*findedges1
Finds element free or T-connected edges.
Syntax
*findedges1 entity_type mark_id edge_type created_entity smooth break_angle
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
This command finds and displays element free or T-connected edges as either free lines or plot elements in a new component named ^edges.
Inputs
- entity_type
- The entity types to find edges for. Valid values are comps and elems.
- mark_id
- The mark ID containing the entities. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- edge_type
- The type of edges to find:
- 0 - Free edges.
- 1 - T-connected edge
- created_entity
- The entity type to create on the found edges:
- 0 - Plot elements
- 1 - Free lines
- smooth
- The smoothing to use when created_entity is 1:
- 0 - No smoothing.
- 1 - Smooth the lines through the nodes.
- break_angle
- The angle specifying when to break the feature line created into multiple line segments when created_entity is 1. When the angle between adjoining elements along the feature is larger than the specified value, it splits the line into multiple segments.
Example
To check the free edges on all of the elements contained in the component fender and to
create plot
elements:
*createmark comps 1 fender
*findedges1 comps 1 0 1 0 0Version History
13.0