*findholesshell
Finds holes in shell meshes.
Syntax
*findholesshell hole_type min_planar_dim max_planar_dim max_offset_plane_dev max_geom_dev_percent max_smooth_edge_angle organize flag param
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify
Description
Finds holes in shell meshes. The shell elements are bounded by connected and closed sequences of free edges subject to the specified parameters. The output is plot elements around the perimeter of each hole.
The process of finding holes requires the initialization of the process using *findholesinit. This initialization process requires the components or elements utilized by subsequent *findholesshell and *findholessolid commands. To utilize different input components or elements, the *findholesinit command needs to be rerun. After completing the find hole process, the command *findholesend should be called to clear the memory.
Inputs
- hole_type
- The hole type to find. Valid values are:
- 0 - any
- 1 - circular
- 2 - square
- 3 - rectangular
- min_planar_dim
- The minimum planar dimension of the hole must exceed this value. If ≤ 0.0, this check is skipped.
- max_planar_dim
- The maximum planar dimension of the hole cannot exceed this value. If ≤ 0.0, this check is skipped.
- max_offset_plane_dev
- No node on the perimeter of a hole must exceed this distance from the mean plane. If ≤ 0.0, this check is skipped.
- max_geom_dev_percent
- See hole_type. Acceptable values are [0.0, 100.0], otherwise closer extreme is used. If ≤ 0.0, this check is skipped.
- max_smooth_edge_angle
- See hole_type. Acceptable values are [0.0, 90.0], otherwise closer extreme is used.
- organize
- Flag to define how found edge plot elements are organized. Valid values are:
- 0 - Place found edge plot elements in ^edge_holes_shell component.
- 1 - Place found edge plot elements in current component.
- flag
- Reserved for future use. Set to 0.
- param
- Reserved for future use. Set to 0.
Example
*createmark elems 1 displayed
*findholesinit elems 1 1 30 0 0
*findholesshell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*findholesend
Errors
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}
Version History
11.0