How to Create beam element by connecting nodes formed at the crossing location of lines.

RajeshSRSamsung
RajeshSRSamsung Altair Community Member
edited September 2021 in Community Q&A

I have nodes created at the crossing location of lines as shown below.

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I need  a tcl script to make beam elements connecting these nodes ( based on a check that the nodes have a common line passing through them). 

Thank You in advance for Your consideration.

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  • Ben Buchanan
    Ben Buchanan
    Altair Employee
    edited October 2021

    I don't have an exiting script but if you do it often it might be worth it to write your own.

    You could loop through each line, get the intersection points (*nodecreateatintersection) then loop through each intersection point and create elements (*createentity) between the appropriate nodes.  Maybe test direction and distance to get the appropriate nodes?  Just some initial thoughts.

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