recorder Element - slab force

[DrZhu]

How can I get the forces of quod or shell elements using "recorder Element" command? I tried this command using different variations in vain. Thanks in advance!

Junwen Zhu/Germany

[fmk]

the element types did not respond to this request .. i have changed the element code in the repository to now do so .. it will be in release 1.6.1.c or 1.6.2 when i get a chance to build
the windows version next .. hopefully early next week

[simplicio]

Hello,

Using the following line to record the forces in the shell elements of a model I get an output which includes three different lines. In what order does OpenSees output the forces for shell elements, or rather which force does each line represent.

Thanks

recorder EnvelopeElement -file allEllglobalForce.out -ele all globalForce

[fmk]

the Enveope Recorders always contain 3 lines of output .. minimum, maximum and maximum absolute value of specified response type .. if the -time is present you get the time that the value occured in the analysis as well .

the element forces are Fx, Fy, Fz, Mx, My, Mz and they are along the line.