Retrieve a Contact Surface Reaction value from the database.
NOTE: You can also use PLGetValue with parameter number 13 to retrieve the same data.
PLGetContactSurfaceReaction( DatabaseName, TimeIndex, ContactSurfaceIndex, DOFNo )
DatabaseName (Character String) |
The full path and filename to the relevant database. The file extension is optional. |
TimeIndex (Integer) |
The relevant time index, from 1 to the number of solutions in the database. |
ContactSurfaceIndex (Integer) |
The index of the contact surface from 1 to number of contact surfaces. |
DOFNo (Integer) |
The Degree of Freedom in the range of 1 to 3. |
A numerical value containing the Contact Surface Reaction value for the specified parameters or one of the following error codes:
-999999998 |
Invalid Database. |
-999999995 |
Invalid Time Index. |
-999999990 |
No Data Available. |
-999999988 |
Item Index is out of range. |
-999999985 |
Degree of Freedom/Local Node Number is out of range. |
-999999980 |
General Read Error. |
Imperial |
Metric |
lbf |
N |
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