HEXA Elements Coordinate System Alignment

Girish2121
Girish2121 Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hello all,

 

 I am modelling a honeycomb structure plate . It is modeled with hexa elements  at center and the faces of hexa have quad elements on both the sides i.e upper surface and lower surface. I need to align  hexa element coordinate system to a consistent direction for all  hexa elements . Is there any option in hypermesh . If not, can it be done using TCL APIs.

 

Thanks

Girish 

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  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited May 2018

    Hi

    try invoking pulldown menu Tools>Orientation Tool

  • Girish2121
    Girish2121 Altair Community Member
    edited May 2018

    Hi Tinh ,

     

    I was exploring through the options in Tools-> Orientation Review Tool . Is there any way I can Find the APIs for these commands.  I couldn't find any API commands associated with this option in help file.

     

     

    Thanks

    Girish 

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited May 2018

    Hi Girish, 

    maybe command is *alignnode

    try performing orientation then looking for it in command.tcl file

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