*rotatemark

Rotates a selection of entities about a plane normal.

Syntax

*rotatemark entity_type mark_id plane_id angle

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

This command rotates a selection of entities about a plane.

entity_type: The type of entity to rotate.
mark_id: The ID of the mark containing the entities. Valid values are 1 and 2.
plane_id: The ID of the plane to use for the rotation. The normal of this plane will be used as the axis of rotation. This is defined using the *createplane command.
angle: The angle to rotate in degrees.

To rotate element 56 and 57 about the z axis (30 degrees) with an origin of (3.0,4.0,0.0):

*createplane 1 0.0 0.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 0.0
*createmark elems 1 56 57
*rotatemark elems 1 1 30.0

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

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