Notes and Limitations

Notes and Limitations for hm_getvalue.

There are several issues, limitations and special behaviors of hm_getvalue that are important to know.

The command does not consider the status of the attribute. It is recommended users check the status separately.

The row=<row_index> option is not currently applicable or supported for the following entity types and data names.

comps
  • connectors
  • elements
  • lines
  • nodes
  • points
  • solids
  • surfaces
laminates
  • interfacepairplyids
plots
  • vonmises
tables
  • marked_columnlabel

Certain entity data names have special behaviors.

bags
  • entitylist
  • Row specifies the entity type and column specifies the index in the array.
elements
  • independentcoeffs
  • independentdofs
  • Row is the node ID of the DOF/COEFF.
sets
  • exceptids
  • ids
  • internalids
  • For a normal set, row specifies the index of the array.
  • For a formula set, row specifies the clauseindex and column specifies the index in the array.