*CE_ConnectorAreaCreate

Create area connector(s) at the specific location(s) by mark with certain rules.

Syntax

*CE_ConnectorAreaCreate entities entitymark linkentity linkmark ent_state ce_rules ce_le_rule tol_flag tolerance group param1 param2

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

Create area connector(s) at the specific location(s) by mark with certain rules.

Inputs

entities
Types that specify location of area connector(s):
Elems
Surfs
entitymark
The mark for elements or surfaces.
linkentity
Type of entity to be added to the area connector as a link:
Surfs
Comps
linkmark
Mark of surfaces or components to add to the area connector as links.
ent_state
Specifies whether geometry or element gets precedence during realization of connector. Currently, only element is supported.
0 - Geometry.
1 - Element.
ce_rules
Rule to specify if and how a link entity is to be added to a connector.
0 - None.
1 - Now.
2 - A fe realize.
ce_le_rule
Rule that specifies how an entity is to be remembered by the connector.
0 - None.
1 - Use ID.
2 - Use name.
tol_flag
Specifies if tolerance value is applicable.
0 - Use default.
1 - Use specified value.
tolerance
Specified to add entities only with in the given tolerance from the specified connector.
group
Specified if do group after creation.
0 - Do not group.
1 - Group.
param1
For future use.
param2
For future use.

Examples

This example creates 2 area connector at elements 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and add nearest 2 of the four components specified within a tolerance of 1.0, remembers the components by their IDs, and does not group connectors after creation.
*createmark elems 1 1 2 3 6 7 8
*createmark components 2 21 23 24 27
*CE_ConnectorAreaCreate elems 1 components 2 1 1 1 1 1.0 0 0 0.0

Each created area connector displays as a plane with cylinders located at the corners, and only the closest two components are added to it. The total number of layers defined at each area connector is 2.