GiD_Info Mesh
This command gives the user information about the selected mesh in the project.
Without arguments it returns 1 if there is mesh, followed by a list with all types of element used in the mesh.
?-pre | -post -step <step> ?-set_name <set_name>??:
To specify to use the preproces or postprocess mesh, and the time step if it changes along the time. (default -pre). For Elements of post is optional specify -set_name <set_name> to get only the elements of this set, in case that more than one.
- NumElements <Elemtype> ?<nnode>?: returns the number of elements of the mesh.
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