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The following article describes the use of the <tt>element.tria6d</tt> command.
This command defines a displacement based, 6-node quadratic triangle.

=Syntax=
 element.tria6d(id,dof<sub>1</sub>,dof<sub>2</sub>,dof<sub>3</sub>,dof<sub>4</sub>,dof<sub>5</sub>,dof<sub>6</sub>,mat)

where
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|id                || The elemental id              ||align="center"| integer  ||align="center"|-
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|dof<sub>1-6</sub> || The elemental [[node|nodes]]  ||align="center"| integer  ||align="center"|-
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|mat               || The element [[material]]      ||align="center"| integer  ||align="center"|-
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=Examples=
  element.tria3d(2,1,2,3,4,5,6,2)

=Comments=
Nodes and material '''must''' be already defined.

=See also=
*[[node]] module.
*[[material]] module.
*[[element]] module.
*[[User guide]].

[[Category:User guide]]