Model.createelementsbetweennodes

Model.createelementsbetweennodes(surf1_collection, surf2_collection, collection, tol, createplot, configval, syst, code, property)

Creates a spotweld element between two surfaces at the selected nodes with an element type, coordinate system, and property ID.

Parameters:

• surf1_collection (Collection) – The collection containing the first surface entities.

• surf2_collection (Collection) – The collection containing the second surface entities.

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

• tol (double) – Search tolerance to identify surfaces.

• createplot (int) – Creates a plot.

• configval (int) – Element type configuration value.

• syst (int) –

  Local coordinate system switch.

  0 - Without coordinate system.

  1 - With coordinate system.

• code (int) –

  Code for one or all surface options.

  0 - All surfaces.

  1 - One surface.

• property (hwString) – Name of property collector.

Example

Create spotweld ( spring elements ) between surfaces with IDs 1 and 2 , use the option individual surface and within a tolerance of 0.01 at the nodes with IDs 1 and 2 . Elements are created with the coordinate system and property collector “ name_prop “

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

surf1 = hm.Collection(model, ent.Surface, [1])
surf2 = hm.Collection(model, ent.Surface, [2])
nodes = hm.Collection(model, ent.Node, [1,2])

model.createelementsbetweennodes(
    surf1_collection=surf1,
    surf2_collection=surf2,
    collection=nodes,
    tol=0.01,
    createplot=1,
    configval=21,
    syst=1,
    code=1,
    property="name_prop",
)