*CE_ConnectorAreaCreate
Create area connector(s) at the specific location(s) by mark with certain rules.
Syntax
*CE_ConnectorAreaCreate entities entitymark linkentity linkmark ent_state ce_rules ce_le_rule tol_flag tolerance group param1 param2
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Create area connector(s) at the specific location(s) by mark with certain rules.
Inputs
- entities
- Types that specify location of area connector(s):
- entitymark
- The mark for elements or surfaces.
- linkentity
- Type of entity to be added to the area connector as a link:
- linkmark
- Mark of surfaces or components to add to the area connector as links.
- ent_state
- Specifies whether geometry or element gets precedence during realization of connector. Currently, only element is supported.
- ce_rules
- Rule to specify if and how a link entity is to be added to a connector.
- ce_le_rule
- Rule that specifies how an entity is to be remembered by the connector.
- tol_flag
- Specifies if tolerance value is applicable.
- tolerance
- Specified to add entities only with in the given tolerance from the specified connector.
- group
- Specified if do group after creation.
- param1
- For future use.
- param2
- For future use.
Examples
*createmark elems 1 1 2 3 6 7 8
*createmark components 2 21 23 24 27
*CE_ConnectorAreaCreate elems 1 components 2 1 1 1 1 1.0 0 0 0.0
Each created area connector displays as a plane with cylinders located at the corners, and only the closest two components are added to it. The total number of layers defined at each area connector is 2.