hm_compareentitiesrotate

Generates comparison results for entities rotated about a vector.

Syntax

hm_compareentitiesrotate source_entity_type source_mark_id target_entity_type target_mark_id tolerance vec_x vec_y vec_z base_x base_y base_z angle steps ?result_type? ?review_results?

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Query Command

Description

Generates comparison results for entities rotated about an axis. This may find multiple matches, depending on the requested options. This must be preceded by a call to hm_compareinit.

These results can then be queried using hm_compareget* APIs, or written to a file using hm_comparewrite* APIs.

Inputs

source_entity_type
The type of source entity. Valid values are surfs or elems.
source_mark_id
The ID of the mark containing the source entities. Valid values are 1 and 2.
target_entity_type
The type of target entity. Valid values are surfs or elems.
target_mark_id
The ID of the mark containing the target entities. Valid values are 1 and 2.
tolerance
The tolerance value to use for the comparison.
vec_x
X-coordinate of a location along rotation vector.
vec_y
Y-coordinate of a location along rotation vector.
vec_z
Z-coordinate of a location along rotation vector.
base_x
X-coordinate of rotation vector base.
base_y
Y-coordinate of rotation vector base.
base_z
Z-coordinate of rotation vector base.
angle
The rotation angle to use for searching for matches.
steps
The number of steps to consider. This dictates how many increments of angle are searched for matches. For example, if angle is 45 and steps is 3, the angles 45, 90 and 135 will be searched. Must be ≥ 1.
result_type
  SURFS to SURFS SURFS to ELEMS ELEMS to SURFS ELEMS to ELEMS
0 - Basic Matched (paired)

Unmatched

 Matched (paired)

Unmatched

 Matched

Unmatched
1 - Full (default) Matched (paired)

Overlapped

Intersected

Unmatched

 Matched (paired)

Overlapped

Intersected

Unmatched

 Matched

Overlapped

Intersected

Unmatched
2 - Detailed Matched (paired)

Overlapped (paired)

Intersected (paired)

Unmatched

 Matched (paired)

Overlapped (paired)

Intersected (paired)

Unmatched

 Matched

Overlapped

Intersected

Unmatched
review_results
0 - Do not automatically show the graphical comparison results after execution.
1 - Automatically show the graphical comparison results after execution (default). This is cleared upon a call to hm_compareend.

Example

To write the detailed comparison results file to C:/temp/my_compare.txt for the rotational comparison using an angle of 45 and 6 steps, of surfs 1-20 and 101-120 about the y-axis at 0,0,0:
*createmark surfs 1 1-20
*createmark surfs 2 101-120
hm_compareinit
hm_compareentitiesrotate surfs 1 surfs 2 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 45 6 2 0
hm_comparewriteresults C:/temp/my_compare.txt
hm_compareend

Errors

Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect errors, you can use the catch command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
   # Handle error
}

Version History

12.0