*surfacetorusfromthreepoints
Creates a torus which passes through the three specified nodes, and optionally, prepares it for immediate use in the automesher. It also can identify a toroidal region for the automesher to use with the mesh without surface option.
Syntax
*surfacetorusfromthreepoints major center minor center minor radius
Type
HyperMesh Tcl Modify Command
Description
Creates a torus which passes through the three specified nodes, and optionally, prepares it for immediate use in the automesher. It also can identify a toroidal region for the automesher to use with the mesh without surface option.
Inputs
- major center
- A node specifying the major center of the torus
- minor center
- A node specifying the minor center of the torus.
- minor radius
- A node through which the minor revolution will pass.
Example
To create a torus which has the major center at node 1, the minor center at node 5, and the minor radius at node 13, and not create any elements:
*surfacemode(4)
*surfacetorusfromthreepoints(1,5,13)The *surfacemode(4) directive tells HyperMesh not to pass the information on to the automesher for element creation.
Errors
None.