Main Help → All Commands → FEA Mesh / MPM Grid and Material Points → Rect
The Line
command defines a region to be filled with material points, to assign element materials, to be defined as a hole, or for boundary conditions. It can be used as either a 2D shape or a 3D shape. For a 2D line, use:
Line (x1),(x2),(y1),(y2),<(tolerance)>
where the line is from (x1,y1)
to (x2,y2)
in length units. For a 3D line, use:
Line (x1),(x2),(y1),(y2),(z1),(z2),<(tolerance)>
where the line is from (x1,y1,z1)
to (x2,y2,z2)
in length units.
For both 2D and 3D, the region will include points within (tolerance)
of the line (in length units). For 2D line, the region will be rectangle with edges normal to the line and width of 2*(tolerance)
. For a 3D line, the region the line will define the axis cylinder of radius (tolerance)
.