Tcl script that prompts the user to select nodes and displays their x, y and z coordinates:<\/p>\n
\n#An example is a Tcl script that prompts the user to select nodes \n#and displays their x, y and z coordinates:\nhm_markclear nodes 1\n*createmarkpanel nodes 1\nset nodes [hm_getmark nodes 1]\nif { ! [ Null nodes ] } {\n foreach node $nodes { \n set xVal [hm_getvalue nodes id=$node dataname=x]\n set yVal [hm_getvalue nodes id=$node dataname=y]\n set zVal [hm_getvalue nodes id=$node dataname=z]\n tk_messageBox -message "Node $node = $xVal $yVal $zVal"\n }\n}\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tcl script that prompts the user to select nodes and displays their x, y and z coordinates: #An example is a Tcl script that prompts the user to select nodes #and displays their x, y and z coordinates: hm_markclear nodes 1 *createmarkpanel nodes 1 set nodes [hm_getmark nodes 1] if { ! 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