Parent/child behavior in load case filtering calculations

The behavior of parent/child relationships depends on the application. This topic outlines the behavior of parent child relationships when you create an individual calculation.

Parent/child relationships in individual calculations

The following table shows the parent/child relationships that the software uses when you create an individual calculation and use the Load Extraction dialog box to extract results from elements.

Result type(1)	Selected entities	Entities from which the result set for the calculation is obtained
Elemental	Entire model	All of the elements in the model
Nodes	All of the elements whose connectivity includes one or more of the selected nodes
Elements	All of the selected elements
Edges	All of the elements that have an element edge that lies on one or more of the selected polygon edges
Faces	All of the elements that have an element face that lies in one or more of the selected polygon faces
Bodies	All of the elements that lie within the selected polygon bodies
NodalElement-nodal	Entire model	All of the nodes in the model
Nodes	All of the selected nodes
Elements	All of the nodes that are included in the connectivity of the selected elements
Edges	All of the nodes that lie on the selected polygon edges
Faces	All of the nodes that lie on the selected polygon faces
Bodies	All of the nodes that lie within and on the surface of the selected polygon bodies
(1) Use the Result Type list in the Load Extraction dialog box to specify the result type.

Using groups to create individual calculations

The following table shows the parent/child relationships that the software uses when you create an individual calculation from a group.

Result type(1)	Contents of selected group	Entities from which the result set for the calculation is obtained
Elemental	Nodes	All of the elements whose connectivity includes one or more of the nodes explicitly included in the selected group
Elements	All of the elements explicitly included in the selected group
Meshes	None
Edges	All of the elements that have an element edge that lies on one or more of the polygon edges explicitly included in the selected group
Faces	All of the elements that have an element face that lies in one or more of the polygon faces explicitly included in the selected group
Bodies	All of the elements that lie within the polygon bodies explicitly included in the selected group
NodalElement-nodal	Nodes	All of the nodes explicitly included in the selected group
Elements	All of the nodes that are included in the connectivity of the elements explicitly included in the selected group
Meshes	None
Edges	All of the nodes that lie on the polygon edges explicitly included in the selected group
Faces	All of the nodes that lie on the polygon faces explicitly included in the selected group
Bodies	All of the nodes that lie within and on the surface of the polygon bodies explicitly included in the selected group
(1) Use the Result Type list in the Load Extraction dialog box to specify the result type.

When you select a group that contains a number of different entity types, the result set for the calculation is the union of the results sets for each entity type.

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