FEA Region and Hole Commands

When using shapes to define an FEA mesh, use a Region command to define material properties assigned to each shape.

Scripted Input Files

Once the mesh is ready to use shapes, elements are assigned to materials by using a series of Region, Hole, and BMPRegion commands. The Region command defines material type, thickness, and angle (needed for some Material types). Between the Region command and the subsequent EndRegion command, there can be any number of geometric commands that define the geometry whose element will use that material. The structure for 2D FEA is:

Region #1,#2,<#3>

 Rect #1,#2,#3,#4
   .
 Oval #1,#2,#3,#4
   .
 PolyPt #1,#2
 PolyPt #1,#2
 PolyPt #1,#2
 PolyPt #1,#2
 PolyPt
   .

EndRegion where

1. 1 is the material ID for a previously defined material.
2. 2 is the thickness of the region in mm.
3. 3 is an optional angle for the material which is only relevant for anisotropic materials. It can be entered as a number or as a user-defined function of the coordinates for the element centroid. The units are degrees.