hm_elemlist

Get a list of element IDs or types for the passed component.

Syntax

hm_elemlist listType compName

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Query

Description

Get a list of element IDs or types for the passed component.

Inputs

listType: Type of list to generate (ID or type).
compName: The name of the component containing the elements.

Example

To generate a list of elements IDs of type elemType for a named component.

set elemIds   [ hm_elemlist id $compName ];
set elemTypes [ hm_elemlist type $compName ];
set numIds [ llength $elemIds ];
set elemList {};
for { set i 0 } { $i < $numIds } { incr i } {
set curType [ lindex $elemTypes $i ];
if { $curType == $elemType } {
lappend elemList [ lindex $elemIds $i ];
}
}

return $elemList;

This command returns an empty list, if the component is empty or if the component does not exist.

Errors

None.