*meshdragelements2

Creates solid elements by dragging 2D elements along a vector.

Syntax

*meshdragelements2 mark_id vector_id distance on_drag bias_style biasing organize

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify

Description

Creates solid elements by dragging 2D elements along a vector.

Inputs

mark_id: The ID of the mark containing the elements to be dragged.
vector_id: The ID of the vector along which the elements should be dragged, created using *createvector.
distance: The distance which the elements should be dragged.
on_drag: The number of elements to create along the drag.
bias_style: 0 - Linear; 1 - Exponential; 2 - Bell curve
biasing: The biasing intensity value.
organize: 0 - Elements to current component; 1 - Elements to original component

Example

To create 5 elements by dragging elements 10 and 11 along a vector defined by (1.0, 0.0, 0.0) a length of 50 units, and have the resulting elems in the original comp:

*createvector 1 1.0 0.0 0.0
*createmark elements 1 10 11
*meshdragelements2 1 1 50.0 5 1 0.0 0

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

12.0.110