Hi, I have been trying to modify abaqus io to add subdomain names and boundary id names. The reader at present assigns subdomain ids based on a formula dependent on the abaqus elset as well as the element type. There are a couple of problems with this approach.
1. ABAQUS elsets are not unique.. elements can belong to multiple elsets. However as far as I can see, libmesh elements can belong to only one subdomain.. being able to be part of multiple subdomains would be very useful though.. 2. MeshBase only allows a unique subdomain name - subdomain id mapping.. and giving subdomains ids depending on both elset name and element type makes this very hard to use the subdomain_name() function. I do not understand the original motivation for the implementation and I think a simpler scheme should not pose too many problems. I have implemented code to enable the reader to handle generated element and node sets (start, end , step) as well as surfaces that are defined through element sets. Subramanya Sadasiva "But memory eventually fades. Turbulences damp out, internal strains yield to plastic flow, concentration inhomogeneities diffuse to uniformity. Systems tend to subside to very simple states,independent of their specific history." Herbert Callen . Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Libmesh-devel mailing list Libmesh-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libmesh-devel
