*createentity - Elements

Create a new element entity with specified data.

Syntax

*createentity entity_type config=<config value> ?modelname=<name_of_model>? ?name1=value1? ?name2=value2? ... ?name3=valueN?

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command

Description

Creates a new element entity with specified data. Config is a mandatory argument.

Inputs

entity_type
The entity type to create.
config
The integer value representing the configuration of the element.
type
The solver type of the element. If not defined, the default value for specified config will be used.
nodes
The list of node IDs for element creation. If not provided, a temporary node is created at [0, 0, 0] position and used to define all required nodes.
property
The ID of the property to be assigned to the element.
direction
The list of x, y, z vector components defining the direction of beam elements. Default value is {0 0 1}.

Examples

To create a tria element using nodes ID 1, 2, 3:
*createentity elems config=103 nodes={1 2 3}
To create a quad element without defining the nodes:
*createentity elems config=104
To create a tria element of type 1:
*createentity elems config=103 type=1
To create a beam element with direction [0,1,0]:
*createentity elems config=60 direction={0 1 0}
To create a tria element of type 1 and assign property ID 5 to it:
*createentity elems config=103 type=1 property=5

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

2025.1