*scalemark
Scales a selection of entities by multiplying the coordinates.
Syntax
*scalemark entity_type mark_id scale_x scale_y scale_z origin
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
This command scales a selection of entities by multiplying the coordinates.
Inputs
- entity_type
- The type of entity to translate.
- mark_id
- The ID of the mark containing the entities. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- scale_x
- The multiplication factor for the x-coordinate.
- scale_y
- The multiplication factor for the y-coordinate.
- scale_z
- The multiplication factor for the z-coordinate.
- origin
- The node ID defining the origin of the scaling. If set to 0, the global origin is used.
Example
To scale component top uniformly 10 times about node 3:
*createmark comps 1 top
*scalemark comps 1 10.0 10.0 10.0 3Errors
Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect
errors, you can use the catch
command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}