*addfacestocontactsurf
Adds elements using the face/edge option to a contact surface.
Syntax
*addfacestocontactsurf name elem_mark_id node_mark_id break_angle reverse_normals face_or_edge
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Adds elements using the face/edge option to a contact surface.
Inputs
- name
- The name of the contact surface to update.
- elem_mark_id
- The mark ID that contains the elements to add. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- node_mark_id
- The mark ID that contains the nodes that define an edge or a face of an element. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- break_angle
- The break angle for finding adjacent elements.
- reverse_normals
- Create contact surface.
- 0 - Along element normal.
- 1: Opposite element normal.
- face_or_edge
- Create contact surface.
- 0 - On edge.
- 1 - On face.
Examples
To add elements 1-100 with faces defined by nodes 1-5 to contactsurf "test" with a break_angle of 30.0:
*createmark elems 1 1-100
*createmark nodes 1 1-5
*addfacestocontactsurf "test" 1 1 30.0 0 1
Errors
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}