**quad_to_tri#

Description#

This command transforms quadrilateral elements to triangular elements (only 2D meshes). It simply divides a quadrilateral element into two triangular elements.

Syntax#

**quad_to_tri \(~\,\) *elset elset_name

*elset

specifies the element set that should be transformed (default ALL_ELEMENT)

Example#

Note

A slightly different command **div_quad is available. It divides each quadrilateral element into 4 triangular elements.

../../_images/vshape_div.svg 
 ****mesher
  ***mesh
   **open vshape
   **div_quad
    *elset right
   **quad_to_tri
    *elset left
****return