*filewriteentities

Saves a BINARY file with only the contents of selected modules/parts.

Syntax

*filewriteentities entity_type mark_id filename reserved

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Saves a BINARY file with only the contents of selected modules/parts. This is useful for shattering a large BINARY file into smaller ones.

There are certain rules and limitations:

There can be only one module on the input mark. That module may have multiple children.
Only the entities listed below are saved, and all other entities are ignored:
- All components in the module hierarchy.
- All elements in those components.
- All nodes in those components.
- Materials referred by those components.
- Properties referred by those components.
- Materials referred by those properties.
Components being exported must not be topologically connected to components in modules not part of the hierarchy being exported.

entity_type: The entity type to export. Only supported for modules.
mark_id: The mark ID of modules. Valid values are 1 and 2. Only one module may be on the mark.
filename: The full name and ID of the file to write.
reserved: Reserved for future use. Must be set to 0.

To write module 10 and all of its children modules to the file C:/temp/shatter10.hm:

*filewriteentities modules 1 C:/temp/shatter10.hm 0

Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect errors, you can use the catch command:

if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
   # Handle error
}

14.0

2019 - Geometry facets are now also saved.