Hi
easiest to sort out these cases (I always restart from scratch) is to start with a simple beam and only mesh it with very few elemnts 2-8 so you can easily track them in your head and on papaer with a simple analytical case.
then you can understand the use and identification of the p, d, t, q
I beleive I remeber (I do not have my manuals here), that the t are the tetrahedral elements, the q the quad (often you have only one of the two types), p are the node coordinates, and d the data
So and if I have it right "t" is the "indexes" of nodes "p" making up the thets and "q" the indexes making up the quad elements (careful with orientation to not invert them). And d are the data values at the nodes "p"
Pls check this carefully, because I'm recording from what I remember and cannotcheck.
hope this helps
Good luck
Ivar
easiest to sort out these cases (I always restart from scratch) is to start with a simple beam and only mesh it with very few elemnts 2-8 so you can easily track them in your head and on papaer with a simple analytical case.
then you can understand the use and identification of the p, d, t, q
I beleive I remeber (I do not have my manuals here), that the t are the tetrahedral elements, the q the quad (often you have only one of the two types), p are the node coordinates, and d the data
So and if I have it right "t" is the "indexes" of nodes "p" making up the thets and "q" the indexes making up the quad elements (careful with orientation to not invert them). And d are the data values at the nodes "p"
Pls check this carefully, because I'm recording from what I remember and cannotcheck.
hope this helps
Good luck
Ivar