Entities: Geometry Entities

Description

Geometry entities are vertices, edges and faces that define geometry and topology of the model. They are not finite elements in themselves, but are used to create finite elements by automeshing or other methods. Geometry entities are usually imported from a CAD file (see Utility: Import) or manually generated using Tools: Geometry.

Straus7 represents the three-dimensional domain of geometry objects in a manner analogous to Boundary Representation (Brep) solid modelling. In this representation, any geometric object can be represented by a collection of faces requiring the definition of the following geometric and topological entities:

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