vmtklineartoquadratic
Description
convert the elements of a mesh from linear to quadratic
Input arguments
| Argument | Variable | Type | Length | Range | Default | Description |
| id | Id | str | 1 | | 0 | script id |
| handle | Self | self | 1 | | | handle to self |
| disabled | Disabled | bool | 1 | | 0 | disable execution and piping |
| i | Mesh | vtkUnstructuredGrid | 1 | | | the input mesh |
| ifile | MeshInputFileName | str | 1 | | | filename for the default Mesh reader |
| r | Surface | vtkPolyData | 1 | | | the reference surface to project nodes onto |
| rfile | SurfaceInputFileName | str | 1 | | | filename for the default Surface reader |
| mode | Mode | str | 1 | ["volume","surface"] | volume | kind of elements to work with |
| biquadraticwedge | UseBiquadraticWedge | bool | 1 | | True | if on, convert linear wedges to 18-noded biquadratic quadratic wedges, otherwise use 15-noded quadratic wedges |
| capsurface | CapSurface | bool | 1 | | False | if on, cap the reference surface before projecting |
| entityidsarray | CellEntityIdsArrayName | str | 1 | | None | name of the array where entity ids relative to cells are stored |
| jacobianrelaxation | JacobianRelaxation | bool | 1 | | 0 | if on, relax projected nodes until Jacobians are all positive |
| projectedid | ProjectedCellEntityId | int | 1 | | 1 | id of the entity that is to be projected onto the reference surface |
| quadratureorder | QuadratureOrder | int | 1 | | 10 | quadrature order for checking negative Jacobians |
| jacobiantolerance | NegativeJacobianTolerance | float | 1 | | 0.0 | tolerance for the evaluation of negative Jacobians |
| subdivisionmethod | SubdivisionMethod | str | 1 | ["linear","butterfly"] | linear | subdivision method for surface elements |
| hexahedranodes | NumberOfNodesHexahedra | int | 1 | | 27 | Output hexahedral element type by # of nodes: 20 or 27 (see vtkQuadraticHexahedron and vtkTriQuadraticHexahedron classes in VTK documentation) |
| ofile | MeshOutputFileName | str | 1 | | | filename for the default Mesh writer |
Output arguments
| Argument | Variable | Type | Length | Range | Default | Description |
| id | Id | str | 1 | | 0 | script id |
| handle | Self | self | 1 | | | handle to self |
| o | Mesh | vtkUnstructuredGrid | 1 | | | the output mesh |
