*projectsystem
References a vector that is projected on the element plane. Re-orients and visualizes the element (material) coordinate system for selected elements.
Syntax
*projectsystem entities markmask vectorptr onlyorient normal_size color
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
References a vector that is projected on the element plane. Re-orients and visualizes the element (material) coordinate system for selected elements.
Inputs
- entities
- Determines the selected entity, which can only be elements.
- markmask
- Determines the selected elements.
- vectorptr
- Determines the vector to be projected on the element plane to define the element orientation.
- onlyorient
- 1 - The new x-element directions are shown as vectors starting from the element center.
- normal_size
- If onlyorient = 1, it determines the size of the vectors to be shown.
- color
- Determines the color of the vector or line. The color ID numbers range from 1 to 64.
Example
To project the created vector on the element plane of four selected elements and show the projection as blue vectors (color = 7) with size = 3:
*createmark(elements,2) 376 377 389 418
*createvector(1,2.4482,-0.7894,0.9774)
*projectsystem(elements,2,1,1,3,7)
*vectorsoff()
The *createmark() and *vectorsoff() commands are required.
Errors
None.