TCL command to Reduce dependent nodes count and update the washer mesh accordingly

sanket_patil

Hello All,

I want to reduce number of dependent nodes of rigid to 6 and update the rigid, washer ring mesh and surrounding mesh accordingly.

Lets say in above snap, it is having 16 dependent nodes and 4 washer rings. So i want to reduce the dependent node count from 16 to 6 and update rigid. and remove 3 washer rings and update mesh accordingly.

Please guide me to do this using TCL commands.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Sanket Patil

sanket_patil

Hello All,

Can anyone suggest the commands?

Regards,

Sanket

tinh

Hello,

You should use Utility>Geom/Mesh>Add Washer...

It is easy to modify washers shape

sanket_patil

Hello Tinh,

Thank you so much for the help. I have tried it for 6 nodes but i is not changing node count. Please correct me if i am doing something wrong.

Regards,

Sanket

 

tinh

Did you delete attached rigidlinks prior to modify the washer?

sanket_patil

yes. i have tried add washer after deleting rigidlink

tinh

Hi,

they (script's authors) choose original density if it is > new density

I don't know why they want that!

But you can pass it by run this command before click on button "Add":

set ::fepre::AddWasher::params(edgeNodeNum) 6

 

And if you want to embed the codes into your script, use these commands:

*createmark nodes 1 $a_node_hole1 $a_node_hole2 ... *createstringarray 2 "layer_number = 1 uniform_layers = 1 hole_density = 6"  "1 $washer_width" *add_multi_washer_elements 1 30 1 2 0 0 1 1

sanket_patil

tinh said:

Hi,

they (script's authors) choose original density if it is > new density

I don't know why they want that!

But you can pass it by run this command before click on button "Add":

set ::fepre::AddWasher::params(edgeNodeNum) 6

 

And if you want to embed the codes into your script, use these commands:

*createmark nodes 1 $a_node_hole1 $a_node_hole2 ... *createstringarray 2 "layer_number = 1 uniform_layers = 1 hole_density = 6"  "1 $washer_width" *add_multi_washer_elements 1 30 1 2 0 0 1 1

Thank you so much tinh ..!! it helped me a lot.

 

Regards,

Sanket