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DPF Mechanical 2026 R1

elemental_nodal_to_nodal class

Last update: 18.06.2026

Namespace: Ans.DataProcessing.operators.averaging

Summary

Transforms an Elemental Nodal field into a Nodal field using an averaging process. The result is computed on a given node's scoping.

available inputs: field (Field, FieldsContainer), mesh_scoping (Scoping) (optional), should_average (bool) (optional), extend_to_mid_nodes (bool) (optional), extend_weights_to_mid_nodes (bool) (optional), mesh (MeshedRegion) (optional)

available outputs: field (Field), weight (PropertyField)

Example

op = elemental_nodal_to_nodal()

op = elemental_nodal_to_nodal(field=my_field,mesh_scoping=my_mesh_scoping,should_average=my_should_average,extend_to_mid_nodes=my_extend_to_mid_nodes,extend_weights_to_mid_nodes=my_extend_weights_to_mid_nodes,mesh=my_mesh)

Class Information

Property Value
Namespace Ans.DataProcessing.operators.averaging
Assembly Ans_Dpf_FEMutils_dll_cs
Base Class Ans.DataProcessing.internal_objects.BaseOperator

Inputs

field

field or fields container with only one field is expected

Type: LinkableInput

mesh_scoping

average only on these entities

Type: LinkableInput

should_average

Each nodal value is divided by the number of elements linked to this node (default is true for discrete quantities).

Type: LinkableInput

extend_to_mid_nodes

Compute mid nodes (when available) by averaging the neighbour primary nodes.

Type: LinkableInput

extend_weights_to_mid_nodes

Extends weights to mid nodes (when available). Default is false.

Type: LinkableInput

mesh

Type: LinkableInput

Outputs

field

Type: LinkableOutput

weight

Provides the number of times it was found in the elemental nodal field, for each node. Can be used to average later.

Type: LinkableOutput

Constructors

Constructor

elemental_nodal_to_nodal()

Constructor

elemental_nodal_to_nodal(field, mesh_scoping, should_average, extend_to_mid_nodes, extend_weights_to_mid_nodes, mesh, config)

Parameters:

  • field (object)
  • mesh_scoping (object)
  • should_average (object)
  • extend_to_mid_nodes (object)
  • extend_weights_to_mid_nodes (object)
  • mesh (object)
  • config (OperatorConfig)

Constructor

elemental_nodal_to_nodal(config)

Parameters:

  • config (OperatorConfig)

Methods

Properties

inputs

Type: InputSpec

# Get or set the property
value = obj.inputs
obj.inputs = new_value

outputs

Type: OutputSpec

# Get or set the property
value = obj.outputs
obj.outputs = new_value

defaultConfig

Type: Config

# Get the property (read-only)
value = obj.defaultConfig

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