Model.CE_FE_SetDetails

Model.CE_FE_SetDetails(collection, config, tolerance, property_id, system_flag, snap_to_node, remesh, force_collinear, fe_type)

Set FE realization details for the connectors on a collection.

Parameters:

• collection (Collection) – The collection containing the connector entities to update.

• config (int) –

  Weld element type. Valid values are:

  2 - plot

  3 - weld

  5 - rigid

  21 - spring

  55 - rigidlink

  60 - bar2

  61 - rod

  70 - gap

  104 - quads

  1001 - custom

• tolerance (double) – The maximum distance allowed between the connector and the entity in order to create welds.

• property_id (unsigned int) – The ID of property. Used to retrieve property specified for connector.

• system_flag (int) –

  0 - Build systems.

  1 - Do not build systems.

• snap_to_node (int) – Force weld to use one of the element connectivity nodes rather than create a new node.

• remesh (int) –

  Specifies if the welded area needs to be remeshed:

  0 - Do not remesh

  1 - Remesh

• force_collinear (int) –

  Force all the welds along all layers to be collinear:

  0 - Non-collinear welds.

  1 - Collinear welds.

• fe_type (int) – The FE type for the current solver specified in the FE. Configuration File for user-defined FE only.

Example

Set the required properties for the connectors with ID 1, 2 and 3, and create a simple bar element with a tolerance of 1

    import hm
    import hm.entities as ent

    model = hm.Model()

    connector_collection = hm.Collection(model, ent.Connector, [1, 2, 3])

    model.CE_FE_SetDetails(
        collection=connector_collection,
        config=60,
        property_id=1,
        system_flag=0,
        snap_to_node=0,
        remesh=0,
        force_collinear=0,
        fe_type=0,
    )