{"id":463452,"date":"2026-09-11T15:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/access-user-assigned-element-numbers-in-user-defined-material\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:13:15","slug":"access-user-assigned-element-numbers-in-user-defined-material","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/access-user-assigned-element-numbers-in-user-defined-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Access User Assigned Element Numbers in User-Defined Material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I want to access the user assigned element numbers from the input card deck from within a user-defined material. I can access the LS-Dyna internally assigned element numbers via the idele variable but I do not know how this internal element number maps to the user assigned element number.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Can you please instruct me how to access the user assigned element numbers from within the user-defined material? What array or variable to I need to access?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I tried using the &#8220;Ansys Assistant&#8221; but it did not produce any solutions to the above problem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-463452","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-user-defined-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I want to access the user assigned element numbers from the input card deck from within a user-defined material. 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