*markcombineelements

Combines selected shell elements into one quad or tria element.

Syntax

*markcombineelements elem_mark=<mark_id> tolerance=<value> quadstrias=<value> ?Validity=<value>?

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

Combines selected shell elements into one quad or tria element.

Inputs

elem_mark=<mark_id>
The ID of the mark containing the elements to be combined. Valid values are 1 and 2.
tolerance=<value>
The maximum tolerance value before a node within the group of selected elements is considered to be out of the plane formed by any three nodes attached to the group of selected elements (default 1.0).
quadstrias=<value>
The option to create either quad or tria element after combine.
0 - Tria
1 - Quad
validity=<value>
The Boolean option to check the validity of combines element. If valid, element is created, else no combine operation is performed.

Example

To combine two elements ID 2 and 3 into a quad element:

*createmark elems 1 2 3
*markcombineelements elem_mark=1 tolerance=1.0 quadstrias=1 validity=1

Errors

None.

Version History

2023 – Updated the syntax to support name-value argument pairs and added new option validity.