<define>
Defines a value table for use within an analysis, expression, or data type.
Input
- id
- Unique table ID
- bind
- Entity type that this value table is attached
- format
- Scalar, vector or tensor
- domain
- Real or complex (Default = Real)
- inherit
- Table used to "copy" attributes from a table
Parent
<analaysis>, <datatype>, or <expression>
Example
define id="stress_tab" format="tensor" bind="elem" />
Comments
- If a table is defined within a data type or expression, it will have local scope, that is, it will exist only when the expression or data type is being evaluated, and cleared upon completion.
- If a table is defined as a child of the analysis, it will global or analysis scope, and will not be cleared.
- All table IDs must be unique, even if they are scoped to a data type or expression. A local table declared in one data type or expression cannot be referenced in another.
- inherit can be used to set attributes to match another table. If inherit is used, attributes explicitly set will override the inherited values.