::hwat::core::CreateFiniteSectionCut
Creates a finite section cut.
Syntax
CreateFiniteSectionCut assemname sectionName template {startpnt} {endpnt} distance {xlocation} xmin ymin xmax ymax.
Arguments
- assemname
- Name of the HWAT assembly (HyperMesh component entity set) on which to create the section.
- sectionName
- Name to give the newly created group in HyperMesh.
- template
- The template location.
- startpnt
- Tcl list of x, y, and z coordinates of the tail node of the normal vector.
- endpnt
- Tcl list of x, y, and z coordinates of the tip node of the normal vector.
- distance
- The distance from the tail node to the base point. Can be a percentage distance between the start and end points.
- xlocation
- Tcl list of x, y, and z coordinates of the node used to determine the local x axis.
- xmin
- The minimum value of the local X axis (usually negative).
- ymin
- The minimum value of the local Y axis (usually negative).
- xmax
- The maximum value of the local X axis (usually positive).
- ymax
- The maximum value of the local Y axis (usually positive).
Returns
- Success
- Group ID
- Failure
- {}
Example
CreateFiniteSectionCut MIDRAIL_L midrail_1 "D:/Altair/templates/feoutput/ls-dyna/dyna.key" [list 0.0 0.0 0.0] [list 0.0 0.0 1.0] 50% [list 0.0 1.0 0.0] –100.0 –200.0 200.0 100.0