*tablecontour

Contours node/element data from a table.

Syntax

*tablecontour table_name table_id_column table_value_column legend_title

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

Contours node/element data from a table. To clear the contour plot, the original color mode can be restored using *setoption element_color_mode=<value>.

Inputs

table_name
The name of the table containing the data to contour.
table_id_column
The title of the column in the table that contains the IDs of the entities to contour.
If the column is an integer column, the integers are assumed to be element IDs. If the column is an entity type column with type element or node, the values are taken as IDs of elements or nodes respectively.
table_value_column
The title of the column in the table that contains the values to use for the contour.
Currently only double or float values are supported.
legend_title
The title to use for the contour legend.

Example

To create a contour of data in table "contour_table", with the column labeled "IDs" as the ID column, the column labeled "Values" as the value column, and a legend title of "My Values":

*tablecontour contour_table IDs Values "My Values"

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

13.0