*setcuttingplanethickness

Sets the specified cutting plane thickness value.

Syntax

*setcuttingplanethickness axis thickness

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify

Description

Sets the specified cutting plane thickness value. For trim planes, this sets the thickness of the slice through the model. For ordinary cutting planes, this sets the distance between the first and second parallel planar cuts.

Inputs

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
thickness
The new thickness of the planar slice, or the new separation between two parallel planar cuts.

Example

To set the separation to 25.0 between two parallel cutting planes with y-axis as their normal:

*setcuttingplanethickness 1 25.0

Errors

Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect errors, you can use the catch command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
   # Handle error
}