*freeshapedesvarcreatewithsetoption
Creates a free shape design variable.
Syntax
*freeshapedesvarcreatewithsetoption mark_id name set_id
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify
Description
This command creates a free shape design variable that corresponds to a DSHAPE card. The design variable can be created either by directly selecting nodes or by pointing to a nodal entity set.
Inputs
- mark_id
- If nodes are used in creating the design variable, this represents the mark ID containing those nodes. If set to 0, set_id will be used.
- name
- Name of the design variable to create.
- set_id
- If a nodal entity set is used in creating the free shape design variable, set_id is the ID of the entity set. If not required, set to 0.
Examples
To create a free shape design variable fsh1 comprising of nodes
1-100:
*createmark nodes 1 1-100
*freeshapedesvarcreatewithsetoption 1 "fsh1" 0
To create a free shape design variable fsh2 that uses a pre-existing nodal entity set with
ID 5:
*freeshapedesvarcreatewithsetoption 0 "fsh2" 5
Errors
Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To
detect errors, you can use the catch
command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}
Version History
9.0