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Command_Manual
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This command is used to construct an element and add it to the Domain.

element eleType? arg1? ...

The type of element created and the additional arguments required depends on the eleType? provided in the command.

NOTE:

The valid queries to any element when creating an ElementRecorder are documented in the NOTES section for each element.

The following contain information about eleType? and the args required for each of the available element types:

Zero-Length Elements

Truss Elements
- Truss Element
- Corotational Truss Element

Beam-Column Elements

Joint Elements

Link Elements
- Two Node Link Element

Bearing Elements

Quadrilateral Elements

Triangular Elements
- Tri31 Element

Brick Elements

u-p Elements
- UC San Diego u-p element (saturated soil)
- Twenty Node Brick u-p Element
- Brick Large Displacement u-p Element
- SSPquadUP Element
- SSPbrickUP Element

Misc.

Contact Elements

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