*ElemsConec

*ElemsConec

This command writes the element's connectivities, i.e. the list of the nodes that belong to the element, displaying the direction for each case (anti-clockwise direction in 2D, and depending on the standards in 3D). For shells, the direction must be defined. However, this command accepts the argument swap and this implies that the ordering of the nodes in quadratic elements will be consecutive instead of hierarchical. The connectivities are considered as integers (see *intformat and *format).

If *ElemsConec receives an integer argument (beginning from 1), this argument indicates which element connectivity must be written:

Note: In the first versions of GiD, the optional parameter of the last command explained was invert instead of swap, as it is now. It was changed due to technical reasons. If you have an old .bas file prior to this specification, which contains this command in its previous form, when you try to export the calculation file, you will be warned about this change of use. Be aware that the output file will not be created as you expect.