*surfaceplane
Creates a square, planar surface, and optionally, prepares it for immediate use within the automesher. It can also identify a region in the shape of a square planar surface for the automesher to use under the mesh without surface option.
Syntax
*surfaceplane plane id size
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Creates a square, planar surface, and optionally, prepares it for immediate use within the automesher. It can also identify a region in the shape of a square planar surface for the automesher to use under the mesh without surface option.
Inputs
- plane id
- The ID of the plane (vector and base) on which the surface will be created.
- size
- The length of the edges of the surface.
Example
To create a square, planar surface normal to the x axis, with the center at the origin, of size 10.0, but not create any elements:
*surfacemode 4
*createplane 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
*surfaceplane 1 10.0 *createplane() is required for this command. The *surfacemode(4) directive tells HyperMesh not to pass the information on to the automesher for element creation.
Errors
None.