ABAQUS uses special element types to designate model features such as analytical rigid surfaces that are not part of the mesh. These element types appear in the output database. You may see them in the Visualization module while querying the model or creating display groups based on element type. Table B–1 lists the element types generated by ABAQUS.
Table B–1 Special element types in the output database.
| ARSC | Analytic rigid surface (cylindrical) |
| ARSR | Analytic rigid surface (rotational) |
| ARSSE | Analytic rigid surface (extruded) |
| ARSSS | Analytic rigid surface (segmented) |
| LSURF1 | 2-node line on two-dimensional surface |
| LSURF2 | 2-node line on axisymmetric surface |
| LSURF3 | 3-node line on three-dimensional surface |
| LSURF4 | 3-node line on two-dimensional surface |
| LSURF5 | 3-node line on axisymmetric surface |
| LSURF6 | Quadratic triangular surface |
| PSURF1 | Node (point) on two-dimensional surface |
| PSURF2 | Node on axisymmetric surface |
| PSURF3 | Node on three-dimensional surface |
| QSURF1 | 4-node facet on three-dimensional surface |
| QSURF2 | 8-node facet on three-dimensional surface |
| QSURF3 | 9-node facet on three-dimensional surface |
| RNODE2D | Reference node (two-dimensional) |
| RNODE3D | Reference node (three-dimensional) |
| TSURF1 | 3-node facet on three-dimensional surface |
| TSURF1 | 6-node facet on three-dimensional surface |