*beadparamsupdate

Updates bead parameters of a topography design variable.

Syntax

*beadparamsupdate name minimumwidth drawangle drawheight bufferzone boundaryskip drawdirection draw_x draw_y draw_z

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify

Description

Updates bead parameters of a topography design variable.

Inputs

name
The name of the design variable.
minimumwidth
Minimum width of bead (real; > 0.0).
drawangle
Draw angle in degrees (real; 1.0 < drawangle < 89.0)
drawheight
Draw height (real; > 0.0)
bufferzone
Can be either 0 or 1.
0 - There is no buffer zone.
1 - Indicates the presence of a buffer zone.
boundaryskip
A brief description of each of the values follows:
0 - No boundary skip
1 - Skip SPCs
2 - Skip LOADs
3 - Skip both SPCs and LOADs
drawdirection
Can be either 0 or 1.
0 - The draw direction is normal to elements.
1 - The draw direction will be determined by the next 3 parameters (below).
draw_x
x component of draw direction.
draw_y
y component of draw direction.
draw_z
z component of draw direction.

Examples

To update the bead paramters of an existing topography design variable dv1 to have a width of 10.0, a draw angle of 60 degrees, draw height of 20.0 with no buffer zone, no boundary skip, and having a draw direction normal to the elements:
*beadparamsupdate("dv1",10,60,20,0,0,0,0,0,0)