*morphupdateparameter

Syntax

*morphupdateparameter parameter value

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

This command updates integer/real morphing parameters.

Inputs

parameter

The parameter of interest. Valid parameters are:

handlesize: radius size of largest global handle (red)

handletolerance: no larger than 1/10th of handle size - used to calculate a number of small tolerance measures in HyperMorph

symsize: symmetry size domaincolor: range is 0 through 63 inclusive

symcolor: range is 0 through 63 inclusive

facecolor: range is 0 through 63 inclusive

globalmethod: method for passing down perturbations of global handles to the mesh:

• 1 - direct (to nodes)
• 2 - hierarchical (to local handles)
• 3 - mixed method (to local handles or nodes directly if outside local domains)

globalsolve: method for solving global domains

• 1 - geometric
• 2 - spatial
• 3 - Kriging (revert to geometric if unselected in options panel)
• 4 - Kriging (revert to spatial if unselected in options panel)

domainangle: break angle for domains during partitioning

curvetolerance: curvature tolerance angle for domains during partitioning

partitionmethod: algorithm used for partitioning 2D domains which are at least 33% quads

• 0 - element based
• 1 - node based

partitionmethodtria: algorithm used for partitioning 2D domains which are at least 67% trias

• 0 - element based
• 1 - node based

partitionorder:

• 1 - divide when angle exceeds the domainangle
• 2 - divide when angle exceeds the domainangle and when the angle between elements changes more than curvetolerance

partitionusegeometry: partition 2D domains along associated surfaces

• 0 - off
• 1 - on

partitionaddgeometry: add partitions found outside of associated surfaces to partitions created based on surfaces

• 0 - off
• 1 - on

influencethreshold: 0.0 - 1.0 minimum influence coefficient (must be greater than zero)

globalsystemid: ID of system used for morphing

debug: flag used for diagnostic file output

• 0 - off
• 1 - on

modechange: flag which denotes changes to the model which will trigger a refresh of the domains and handles. If set to 1, call *morphupdatecheck to refresh model

• 0 - unchanged
• 1 - changed

bigdomainlimit: smallest number of elements in domain for it to be considered a "large domain"

bigdomainsolve: frequency for solving large domains

• 0 - manual
• 1 - on release
• 2 - real time

biasstyle: type of biasing used for handles

• 0 - exponential
• 1 - sinusoidal

symlinks: use of symmetry links when perturbing handles

• 0 - all off
• 1 - on (only active symmetries will be used)

constraints: apply constraints after morphing

• 0 - all off
• 1 - on (only active morphconstraints will be applied)

qaparam: type of check used during auto quality and auto remesh - use negative values for minimum check, positive values for maximum check

• 1 - 1D length
• 2 - 2D warpage
• 3 - 2D skew
• 4 - 2D aspect ratio
• 5 - 2D length
• 6 - 2D jacobian
• 7 - 2D chordal deviation
• 8 - 2D quad angle
• 9 - 2D tria angle
• 10 - 3D warpage
• 11 - 3D aspect
• 12 - 3D tetra altitude aspect
• 13 - 3D skew
• 14 - 3D volumetric skew
• 15- 3D length
• 16 - 3D jacobian
• 17 - 3D tetra collapse
• 18 - 3D quad angle
• 19 - 3D tria angle
• 20 - 1D time step
• 21 - 2D and 3D time step - no added mass
• 22 - 2D and 3D time step - added mass
• 23 - All elements time step

qavalue: value of qaparam to be measured against

qaplot: type of plotting of failed elements during qa check

• 0 - highlight failed elements
• 1 - used color assigned plot

qanegjac: check for negative jacobians after morphing

• 0 - off
• 1 - on

smoothmeth: method used for automatic smoothing

• 0 - none
• 1 - autodecide
• 2 - size corrected
• 3 - shape corrected
• 4 - angle corrected
• 5 - QI optimized
• 6 - kriging (or autodecide for elements outside of local domains)
• 7 - kriging (or size corrected for elements outside of local domains)
• 8 - kriging (or shape corrected for elements outside of local domains)
• 9 - kriging (or angle corrected for elements outside of local domains)
• 10 - kriging (or QI optimized for elements outside of local domains)
• 11 - kriging (ignore elements outside of local domains)

smoothiter: number of iterations for smoothmeth (options 1 - 4 and 6 - 9 only)

cubestat: status of morph volume database (internal use only)

mvcolor: range is 0 through 63 inclusive

mvdraw: number of points along morph volume edges during drawing

mvtol: 0.0 - 1.0, determines whether a node is within a given morph volume

mvmode: method for calculating morph volume edge shape

• 0 - Lagrange
• 1 - spline

mvon: morphing of nodes inside of morph volumes

• 0 - inactive
• 1 - active
• 2 - skin only

mvgraph: style of graphics for morph volumes

• 0 - wireframe
• 1 - transparent level 1 (low)
• 2 - opaque
• 3 - transparent level 2 (medium)
• 4 - transparent level 3 (high)

