*topographypatternvaluesupdate
Updates the pattern grouping options for a topography design variable.
Syntax
*topographypatternvaluesupdate name anchornode firstgrid secondgrid beadtype ucyc cords numcords
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify
Description
Updates the pattern grouping options for a topography design variable.
Note: This command
replaces *topographypatternupdate().
Inputs
- name
- The name of the design variable.
- anchornode
- Bead anchor node
- firstgrid
- Grid ID that determines the direction of the first vector.
- secondgrid
- Grid ID that determines a second plane of symmetry.
- beadtype
- Bead type. This parameter is the same as the field that immediately follows PATRN on the DTPG card. For more information about this field, refer to the OptiStruct online help.
- ucyc
- Number of repetitions for cyclical symmetry.
- cords
- An array containing the anchor, first and second node coordinates such that cord[0], cords[1], and cords[2] are the x, y, and z coordinates of the anchor node, respectively, and so on.
- numcords
- Number of coordinate values ( =9 always).
Examples
Using only node
IDs:
*createdoublearray(9) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*topographypatternvaluesupdate("dv1",3,1,2,20,0,1,9)
Using coordinates for anchor node and IDs for the first and second
grid:
*createdoublearray(9) 1.7 2.3 4.9 0 0 0 0 0 0
*topographypatternvaluesupdate("dv1",0,1,2,20,0,1,9)