emodif

Elements.emodif(iel='', stloc='', i1='', i2='', i3='', i4='', i5='', i6='', i7='', i8='', **kwargs)

Modifies a previously defined element.

Mechanical APDL Command: EMODIF

Parameters:

ielstr

Replace the previous node numbers assigned to this element with these corresponding values. A (blank) retains the previous value (except in the I1 field, which resets the STLOC node number to zero).

For attributes ( STLOC = MAT, TYPE, etc.), replace the existing value with the I1 value (or the default if I1 is zero or blank).

For attributes MAT and REAL, inputting the label GCN for I1 replaces the existing attribute value with zero for the specified elements. This is a special case used only for converting contact elements ( TARGE169 through CONTA177 ) from a pair-based definition to a general contact definition.

stlocstr

Starting location ( n ) of first node to be modified or the attribute label.

If n, modify element node positions n, n +1, etc. ( n = 1 to 20). For example, if STLOC = 1, I1 refers to the first node, I2, the second, etc. If STLOC = 9, I1 refers to the ninth node, I2, the tenth, etc. Attributes are also modified to the currently specified values.

Use - n to modify only nodes and not attributes.

If zero, modify only the attributes to the currently specified values.

If MAT, TYPE, REAL, ESYS, SECNUM, or EGID, modify only that attribute to the I1 value.

i1str

Replace the previous node numbers assigned to this element with these corresponding values. A (blank) retains the previous value (except in the I1 field, which resets the STLOC node number to zero).

For attributes ( STLOC = MAT, TYPE, etc.), replace the existing value with the I1 value (or the default if I1 is zero or blank).

For attributes MAT and REAL, inputting the label GCN for I1 replaces the existing attribute value with zero for the specified elements. This is a special case used only for converting contact elements ( TARGE169 through CONTA177 ) from a pair-based definition to a general contact definition.

i2str

Replace the previous node numbers assigned to this element with these corresponding values. A (blank) retains the previous value (except in the I1 field, which resets the STLOC node number to zero).

For attributes ( STLOC = MAT, TYPE, etc.), replace the existing value with the I1 value (or the default if I1 is zero or blank).

For attributes MAT and REAL, inputting the label GCN for I1 replaces the existing attribute value with zero for the specified elements. This is a special case used only for converting contact elements ( TARGE169 through CONTA177 ) from a pair-based definition to a general contact definition.

i3str

Replace the previous node numbers assigned to this element with these corresponding values. A (blank) retains the previous value (except in the I1 field, which resets the STLOC node number to zero).

For attributes ( STLOC = MAT, TYPE, etc.), replace the existing value with the I1 value (or the default if I1 is zero or blank).

For attributes MAT and REAL, inputting the label GCN for I1 replaces the existing attribute value with zero for the specified elements. This is a special case used only for converting contact elements ( TARGE169 through CONTA177 ) from a pair-based definition to a general contact definition.

i4str

Replace the previous node numbers assigned to this element with these corresponding values. A (blank) retains the previous value (except in the I1 field, which resets the STLOC node number to zero).

For attributes ( STLOC = MAT, TYPE, etc.), replace the existing value with the I1 value (or the default if I1 is zero or blank).

For attributes MAT and REAL, inputting the label GCN for I1 replaces the existing attribute value with zero for the specified elements. This is a special case used only for converting contact elements ( TARGE169 through CONTA177 ) from a pair-based definition to a general contact definition.

i5str

Replace the previous node numbers assigned to this element with these corresponding values. A (blank) retains the previous value (except in the I1 field, which resets the STLOC node number to zero).

For attributes ( STLOC = MAT, TYPE, etc.), replace the existing value with the I1 value (or the default if I1 is zero or blank).

For attributes MAT and REAL, inputting the label GCN for I1 replaces the existing attribute value with zero for the specified elements. This is a special case used only for converting contact elements ( TARGE169 through CONTA177 ) from a pair-based definition to a general contact definition.

i6str

Replace the previous node numbers assigned to this element with these corresponding values. A (blank) retains the previous value (except in the I1 field, which resets the STLOC node number to zero).

For attributes ( STLOC = MAT, TYPE, etc.), replace the existing value with the I1 value (or the default if I1 is zero or blank).

For attributes MAT and REAL, inputting the label GCN for I1 replaces the existing attribute value with zero for the specified elements. This is a special case used only for converting contact elements ( TARGE169 through CONTA177 ) from a pair-based definition to a general contact definition.

i7str

Replace the previous node numbers assigned to this element with these corresponding values. A (blank) retains the previous value (except in the I1 field, which resets the STLOC node number to zero).

For attributes ( STLOC = MAT, TYPE, etc.), replace the existing value with the I1 value (or the default if I1 is zero or blank).

For attributes MAT and REAL, inputting the label GCN for I1 replaces the existing attribute value with zero for the specified elements. This is a special case used only for converting contact elements ( TARGE169 through CONTA177 ) from a pair-based definition to a general contact definition.

i8str

Replace the previous node numbers assigned to this element with these corresponding values. A (blank) retains the previous value (except in the I1 field, which resets the STLOC node number to zero).

For attributes ( STLOC = MAT, TYPE, etc.), replace the existing value with the I1 value (or the default if I1 is zero or blank).

For attributes MAT and REAL, inputting the label GCN for I1 replaces the existing attribute value with zero for the specified elements. This is a special case used only for converting contact elements ( TARGE169 through CONTA177 ) from a pair-based definition to a general contact definition.

Notes

The nodes and/or attributes (MAT, TYPE, REAL, ESYS, SECNUM, or EGID values) of an existing element can be changed with this command.

The EGID attribute is valid only for MESH200 elements when they are used to generate reinforcing elements (REINF nnn ) via the mesh-independent method for defining reinforcing.