*metadatamarkentityidtypearray
Creates entity ID type array metadata on the specified mark of entities.
Syntax
*metadatamarkentityidtypearray entity_type mark_id name entity_type_2 entity_id_array number_of_entities
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Creates entity ID type array metadata on the specified mark of entities.
Inputs
- entity_type
- The type of entities contained on the mark.
- mark_id
- The ID of the mark containing the entities to which the metadata will be added. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- name
- The name by which the metadata will be referenced.
- entity_type_2
- The type of entity which the metadata references.
- entity_id_array
- The ID of the integer array that contains the entity IDs. The array is created using the *createarray command. This should always be set to 1.
- number_of_entities
- Integer indicating the size (number of entity IDs) in the array created using *createarray.
Example
To add metadata named Surfaces with surface 100 and 110 to elements
1-100:
*createmark elems 1 1-100
*createarray 2 100 110
*metadatamarkentityidtypearray elems 1 "Surface" surfs 1 2
Errors
Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect
errors, you can use the catch
command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}