Mesh Data

Defines the finite element mesh and its material and section data. (Partial example only)

!HEADER
 HECMW_Msh File generated by REVOCAP
!NODE
       1,    -1.22042,     2.23355,     1.65220
       2,    -1.27050,    -3.10529,     1.59209
...
!ELEMENT, TYPE=342
       1,    1157,    3549,    3321,    3739,   12629,   12627,   12626,   12628,   12631,   12630
       2,    8207,    3321,    3549,    3739,   12629,   12633,   12632,   12634,   12630,   12631
...
!MATERIAL, NAME=STEEL, ITEM=2
!ITEM=1, SUBITEM=2
210000.0, 0.3
!ITEM=2, SUBITEM=1
7.85e-6
!SECTION, TYPE=SOLID, EGRP=Solid0, MATERIAL=STEEL
!EGROUP, EGRP=Solid0
1
2
...
!END

• !HEADER: Specify the header
• !NODE: Define nodes
• !ELEMENT: Define elements
• !MATERIAL: Define materials
• !SECTION: Define sections
• !EGROUP: Define element groups
• !END: Specify the end of the mesh data