*elementtesttimestep
Tests beam, spring, shell, solid and thick shell elements using the time step element quality check.
Syntax
*elementtesttimestep entity_type mark_id time_beam time_spring time_shell time_solid time_tshell output_mark_id dimension contour added_mass title
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Tests beam, spring, shell, solid and thick shell elements using the time step element quality check.
Inputs
- entity_type
- The entity types to be checked. Only elements are supported.
- mark_id
- The mark ID containing the elements to test. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- time_beam
- The value to use as a threshold beyond which beam elements should be considered to have failed the test.
- time_spring
- The value to use as a threshold beyond which spring elements should be considered to have failed the test.
- time_shell
- The value to use as a threshold beyond which shell elements should be considered to have failed the test.
- time_solid
- The value to use as a threshold beyond which solid elements should be considered to have failed the test.
- time_tshell
- The value to use as a threshold beyond which thick shell elements should be considered to have failed the test.
- dimension
- A code to measure the dimension of:
- 1 - Measure 1D (beam and spring) elements only.
- 2 - Measure 2D (shell) elements only.
- 4 - Measure 3D (solid) elements only.
- 6 - Measure 2D (shell) and 3D (solid) elements.
- 7 - Measure all elements
- output_mark_id
- The mark ID where the failed elements will be placed. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- contour
- Flag that determines how the results are presented. Valid values are:
- 0 - Display the results of the test normally.
- 1 - Display the elements color coded by their ratings.
- added_mass
- A flag indicating what to contour.
- 0 - Time step
- 1 - Added mass, when contour is set to 1.
- title
- The title for the contour, when contour is set to 1.
Examples
To test all displayed shell elements for a time step of
0.0001:
*createmark elems 1 "displayed"
*elementtesttimestep elems 1 0 0 0.0001 0 0 2 1 0 0 ""To test all displayed shell and solid elements for a time step of 0.0001 and display a
contour:
*createmark elems 1 "displayed"
*elementtesttimestep elems 1 0 0 0.0001 0 0 6 1 1 0 ""Errors
Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect
errors, you can use the catch
command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}Version History
12.0.110