TCL Command RIGIDM2M

Syntax

RIGIDM2M arg1 arg2 arg3 arg3 arg4 arg5 arg6 arg7 arg8

Description

Entry of the rigid connection between 2 station-defined components (N: M), whereby the target nodes (part 1 of the definition) receive the node number of their reference node (part 2 of the definition, see "TO").

Arguments

Minimum number: 3

arg1

Value	unit	Meaning
name	TEXT	Component name (destination)

arg2

Value	unit	Meaning
unit	INT	Number of the structural part (target); if specified, only the part is considered, not all parts of the cross-section.
TO	KEYWORD	The inputs of the reference component follow as the next arguments.
CLEAR	KEYWORD	Existing connections are deleted. There are no further arguments. The program searches for all connections of the same type and with the specified component name name in the first argument and deletes them.

arg3 (arg2 != TO)

Value	unit	Meaning
TO	KEYWORD	The inputs of the reference component follow as the next arguments.

arg3 (arg2 = TO) or arg4 (arg3 = TO)

Value	unit	Meaning
rname	TEXT	Component name (reference)

arg3 (arg2 = TO) or arg4 (arg3 = TO)

Value	unit	Meaning
runit	INT	Number of the structural part (reference); if specified, only the part is considered, not all parts of the cross-section.

arg4 (arg2 = TO) or arg5 (arg3 = TO)

Value	unit	Meaning
NOTOL	KEYWORD	No restriction to the search
TOL	KEYWORD	The search is restricted by the 3 following tolerances

arg5 - arg7 (arg2 = TO) or arg6 - arg8 (arg3 = TO)

Value	unit	Meaning
tolx	LSTRUCTD	Tolerance in X
toly	LSTRUCTD	Tolerance in Y
tolz	LSTRUCTD	Tolerance in Z

Scopes

CONNECTIONS

Examples

RIGIDM2M "Girder1-2-1" TO "Plate" "1" TOL 0.300E+00 0.150E+01 0.300E+00

All nodes of the precast beam "Girder1-2-1” are rigidly connected to the nodes represented by the structural part "1” of the deck "Plate" within the specified tolerance. For each node of the beam, a search takes place for the nearest node in the deck that lies within the tolerance.