OOF2: The Manual

`Element Group (ElementGroup)`
	6.5.2. Subclasses

Name

Element Group (ElementGroup) — Use an element group as the post-processing domain.

Synopsis

ElementGroup(elements)

Details

Base class: Domain
Parameters:

elements

Elements to sample. Type: The name of a element group, or the placeholder selection, referring to the currently selected elements.

Description

Domain objects are part of the post-solution analysis framework, in which useful data is extracted from the Mesh. The Domain is the subset of the Mesh to which the sampling is applied. When the domain is set to ElementGroup, the sampling points are distributed inside the specified Mesh Elements.

ElementGroup domains support sampling methods in the point and element categories.

The elements parameter specifies which elements to sample. It should either be the name of an element group, or the special placeholder object, selected, indicating that the currently selected elements should be used.

	Note
	When sampling an `ElementGroup` on a grid, the grid is fit into the `ElementGroup`'s bounding box, that is, the smallest rectangle that contains all of the elements. This means that it's possible that some of the grid points might not lie inside of an element in the group.


`Elastic Strain (ElasticStrain)`		`Element Set (ElementSampleSet)`