*CE_MarkUpdateLink
Allows search and replace of an existing link in the specified connector mark with a new link entity.
Syntax
*CE_MarkUpdateLink mark_id search_type search_id search_name ?search_rule? ?replace_type? ?replace_id? ?replace_name? ?replace_rule? ?replace_state? ?keep_current_state? ?search_uid? ?replace_uid?
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Allows search and replace of an existing link in the specified connector mark with a new link entity.
Inputs
- mark_id
- Mark of connectors.
- search_type
- The entity type to search in the connector. This must be specified. The supported entities are comps, props, assems, surfs, tags, elems, nodes and parts.
- search_id
- The link entity ID to replace in the connector. The ID is optional only if one of the following is true:
- search_name
- The name of the link entity to replace in the connector. The name is optional only if one of the following is true:
- ?search_rule?
- The rule by which the link entity was added to the connector. The following codes define the different rules:
- ?replace_type?
- The type of entity that replaces the found link entity (search_type) in the connector. If not specified, the entity type information is not replaced for the found link (replace_type = search_type). The supported types are the same as that for search_type.
- ?replace_id?
- The entity ID that replaces the found link entity. If not specified, the entity ID information is not replaced for the found link (replace_id = search_id).
- ?replace_name?
- The entity Name that replaces the found link entity. If not specified, the entity name information is not replaced for the found link (replace_name = search_name).
- ?replace_rule?
- The rule to set for the found link entity. All the rules supported for search_rule parameters are supported.
- ?replace_state?
- The flag to set for the link entity that specifies if you are connecting to mesh or to geometry. The supported values are:
- ?keep_current_state?
- Optional option to keep the current connector state after the update operation. Valid states are:
- ?search_uid?
- The UID of the link entity to replace in the connector. The UID is optional, only if search_rule is 1, 2, 3 or 4.
- ?replace_uid?
- The entity UID that replaces the found link entity. If not specified, the entity UID information is not replaced for the found link (replace_uid = search_uid).
Examples
*createmyark connectors 1 "displayed"
*CE_MarkUpdateLink 1 comps 10 "" 0 0 20 "" 0 0
*createmaryk connectors 1 "displayed"
*CE_MarkUpdateLink 1 comps 0 "comp1" 0 0 0 "bumper" 0 0
*createmark connectors 1 "displayed"
*CE_MarkUpdateLink 1 comps 10 "" 2 0 0 "" 3 0
*createmark connectors 1 "displayed"
*CE_MarkUpdateLink 1 comps 10 "" 0 0 0 "" 0 2
Note that in all of the above cases, the connector entity is unrealized and any existing welds are removed from the connector. At most, one of the "replace" data must be specified to see a change in the link attributes. If the replace data exactly matches the search data, the connector is not unrealized and no change is made to the link entity.
Version History
2017.2 - Added new optional arguments keep_current_state, search_uid and replace_uid.