*isolateonlyentitybymark
Turns on the display of a mark of entities and turns off the display of all others across types.
Syntax
*isolateonlyentitybymark mark_id string_array number_of_strings
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Turns on the display of a mark of entities and turns off the display of all others across types.
Inputs
- mark_id
- The ID of the mark containing the entities. Valid values are 1 and 2. All entities with a display state on the specified mark, regardless of entity type, are considered.
- string_array
- The ID of the string array that contains the additional input parameters. The string array is created using the *createstringarray command. This should always be set to 1.
- number_of_strings
- Integer indicating the size (number of strings) in the string array created using
*createstringarray. The valid strings are:
- elements_off
- This indicates that elements in the specified collectors should not be considered. If not provided, the default is to consider elements in the specified collectors.
- geometry_off
- This indicates that geometry in the specified collectors should not be considered. If not provided, the default is to consider geometry in the specified collectors.
- showcomps
- This indicates that components in which elements/geometry are referred will also be shown when you show elements/geometry. If not provided, only specified elements/geometry are shown.
Examples
To isolate only geometry and elements for components 1-3:
*createmark comps 1 1-3
*isolateonlyentitybymark 1To isolate only all comps and load collectors, considering only elements:
*createmark comps 1 all
*createmark loadcols 1 all
*createstringarray 2 geometry_off
*isolateonlyentitybymark 1 1 2Errors
Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect
errors, you can use the catch
command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}Version History
11.0.130