*addfacestocontactsurfusingfacenumber

Adds elements using the face number to a contact surface.

Syntax

*addfacestocontactsurfusingfacenumber name mark_id face_number reverse_normals ?element_id? ?use_element_id?

HyperMesh Tcl Modify

Adds elements using the face number to a contact surface.

name: The name of the contact surface to update.
mark_id: The mark ID that contains the elements to add. Valid values are 1 and 2.
face_number: The face number of the element (starting from 0).
reverse_normals: 0 - Create contact surface along element normal.; 1 - Create contact surface opposite element normal.
element_id: The single element ID to use (default is 0).
use_element_id: 0 - Use mark_id (default).; 1 - Use element_id.

To add elements 1 through 100 using face number 2 to contactsurf "test":

*createmark elems 1 1-100
*addfacestocontactsurfusingfacenumber "test" 1 1 0 0 0

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

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

11.0.101

2019 – Added new optional arguments element_id and use_element_id.