*dragnodestoformsurface

Drags a list of nodes to create a surface, and optionally, prepares it for immediate use within the automesher.

Syntax

*dragnodestoformsurface list direction_vector distance

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

Drags a list of nodes to create a surface, and optionally, prepares it for immediate use within the automesher. It can also identify a region in the shape of a dragged surface for the automesher to use under the mesh without surface option.

Inputs

list: The nodes to be dragged.
direction_vector: The direction to drag the nodes.
distance: The distance to drag the nodes.

Example

To drag six nodes -100 units in the direction of the y-axis, creating a surface but no elements:

*surfacemode(4)
*createlist(nodes,1) 5 10 6 11 12 7
*createvector(1,0.0000,1.0000,0.0000)
*dragnodestoformsurface(1,1,-100.0000)

The *surfacemode(4) directive tells HyperMesh not to pass the information on to the automesher for element creation.

*createlist() and *createvector() are required for this command.

If one of the surface creation modes has been set, a smooth is put through the nodes to create the surface.