How to mask elements by box using tcl
Hello!
I have the below code using which I am trying to mask elements on a cylinder. I am trying to mask the whole +Y axis [half] of the cylinder.
Here x axis is the height of the cylinder.
Below command either masks all of the elements or masks nothing. What am I doing wrong here?
I have attached the cylinder mesh which is in abaqus inp format.
*view "top" set X0 0 set Y0 0 set Z0 250 set X1 1000 set Y1 500 set Z1 -250 set syst 0 *createmark elems 2 'by box' $X0 $Y0 $Z0 $X1 $Y1 $Z1 $syst inside 0 0 0 *maskentitymark elements 2 0
Best Answer
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Hi Ash,
On the *createmark command you've used single quotation mark on the by box argumnet. If you replace for the double quotation mark the script will work!
*createmark elems 2 "by box" $X0 $Y0 $Z0 $X1 $Y1 $Z1 $syst inside 0 0 01
Altair EmployeeAnswers
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Hi Ash,
On the *createmark command you've used single quotation mark on the by box argumnet. If you replace for the double quotation mark the script will work!
*createmark elems 2 "by box" $X0 $Y0 $Z0 $X1 $Y1 $Z1 $syst inside 0 0 01 -
Gabriel Justo_22431 said:
Hi Ash,
On the *createmark command you've used single quotation mark on the by box argumnet. If you replace for the double quotation mark the script will work!
*createmark elems 2 "by box" $X0 $Y0 $Z0 $X1 $Y1 $Z1 $syst inside 0 0 0Thanks Gabriel, I figured out another way to do this., Closing this post for now,
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