Model.createconnectionelements

Model.createconnectionelements(elem_type, nodes, tolerance, collection=Collection())

Creates elements of a specified type between input nodes and nodes determined from the nearest elements within tolerance. To search nearest elements for a given node, provide either the component, element, or part collection. Options can be specified in any order.

Parameters:

• elem_type (hwString) – The type of 1D element to create. Must be set to “rbe3”.

• nodes (Collection) – The collection containing the input node entities.

• tolerance (double) – The tolerance used to search nearest elements. Must be greater than 0.0.

• collection (Collection) – The collection containing the optional input entities. Valid entities are components, elements or parts

Example

Create RBE3 elements between the nodes associated with component ID 20038 and all displayed components, using a tolerance of 10.0

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

components_collection = hm.Collection(model, ent.Component, [20038])
nodes_collection = hm.Collection(
    model, hm.FilterByCollection(ent.Node, ent.Component), components_collection
)

model.createconnectionelements(
    elem_type="rbe3",
    nodes=nodes_collection,
    tolerance=10.0,
    collection=hm.CollectionByDisplayed(model, ent.Component),
)