*createmembersectionfrommember

Creates member sections from member entity.

Syntax

*createmembersectionfrommember <option1>=<value1> <option2>=<value2> ... <optionN>=<valueN>

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

Creates member sections on member at control locations with the plane information provided with star command. If number of control locations are zero on a member, default value of 3 will be used to create the member sections.

Inputs

id=<id>: The ID of the member entity.
intersectingentitytype=<entity_type>: The type of entity to intersect the face of member sections. Valid values are elements (default), surfaces and solids.
planetype=<value>: The type of plane associated with the member section. Valid values are infinite and finite.; Default will be infinite.
planenormal=<value>: Normal of the plane for the intersecting entities.
planelength=<value>: Length of the plane to define finite plane (default 300). Used only when plane type is finite.
planewidth=<value>: Width of the plane to define finite plane (default 300). Used only when plane type is finite.
realize=<value>: The flag to define member sections to realize or not. Valid values are 0 and 1.; Default will be 0.
sectiontype=<value>: The section type to be used to realize member section. Valid values are boundingbox and real (default). Used only when realize flag is set to 1.
autoweld=<value>: Flag to perform auto weld on the realized beam section of the member section.; Valid values are 0 and 1.
auto_detect_thin_solids=<value>: Flag to detect thin solids for the realized beam section of the member section. This flag works only if the intersectingentitytype data name is set to solids (55).; Valid values are 0 and 1.
create_sketch=<value>: Flag to create sketch entity on beam section when member section is realized. Only works if the section type is "real".; Valid values are 0 and 1.
vertex_angle=<value>: Section Contour is smoothened if vertex angle between two lines is below this limit.; Valid values are between 0 to 90.0

Examples

To create a member section from a member:

*createmembersectionfrommember id=1 intersectingentitytype=elems planetype="finite" planenormal={-0.99 -0.06 0.12} planelength=300 planewidth=300 realize=1 sectiontype=real autoweld=1 create_sketch=1 vertex_angle=60.0

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

2023