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Element Routines
These routines are accessible only by the Body Force, Material Model and Component Model user functions, and by external output codes.
udfGetElmCrd()
Return the element coordinates at the quadrature point.

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  - udfGetElmType()
    Return the type of the element set.
  - udfGetElmQuadType()
    Return the type of the quadrature rule for the element set.
  - udfGetElmNQuads()
    Return the number of quadrature points of the quadrature rule for the element set.
  - udfGetElmQuadId()
    Return the quadrature ID of the quadrature rule for the element set.
  - udfGetElmTime()
    Return the current time.
  - udfGetElmIds()
    Return the user element numbers.
  - udfGetElmCrd()
    Return the element coordinates at the quadrature point.
  - udfGetElmWDetJ()
    Return the weighted determinant of the element Jacobian at the quadrature point.
  - udfGetElmCovar()
    Return the element covariant at the quadrature point.
  - udfGetElmContvar()
    Return the element contravariant at the quadrature point.
  - udfGetElmData()
    Return the element data at the quadrature point.
  - udfGetElmJac()
    Return the array storage for the element Jacobian at the quadrature point.
  - udfGetElmAuxCrd()
    Return the auxiliary element coordinates at the quadrature point.
  - udfGetElmAuxData()
    Return auxiliary element data at the quadrature point.
  - udfGetElmRafData()
    Return element running average field data at the quadrature point.
  - udfGetElmName()
    Return the user-given name of the element set.
  - udfGetElmMedium()
    Return the medium of the element set.
  - udfGetElmNElems()
    Return the number of elements in the element set.
  - udfGetElmNElemNodes()
    Return the number of element nodes for the element set.
  - udfGetElmCnn()
    Return the element connectivity.
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udfGetElmCrd()

Return the element coordinates at the quadrature point.

Syntax

crd = udfGetElmCrd( udfHd ) ;

Type

User Defined Element

Parameters

udfHd: The opaque handle (pointer) which was passed to the user function.

Return Value

crd (Real*): Pointer to two dimensional real array of element coordinates. The first (fastest) dimension of the array is the number of elements, nItems, and the second (slower) dimension is three, for the x, y and z coordinates.

Description

This routine returns the element coordinates at the quadrature point. If mesh displacement is active, the returned coordinates are for the current (deformed) configuration. For example,

Real* crd ;
Real x, y, z ;
Integer elem ;
...
crd = udfGetElmCrd( udfHd ) ;
for ( elem = 0 ; elem < nItems ; elem++ ) {
   x = crd[0*nItems+elem] ;
   y = crd[1*nItems+elem] ;
   z = crd[2*nItems+elem] ;
   ...
}

Errors

This routine expects a valid udfHd.
This routine may only be called within a Body Force, Material Model or Component Model user function.