*mechrotatebody

Rotates a body of a mechanism about a normal, passing through the origin of the plane by given angle.

Syntax

*mechrotatebody name plane angle method tolerance angle_step

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Rotates a body of a mechanism about a normal, passing through the origin of the plane by given angle.

The mechanism must have the enabled flag set to true for this to be possible.

name: The name of the body of the mechanism.
plane: The plane, created using *createplane, whose normal is the axis of rotation and any point on it would be center of rotation based on the method selected. Valid values are 1 and 2.
angle: The angle to rotate the body about the plane.
method: Method to enforce rotation:; 0 - Free rotation, bodies orientation is rotated by angle, can result in inverted rotation.; 1 - Enforce axis, bodies orientation is rotated by angle.; 2 - Enforce origin, rotation will occur about line passing through origin of plane, inverted rotation possible.; 3 - Enforce origin and axis, direction of rotation and origin both are fixed (recommended).
tolerance: The tolerance allowed during the placement.
angle_step: The size of the iterative steps used to solve for the rotation.

To move body "Move_Track" on the current mechanism with a tolerance of 0.001, about the global y-axis by 20 degrees, using method 3:

*createplane 1 0 1 0 -1660.82465 103.84237 418.49172
*mechrotatebody "Move_Track" 1 20 3 0.001 10

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

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

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