hm_highlightentity
Control the highlighting of a single entity collector.
Syntax
hm_highlightentity entity_type collector_id highlight
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Query
Description
This command is used for changing the highlighting of a single entity, and requires use of *createentitypanel to select that entity.
Inputs
- entity_type
- The type of entity to control the highlighting for.
- collector_id
- The ID of the single entity collector. Usually set to 0.
- highlight
- The state of the highlighting. Valid values are:
- l, low or lowlight - set to low (gray) highlighting
- n, norm or normal - set to normal (no) highlighting
- h, high or highlight - set to high (white) highlighting
Example
To display a single element in a low state:
*createentitypanel elems "Select one element"
hm_highlightentity elems 0 "low"Errors
Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect errors, you can use
the catch
command:
if { [ catch {hm_highlightentity...} ] } {
# Handle error
}