chrono::fea::ChMeshExporter Class Reference

Description

Collection of mesh file writer utilities.

#include <ChMeshExporter.h>

Static Public Member Functions
static void	writeMesh (std::shared_ptr< ChMesh > my_mesh, std::string SaveAs)
	This function is used to write the connectivity and information of a ChMesh Currently it only supports ChElementCableANCF, ChElementShellANCF, ChElementBrick This connectivity is usually constant throughout the simulation. More...
static void	writeFrame (std::shared_ptr< ChMesh > my_mesh, char SaveAsBuffer[256], std::string MeshFileBuffer)
	The task of this function is to write the information of a ChMesh into a file with vtk format. More...

Member Function Documentation

writeFrame()

void chrono::fea::ChMeshExporter::writeFrame ( std::shared_ptr< ChMesh >  my_mesh, char  SaveAsBuffer[256], std::string  MeshFileBuffer  )

static

The task of this function is to write the information of a ChMesh into a file with vtk format.

The vtk files may be opened with external visualization software such as Paraview, Visit, etc. This function requires the mesh connectivity file, which may be written by ChMeshExporter::writeMesh function Note that this function writes the current state of the mesh when is called. It writes some nodal informations (see the implementation) and elemental informations at the "element center". The elemental information may be converted to nodal information later on in the post-processing stage with a visualization software like Paraview.

Parameters

my_mesh	destination mesh
SaveAsBuffer	name of the vtk file to export data to
MeshFileBuffer	name of the mesh file written by ChMeshExporter::writeMesh

writeMesh()

void chrono::fea::ChMeshExporter::writeMesh ( std::shared_ptr< ChMesh >  my_mesh, std::string  SaveAs  )

static

This function is used to write the connectivity and information of a ChMesh Currently it only supports ChElementCableANCF, ChElementShellANCF, ChElementBrick This connectivity is usually constant throughout the simulation.

Hence, it may be called once at the beginning of the simulation (or as many times as it is needed), and should be used in the later stage when the nodal/elemental informations are updated.

Parameters

my_mesh	destination mesh
SaveAs	name of the mesh file

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• /builds/uwsbel/chrono/src/chrono/fea/ChMeshExporter.h
• /builds/uwsbel/chrono/src/chrono/fea/ChMeshExporter.cpp