*showentity
Turns on the display of an entity.
Syntax
*showentity entity_type search_type id_name string_array number_of_strings
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Turns on the display of an entity.
Inputs
- entity_type
- The type of entity to display.
- search_type
- The method used to specify the entity. The entity is specified using the id_name argument. Valid values are:
- id_name
- The ID or name of the entity, depending on search_type.
- string_array
- The ID of the string array that contains the additional input parameters. The string array is created using the *createstringarray command. This should always be set to 1.
- number_of_strings
- Integer indicating the size (number of strings) in the string array created using
*createstringarray. The valid strings are:
- elements_off
- This indicates that elements in the specified collectors should not be considered. If not provided, the default is to consider elements in the specified collectors.
- geometry_off
- This indicates that geometry in the specified collectors should not be considered. If not provided, the default is to consider geometry in the specified collectors.
- showcomps
- This indicates that components in which elements/geometry are referred will also be shown when you show elements/geometry. If not provided, only specified elements/geometry are shown.
Examples
To show geometry and elements for component with ID 3:
*showentity comps "by id" 3To show elements only for component with ID 3:
*createstringarray 2 geometry_off
*showentity comps "by id" 3 1 2Errors
Incorrect usage results in a Tcl error. To detect
errors, you can use the catch
command:
if { [ catch {command_name...} ] } {
# Handle error
}Version History
11.0.130