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DPF Mechanical 2026 R1

to_elemental_fc class

Last update: 18.06.2026

Namespace: Ans.DataProcessing.operators.averaging

Summary

Transforms Input fields into Elemental fields using an averaging process. The result is computed on a given element's scoping.

available inputs: fields_container (FieldsContainer), mesh (MeshedRegion) (optional), mesh_scoping (Scoping) (optional), smoothen_values (bool) (optional), collapse_shell_layers (bool) (optional), merge_solid_shell (bool) (optional), shell_layer (Int32) (optional)

available outputs: fields_container (FieldsContainer)

Example

op = to_elemental_fc()

op = to_elemental_fc(fields_container=my_fields_container,mesh=my_mesh,mesh_scoping=my_mesh_scoping,smoothen_values=my_smoothen_values,collapse_shell_layers=my_collapse_shell_layers,merge_solid_shell=my_merge_solid_shell,shell_layer=my_shell_layer)

Class Information

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

Inputs

fields_container

Type: LinkableInput

mesh

Type: LinkableInput

mesh_scoping

Type: LinkableInput

smoothen_values

if it is set to true, Elemental Nodal fields are first averaged on nodes and then averaged on elements (default is false).

Type: LinkableInput

collapse_shell_layers

If true, the data across different shell layers is averaged as well (default is false).

Type: LinkableInput

merge_solid_shell

For shell/solid mixed fields, group in the same field all solids and shells (false by default). If this pin is true and collapse_shell_layers is false, a shell_layer needs to be specified.

Type: LinkableInput

shell_layer

0: Top, 1: Bottom, 2: TopBottom, 3: Mid, 4: TopBottomMid. If merge_solid_shell is true, this pin needs to be specified to a value that extracts only one layer (Top, Bottom or Mid).

Type: LinkableInput

Outputs

fields_container

Type: LinkableOutput

Constructors

Constructor

to_elemental_fc()

Constructor

to_elemental_fc(fields_container, mesh, mesh_scoping, smoothen_values, collapse_shell_layers, merge_solid_shell, shell_layer, config)

Parameters:

  • fields_container (object)
  • mesh (object)
  • mesh_scoping (object)
  • smoothen_values (object)
  • collapse_shell_layers (object)
  • merge_solid_shell (object)
  • shell_layer (object)
  • config (OperatorConfig)

Constructor

to_elemental_fc(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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