imat_elem/elemtype_n2f


Purpose

Return FEMAP element type for given NASTRAN element type.

Syntax

ftype=imat_elem.elemtype_n2f(33)
ftype=imat_elem.elemtype_n2f(ntype)

Description

ELEMTYPE_N2F returns corresponding FEMAP element types for the supplied NASTRAN element types. IMAT_ELEM uses the NASTRAN element type numbering. This function can be useful for mapping between NASTRAN and FEMAP. Please note that in many cases a NASTRAN element type could map to more than one FEMAP element type, and some NASTRAN element types do not have a corresponding FEMAP element type. To see the element type mapping, please look at the source code for this method.

NTYPE is a vector of NASTRAN element types, which are the IMAT element types.

FTYPE is a corresponding vector of FEMAP element types. If there is no corresponding element type, FTYPE is -1.

Note that since this is a static method of IMAT_ELEM, to call it you must prefix it with the class name, as in

>> imat_elem.elemtype_n2f(33)

See Also

imat_elem/elemtype_f2n