*section_plane_mesh

Generates a shell mesh from a selection of planar boundary elements.

Syntax

*section_plane_mesh entity_type mark_id mesh_type elem_size connectivity elem_mark_id tol

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

Generates a shell mesh from a selection of planar boundary elements.

Inputs

entity_type
The type of entity to use as input for the boundary. Valid values are comps and elems.
mark_id
The ID of the mark containing the input entities. Valid values are 1 and 2.
mesh_type
Flag indicating the type of mesh to generate. Valid values are:
  • 0 - trias
  • 1 - quads
  • 2 - mixed
  • 3 - right trias
  • 4 - quads only
elem_size
The target element size.
connectivity
Manage the connection with input boundary/overlay elements. Valid values are:
  • 0 - Generate mesh using given element size. Ignore elem_mark_id.
  • 1 - Manage connection with the user given boundary elements. Ignore elem_mark_id.
  • 2 - Manage connection with elements specified with elem_mark_id. Elements on elem_mark_id should be part of mark_id as well.
  • 3 - Manage connection with boundary elements which are not on elem_mark_id.
  • 4 - Manage connection with overlapped elements on elem_mark_id. Overlapped elements should not be tagged as boundary elements on mark_id.
  • 5 - Manage connection with boundary elements which do not overlap elem_mark_id elements. Overlapped elements should not be tagged as boundary elements on mark_id.
elem_mark_id
The ID of the mark containing the boundary/overlay elements used to manage the connectivity. Valid values are 1 and 2.
Ignored if connectivity is set to 0 or 1.
tol
The tolerance to use for overlay check. If set as 0, the tolerance will attempt to be automatically detected.

Example

To create a section plane quad mesh of size 2.0, using elements 10-30 as boundary input, and elements 1-5 as overlapped:
*createmark elems 1 10-30
*createmark elems 2 1-5
*section_plane_mesh elems 1 1 2.0 4 2 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

11.0.130