cmas2d.gid question
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 2:12 pm
Hello,
I'm looking at the example, cmas2d.gid, as an early step in learning about GiD. It is all pretty straight forward but I'm not seeing any mention of where or how one assigns material properties (in this case density) to the various elements. In this example all the elements have the same material property so It isn't that big of a deal but say there were different volumes, surfaces, whatever in the model that have different properties. First, it looks like the different entities sort of lose their identity in the mesh and secondly how does one go about assigning the appropriate material properties to the various mesh elements and knowing which mesh element corresponds to which mesh entity?
Thanks.
I'm looking at the example, cmas2d.gid, as an early step in learning about GiD. It is all pretty straight forward but I'm not seeing any mention of where or how one assigns material properties (in this case density) to the various elements. In this example all the elements have the same material property so It isn't that big of a deal but say there were different volumes, surfaces, whatever in the model that have different properties. First, it looks like the different entities sort of lose their identity in the mesh and secondly how does one go about assigning the appropriate material properties to the various mesh elements and knowing which mesh element corresponds to which mesh entity?
Thanks.