*movecuttingplane

Moves a cutting plane a specified distance.

Syntax

*movecuttingplane axis distance

HyperMesh Tcl Modify

Moves a cutting plane a specified distance.

axis: The axis that is normal to the plane. Valid values are:; 0 - The plane with x-axis as its normal; 1 - The plane with y-axis as its normal; 2 - The plane with z-axis as its normal
distance: The distance to move the cutting plane along the plane normal.

To move the cutting plane with y-axis as its normal by a value of 5:

*movecuttingplane 1 5.0

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

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