*dragnodestoformsurface
Drags a list of nodes to create a surface, and optionally, prepares it for immediate use within the automesher.
Syntax
*dragnodestoformsurface list direction_vector distance
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Drags a list of nodes to create a surface, and optionally, prepares it for immediate use within the automesher. It can also identify a region in the shape of a dragged surface for the automesher to use under the mesh without surface option.
Inputs
- list
- The nodes to be dragged.
- direction_vector
- The direction to drag the nodes.
- distance
- The distance to drag the nodes.
Example
*surfacemode(4)
*createlist(nodes,1) 5 10 6 11 12 7
*createvector(1,0.0000,1.0000,0.0000)
*dragnodestoformsurface(1,1,-100.0000)
The *surfacemode(4) directive tells HyperMesh not to pass the information on to the automesher for element creation.
*createlist() and *createvector() are required for this command.
If one of the surface creation modes has been set, a smooth is put through the nodes to create the surface.