<< Click to Display Table of Contents >> Navigation:  Flexcom > Data Inputs > $LOAD CASE >
*USER DEFINED ELEMENT

Purpose

To provide advanced Flexcom users with the ability to define custom code for altering element properties. This feature is intended for advanced applications, facilitating customised solutions to cater for situations where the standard modelling options do not completely cover user requirements. This option allows you, for example, to vary an element's structural properties while a simulation is in progress.

Theory

Refer to User Defined Element for further information on this feature. You may also be interested in reading about a related feature, User Solver Variables.

Keyword Format

A single line of data containing the name of the DLL file.

FILE=DLL File Name

DLL File Name should include the entire path of the user subroutine file with its extension. If the file name or any part of its path contains spaces then it should be enclosed in double quotation marks.

Table Input