Areas

These PREP7 commands are used to create, modify, list, etc., areas.

Mapdl.a([p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7, p8, ...])	Define an area by connecting keypoints.
Mapdl.aatt([mat, real, type_, esys, secn])	Associates element attributes with the selected, unmeshed areas.
Mapdl.adele([na1, na2, ninc, kswp])	Deletes unmeshed areas.
Mapdl.adgl([na1, na2, ninc])	Lists keypoints of an area that lie on a parametric degeneracy.
Mapdl.adrag([nl1, nl2, nl3, nl4, nl5, nl6, ...])	Generate areas by dragging a line pattern along a path.
Mapdl.afillt([na1, na2, rad])	Generates a fillet at the intersection of two areas.
Mapdl.agen([itime, na1, na2, ninc, dx, dy, ...])	Generates additional areas from a pattern of areas.
Mapdl.al([l1, l2, l3, l4, l5, l6, l7, l8, ...])	Generate an area bounded by previously defined lines.
Mapdl.alist([na1, na2, ninc, lab])	Lists the defined areas.
Mapdl.anorm([anum, noeflip])	Reorients area normals.
Mapdl.aoffst([narea, dist, kinc])	Generates an area, offset from a given area.
Mapdl.areverse([anum, noeflip])	Reverses the normal of an area, regardless of its connectivity or mesh
Mapdl.arotat([nl1, nl2, nl3, nl4, nl5, nl6, ...])	Generates cylindrical areas by rotating a line pattern about an axis.
Mapdl.arscale([na1, na2, ninc, rx, ry, rz, ...])	Generates a scaled set of areas from a pattern of areas.
Mapdl.arsym([ncomp, na1, na2, ninc, kinc, ...])	Generates areas from an area pattern by symmetry reflection.
Mapdl.askin([nl1, nl2, nl3, nl4, nl5, nl6, ...])	Generates an area by "skinning" a surface through guiding lines.
Mapdl.asub([na1, p1, p2, p3, p4])	Generates an area using the shape of an existing area.
Mapdl.asum([lab])	Calculates and prints geometry statistics of the selected areas.
Mapdl.atran([kcnto, na1, na2, ninc, kinc, ...])	Transfers a pattern of areas to another coordinate system.
Mapdl.gsum(**kwargs)	Calculates and prints geometry items.
Mapdl.splot([na1, na2, ninc, mesh])	Displays the selected areas and a faceted view of their underlying