*pressuresonentity

Creates a pressure load on a surface or an element.

Syntax

*pressuresonentity entity_type mark_id nodes_mark_id x y z magnitude breakangle onface

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Creates a pressure load on a surface or an element.

entity_type: Type of entity the load is applied on. (e.g. surfs or elems)
mark_id: The ID of the mark of entities on which to apply the pressure.
nodes_mark_id: The ID of the mark containing nodes that lie on the face of one or more elements (solids only).
x: X component of pressure.
y: Y component of pressure.
z: Z component of pressure.
magnitude: The magnitude of the pressure.
breakangle: The break angle of a solid face.
onface: A logical which determines whether pressures are being applied to faces.

To apply a pressure of 4 on surface 11:

*createmark surfaces,1 11
*pressuresonentity surfaces 1 1 0 0 0 4 30 1

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

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