zone.tetra.smallest.vol

Syntax

f := zone.tet.smallest.vol(z,i i) (3D ONLY)

Get the volume of the smallest tetrahedron in an overlay.

This volume is normalized to the zone volume. 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 volume of the smallest tetrahedron in the zone normalized to the total zone volume

Arguments:

z - a zone pointer

i - index indicating id based on undeformed (when i = 0) or deformed (when i = 1) volume.