TCL：how to distinguish large solid comp and sheet matal comp with tcl scripts?

kai zhang
kai zhang Altair Community Member
edited March 2022 in Community Q&A

my model have many comps, some are sheet  matal comp which can extract  middle surface and  use shell element; some are casting or structure which are not suitable to use shell. So i want use tcl scripts to distinguish and put them in different assembly.  thanks 

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  • Adriano_Koga
    Adriano_Koga
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2022

    try this command:

    set thick [expr double([lindex [lindex [hm_getgeometricthinsolidinfo solids 1 mode=simple] 0] 0])]

     

    in the below example, solid 1 is the thin solid, and solid 2 is the sphere.

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    if {[catch {set thick [expr double([lindex [lindex [hm_getgeometricthinsolidinfo solids 1 mode=simple] 0] 0])]}]} {

    #it is a thin solid with the specified thickness

    } else {

    # it is a solid

    }
              
        

  • kai zhang
    kai zhang Altair Community Member
    edited March 2022
    Adriano A. Koga_21884 said:

    try this command:

    set thick [expr double([lindex [lindex [hm_getgeometricthinsolidinfo solids 1 mode=simple] 0] 0])]

     

    in the below example, solid 1 is the thin solid, and solid 2 is the sphere.

    image

     

    if {[catch {set thick [expr double([lindex [lindex [hm_getgeometricthinsolidinfo solids 1 mode=simple] 0] 0])]}]} {

    #it is a thin solid with the specified thickness

    } else {

    # it is a solid

    }
              
        

    thanks a lot .  I will try it .

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