Create Measure - Distance between and write result to file

Sebastian_Karp
Sebastian_Karp
Altair Employee
edited December 2023 in Altair Exchange

Overview

This script will create a HyperView measure entity of type Distance Between for 2 nodes.

For the current displayed time step / increment it will write the MAG/X/ Y/Z distance values to an external file and to the TCL Console.

Pre-Requisite

Edit lines 9 / 10 to define node-IDs to be used in the distance calculation.

Usage/Installation Instructions

Run script e.g. from DropDown  File > Load > Script

(optional) open TCL Console from View DropDown.

 

Measure of Type Distance Between will be created.

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The MAG/X/Y/Z values of the distance measure for current time step / increment will be written to the TCL Console, and to a CSV file located in same folder as the script.

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