Model.beamsectioncreateshell

Model.beamsectioncreateshell(collection, plane_normal, plane_base, vector_id, project, base_node_entity, part_generation)

Creates a shell beam section for , using lines or 1D elements.

Parameters:

• collection (Collection) – The collection containing the entities that defines the cross-section. Valid values are lines and elems. For elements, only 1D elements can be used.

• plane_normal (hwTriple) – The hwTriple object defining the plane normal components. User can also supply a Python list of three doubles.

• plane_base (hwTriple) – The hwTriple object defining the base point components of the plane. User can also supply a Python list of three doubles.

• vector_id (hwTriple) – The vector that defines the direction to project the input entities to the plane. This is only used when project=2.

• project (int) –

  Defines how the projection of the input entities occurs:

  2 - Project the entities to the defined cross-section plane. The plane_normal and vector_id options are required.

  3 - Create a cross-section plane that fits the selected entities. The base_node_entity option is required.

• base_node_entity (Entity) – The object describing the node entity to use as a base. This is only used when project=3.

• part_generation (int) –

  Defines how many individual parts are created:

  0 - Automatically sort the lines or elements into their separate sheet metal parts.

  1 - Force every separate line or element to be a separate sheet metal part with individual thickness.

Example

Create a shell section from lines with IDs 1 through 10, projecting to the xy-plane at 0.0, 0.0, and 0.0 along the z-direction, and creating individual parts

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

lines = hm.Collection(model, ent.Line, list(range(1, 11)))

model.beamsectioncreateshell(
    collection=lines,
    plane_normal=(0.0, 0.0, 1.0),
    plane_base=(0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
    vector_id=(0.0, 0.0, 1.0),
    project=2,
    base_node_entity=None,
    part_generation=0
)