*copymark
Copies entities from one collector to another.
Syntax
*copymark entity_type mark_id name ?disable_fe_geom_duplicate? ?copy_elems_with_surf?
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Copies entities from one collector to another.
Inputs
- entity_type
- Entity type to copy. Any collected entity type (aside from main/secondary elements) is valid.
- mark_id
- The ID of the mark containing the entities to copy. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- name
- The name of the collector to copy the entities to. The collector type is determined by the entity_type.
- disable_fe_geom_duplicate
- Parameter to disable FE geom duplicate option when copying elements. Valid values are 1 and 0 (default). If set to 1, the option fe_geom_dupl in the preferences will be disabled for the command and FE geometry will not be created upon element duplication.
- copy_elems_with_surf
- Option to copy elements along with surfaces. Valid values are 1 and 0 (default). If set to 1, elements associated to the original surface are copied and the newly created elements will be associated to the new surfaces.
Examples
*createmark elems 1 "by collector name" comp1
*copymark elems 1 comp2
*createmark surfs 1 "by collector name" surface_mesh
*copymark elems 1 comp2 1 1
Errors
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}
Version History
2022.3 – Added new optional arguments disable_fe_geom_duplicate and copy_elems_with_surf.