*CE_AutoCreateAreaConnectors
Creates area connectors by identifying pairs of penetrating entities within a given search tolerance and global feature angle.
Syntax
*CE_AutoCreateAreaConnectors inputtype inputmark searchtolerance ?shellthicknessoption? ?shellthicknessvalue?
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
This command automatically creates area connectors by identifying pairs of penetrating entities within a given search tolerance and feature angle (uses the global feature angle set by the user).
Inputs
- inputtype
- The input entity type for patch identification. Valid values are parts and components.
- inputmark
- The ID of the mark containing the entities for patch identification. Valid values are 1 and 2.
- searchtolerance
- The search tolerance used for finding pairs of penetrating entities to create area connectors.
- shellthicknessoption
- The option to determine the use of shellthicknessvalue to calculate search tolerance.
- shellthicknessvalue
- Based on the shellthicknessvalueoption value, this is either an add-on value or a multiplication factor for shell thicknesses during proximity detection. Default value is 0.0.
Examples
To automatically create area connectors on all components within search tolerance of
10.0:
*createmark components 1 all
*CE_AutoCreateAreaConnectors comps 1 10.0To automatically create area connectors on displayed parts with 20.0 search
tolerance:
*createmark parts 2 displayed
*CE_AutoCreateAreaConnectors parts 2 20.0To automatically create area connectors on displayed parts by considering shell thickness
value and an add-on of
1.0:
*createmark parts 2 displayed
*CE_AutoCreateAreaConnectors parts 2 1.0 1 1.0To automatically create area connectors on displayed components by considering shell
thickness value and a multiplier of
2.5:
*createmark comps 2 displayed
*CE_AutoCreateAreaConnectors comps 2 1.0 1 2.5Errors
Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect
errors, you can use the catch
command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}Version History
2025.1