*plyrealization_option

Extracts/projects elements belonging to ply contours.

Syntax

*plyrealization_option ply_mark_id entity_type mark_id project x1 y1 z1 x2 y2 z2 reserved1 search_option reserved2 shrinkage table_id double_array number_of_doubles reserved3 reserved4

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify

Description

Extracts/projects elements belonging to ply contours.

Inputs

ply_mark_id
The ID of the mark containing the input plies. Valid values are 1 and 2.
entity_type
The type of entity to use to extract/project the plies. Valid values are comps and elems.
mark_id
The ID of the mark containing the entities to extract/project. Valid values are 1 and 2.
project
  • 0 - Project normal to the contour plane
  • 1 - Project normal to the mesh
  • 2 - Project along an arbitrary direction using the x1, y1, z1 and x2, y2, z2 arguments.
  • 3 – Drape map by proximity method (FiberSIM/CATIA composite link)
x1
The x coordinate of the direction base. Only used if project is set to 2.
y1
The y coordinate of the direction base. Only used if project is set to 2.
z1
The z coordinate of the direction base. Only used if project is set to 2.
x2
The x coordinate of the direction normal. Only used if project is set to 2.
y2
The y coordinate of the direction normal. Only used if project is set to 2.
z2
The z coordinate of the direction normal. Only used if project is set to 2.
reserved1
Reserved for future use. Must be set to 0.
search_option
Use the specified search criterion as:
  • 0 - Centroid
  • 1 - All nodes inside
  • 2 - Shrinkage factor of border element edges
reserved2
Reserved for future use. Must be set to 0.
shrinkage
The shrinkage area factor. Only used if search_option is set to 2.
table_id
The ID of the table that holds core sample data. The table consists of 2 columns, “ply” and “points” that contain ply names and sampling points, of data type string and triples, respectively.
double_array
The ID of the double array that contains the x, y and z coordinates of sample points. The double array is created using the *createdoublearray command. This should always be set to 1.
number_of_doubles
Integer indicating the size (number of doubles) in the double array created using *createdoublearray.
reserved3
Reserved for future use. Must be set to 0.
reserved4
Reserved for future use. Must be set to 0.

Examples

To project/extract plies for a ply named "Ply3" on elements 1-10, normal to the elements, with search criterion "all nodes inside":

*createmark plies 1 "Ply3"
*createmark elems 1 1-10
*plyrealization_option 1 elems 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

To project/extract plies for a ply named "Ply3" on all elements, normal to the elements, with shrinkage factor of 0.25:

*createmark plies 1 "Ply3"
*createmark elems 1 all
*plyrealization_option 1 elems 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.25 0 0 0 0 0
To project/extract plies for a ply named "Ply2" on elements 1-10, normal to the elements using core sample data:
  1. Create a table to store core sample data, using ply names Ply1 and Ply2 and sample points (1.1, 2.1, 3.1) and (4.1, 5.1, 6.1):
    *createstringarray 2 "string" "triple" 
*tablecreate "coresample_table" 1 1 1 2 0
*createstringarray 2 "Ply1" "Ply2"
*tableinsertcolumn "coresample_table" "string" "ply" 1 2 1
*createstringarray 6 "1.1" "2.1" "3.1" "4.1" "5.1" "6.1"
*tableinsertcolumn "coresample_table" "triple" "points" 1 6 2
  2. Ply realization, assuming the table ID of coresample_table is 2:
    *createmark plies 1 "Ply2"
*createmark elems 1 1-10
*plyrealization_option 1 elements 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 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