Export References to file

Andrew_22514

I'd like to find a way to export the References data in the References Browser (Right click on a collector and select Xref Entities) to a text file for all component collectors in my model. I'm using HyperMesh 2017.2 and NASTRAN.

I would prefer a way to script it with with Tcl or a Solver/Summary Template. My model has a lot of component collectors. My goal is to use this for documenting individual collector changes when we do model revisions/improvements. 

Is there a way to access that functionality through the Tcl scripting API? I check the command.tcl file and it looks like it doesn't use a dedicated command, but rather just creates two marks and differences them. 

Adriano_Koga

Hi,

 

i'm not aware of any aPI to export the list.

You would need to use the xreference commands, such as the example below:

 

        #get REFERENCES connectors    
        hm_getcrossreferencedentities elems $elo 7 2 0 0 -byid        
        set conn [hm_getmark connectors 2];                
        #get REFERENCE components
        *clearmark connectors 2
        
        if {[llength $conn]>0} {  
            hm_getreferencedentities connectors $conn 7 2 0 0 -byid
            set comps_list [hm_getmark comps 2];
            *clearmark comps 2
            set thick_list [hm_getvalue comps user_ids=$comps_list dataname=thickness];
        } else {
            set thick_list ""
        }