*beamsectioncreatesoliddirect
Creates a solid beam section for HyperBeam.
Syntax
*beamsectioncreatesoliddirect entity_type mark_id merge_tol use_normal_vector normal_vector_id use_orient_vector orient_vector center_option x_loc y_loc z_loc elem_order create_centroid_node create_shear_node
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
A solid type beam section will be created using the given parameters. The solid type beam section may be centered at the centroid of the section, the shear center, or at an arbitrary point defined by you. Optionally, nodes can be created at the centroid and shear center of the beam section.
The entities selected will be projected to a plane aligned normal to the normal vector, rotated such that the orient vector points vertically, and then filled in to form a solid type section. The normal vector forms the beam section’s local x-axis (length) and the orient vector forms the beam section’s local y-axis (height).
The interior of the solid section will be automatically meshed and results for the beam section will be automatically calculated after creation.
Inputs
- entity_type
- The type of entity that defines the cross-section. Valid values are lines, surfs and elems. For elements, only 2D shell elements can be used.
- mark_id
- The ID of the mark containing the input entities. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- merge_tol
- The tolerance used to merge input lines or surfaces.
- use_normal_vector
- 0 - The normal vector will be automatically calculated for the given entities.
- normal_vector_id
- The ID of a vector created using the *createvector command. The vector defines the local x-axis for the section. This is only used when use_normal_vector is set to 1.
- use_orient_vector
- 0 - The orientation vector will be automatically calculated for the given entities.
- orient_vector_id
- The ID of a vector created using the *createvector command. The vector defines the local y-axis for the section. This is only used when use_orient_vector is set to 1.
- center_option
- 0 - The beam section will be centered at a point defined by x_loc, y_loc, and z_loc.
- x_loc
- Defines the x coordinate of the center of the beam for a center_option value of 0. For other center_option values, this is ignored.
- y_loc
- Defines the y coordinate of the center of the beam for a center_option value of 0. For other center_option values, this is ignored.
- z_loc
- Defines the z coordinate of the center of the beam for a center_option value of 0. For other center_option values, this is ignored.
- elem_order
- Elements generated for the beam cross-section interior are:
- create_centroid_node
- 0 - No node will be created at the centroid.
- create_shear_node
- 0 - No node will be created at the shear center.
Examples
*createmark lines 1 19
*createvector 1 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000
*createvector 2 0.0000 1.0000 0.0000
*beamsectioncreatesoliddirect lines 1 0.01 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
*createmark elems 1 1-22
*createvector 1 -0.2322 0.0104 0.4257
*createvector 2 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000
*beamsectioncreatesoliddirect elems 1 0.01 1 1 1 2 0 1.4 0.5 6.0 0 1 1
Errors
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}
Version History
11.0.120