ELEMQUAL

Bulk Data Entry

ELEMQUAL – Resets the Default Bound Values for Element Quality Check

Description

Resets the default values of the warning and error bound limits for element quality check.

Format

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
ELEMQUAL	ETYPE	PTYPE	LTYPE	V1	V2

For CTRIA3 elements, change the upper limit of aspect ratio for error message to 300.0 (default is 500).

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
ELEMQUAL	TRIA3	ARATIO	ERROR		300.0

For CTETRA elements, change the bound limits of collapse for warning message to 0.01 and 10.0 (default lower and upper limits are 0.001 and 100.0).

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
ELEMQUAL	TETRA	COLLAPSE	WARNING	0.01	10.

Field	Contents
ETYPE	Element type. Valid entries are: TRIA3 (CTRIA3), QUAD4 (CQUAD4), TETRA (1st-order CTETRA), TET10 (2nd-order CTETRA), PENTA (1st-order CPENTA), PENT15 (2nd-order CPENTA), HEXA (1st-order CHEXA), HEX20 (2nd-order CHEXA), PYRA (1st-order CPYRA), PYRA13 (2nd-order CPYRA), TAXI3 (1st-order CTAXI or CTRIAX6), TAXI6 (2nd-order CTAXI or CTRIAX6), GASK8 (CGASK8), GASK16 (CGASK16), GASK6 (CGASK6), and GASK12 (CGASK12). No default (TRIA3, QUAD4, TETRA, TET10, PENTA, PENT15, HEXA, HEX20, PYRA, PYRA13, TAXI3, TAXI6, GASK8, GASK16, GASK6, or GASK12).
PTYPE	Geometric property type. Valid entries are: ARATIO (Aspect Ratio), SKEW (Skew Angle), TAPER (Face Taper), WARP (Warp Angle), TWIST (Twist Angle), EDGE (Edge Angle), COLLAPSE, ANGLE (Vertex Angle), HOENOR (Hoe Normal Offset), and HOETAN (Hoe Tangent Offset). No default (ARATIO, SKEW, TAPER, WARP, TWIST, EDGE, COLLAPSE, ANGLE, HOENOR, or HOETAN).
LTYPE	Type of bound limits. No default (WARNING or ERROR)
V1	Lower bound value. No default (Real)
V2	Upper bound value. No default (Real)

1.	Element quality checks and their default settings are described in the Element Quality Check section.

2.	All specified values (V1 and V2) are checked against the corresponding limits used for validity check. Data outside the validity range is ignored.