*reviewmaterialorientation_option
Reads and plots the first axis of the element (material) coordinate system for selected elements.
Syntax
*reviewmaterialorientation_option entity_type mark_id only_orient normal_size color option
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Reads and plots the first axis of the element (material) coordinate system for selected elements. When review is complete, the command *vectorsoff must be run.
Inputs
- entity_type
- The type of entity to review. Valid values are elements and properties.
- mark_id
- The ID of the mark containing the entities. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- only_orient
- 0 - The new x-element directions are shown as continuous gradient lines starting and ending on free edges.
- normal_size
- If only_orient=1, this defines the size of the displayed vectors.
- color
- The color of the vectors or lines. Valid values are 1-64.
- option
- Option for review customization. Valid values are:
Example
To review the element (material) coordinate system of the displayed elements with blue vectors of size 3:
*createmark elems 1 displayed
*reviewsystem_option elems 1 1 3 7 1
*vectorsoff
Errors
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}
Version History
11.0.101