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How to know actual nodal number in UEL

How to know actual nodal number in UEL

How to know actual nodal number in UEL

(OP)
Hi,
In UEL, Abaqus, we don't know the actual nodal number in the element, right?

For example, one element has the following four nodes: 3, 4, 5, 8. Then in UEL, COORDS(1,1) denotes the coordinate of first degree of node #1, that is node with actual number 3. Now I want to know the actual nodal number 3, 4, 5, 8, how?

Thanks.

RE: How to know actual nodal number in UEL

I am not familiar with UEL. However, I took a quick look at the documentation after reading your post.

A possbile solution you would try is to write the connectivity information in a text file.

Read the connectivity information in the beginning of the analysis.

You can use for example UEXTERNALDB, to load the connectivy info in a 2D array placed in a COMMON BLOCK .

Write a subroutine to look up element labels in the connectivity array and return the nodes labels.

Call that subroutine when you need it from UEL using
JELEM - User-assigned element number


RE: How to know actual nodal number in UEL

(OP)
Thanks. I have worked it out just by reading a txt file within all the element information in UEL.
But maybe it is also OK or even simpler to use UEXTERNALDB.

RE: How to know actual nodal number in UEL

call GETPARTINFO from within your user subroutine.

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