poIModel GetEntityInfo

Returns the property information for a given entity.

Syntax

model_handle GetEntityInfo entity property entityid

Application

HyperView Tcl Query

Description

This command returns information regarding the requested property. The possible values for the "property" argument depend upon the "entity" argument.

Inputs

entity
The possible values for this argument are "node" or "element".
property
For a "node" entity type, the property argument may have a value of "coord".
For an "element" entity type, the property argument may have values of "normal" or "centroid".
entityid
The entity id for which the property is requested.

Example

To create several selection sets on the current model and request a selection set list:
hwi OpenStack
hwi GetSessionHandle session_handle
session_handle GetProjectHandle project_handle
project_handle GetPageHandle page_handle [project_handle GetActivePage]
page_handle GetWindowHandle window_handle [page_handle GetActiveWindow]
window_handle GetClientHandle client_handle
client_handle GetModelHandle model_handle [client_handle GetActiveModel]

# Get Information about the node coordinates, element centroid, element normals
model_handle GetEntityInfo node coord “Node 500”
model_handle GetEntityInfo element centroid “Shell 156”
model_handle GetEntityInfo element normal “Shell 100”

hwi CloseStack

Errors

Returns "error" if an invalid entity type/property combination is passed.