*populatemassthicknesstable()
Populates the element mass/thickness table.
Syntax
*populatemassthicknesstable ()
Type
HyperMesh Template Command
Description
Populates the element mass/thickness table. This table is used to improve the performance of summary calculations. This function is only available for "core" solver templates routinely maintained by Altair, including Abaqus, ANSYS, LS-DYNA, MADYMO, Marc, Nastran, OptiStruct, PAM-CRASH 2G, Radioss, and Samcef. It cannot be used with custom templates.
This command must be inside either a *components() or *elements() block and should be called in the *before() section. It must be followed by a call to *deletemassthicknesstable().
Example
To write out the mass of every component in the format
id,"name",mass
*components("","")
*before()
*populatemassthicknesstable()
*format()
*field(integer,id,0)
*string(",")
*field(quotedstring,name,0)
*string(",")
*field(real,mass,0)
*end()
*after()
*deletemassthicknesstable()
*output()
Version History
11.0