How to get elements inside Database cross section plane

Tamilvanan

In dyna, I have a finite *DATABASE_CROSS_SECTION_PLANE. It is cutting some elements in the model. I would like get the elements cut by the cross section.

 

The cross section will have the following information.

1. Base node of cross section.

2. Plane vector

3. orientation vector

4. Size of the plane

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

llyle_20499

Hi, 

 

*createmark elems 1 'on plane' 'x y z i j k tol plane touching'

 

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Tamilvanan

This command will select all the entities cut by the specified plane normal. But I should be able to select elements only cut by the plane. 

llyle_20499

I was able to do it with this command.

 *createmark elems 1 'on plane' 0 6 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 hm_highlightmark elems 1 h

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Tamilvanan

I think i have not explained the problem correctly. 

 

In attached image, I would like to get only the elems cut by the cross section i.e only the red comp elements.

 

I used the command provided, it is giving all the elems in the plane as highlighted in the image.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

llyle_20499

have you tried creating a mark by box? 

 

*createmark elems 1 'by box' x0 y0 z0 x1 y1 z1 syst location contained all tol

Tamilvanan

Thank you livil. its working 

 

tinh

Altair Forum User said:

I think i have not explained the problem correctly. 

 

In attached image, I would like to get only the elems cut by the cross section i.e only the red comp elements.

 

I used the command provided, it is giving all the elems in the plane as highlighted in the image.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

 

 

You can indicate selection on red comp only by

*createmark elems 1 'on plane' .....

*createmark elems 2 'by comp name' red_comp

*markintersection elems 1 elems 2