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Old   November 15, 2017, 14:13
Default How to close Pointwise in a script if an error occurs
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Hello everyone!

As part of my IRP I need to generate (or, at least, try to generate) 180 different grids. Each one of these, is created by Python, who modifies the value of translation and rotation for two of the three parts of a multi element wing.

For some of the cases, intersection between the geometries occurs. I need to automatically close Pointwise in the case this problem occurs. Do you know any way to do so?

Thank you!
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pw::Application exit

In the Glyph docs: http://www.pointwise.com/glyph2/file...plication.exit
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Dear cnsidero,

Thank you for your post. This is not enough. I already use the line you posted in the case the mesh is successfully generated. I need to understand how I can handle the error and close automatically Pointwise if a mesh can not be generated.
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Ok, you're going to need to be more specific when you say "error". Do you mean, if the intersection test is positive, i.e. geometries overlap, abort the meshing for that particular arrangement? If so, the place to start is

Code:
pw::Database intersect
http://www.pointwise.com/glyph2/file...base.intersect

It returns a list of newly created entities. In your case, you want the returned list to be empty so just check the length of the list, e.g.

Code:
xsect_ents = []
lappend xsect_ents [pw::Database intersect ent_list1 ent_list2]
if [llength $xsect_ents]
{
   pw::Application exit
}
Completely untested so considered it pseudo-code.
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Sorry for being so vague.

I'll explain better. I need to optimize a multi-element wing. For this reason, I'm evaluating how the slat and flap rotation+translation change the lift and drag coefficient.

What I'd like to do, is asking to my script to shut down Pointwise if any kind of error occurs, so that any kind of infeasible geometry will not be nor generated nor analyzed by my solver.

https://ibb.co/cGdS56

Is there any way I can solve this? Any kind of error handler? Thank you
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Glyph provides no generic error handling functionality. The are many distinct operations in the meshing process and you must instrument your own error handling for each. In my simple example I was testing if a Glyph operation returned entities or not. You would need to a) determine what data, if any, is return by the Glyph operation and then b) encapsulate the appropriate decision making process on that data into code.

If you are serious about doing this correctly, I would invest some time learning about catch: http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/catch.htm
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