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An alphanumeric finite element mesh plotter
Author(s) -
Felippa Carlos A.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1097-0207
pISSN - 0029-5981
DOI - 10.1002/nme.1620050208
Subject(s) - alphanumeric , plotter , subroutine , finite element method , line (geometry) , computer science , preprocessor , fortran , computer graphics (images) , computational science , quadrilateral , engineering drawing , geometry , mathematics , engineering , programming language , structural engineering
A FORTRAN subroutine name MESHPL is described. This routine generates an alphanumeric image of an arbitrary two‐dimensional finite element mesh on the line printer. This plotting technique can be used for fast on‐line display of nodal points, elements, boundary conditions and loads during the input data preprocessing stage of a finite element analysis.