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how to relax the net of elements?

Thread starter captainstorm10
Start date Mar 30, 2005

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Mar 30, 2005

captainstorm10

Mechanical

Dear all,

i am working with patran and ABAQUS now.I have often the problem of '***WARNING: ELEMENT ** IS DISTORTED: ANGLE BETWEEN ISOPARAMETRIC LINES IS LESS
THAN 45 OR GREATER THAN 135 DEG. THE MIN/MAX ANGLE IS 43.890 DEG'
can man relax the the elements in Patran?