*createcirclefrompointplane
Creates a circle or arc by spinning a point about the normal vector of a plane.
Syntax
*createcirclefrompointplane list_id plane_id angle offset
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
This command creates a circle or arc by spinning a point about the normal vector of a plane.
Inputs
- list_id
- The ID of the list containing the nodes to be spun. A circle or arc is created for each node in the list.
- plane_id
- The ID of the plane defining the circle normal, defined using the *createplane command. The center of each circle is located at the base of the plane. This must be set to 1.
- angle
- The angle of the arc. To create a circle, set to 360.
- offset
- Sets the starting offset for an arc.
Examples
To create a circle by spinning node 18 in the plane whose normal is defined by (0.0, 0.0,
1.0) with base (0.0, 0.0,
0.0):
*createplane 1 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
*createlist nodes 1 18
*createcirclefrompointplane 1 1 360.0 0.0Errors
Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect
errors, you can use the catch
command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}