Syntax

add <argument1> <argument2> <argument n>

Arguments

Name

Data Type

Description

all

string

Adds all the elements of the model.

ele all

string, string

Adds all the elements of the model.

ele <id>

string, int

Adds the element with the <id> from the model. If the element with that <id> is non-existent, then nothing happens. No error message is output.

1D/1d all

string, string

Adds all the 1D elements from the model. If 1D elements are not in the model then no error message is output.

1D/1d <id>

string, int

Adds the 1D element with the specified <id> from the model. If the 1D element with that <id> is non-existent, then nothing happens. No error message is output.

quad4 all

string, string

Adds all the elements of configuration QUAD4 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model, then no error message is output.

quad4 <id>

string, int

Adds the element with the configuration QUAD4 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model, then no error message is output.

quad8 all

string, string

Adds all the elements of configuration QUAD8 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model, then no error message is output.

quad8 <id>

string, int

Adds the element with the configuration QUAD8 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.

tria3 all

string, string

Adds all the elements of configuration TRIA3 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model, then no error message is output.

tria3 <id>

string, int

Adds the element with the configuration TRIA3 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.

tria6 all

string, string

Adds all the elements of configuration TRIA6 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model then no error message is output.

tria6 <id>

string, int

Adds the element having configuration TRIA6 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model, then no error message is output.

3D/3d all

string, string

Adds all the 3D elements from the model. If no element of the specified dimension is present in the model, then no error message is output.

3D/3d <id>

string, int

Adds the 3D element having the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified dimension and <id> is present in the model, then no error message is output.

2D/2d all

string, string

Adds all the 2D elements from the model. If no element of the specified dimension is present in the model, then no error message is output.

2D/2d <id>

string, int

Adds the 2D element having the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified dimension and <id> is present in the model, then no error message is output.

comp <compname>

string, string

Adds all the elements in the component having the specified name. If the component having the specified name is non-existent, then the message "The component with name compname does not exist" is output.

comp <id>

string, int

Adds all the elements in the component having the specified <id>. If the component having the specified <id> is non-existent then the message "The component with id <id> does not exist" is output.

gro <grpname>

string, string

Adds the elements in the group having the name <grpname>

bar all

string, string

Adds all 1D elements from the model. If no element of the specified dimension is present in the model, then no error message is output.

bar <id>

string, int

Adds the 1D element having the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified dimension and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.

quad all

string, string

Adds all the QUAD4 and QUAD8 elements in the model. If no elements having a QUAD config are present in the model, then no error message is output.

quad <id>

string, int

Adds the 2D element of any QUAD configuration having the specified <id>. If the element with the specified <id> is not present in the model then no error message is output.

tria all

string, string

Adds all the TRIA3 and TRIA6 elements in the model. If no elements having a TRIA configuration are present in the model, then no error message is output.

tria <id>

string, int

Adds the 2D element of any TRIA configuration having the specified <id>. If the element with the specified <id> is not present in the model, then no error message is output.

tetra all

string, string

Adds all the TETRA4 and TETRA10 elements in the model. If no elements having a TETRA configuration are present in the model, then no error message is output.

tetra <id>

string, int

Adds the 3D element of any TETRA configuration having the specified <id>. If the element with the specified <id> is not present in the model, then no error message is output.

tetra4 all

string, string

Adds all the elements of configuration TETRA4 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model, then no error message is output.

tetra4 <id>

string, int

Adds the element with the configuration TETRA4 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.

tetra10 all

string, string

Adds all the elements of configuration TETRA10 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model, then no error message is output.

tetra10 <id>

string, int

Adds the element with the configuration TETRA10 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model, then no error message is output.

hex all

string, string

Adds all the HEX8 and HEX20 elements in the model. If no elements having a HEX configuration are present in the model then no error message is output.

hex <id>

string, int

Adds the 3D element of any HEX configuration having the specified <id>. If the element with the specified <id> is not present in the model, then no error message is output.

hex8 all

string, string

Adds all the elements of configuration HEX8 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model, then no error message is output.

hex8 <id>

string, int

Adds the element with the configuration HEX8 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model, then no error message is output.

hex20 all

string, string

Adds all the elements of configuration HEX20 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model, then no error message is output.

hex20 <id>

string, int

Adds the element having configuration HEX20 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model, then no error message is output.

pen all

string, string

Adds all the PENTA6 and PENTA15 elements in the model. If no elements having a PENTA configuration are present in the model, then no error message is output.

pen <id>

string, int

Adds the 3D element of any PENTA config having the specified <id>. If the element with the specified <id> is not present in the model, then no error message is output.

pen6 all

string, string

Adds all the elements of configuration PENTA6 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model, then no error message is output.

pen6 <id>

string, int

Adds the element having configuration PENTA6 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model, then no error message is output.

pen15 all

string, string

Adds all the elements of configuration PENTA15 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model, then no error message is output.

pen15 <id>

string, int

Adds the element with the configuration PENTA15 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model, then no error message is output.

pyr all

string, string

Adds all the PENTA5 and PENTA13 elements in the model. If no elements having a PENTA(5/13) configuration are present in the model, then no error message is output.

pyr <id>

string, int

Adds the 3D element of any PENTA(5/13) configuration having the specified <id>. If the element with the specified <id> is not present in the model, then no error message is output.

pyr5 all

string, string

Adds all the elements of configuration PENTA5 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model, then no error message is output.

pyr5 <id>

string, int

Adds the element having configuration PENTA5 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model, then no error message is output.

pyr13 all

string, string

Adds all the elements of configuration PENTA13 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model, then no error message is output.

pyr13 <id>

string, int

Adds the element with the configuration PENTA13 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model, then no error message is output.

mat <matname>

string, string

Adds all the elements having the specified material name.

mat <id>

string, int

Adds all the elements in the material having the specified <id>.

swa

Swaps the current display.

Returns

Nothing.

Errors

No error codes.

If the model is not loaded in the active window, then the "Model File not Loaded" message is displayed. If no argument(s) or the wrong argument(s) is supplied to the add command, then the usage of the command is output based on the level of error.

Examples

To add all the elements of a QUAD4 configuration:

add quad4 all;

To add the elements in the components that have the names "Comp 1" and "Comp 2", if the model contains those components:

add comp {"Comp 1" "Comp 2"};

Apart from the "all" and "<id>" option, the elements can be added by passing ranges only or mixing them with IDs. The rule to follow while using this option is each ID should be separated by a space and the range should be specified using a hyphen, "-" delimiter. Ranges cannot be specified for the "ele", "comp" and "gro" options.

The following example adds all the 2D elements having element IDs ranging from 100 to 200, 201 and 205:

add 2D 201 205 100-200;

To add comps ranging from 1 to 10:

add comp 1-10

To add elements ranging from 1 to 100:

add ele 1-100

To add materials ranging from 1 to 10:

add mat 1-10