*sketchproject

Projects line and surface entities into the sketch work plane along the normal direction.

Syntax

*sketchproject sketch_id entity_type mark_id ?create_entities? ?only_displayed?

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

Projects the line and surface entities into the sketch work plane along the normal direction.

Inputs

sketch_id
The ID of the sketch entity.
entity_type
The type of selected entities. Valid values are lines, points, surfaces, topolines, and topopoints.
mark_id
The ID of the mark containing the entities. Valid values are 1 and 2.
create_entities
0 - Projected curves are added as guide curves in the sketch.
1 - Projected curves are added as sketch geometries.
only_displayed
0 - All entities in the input mark are considered.
1 - Only displayed entities in the input mark are considered.

Examples

To project surface ID 8 onto sketch ID 1 and add it as a sketch geometry:
*createmark surfaces 1 8
*sketchproject 1 surfaces 1 1

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

2021.2