*mechrotatebody
Rotates a body of a mechanism about a normal, passing through the origin of the plane by given angle.
Syntax
*mechrotatebody name plane angle method tolerance angle_step
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Rotates a body of a mechanism about a normal, passing through the origin of the plane by given angle.
The mechanism must have the enabled flag set to true for this to be possible.
Inputs
- name
- The name of the body of the mechanism.
- plane
- The plane, created using *createplane, whose normal is the axis of rotation and any point on it would be center of rotation based on the method selected. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- angle
- The angle to rotate the body about the plane.
- method
- Method to enforce rotation:
- tolerance
- The tolerance allowed during the placement.
- angle_step
- The size of the iterative steps used to solve for the rotation.
Example
To move body "Move_Track" on the current mechanism with a tolerance of 0.001, about the global y-axis by 20 degrees, using method 3:
*createplane 1 0 1 0 -1660.82465 103.84237 418.49172
*mechrotatebody "Move_Track" 1 20 3 0.001 10
Errors
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}
Version History
14.0.120