era

Masks the elements based on the arguments supplied from the model loaded in the active window.

The model file must be loaded to use this command.

Syntax

era <argument1> <argument2> <argument n>

Inputs

all
Masks all the elements of the model.
Data type: string
ele all
Masks all the elements of the model.
Data type: string, string
ele <id>
Masks the element with the <id> from the model. If the element with that <id> is non-existent then nothing happens. No error message is output.
Data type: string, int
1D/1d all
Masks all the 1D elements from the model. If no 1D elements are in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
1D/1d <id>
Masks the 1D element with the specified <id> from the model. If the 1D element with that <id> is non-existent then nothing happens. No error message is output.
Data type: string, int
quad4 all
Masks all the elements of configuration QUAD4 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
quad4 <id>
Masks the element having configuration QUAD4 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
quad8 all
Masks all the elements of configuration QUAD8 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
quad8 <id>
Masks the element having configuration QUAD8 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
tria3 all
Masks all the elements of configuration TRIA3 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
tria3 <id>
Masks the element having configuration TRIA3 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
tria6 all
Masks all the elements of configuration TRIA6 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
tria6 <id>
Masks the element having configuration TRIA6 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
3D/3d all
Masks all the 3D elements from the model. If no element of the specified dimension is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
3D/3d <id>
Masks the 3D element having the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified dimension and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
2D/2d all
Masks all the 2D elements from the model. If no element of the specified dimension is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
2D/2d <id>
Masks the 2D element having the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified dimension and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
comp <compname>
Masks all the elements in the component having the specified name. If the component having the specified name is non-existent then the message "The component with name compname does not exist" is displayed.
Data type: string, string
comp <id>
Masks all the elements in the component having the specified <id>. If the component having the specified <id> is non-existent then the message "The component with id <id> does not exist" is displayed.
Data type: string, int
gro <grpname>
Masks the elements in the group having the name <grpname>
Data type: string, string
bar all
Masks all 1D elements from the model. If no element of the specified dimension is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
bar <id>
Masks the 1D element having the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified dimension and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
quad all
Masks all the QUAD4 and QUAD8 elements in the model. If no elements having a QUAD config are present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
quad <id>
Masks the 2D element of any QUAD config having the specified <id>. If the element with the specified <id> is not present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
tria all
Masks all the TRIA3 and TRIA6 elements in the model. If no elements having a TRIA config are present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
tria <id>
Masks the 2D element of any TRIA config having the specified <id>. If the element with the specified <id> is not present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
tetra all
Masks all the TETRA4 and TETRA10 elements in the model. If no elements having a TETRA config are present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
tetra <id>
Masks the 3D element of any TETRA config having the specified <id>. If the element with the specified <id> is not present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
tetra4 all
Masks all the elements of configuration TETRA4 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
tetra4 <id>
Masks the element having configuration TETRA4 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
tetra10 all
Masks all the elements of configuration TETRA10 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
tetra10 <id>
Masks the element having configuration TETRA10 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
hex all
Masks all the HEX8 and HEX20 elements in the model. If no elements having a HEX config are present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
hex <id>
Masks the 3D element of any HEX config having the specified <id>. If the element with the specified <id> is not present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
hex8 all
Data type: string, string
Masks all the elements of configuration HEX8 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model then no error message is output.
hex8 <id>
Data type: string, int
Masks the element having configuration HEX8 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
hex20 all
Data type: string, string
Masks all the elements of configuration HEX20 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model then no error message is output.
hex20 <id>
Data type: string, int
Masks the element having configuration HEX20 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
pen all
Data type: string, string
Masks all the PENTA6 and PENTA15 elements in the model. If no elements having a PENTA config are present in the model then no error message is output.
pen <id>
Data type: string, int
Masks the 3D element of any PENTA config having the specified <id>. If the element with the specified <id> is not present in the model then no error message is output.
pen6 all
Data type: string, string
Masks all the elements of configuration PENTA6 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model then no error message is output.
pen6 <id>
Masks the element having configuration PENTA6 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
pen15 all
Masks all the elements of configuration PENTA15 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
pen15 <id>
Masks the element having configuration PENTA15 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
pyr all
Masks all the PENTA5 and PENTA13 elements in the model. If no elements having a PENTA(5/13) config are present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
pyr <id>
Masks the 3D element of any PENTA(5/13) config having the specified <id>. If the element with the specified <id> is not present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
pyr5 all
Masks all the elements of configuration PENTA5 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
pyr5 <id>
Masks the element having configuration PENTA5 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
pyr13 all
Masks all the elements of configuration PENTA13 from the model. If no element of the specified configuration is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, string
pyr13 <id>
Masks the element having configuration PENTA13 and the specified <id> from the model. If no element of the specified configuration and <id> is present in the model then no error message is output.
Data type: string, int
mat <matname>
Masks all the elements having the specified material name.
Data type: string, string
mat <id>
Masks all the elements in the material having the specified <id>.
Data type: string, int
swa
Swaps the current display.

Outputs

Nothing

Errors

No error codes. If the model is not loaded on the active window then the "Model File not Loaded" message is output.

If no argument(s)/wrong argument(s) is supplied to the era command then the usage of the command is output based on the level of error.

Examples

Example 1
To mask the all the elements of QUAD4 configuration:
era quad4 all;
Example 2
To mask the elements in components having names "Comp 1" and "Comp 2", if the model contains those components
era comp {"Comp 1" "Comp 2"};
Example 3
Apart from the "all" and "<id>" options, the elements can be masked by passing ranges only or mixing them with IDs. The rule to be followed while using this option is each ID should be separated by a space and the range should be specified by using a hyphen, "-", delimiter. Ranges cannot be specified for the ele, comp, and gro options.
To mask all the 2D elements that have element IDs ranging from 100 to 200, 201, and 205:
era 2D 201 205 100-200;
Example 4
To erase comps ranging from 1 to 10:
era comp 1-10
Example 5
To erase elements ranging from 1-100:
era ele 1-100
Example 6
To erase materials ranging from 1-10:
era mat 1-10