*contactsurfcreatewithfaces

Creates a contact surface using 2D element edges or 2D/3D element faces.

Syntax

*contactsurfcreatewithfaces name color elem_mark_id node_mark_id break_angle reverse_normals on_face

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Creates a contact surface using 2D element edges or 2D/3D element faces.

name: The name of the contact surface to create.
color: The color of the contact surface. Valid values are 1 through 64.
elem_mark_id: The ID of the mark that contains the elements to use. Valid values are 1 and 2.
node_mark_id: The ID of the mark that contains the nodes that define an edge or a face of an element. Valid values are 1 and 2.
break_angle: The break angle for finding adjacent elements.
reverse_normals: 0 - Create contact surface along element normal.; 1 - Create contact surface opposite element normal.
of_face: 0 - Create contact surface on edge.; 1 - Create contact surface on face.

To create a contact surface named "test" with elements 1-100 with faces defined by nodes 1-5 and a breakangle of 30.0:

*createmark elems 1 1-100
*createmark nodes 1 1-5
*contactsurfcreatewithfaces "test" 5 1 1 30.0 0 1

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

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