*markcombineelements

Combines selected plate and shell elements into one quad or tria element.

Syntax

*markcombineelements mark, tolerance quad or tria

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

Combines selected plate and shell elements into one quad or tria element.

Inputs

mark
The ID of the mark containing the elements to be combined.
tolerance
The maximum tolerance allowed before a node within the group of selected elements is considered to be not on the plane formed by any three nodes attached to the group of selected elements.
quad or tria
A flag designating the type of element you want to create.
0 - tria
1 - quad

Example

To combine elements 10, 13, and 15 into a tria, using an off-plane tolerance of 0.1:

*createmark(elements, 1) 10 13 15
*markcombineelements(1, 0.1, 0)

This command works with two-dimensional elements only.

Errors

None.