*reflectmarkwithoption

Reflects a selection of entities about a plane with an option to specify how to handle bar elements.

Syntax

*reflectmarkwithoption entity_type mark_id plane_id option

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

This command reflects a selection of entities about a plane.

entity_type: The type of entity to reflect.
mark_id: The ID of the mark containing the entities. Valid values are 1 and 2.
plane_id: The ID of the plane to use for the reflection. This is defined using the *createplane command.
option: 0 - Maintain the z-axis of bar elements during reflection.; 1 - Maintain bar element connectivity during reflection.

To reflect element 15 about a plane normal to the x-axis with its base at the origin by maintaining the z-axis:

*createplane 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
*createmark elems 1 15
*reflectmarkwithoption elems 1 1 0

To reflect element 15 about a plane normal to the x-axis with its base at the origin by maintaining the element connectivity:

*createplane 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
*createmark elems 1 15
*reflectmarkwithoption elems 1 1 1

Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect errors, you can use the catch command:

if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
   # Handle error
}