9.152. Write Nodes And Elements File(s)

Group (Subgroup)

IO (Output)

Description

This Filter exports node based geometries into structured text files. It allows users to save the following:

1. Node Data (Vertices): Export the coordinates of points that define the geometry.

2. Element Data (Connectivity): Export the node indices that make up the edges, faces, or volumes of the geometry.

The filter gives the user the option to export a node file, element file, or both. It also allows the user to decide whether or not to number the nodes and elements and whether or not to include headers for the node and element files.

Example Node File

In this example output, the following filter parameter options have been selected:

• Number Nodes: ON

• Include Node File Header: ON

The output is listed below where column 1 is controlled by the Number Nodes parameter and line #2 is controlled by the Include Node File Header parameter.

# This file was created by simplnx v1.7.0
NODE_NUM X Y Z
0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
1 0.0000 0.2500 0.0000
2 0.2500 0.0000 0.0000
3 0.2500 0.2500 0.0000
4 0.5000 0.0000 0.0000

Example Elements File

In this example output, the following filter parameter options have been selected:

• Number Elements/Cells: ON

• Include Element/Cell File Header: ON

The output is listed below where column 1 is controlled by the Number Elements/Cells parameter and line #2 is controlled by the Include Element/Cell File Header parameter.

Some explanation as to the columns is requried for this output.

• Column #1 is just the index of the element

• Column #2 is the number of vertices in this element. in this output, 3 since this was exported from a Triangle Geometry

• Columns #3,4,5 are the indices into the node array of the 3 vertices that make up this element. The number of columns may change depending on the kind of geometry being written.

# This file was created by simplnx v1.7.0
ELEMENT_NUM NUM_VERTS_IN_ELEMENT V0_Index V1_Index V2_Index
0 3 0 1 2
1 3 2 1 3
2 3 2 3 4
3 3 4 3 5
4 3 4 5 6
5 3 6 5 7
6 3 6 7 8
7 3 8 7 9
8 3 8 9 10
9 3 10 9 11
10 3 10 11 12

Number of Nodes for each Geometry Type

Geometry Type	Number of Nodes
Edge	2
Triangle	3
Quad	4
Tetrahedral	4
Hexahedral	8

Input Parameter(s)

Parameter Name	Parameter Type	Parameter Notes	Description
Geometry To Write	Geometry Selection	Vertex, Edge, Triangle, Quadrilateral, Tetrahedral, Hexahedral	The Geometry that will be written to the output file(s).
Write Node File	Bool		Whether or not to write the node information out to a file.
Number Nodes	Bool		Whether or not to number each node in the node information output file.
Include Node File Header	Bool		Whether or not to include the node file header in the node output file.
Write Element/Cell File	Bool		Whether or not to write the element/cell information out to a file.
Number Elements/Cells	Bool		Whether or not to number each element/cell in the element information output file.
Include Element/Cell File Header	Bool		Whether or not to include the element/cell file header in the element/cell output file.

Output Parameter(s)

Parameter Name	Parameter Type	Parameter Notes	Description
Output Node File Path	FileSystemPath		The node information will be written to this file path.
Output Element/Cell File Path	FileSystemPath		The element/cell information will be written to this file path.

License & Copyright

Please see the description file distributed with this Plugin

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