*beamsectioncreatesolidfrompoints
Creates a solid beam section for HyperBeam.
Syntax
*beamsectioncreatesolidfrompoints double_array number_of_doubles order write_to_file section_type base_node calc_var
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Creates a solid beam section for HyperBeam, using a closed loop of point coordinates that form a polygon.
HyperMesh builds a surface through the points and meshes the surface with quads and trias of the specified order (2nd order recommended), with the meshing parameters such as element size calculated in such a way as to produce elements useful to HyperBeam.
Inputs
- double_array
- The ID of the double array that contains the point coordinates specified in a counter-clockwise direction. The double array is created using the *createdoublearray command. This should always be set to 1.
- number_of_doubles
- Integer indicating the size (number of doubles) in the double array created using *createdoublearray.
- order
- The order (1 or 2) of the elements to use.
- write_to_file
- A flag specifying whether or not the results should be written to a file with name stdsolidbeamdata. This is written to the HyperMesh working directory. Valid values are:
- section_type
- A flag to indicate the type of section. Valid values are:
- base_node
- A flag specifying how to calculate the base node. Valid values are:
- calc_var
- Variable for holding the results of calculation. By default this value is zero.
Examples
To create a solid section from coordinates (0,0) (1,0) (1,1) and
(0,1):
*createdoublearray 8 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
*beamsectioncreatesolidfrompoints 1 8 1 0 0 0 0Errors
Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect
errors, you can use the catch
command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}