*markcombineelements
Combines selected plate and shell elements into one quad or tria element.
Syntax
*markcombineelements mark, tolerance quad or tria
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify
Description
Combines selected plate and shell elements into one quad or tria element.
Inputs
- mark
- The ID of the mark containing the elements to be combined.
- tolerance
- The maximum tolerance allowed before a node within the group of selected elements is considered to be not on the plane formed by any three nodes attached to the group of selected elements.
- quad or tria
- A flag designating the type of element you want to create.
Example
To combine elements 10, 13, and 15 into a tria, using an off-plane tolerance of 0.1:
*createmark(elements, 1) 10 13 15
*markcombineelements(1, 0.1, 0)This command works with two-dimensional elements only.
Errors
None.