Element2D parameter

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Description

Elements in GSA are geometrical objects used for Analysis. Elements must be split at intersections with other elements to connect to them or 'node out'.

In GsaGH, an Element2D is a collection of 2D Elements (mesh faces) used for FE analysis. In GSA a 2D element is just a single face, but to speed things up inside Rhino (mainly for display reasons) we have made the Element2D parameter a mesh that can contain more than one face.

GSA reference

GSA elements

Properties

Icon	Name	Description
	IDs	List of GSA element numbers (default = 0). The values will automatically be set when assembling a model, but you can override this by setting them to anything but zero.
	Mesh	Elements' geometrical definition represented by a Grasshopper Mesh.
	2D property	List of 2D properties (also known as PA in GSA).
	Type	List of element types; Tri3, Tri6, Quad4 or Quad8 depending on the mesh face definition.
	Offset	List of element offsets.
	Group	List of element group numbers.
	Name	List of element names.
	Colour	List of element colours.
	Dummy	List of element dummy status.