*plies()
Creates a ply in HMASCII format.
Syntax
*plies (id,"name",color,entity_type,material_id,thickness1,orient_angle,integration_points,result_request,thickness2,thickness3,thickness4,table_id)
Type
HyperMesh HMASCII Command
Description
Creates a ply in HMASCII format. To add entities to a ply, use the *plyidlistmax() and *plyidlist() commands.
Inputs
- id
- The ID of the ply.
- name
- The name of the ply.
- color
- The color of the ply. Valid values are 1-64.
- entity_type
- The type of the entity assigned to the ply. Valid values are sets.
- material_id
- The ID of the material assigned to the ply.
- thickness1
- The thickness of the ply.
- orient_angle
- The orientation angle of the ply, in degrees.
- integration_points
- The number of integration points for the ply.
- result_request
- 0 - Do not output results.
- thickness2
- The second thickness of the ply for solvers that support multiple thicknesses.
- thickness3
- The third thickness of the ply for solvers that support multiple thicknesses.
- thickness4
- The fourth thickness of the ply for solvers that support multiple thicknesses.
- table_id
- The ID of the table containing the drape information, valid only for OptiStruct.
Example
To create a ply with ID 100, name "myply", material 50 and thickness 0.001, with sets 100-104:
*plies(100,"myply",1,SETS,50,0.001,45,3,1,0,0,0,0)
*plyidlistmax(5)
*plyidlist(100,101,102,103,104)Errors
Incorrect usage results in an import error.