[ELEM] Create Elements

    "ELEM": {
        "TYPE": {
            "__DESC__": "ELEMENT TYPE",
            "__TYPE__": "String"
        },
        "MATL": {
            "__DESC__": "MATERIAL NUM",
            "__TYPE__": "Integer"
        },
        "SECT": {
            "__DESC__": "SECTION NUM",
            "__TYPE__": "Integer"
        },
        "NODE": {
            "__DESC__": "NODE NUM",
            "__TYPE__": [
                "Integer",
                "Integer",
                "Integer",
                "Integer",
                "Integer",
                "Integer",
                "Integer",
                "Integer"
            ]
        },
        "ANGLE": {
            "__DESC__": "ELEMENT ANGLE",
            "__TYPE__": "Real"
        },
        "STYPE": {
            "__DESC__": "ELEMENT SUBTYPE",
            "__TYPE__": "Integer"
        },
        "TENS": {
            "__DESC__": "TENS FORCE",
            "__TYPE__": "Real"
        },
        "T_LIMIT": {
            "__DESC__": "TENS LIMIT",
            "__TYPE__": "Real"
        },
        "T_bLMT": {
            "__DESC__": "USE TENS LIMIT?",
            "__TYPE__": "Bool"
        },
        "NON_LEN": {
            "__DESC__": "NON LINIAR LENGTH",
            "__TYPE__": "Real"
        },
        "CABLE": {
            "__DESC__": "CABLE OPTION",
            "__TYPE__": "Integer"
        }
    }

Introduce Input Data Symbols

API - Value Type		Input Data

API - Value Type	Input Data
Integer	🔴	Essential
String	❌	Unnecessary
Boolean	🔺	Optional
Real

The required Input Data for defining Element (General Type)

NO.	Name	API - Key	API - Value Type	Default	Beam	Plate	Truss	Solid

NO.	Name	API - Key	Default	Beam	Plate	Truss	Solid
	Common Item
1	Element No.	"KEY"		🔴	🔴	🔴	🔴
2	Element Type Beam : "BEAM" Plate : "PLATE" Truss : "TRUSS" Solid : "SOLID"	"TYPE"	"BEAM"	🔺	🔴	🔴	🔴
3	Material No.	"MATL"		🔴	🔴	🔴	🔴
4	Section / Thickness No.	"SECT"		🔴	🔴	🔴	🔴
5	Node No.	"NODE"		🔴	🔴	🔴	🔴
6	Beta Angle	"ANGLE"	0	🔺	🔺	🔺	❌
7	Element Subtype Thick : 1 Thick with Drilling DOF : 3 Thin : 2 Thin with Drilling DOF : 4	"STYPE"		❌	🔴	❌	❌

The required Input Data for defining Element (Tension/Compression Only Type)

NO.	Name	API - Key	API - Value Type	Default	Tension only	Compression only

NO.	Name	API - Key	Default	Tension only	Compression only
1	Element No.	"KEY"		🔴	🔴
2	Element Type Tension only/Hook/Cable : "TENSTR" Compression only/Gap : "COMPTR" Plane stress : "PLSTRS" Plane strain : "PLSTRN" Axisymmetric : "AXISYM"	"TYPE"	"BEAM"	🔴	🔴
3	Material No.	"MATL"		🔴	🔴
4	Section / Thickness No.	"SECT"		🔴	🔴
5	Node No.	"NODE"		🔴	🔴
6	Beta Angle	"ANGLE"	0	🔺	🔺
	Tension only/Hook/Cable
7-1	Element Subtype Truss : 1 Hook : 2 Cable: 3	"STYPE"		🔴	❌
	Truss Type
8-1	Allow. Comp.	"TENS"	0	🔺	❌
9-1	Tension Limit	"T_bLMT"	FALSE	🔺	❌
10-1	Tension Limit value	"T_LIMIT"		🔺	❌
	Hook Type
11-1	Hook Length	"NON_LEN"	0	🔺	❌
	Cable Type
12-1	Cable Type Pretension : 1 Horizontal : 2 Lu : 3	"CABLE"		🔴	❌
13-1	Pretension / Horizontal	"TENS"	0	🔺	❌
14-1	Lu	"NON_LEN"	0	🔺	❌
	Compression only/Gap
7-2	Element Subtype Truss : 1 Gap : 2	"STYPE"		❌	🔴
	Truss Type
8-2	Allow. Tens.	"TENS"	0	❌	🔺
9-2	Compression Limit	"T_bLMT"	FALSE	❌	🔺
10-2	Compression Limit value	"T_LIMIT"		❌	🔺
	Gap Type
11-2	Gap	"NON_LEN"	0	❌	🔺

The JSON format example for inputting Element

    "ELEM": {
        "1": {
            "TYPE": "BEAM",
            "MATL": 1,
            "SECT": 1,
            "NODE": [
                3,
                5
            ],
            "ANGLE": 43.0
        }
    }

    "ELEM": {
        "1": {
            "TYPE": "PLATE",
            "MATL": 1,
            "SECT": 1,
            "NODE": [
                8,
                6,
                7,
                9
            ],
            "ANGLE": 43.0,
            "STYPE": 1
        }
    }