mshape

Meshing.mshape(key='', dimension='', **kwargs)

For elements that support multiple shapes, specifies the element shape to be used for meshing.

Mechanical APDL Command: MSHAPE

Parameters:

keyint or str

Key indicating the element shape to be used:

• 0 - Mesh with quadrilateral-shaped elements when Dimension = 2D mesh with hexahedral- shaped elements when Dimension = 3D.

• 1 - Mesh with triangle-shaped elements when Dimension = 2D mesh with tetrahedral-shaped elements when Dimension = 3D.

dimensionstr

Specifies the dimension of the model to be meshed:

• 2D - 2D model (area mesh).

• 3D - 3D model (volume mesh).

Notes

If no value is specified for Dimension the value of KEY determines the element shape that will be used for both 2D and 3D meshing. In other words, if you specify mshape,0, quadrilateral-shaped and hexahedral-shaped elements will be used. If you specify mshape,1, triangle-shaped and tetrahedral-shaped elements will be used.

This command is also valid for rezoning.