*AE_AttachmentCreateWithOptions

Creates attachments with options.

Syntax

*AE_AttachmentCreateWithOptions target_entity_type target_mark_id location_entity_type location_mark_id search_type string_array number_of_strings

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

Creates attachments with options.

Inputs

target_entity_type
The target entity type to consider for adding attachments. Valid values are parts and comps.
target_mark_id
The ID of the mark containing the target entities. Valid values are 1 and 2.
location_entity_type
The location entity type to use for determining the attachment location (one attachment per location). Valid values are nodes. This is optional if doing a hole search.
location_mark_id
The ID of the mark containing the location entities. Valid values are 1 and 2.
search_type
Hole - If nodes are passed in via location_mark_id, attempt to find a single hole per node. If no nodes are passed, create an attachment for each hole found on entities in target_mark_id.
Node - Create a special node attachment on the nodes pass in via location_mark_id
string_array
The ID of the array created using *createstringarray, which contains the additional input strings. Must be set to 1. Valid strings are:
attachmentcontrol=<id>
The ID of the attachment control to use for realization.
maxdiameter=<value>
The maximum hole diameter to find.
mindiameter=<value>
The minimum hole diameter to find.
tolerance=<value>
The tolerance used for hole searches and projections.
number_of_strings
The number of strings in string_array.

Examples

Create an attachment for each location entity (nodes 266 and 380), looking for the nearest hole on Part1 or Part2 for each node:
*createmark modules 1 "Part1" "Part2"
*createmark nodes 1 266 380
*createstringarray 4 "mindiameter=5" "maxdiameter=25" "tolerance=25" "attachmentcontrol=1"
*AE_AttachmentCreateWithOptions modules 1 nodes 1 "Hole" 1 4
Create attachments for each hole on 3 different parts, specifying an attachment control be created:
*createmark modules 1 "Part1" "Part2" "Part3"
*createstringarray 4 "mindiameter=5" "maxdiameter=25" "tolerance=25" "attachmentcontrol=1"
*AE_AttachmentCreateWithOptions modules 1 nodes 0 "Hole" 1 4
Create two node attachments (nodes 221 and 365), referencing specific nodes with no other realization:
*createmark nodes 1 221 365
*AE_AttachmentCreateWithOptions modules 0 nodes 1 "Node" 1 0

Errors

Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect errors, you can use the catch command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
   # Handle error
}

Version History

2020