*markintersectplane

Selects a chain of elements and nodes cut by a given section plane.

Syntax

*markintersectplane entity_type EntityMark Plane ElemOutMark NodeOutMark

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

Selects a chain of elements and nodes cut by a given section plane.

Inputs

entity_type
The type of entity on the mark. Valid values are elements and components.
EntityMark
The mark containing the elements or components to be intersected.
Plane
The ID of the plane to use for intersection calculations.
ElemOutMark
The mark to contain the intersected elements
NodeOutMark
The mark to contain one row of nodes along the intersected elements.

Example

To find the nodes and elements inside of the components mark cut by a user-defined plane, and place these nodes/elems into mark 2:

*createmark elements 1 displayed
*createplane 1 0.0002 -0.3832 0.0004 850.3620 237.5095 349.0000
*markintersectplane components 1 1 2 2

Errors

None.