# ::hwat::core::CreateFiniteSectionCut

Creates a finite section cut.

## Syntax

CreateFiniteSectionCut assemname sectionName template {startpnt} {endpnt} distance {xlocation} xmin ymin xmax ymax.

## 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.
xlocation
Tcl list of x, y, and z coordinates of the node used to determine the local x axis.
xmin
The minimum value of the local X axis (usually negative).
ymin
The minimum value of the local Y axis (usually negative).
xmax
The maximum value of the local X axis (usually positive).
ymax
The maximum value of the local Y axis (usually positive).

Success
Group ID
Failure
{}

## Example

CreateFiniteSectionCut MIDRAIL_L midrail_1 "D:/Altair/templates/feoutput/ls-dyna/dyna.key" [list 0.0 0.0 0.0] [list 0.0 0.0 1.0] 50% [list 0.0 1.0 0.0] –100.0 –200.0 200.0 100.0