*hmmeshlinedrag

Within the automeshing module, generates quad or tria elements using a surfaceless algorithm. Can only be used with *surfacemode 3 and one of the *linedrag...toformsurface commands.

Syntax

*hmmeshlinedrag quads

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

Within the automeshing module, generates quad or tria elements using a surfaceless algorithm. Can only be used with *surfacemode 3 and one of the *linedrag...toformsurface commands.

Inputs

quads
If nonzero, specifies that the created elements should be quads.

Example

To drag the given nodes along lines 2 and 1, trimmed by nodes 29 and 30, and using the given plane, create 45 elements: 
*surfacemode 3
*createlist nodes 1 5 9 1 15 18 39
*createlist lines 2 2 1
*createlist nodes 2 29 30
*createplane 1 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000 100.0000
*linedragnodestoformsurface 1 2 2 1
*set_meshedgeparams 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*set_meshedgeparams 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*set_meshedgeparams 2 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*set_meshedgeparams 3 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*hmmeshlinedrag 1
*storemeshtodatabase 0
*ameshclearsurface

Errors

None.