How can I retrieve the element ID as shown in the entity editor via *createmark

IsabellaR

Hello,

I have a model where the same element ID is used for structural elements (Cquad) and cweld elements. I want to retrieve the element IDs of all cwelds in the model in tcl, so I used
*createmark elem 2 "by config type" 0 mass CWELD
But now I retrieve other IDs than the ones visible in the entity editor for the cwelds. How can I get to those ID numbers instead of the internal ones in my tcl script.

Best regards

Isabella

Adriano_Koga

what bout this discussion here:

https://community.altair.com/discussion/comment/20442#Comment_20442

Adriano_Koga

do you have a sample model, to test this?

IsabellaR

CWELD-CQUAD-sameID-Test.bdf

In this model, cweld IDs 2010 and 2011 also exist as cquad cards. When I create an element mark containing the cwelds, the resulting ids stored in these marks (read by hm_getmark), I recieve ids different to 2010 and 2011. My question is how to get from these new internal ids back to the original 2010 and 2011.

Adriano_Koga

what bout this discussion here:

https://community.altair.com/discussion/comment/20442#Comment_20442

IsabellaR

Thank you, the solution was "solver_id".