mconcolor: default color for morphconstraints - range is 0 through 63 inclusive

remesh: frequency of auto-remeshing

• 0 - off
• 1 - manual
• 2 - on release

remeshtype: elements used when auto-remeshing

• 0 - trias
• 1 - quads
• 2 - mixed
• 3 - right trias

remeshsize: use size control when auto-remeshing

• 0 - off
• 1 - on

remeshskew: use skew control when auto-remeshing

• 0 - off
• 1 - on

remeshpres: preserve shapes when auto-remeshing

• 0 - off
• 1 - on

remeshfail: percentage of failed elements needed to trigger auto-remeshing

remeshtarg: default size of remeshed elements during auto-remeshing

rmthreed: flag for remeshing 3D elements during auto-remeshing

• 0 - do not remesh 3D and 2D face domains
• 1 - remesh 3D and 2D face domains

rmedges: flag for remeshing edge domains during auto-remeshing

• 0 - do not remesh edge domains
• 1 - remesh edge domains

remeshstat: internal use only

kriging: frequency of kriging solver

• 0 - off
• 1 - manual
• 2 - manual (internal use only)
• 3 - automatic

krigtype: kriging will be applied to the following entities:

• 0 - none
• 1 - global domains
• 2 - local domains
• 3 - local and global domains
• 4 - morph volumes
• 5 - morph volumes and global domains
• 6 - morph volumes and local domains
• 7 - morph volumes, local, and global domains

krigdrift: drift value for kriging algorithm

• 0 - none
• 1 - constant
• 2 - linear
• 3 - quadratic
• 4 - cubic
• 5 - trigonometric

krigcovar: covariance value for kriging

• 0 - h
• 1 - h^2 * log(h)
• 2 - h^3
• 3 - exp(-1/x)

krignugget: use nugget value

• 0 - off
• 1 - on

krignugval: value of nugget used in kriging algorithm

connectors: style of morphing for connectors

• 0 - off
• 1 - solve all as clusters
• 2 - solve all as stretchable
• 3 - solve seam and area connectors as stretchable and others as clusters

onedmethod: method used for 1D and connector domains

• 1 - independent
• 2 - secondary
• 3 - main
• 4 - cluster

onedrot: rotation of 1D cluster domains and connectors

• 0 - no rotation
• 1 - tilting only (out-of-plane)
• 2 - spinning only (in-plane)
• 3 - full rotation

fesolver: type of solver to use for domains under the fesolverlimit

• 0 - influence coefficients
• 1 - linear (OptiStruct)
• 2 - non-linear (Radioss)

fesolve: frequency of fesolver solution

• 0 - manual
• 1 - on release
• 2 - real time (interactive)

fesolverlimit: maximum number of elements in a domain to be solved using the fesolver

feuser: specifies which properties and material to use for solver

• 0 - automatically generate properties and materials
• 1 - use properties and materials in the model

ires: frequency of fea results plotting for the current model

• 0 - off
• 1 - manual
• 2 - on release
• 3 - real time

irescon: plotting style for fea results

• 0 - contour plot
• 1 - assign plot

iresmin: set the scale minimum value for fea results plotting

• 0 - find minimum value
• 1 - use value given in iresminval

iresmax: set the scale maximum value for fea results plotting

• 0 - find maximum value
• 1 - use value given in iresmaxval

iresminval: value of scale minimum used when plotting fea results

iresmaxval: value of scale maximum used when plotting fea results

iresmesh: color of mesh during fea results plotting (range is 0 through 63 inclusive)

irescomp: results component for fea results plotting

• 0 - magnitude
• 1 - x component
• 2 - y component
• 3 - z component

iressolver: Solution called during fea results plotting

• 1 - Linear Static
• 2 - Nonlinear Explicit
• 3 - Stamping 1-Step
• 4 - Stamping Incremental

iresmmres: minimum/maximum title plotting during fea results plotting

• 0 - do not plot minimum and maximum titles
• 1 - plot minimum and maximum titles

iresplinfo: info title plotting during fea results plotting

• 0 - do not plot info titles
• 1 - plot info titles

iresstmpx: x component of the stamping direction for the 1-step solver

iresstmpy: y component of the stamping direction for the 1-step solver

iresstmpz: z component of the stamping direction for the 1-step solver

value

The new value of the parameter.

Example

To update the current biasing style for handles to sinusoidal:

*morphupdateparameter biasstyle 1

Errors

if { [ catch {*morphupdateparameter...} ] } {
   # Handle error
}