified, ETYPE2
will usually
be the same as the local element TYPE number (ET,ITYPE
) that was assigned to ENAME2
with the ET command. You
can specify a unique number for ETYPE2
if
you prefer. Although ETYPE2
is optional,
it may be useful when two or more ITYPE
s have been assigned to the same element (for example, if two SOLID187 elements have been established in the element
attribute tables for the current model, use the ETYPE2
argument to distinguish between them). If ETYPE2
is nonzero and it has not already
been assigned to an element via ET, the program
assigns the ETYPE2
value to ENAME2
as its element TYPE reference number.
If ETYPE2
is 0 or is not specified,
the program determines the element TYPE reference number for ENAME2
in one of these ways:
If
ETYPE2
is 0 or is not specified, andENAME2
does not appear in the element attribute tables, the program uses the next available (unused) location in the element attribute tables to determine the element TYPE reference number forENAME2
.If
ETYPE2
is 0 or is not specified, andENAME2
appears in the element attribute tables, the program usesENAME2
's existing element TYPE reference number forETYPE2
. (If there is more than one occurrence ofENAME2
in the element attribute tables (each with its own TYPE reference number), the program uses the firstENAME2
reference number forETYPE2
.)
You cannot use element conversion if boundary conditions or loads are applied directly to any selected elements.
For more information about converting degenerate tetrahedral elements, see Meshing Your Solid Model in the Modeling and Meshing Guide