*morphupdateshapes
Updates or converts shapes.
Syntax
*morphupdateshapes entity_type mark_id mode
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
This command can convert shapes to node, handle, or morph volume perturbations, convert shapes to load collectors and vice-versa, or correct shapes after perturbations are found on duplicate nodes or handles due to various operations.
Inputs
- entity_type
- Must be set to shapes or loadcols.
- mark_id
- The ID of the mark containing the shapes or loadcols. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- mode
-
- 0 - Convert shape to handle perturbations
- 1 - Convert shape to node perturbations
- 2 - Add duplicate perturbations
- 3 - Average duplicate perturbations
- 4 - Convert shapes to forces
- 5 - Convert forces to shapes
- 6 - Convert shapes to temperatures
- 7 - Convert temperatures to shapes
- 8 - Convert shapes to pressures
- 9 - Convert pressures to shapes
- 10 - Converts all shapes and morphs on undo/redo list to node perturbations
- 11 - Convert shapes to enforced displacements
- 12 - Convert enforced displacements to shapes
- 13 - Convert shapes to morph volume handle perturbations
- 14 - Convert shapes to pressures. This creates pressures in the normal direction on all elements touching perturbed nodes.
- 15 - Convert shapes to pressures. This creates pressures in the direction of the perturbation only on elements with all nodes perturbed.
- 16 - Convert shapes to pressures. This creates pressures in the normal direction only on elements with all nodes perturbed.
- 17 - Convert shapes to enforced displacements. This constrains the XYZ directions with zero perturbations.
Example
To convert all shapes for the mesh into force type load collectors:
*createmark shapes 1 "all"
*morphupdateshapes shapes 1 4
Errors
Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect errors, you can use the catch command:
if { [ catch {*morphupdateshapes...} ] } {
# Handle error
}