/PENTA6

Block Format Keyword

/PENTA6 - 3D Solid Elements (Pentahedron)

Description

This pentahedron element is currently only supported as a thick shell Isolid =15 element and used with /PROP/TYPE20 (TSHELL). For non-thick shell solid 3D pentahedron elements, create a degenerated /BRICK element.

Format

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
/PENTA6/part_ID
penta_ID	node_ID1	node_ID2	node_ID3	node_ID4	node_ID5	node_ID6

Field	Contents
part_ID	Part identifier of the block. (Integer, maximum 10 digits)
penta_ID	Element identifier (Integer)
node_ID1	Node identifier 1 (Integer)
node_ID2	Node identifier 2 (Integer)
node_ID3	Node identifier 3 (Integer)
node_ID4	Node identifier 4 (Integer)
node_ID5	Node identifier 5 (Integer)
node_ID6	Node identifier 6 (Integer)

1.	The identifier must be unique in each element family, but it is advised for each element type to have a unique element identifier in the global model.

2.	This option defines a pentahedron, which is only available with Isolid =15 (PA6 thick shell element formulation /DEF_SOLID).

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