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GetElements Method (ICWMesh)

Gets the elements of the mesh.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function GetElements() As System.Object
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As ICWMesh
Dim value As System.Object
 
value = instance.GetElements()
C# 
System.object GetElements()
C++/CLI 
System.Object^ GetElements(); 

Return Value

Array of the elements of the mesh (see Remarks)

Remarks

Probe functionality.

 

Array of elements of the mesh:

[ E1, N1E1, N2E1, N3E1, N4E1, N5E1, N6E1, N7E1, N8E1, N9E1, N10E1, X1, Y1, Z1, AR1, JR1, ... ]

where:

  • E1 = 1st element number
  • N1E1 to N10E1 = Node numbers associated with element E1. There is provision for 10 values for node numbers to accommodate TET10 elements. For shell and lower order mesh, it returns -1 where not applicable.
  • X1, Y1, Z1 = x, y and z coordinates of element E1 centroid
  • AR1  = Aspect ratio for element E1
  • JR1  = Jacobian ratio for element E1 (returns -1 if not applicable)
 

See Also

Availability

SolidWorks Simulationi API 2008 SP1.0


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