.. _kw-type:

type
======

As the child keyword of |sg| model
----------------------------------

|SG| model type.

..  code-block:: yaml

    structure:
      cs:
        - name: "..."
          model:
            type: "..."
            ...
          ...



Specification
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

..  only:: msg

    :Parent keyword: :ref:`kw-model`
    :Arguments: Choose one from SD1\|PL1\|PL2\|BM1\|BM2
    :Default: None

    * ``SD1``: Cauchy continuum model.
    * ``PL1``: Kirchhoff-Love plate/shell model.
    * ``PL2``: Reissner-Mindlin plate/shell model.
    * ``BM1``: Euler-Bernoulli beam model.
    * ``BM2``: Timoshenko beam model.

..  only:: ivabs

    :Parent keyword: :ref:`kw-model`
    :Arguments: Choose one from BM1\|BM2
    :Default: None

    * ``BM1``: Euler-Bernoulli beam model.
    * ``BM2``: Timoshenko beam model.





As the child keyword of analysis step
-------------------------------------

Type of the current analysis step.

..  code-block:: yaml

    analysis:
      steps:
        - step: "..."
          type: "..."
          ...


Specification
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

:Parent keyword: :ref:`kw-steps`
:Arguments: Choose one from cs\|script
:Default: None


``cs`` defines a cross-sectional analysis step.
``script`` defines a custom step using user-provided Python scripts.


Related pages

* :ref:`section-guide_analysis_script`