hm_getmoiofsolid
Calculate and return the 3 moment of inertia (Ixx, Iyy, Izz) and 3 product of inertia (Ixy/Iyx, Iyz/Izy, Ixz/Izx) values (MOI) for a single solid geometric entity.
Syntax
hm_getmoiofsolid solid_id ?density?
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Query Command
Description
This command will return 6 values defining the moment and product of inertia values from the specified solid entity:
Ixx Iyy Izz Ixy Iyz Izx
These values will be calculated relative to the center of gravity/center of mass of the solid (obtained using hm_getcentroid) and the global coordinate system "translated" to the COG. The user will specify the density value to use for the calculations.
If a density is not given, then the returned values are the "mass normalized" values, where the MOI values are reported normalized by value of volume*1.0. The volume can be calculated using hm_getvolumeofsolid.
Inputs
- solid_id
- The ID of the solid.
- density (optional)
- Density value of the solid. If specified, must be > 0.
Examples
To get the "true" MOI for a solid with ID 10 and a density of 1e-9:
hm_getmoiofsolid 10
0.000000009
To get the "mass normalized" MOI for the solid with ID 10:
hm_getmoiofsolid 10
Errors
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}
Version History
10.0