tracing line
Trace lines during animation using nodes.
Syntax
tracing line add <id>
tracing line add projectlineto
tracing line add <select>
tracing line color <color value>
tracing line create
tracing line delete
tracing line file
tracing line onelements <true/fale>
Arguments
- add
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- <node_id>/<node_id_list>
- Select a node to be used as a line source.
- projectlineto
- Component to project to. If you select a file as a line source, use projectlineto to select the component(s) to which the line will be projected. Use marked or an ID range, or pick the components directly from the modeling window or the displayed list.
- select
- Select an entity from the modeling window.
- color
- Select a line color.
- <color>
- Display the color picker.
- <RGB/label/value>
- Enter an RGB value or selecting a color from the list.
- create
- Create a reference line with added nodes to be projected onto the surface of the model.
- delete
- Delete a reference line.
- file
- Select and load a trimmed line definition file from the file browser. The line definition file must be in the Nastran format, including NODE and PLOTEL elements.
- onelements
- Select true to trace lines relative to the elements.
Example
tracing line delete
tracing line add projectlineto "BEAm: SUSPENSION-REAR"