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/SURF/SURF - Surface Definition

Description

Describes the surface selected from other surfaces.

Format

Enter selected items numbers (any number may be input, 10 per format).

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

/SURF/SURF/surf_ID/unit_ID

surf_title

item_ID1

item_ID2

item_ID3

item_ID4

item_ID5

item_ID6

item_ID7

item_ID8

item_ID9

item_ID10
hmtoggle_plus1Flag Definition

Field

Contents

surf_ID

Surface identifier

(Integer, maximum 10 digits)

unit_ID

Optional unit identifier

(Integer, maximum 10 digits)

surf_title

Surface title

(Character, maximum 100 characters)

item_ID1, item_ID2, ... item_IDn

List of surface identifiers (see Comment 4)

(Integer)
hmtoggle_plus1Comments
1.All nodes must belong to a shell element, a brick element or a triangular shell element.
2.A surface cannot be defined using Madymo surfaces.
3.A surface cannot be defined by associating a hyper-ellipsoid and another type of surface.
4.If item_ID is negative, the surface normals are inverted. For example:

/SURF/SURF/3

           Title

1-2

Surface 3 = Surface 1 + Surface 2 (the normal of Surface 2 is inverted)

surf_surf