zone.tri.smallest.area

Syntax

f := zone.tri.smallest.area(z) (2D ONLY)

Get the area of the smallest triangle in an overlay.

This area is normalized to the zone area. This function is useful for isolating zones that have become badly distorted during large-strain simulation. See also the zone geometry-tolerance command.

Returns:

f - the area of the smallest triangle in the zone normalized to the total zone area

Arguments:

z - a zone pointer