Syntax

hm_entitylist entity_type name_or_id ?mode?

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Query

Description

Returns a list of names or IDs of all entities of the requested type.

Inputs

• entity_type

• The type of entity to query.

• name_or_id

• The type of list to generate. Valid values are:

• name - Return the list of names. Only named entity types support this option.

• id - Return the list of IDs. All entity types support this option.

• mode

• An optional argument that specifies which entity types are returned:

• active - Return only the active entities. This is the default if not specified.

• all - Return both active and inactive entities.

• inactive - Return only the inactive entities.

Example

To get the list of node IDs:

hm_entitylist nodes id

To get the list of component names:

hm_entitylist comps name