| ALGORITHM = ClosestPoint | The only available option is ClosestPoint. Values are mapped to the nearest node, integration point, or element center. |
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Search_Radius = SrcEleLen TarEleLen DOUBLE | Specifies the search radius for the mapping algorithm. The default is SrcEleLen, which sets the radius to the average element size of the source mesh. Alternatively, you can use TarEleLen to apply the average element size of the target mesh, or provide a positive DOUBLE value to define a custom radius. |
| Scale_SearchRadius = DOUBLE |
Coefficient to scale search radius. The default value is 1.0. |
| INN = INT |
This flag is similar to the invariant node numbering flag in the LS-DYNA application provided in the *CONTROL_ACCURACY card, see [19]. To properly calculate orientations with respect to the element coordinate system, the program needs information about how the LS-DYNA application calculates the element coordinate system. The default is similar to the LS-DYNA application’s default: Off. |
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OUTPUT_OPTION = INITIAL STRESS ONLY |
Only *INITIAL_OPTION cards are written to the mapping result file. Nodes and elements are skipped. |
| SORT = BUCKET |
Using bucket sort is strongly recommended, as it provides a substantial performance improvement for the search algorithm. |
| REPEAT = YES | Enable this option to ensure that all elements and integration points receive mapped data. When there is a significant difference in element sizes between the source and target meshes, the default bucket refinement may be insufficient to cover all points, sometimes by design. In such cases, this flag must be set to guarantee complete data coverage. |
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TENSORIALINT = CENTER IP |
You can define the output of only the values mapped to the central integration points for higher order tetrahedral elements (NIPTETS = 5). The value mapped to this center integration point is distributed to the other integration points in a postprocessing step. |