elmiqr#

Mapdl.elmiqr(ielem, key, pname='__tmpvar__', **kwargs)#

Get information about an element.

Secondary Functions: Set current element pointer to this element.

Warning

DISCLAIMER: This function is un-documented in the official ANSYS Command Reference Guide. Hence its support is limited and it use is not encouraged. Please use it with caution.

Parameters:
ielemint

Element number. It should be zero for key=11, DB_NUMDEFINED, DB_NUMSELECTED, DB_MAXDEFINED, DB_MAXRECLENG, or 199

keyint

information flag.

  • DB_SELECTED - return select status: (1)

    • 0 - element is undefined.

    • -1 - element is unselected.

    • 1 - element is selected.

  • DB_NUMDEFINED - return number of defined elements (12)

  • DB_NUMSELECTED - return number of selected elements (13)

  • DB_MAXDEFINED - return maximum element number used (14)

  • DB_MAXRECLENG - return maximum record length (15)

  • 2 - return length (int words)

  • 3 - return layer number (for cross reference files return number of entities)

  • 4 - return address of first data word

  • 5 - return length (in record type units)

  • 6 - return compressed record number.

  • 11 - return void percent (integer)

  • 16 - return location of next record (this increments the next record count)

  • 17 - pointer to start of index

  • 18 - return type of file.

    • 0 - integer

    • 1 - double precision

    • 2 - real

    • 3 - complex

    • 4 - character*8

    • 7 - index

  • 19 - return virtual type of file.

    • 0 - fixed length (4.4 form)

    • 1 - indexed variable length (layer data)

    • 2 - xref data tables

    • 3 - bitmap data (for 32 data item packed records)

    • 4 - data tables (three dimensional arrays)

  • 111 - return the maximum number of nodes stored for any element

  • 123 - return the maximum number of DP contact data stored for any element

  • -1 - material number ( = -EL_MAT)

  • -2 - element type ( = -EL_TYPE)

  • -3 - real constant number ( = -EL_REAL)

  • -4 - element section ID number ( = -EL_SECT)

  • -5 - coordinate system number ( = -EL_CSYS)

  • -101 - pointer to element integers etc.

pnamestr

Name of the variable where the queried value is stored.

**kwargs

Extra arguments to be passed to Mapdl.run.

Returns:
int or str

The returned value of elmiqr is based on setting of key.