Easier definition of interface elements
Two new commands
have been introduced in order to improve the user-friendliness of mesh generation
for TNO interface elements.
The automatic meshing pre-check has been introduced for interface elements. Where
necessary, and if possible, a body or surface with interface element attached will
be automatically redefined such that its base component (surface or line) is correctly
aligned with the current division settings. The (new) command that switches this
on/off is MESHING OPTIONS CHECK INTER-ELS ON/OFF. A new resource variable has been
introduced to do this automatically on entry into FEMGEN (see MESH section in the
resource file femsys.ini).
Also, a new variant of the command MESHING TYPE has been introduced in order to specifiy
a suitable orientation for a part for which an interface element has been attributed.
Again, this involves an automatic redefintion of the underlying part if necessary
and where possible. The full command is:
MESHING TYPE part_name el_type el_variant_specifier BASE integer/part_name
MESHING TYPE part_name el_type BASE integer/part_name
The integer allows the user to specifiy the base part by index to the list of constituent
parts, or, by explicitly naming a part.