How to create a TCL script for Isolating Element based on Element type in Hypermesh?

Saravanan R_20730

Hello,

I am new to TCL scripting. In HM workspace, the model is having different element types such as S3, S4, C3D4,C3D6,C3D10M and so on.

 I have planned to created script to isolate element based on element type (ex. C3D10M) as a practice session. But having no idea how to proceed further. Can someone help me

Regards,

SRV

SunnyZhang

Hi Saravanan, 

To isolate C3D4 elements in your model, you can try these 3 lines of scripts: 

hm_createmark elems 1 "equal to value" "typename C3D4"

*createstringarray 2 "elements_on" "geometry_on"

*isolateonlyentitybymark 1 1 2

To isolate other type of elements, just replace the C3D4 in line 1 with the type desired.

 

Regards, 

Shaoyan

SunnyZhang

Hi Saravanan, 

To isolate C3D4 elements in your model, you can try these 3 lines of scripts: 

hm_createmark elems 1 "equal to value" "typename C3D4"

*createstringarray 2 "elements_on" "geometry_on"

*isolateonlyentitybymark 1 1 2

To isolate other type of elements, just replace the C3D4 in line 1 with the type desired.

 

Regards, 

Shaoyan

Saravanan R_20730

Thank you so much

SunnyZhang

Saravanan R_22056 said:

Thank you so much

Welcome : )

Saravanan R_20730

Shaoyan Zhang said:

Hi Saravanan, 

To isolate C3D4 elements in your model, you can try these 3 lines of scripts: 

hm_createmark elems 1 "equal to value" "typename C3D4"

*createstringarray 2 "elements_on" "geometry_on"

*isolateonlyentitybymark 1 1 2

To isolate other type of elements, just replace the C3D4 in line 1 with the type desired.

 

Regards, 

Shaoyan

Also, is there any way to isolate different element type with above script?

 

Saravanan R_20730

Saravanan R_22056 said:

Also, is there any way to isolate different element type with above script?

 

I mean, for example S3 and S4 element need to isolate at a time.