*setglobalply
Sets the ply name to review.
Syntax
*setglobalply entity_type mark_id ply_name only_orient normal_size color
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify
Description
Sets the ply name to review. The element ply direction of that ply will be plotted for each selected element with respect to the element (material) orientation. When review is complete, the command *vectorsoff must be run.
Inputs
- entity_type
- The type of entity to review. Valid values are elements and properties.
- mark_id
- The ID of the mark containing the entities. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- ply_name
- The name of the ply to review.
- only_orient
-
- 0 - The new x-element directions are shown as continuous gradient lines starting and ending on free edges.
- 1 - The new x-element directions are displayed as vectors starting from the element centroid.
- normal_size
- If only_orient=1, this defines the size of the displayed vectors.
- color
- The color of the vectors or lines. Valid values are 1 through 64.
Example
To review the ply directions for the second ply named "ply45" for the displayed elements with blue vectors of size 3:
*createmark elems 1 displayed
*setglobalply elems 1 "ply45" 1 3 7
*vectorsoffErrors
Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To
detect errors, you can use the catch
command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}