APDL: Measuring distances and moving lines by this value

[bizio]

Hi all,

I am writing an APDL code to model a structure, and one of the steps involves measuring the distance between two defined keypoints, and subsequently moving different lines (not attached to these keypoints) by the vertical distance measured.

I know the KDIST command displays the distance between the two keypoints, however I'd like to create a script that takes this value and then moves certain lines by this distance!

I hope this is clear... Thanks very much

 

[Struct71]

distance = DISTKP(K1,K2)

 

[slumdogengineer]

yeah and then you will need the LGEN command to move the lines, inserting the parameter in the appropriate place.