hm_getangle

Returns the angle between three nodes/points.

Syntax

hm_getangle entity_type id1 id2 id3

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Query

Description

Returns the angle between three nodes/points.

Inputs

entity_type
The type of entity to query. Valid values are nodes and points.
id1
The ID of the first entity.
id2
The ID of the second entity.
id3
The ID of the third entity.

Example

To get the angle between nodes 100, 101 and 102:

hm_getangle nodes 100 101 102

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

10.0