::hwat::core::CreateInfiniteSectionCut

Creates an infinite section cut.

Syntax

CreateInfiniteSectionCut assemname sectionName template {startpnt} {endpnt} } distance

Arguments

assemname
Name of the HWAT assembly (HyperMesh component entity set) on which to create the section.
sectionName
Name to give the newly created group in HyperMesh.
template
The template location.
startpnt
Tcl list of x, y, and z coordinates of the tail node of the normal vector.
endpnt
Tcl list of x, y, and z coordinates of the tip node of the normal vector.
distance
The distance from the tail node to the base point. Can be a percentage distance between the start and end points.

Returns

Success
Group ID
Failure
{}

Example

::hwat::core::CreateSectionCut MIDRAIL_L  "Section1" "D:/Altair/templates/feoutput/ls-dyna/dyna.key" [list 0.0 0.0 0.0] [list 0.0 0.0 1.0] 50% 

Comments

This is a "private" function that should only be called from the "public" ::hwat::utils::CreateSectionCut function.