*CE_ConnectorSeamCreateUsingLinelist

Create seam connectors at specified locations by line list with certain rules.

Syntax

*CE_ConnectorSeamCreateUsingLinelist line_list density spacing entity entitymark ent_state ce_rules ce_le_rule tol_flag tolerance group param1 param2

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify

Description

Create seam connectors at specified locations by line list with certain rules.

Inputs

line_list
Line entity selected either by list or path selection (must be a number = 1 or 2).
density
Integer number to split line into number of points. Spacing between points (= line_length/density).
spacing
Float number to split line into number of points with specified distance between points (= spacing).
entity
Entity type to be added to the connector as a link.
surfs
comps
entitymark
Mark of entities to add to the connector as links.
ent_state
Link elements or geometry.
  • 0 - geom
  • 1 - elems
ce_rules
Rule to specify if and how a link entity is to be added to a connector.
  • 0 - None
  • 1 - User select
  • 2 - Proximity
ce_le_rule
Rule that specifies how an entity is to be remembered by the connector.
  • 0 - None
  • 1 - Use ID
  • 2 - Use name
tol_flag
Specifies if tolerance value is applicable.
  • 0 - Use default.
  • 1 - Use specified value.
tolerance
Specified to add entities only with in the given tolerance from the specified connector (same as search radius in fe realize panel).
group
Specifies if the individual connectors created from continuous line segments must be grouped to behave as a single connector.
  • 0 - Not grouped.
  • 1 - Group.
parm1
For future use; only "0" is currently valid.
parm2
For future use; only "0" is currently valid.

Examples

To create 2 seam connectors at the locations of line 1 and 2 to link components 3 and 4:
*createlist(Lines, 1) 1, 2
*createmark(Comps, 2) 3, 4
*CE_ConnectorSeamCreateUsingLinelist(1, 5, 0.0, Comps, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 10.0, 1, 0, 0.0)

This command is outdated, and *CE_ConnectorCreateByList() is recommanded to be used for creating seam connector.

A created seam connector is displayed as a line with cylinder like icons at each of the test points (at the specified spacing) with the closest components added to it. The total number of layers supported by seam connector is two.