*updatefeatures

Specifies for element remesh with feature edges when 1D elements selected as features are also refined.

Syntax

*updatefeatures flag

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

This command specifies for element remesh with feature edged when 1D elements selected as features are also refined.

This command implies a command that performs re-meshing/meshing by elements with redo option selected is to follow.

Inputs

flag: 0 - 1D elements selected as feature edges are not refined (default).; 1 - 1D elements selected as feature edges are refined. New 1D elements connected to a new mesh are created.

Example

To remesh elements 1-40 with element size 10, using 1D elements with IDs 100-110 as feature edges, and create along these feature edges new 1D elements with the same properties connected to created mesh:

*createmark elems 1 100-110
*elementsaddelemsfixed 1
*updatefeatures 1
*setusefeatures 1
*createmark elems 2 1-40
*defaultremeshelems 2 10.0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 30
*setusefeatures 0

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

12.0.110