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NDF

Constant NDF 

Source
pub const NDF: usize = 3;
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Degrees of freedom per node: 2D translation (x, y) plus in-plane rotation (z). The third DOF carries ElasticBeamColumn’s bending. A node’s DOF becomes an equation only if something uses it (an element stiffens it, a constraint ties to it, it carries a mass, or it is fixed), so a node connected only to trusses has no rotation unknown and needs none fixed by hand (see Domain::is_active).