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Change elments

Change elments

Change elments

(OP)
Hi.
I'm making up a model. I have defined two elements:first plane42 and then beam3.
I have meshed all the areas with plane42, now I want to use beam3 in order to mesh a line.How can I say to the program that now I want to change element to use
Thanks

RE: Change elments

Hi,

you use the type command. For example:

CODE

type,2 ! if et,2,beam3
mat,...
real,...
lmesh,...

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