#131 Use a panel to create an ordered list of entities for use in a subsequent command in tcl in HyperMesh<\/p>\n
To create a line from a user specified list of nodes:<\/p>\n
\r\n*createlistpanel nodes 1 "Select nodes for the line:"\r\nset node_list [ hm_getlist nodes 1 ];\r\nif { ! [ Null node_list ] } {\r\n *linecreatefromnodes 1 0 150 5 179\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"#131 Use a panel to create an ordered list of entities for use in a subsequent command in tcl in HyperMesh To create a line from a user specified list of nodes: *createlistpanel nodes 1 "Select nodes for the line:" set node_list [ hm_getlist nodes 1 ]; if { ! 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