*markcombineelements
Combines selected shell elements into one quad or tria element.
Syntax
*markcombineelements elem_mark=<mark_id> tolerance=<value> quadstrias=<value> ?Validity=<value>?
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Combines selected shell elements into one quad or tria element.
Inputs
- elem_mark=<mark_id>
- The ID of the mark containing the elements to be combined. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- tolerance=<value>
- The maximum tolerance value before a node within the group of selected elements is considered to be out of the plane formed by any three nodes attached to the group of selected elements (default 1.0).
- quadstrias=<value>
- The option to create either quad or tria element after combine.
- validity=<value>
- The Boolean option to check the validity of combines element. If valid, element is created, else no combine operation is performed.
Example
To combine two elements ID 2 and 3 into a quad element:
*createmark elems 1 2 3
*markcombineelements elem_mark=1 tolerance=1.0 quadstrias=1 validity=1Errors
None.
Version History
2023 – Updated the syntax to support name-value argument pairs and added new option validity.