*contactsurfcreatewithshells
Creates a contact surface using 1D or 2D elements.
Syntax
*contactsurfcreatewithshells name color mark_id reverse_normals
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Creates a contact surface using 1D or 2D elements.
Inputs
- name
- The name of the contact surface to create.
- color
- The color of the contact surface. Valid values are 1 through 64.
- mark_id
- The ID of the mark that contains the 1D and 2D elements to use. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- reverse_normals
- 0 - Create contact surface along element normal.
Examples
To create a contact surface named "test" with elements
1-100:
*createmark elems 1 1-100
*contactsurfcreatewithshells "test" 5 1 0Errors
Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect
errors, you can use the catch
command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}