How to check element type using TCL commands

Altair Forum User

Dear all,

 

Could you tell me how can I obtain ANSYS element type in HyperMesh using TCL commands?

My target is to put element type name into a variable.

 

The procedure using graphical interface is following: 2D/3D -> element types -> mark element -> review. (result on the figure)

 

Is it possible to extract such information from particular element by a TCL command?
I've tried by hm_getentityvalue but got stuck on data_name format.

 

Best regards
Jakub

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Altair Forum User

Try this code:

 *createmarkpanel elems 1 'Select Elems' set elems [hm_getmark elems 1] *clearmark elems 1  foreach eid $elems { 	set typename [hm_getentityvalue elems $eid typename 1] 	puts [format 'Eid %6d ; Typename= %s' $eid $typename] } 

HTH,

 

Andrew_22514

Altair Forum User said:

Try this code:

 *createmarkpanel elems 1 'Select Elems' set elems [hm_getmark elems 1] *clearmark elems 1  foreach eid $elems { 	set typename [hm_getentityvalue elems $eid typename 1] 	puts [format 'Eid %6d ; Typename= %s' $eid $typename] } 

HTH,

 

Looks like this still works in HyperMesh 2021.2 but it is not listed in the Tcl Query Commands reference page, which I assume means it won't work very soon. Does anyone know the current way to do this command in HyperMesh 2021?

 

Found it:

Use hm_getvalue. 

Example: Find the type of the element with id=9298, which in my model is a CQUAD4 element for NASTRAN:

set elem_id 9298;
set elem_type_name [hm_getvalue elems id=$elem_id dataname=typename];  # Returns: CQUAD4
set elem_type_id [hm_getvalue elems id=$elem_id dataname=type];  # Returns: 1

 

I'm not sure how that 1 in the last command corresponds to the values found using the ``

hm_getentityvalue elems $elem_id typename 1`` command....

See also: elements data name for HM2021