Broken | Call does not work. No elements are retrieved from the database that were associated with the specified LBC. No resolution has been found for this issue. |
Original Description Information: | ||
( lbc_id, max_elem, numelem, eid ) | ||
Description: | ||
Gets all elements associated with an specified LBC. | ||
Input: | ||
INTEGER | lbc_id | ID of the LBC to which the requested elements are associated. |
INTEGER | max_elem | Maximum number of element ids for which storage has been allocated by the calling routine. |
Output: | ||
INTEGER | numelem | Number of elements found associated to the specified LBC. |
INTEGER | eid() | IDs of the elements associated to the specified LBC. |
INTEGER | <Return Value> | Returns the success or failure of the routine. |
Error Conditions: | ||
None. | ||
Remarks: | ||
None. | ||
Examples: | ||
None. | ||
Modified | This call is missing its <Return Value> variable. Added the <Return Value> variable to the output argument list. |
Original Description Information: | ||
(id, xyz ) | ||
Description: | ||
Given a node ID, this function will look up the specified node and return the coordinates of that node to the caller. | ||
Input: | ||
INTEGER | id | The node ID to be looked up. |
Output: | ||
REAL | xyz(3) | An array of 3 floating point values which are the coordinates of the specified node. |
Error Conditions: | ||
None. | ||
Remarks: | ||
None. | ||
Examples: | ||
None. | ||
New Description Information: | ||
(id, xyz ) | ||
Description: | ||
Given a node ID, this function will look up the specified node and return the coordinates of that node to the caller. | ||
Input: | ||
INTEGER | id | The node ID to be looked up. |
Output: | ||
REAL | xyz(3) | An array of 3 floating point values which are the coordinates of the specified node. |
INTEGER | <Return Value> | Integer indicating the success or failure of the routine. |
Error Conditions: | ||
None. | ||
Remarks: | ||
None. | ||
Examples: | ||
None. | ||
Broken | Call only partially works. Outputs the list of nodes for the variable IDNODE but not for the variable IDNOEXIST. MSC.Patran outputs an error message if the input list contains any non-existent nodes. No resolution has been found for this issue. |
Original Description Information: | ||
(entity_list, nnode, idnodem notfound, idnoexist ) | ||
Description: | ||
Extract the array of existing node IDs from NODE_LST. | ||
Input: | ||
STRING | entity_list[] | List of selected nodes. |
INTEGER | nnode | Number of nodes in NODE_LST. |
Output: | ||
INTEGER | nnode | Number of existing node IDs. |
INTEGER | idnode()symbol | Pointer to unique node IDs. |
INTEGER | notfound | Number of nodes that were not found. |
INTEGER | idnoexist()symbol | Pointer to sorted list of nonexistent IDs. |
INTEGER | <Return Value> | 0 Function was successful. -1 Abort. -2 No existing nodes in list. |
Error Conditions: | ||
None. | ||
Remarks: | ||
None. | ||
Examples: | ||
None. | ||
Modified | This call is missing its <Return Value> variable. Added the <Return Value> variable to the output argument list. |
Original Description Information: | ||
(arrow_segments ) | ||
Description: | ||
Display direction arrows on all visible curves. | ||
Input: | ||
INTEGER | arrow_segments | Graphics manager segment ID for arrows. |
Output: | ||
None. | ||
Error Conditions: | ||
None. | ||
Remarks: | ||
None. | ||
Examples: | ||
None. | ||
New Description Information: | ||
(arrow_segments ) | ||
Description: | ||
Display direction arrows on all visible curves. | ||
Input: | ||
INTEGER | arrow_segments | Graphics manager segment ID for arrows. |
Output: | ||
INTEGER | <Return Value> | Integer indicating success or failure of the routine. |
Error Conditions: | ||
None. | ||
Remarks: | ||
None. | ||
Examples: | ||
None. | ||