*addfacestocontactsurfusingfacenumber

Adds elements using the face number to a contact surface.

Syntax

*addfacestocontactsurfusingfacenumber name mark_id face_number reverse_normals

HyperMesh Tcl Modify

Adds elements using the face number to a contact surface.

name: The name of the contact surface to update.
mark_id: The mark ID that contains the elements to add. Valid values are 1 and 2.
face_number: The face number of the element (starting from 0).
reverse_normals: 0 - Create contact surface along element normal.; 1 - Create contact surface opposite element normal.

To add elements 1 through 100 using face number 2 to contactsurf "test":

*createmark elems 1 1-100
*addfacestocontactsurfusingfacenumber "test" 1 1 0

Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect errors, you can use the catch command:

if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
   # Handle error
}

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