Material ID for an element

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I have element ID and I need to get the property set ID and its material ID defined in the property. db_element function returns part ID and its not matching with BDF file. Please suggest to get the material ID for an element.

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0 Darrel Sinclair over 7 years ago

Once you have the property set ID, you can get the material ID using db_get_region_definition. This will give you the material ID. If necessary, you can get the material name from its ID using db_get_material_name_from_id.

Your comment about the bdf isn't clear to me - can you clarify? There isn't necessarily any relation between IDs in the bdf and IDs in the Patran db.
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0 Darrel Sinclair over 7 years ago

Once you have the property set ID, you can get the material ID using db_get_region_definition. This will give you the material ID. If necessary, you can get the material name from its ID using db_get_material_name_from_id.

Your comment about the bdf isn't clear to me - can you clarify? There isn't necessarily any relation between IDs in the bdf and IDs in the Patran db.
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