Model.beamsectioncreatesolidfrompoints

Model.beamsectioncreatesolidfrompoints(points, order, writetobeamsect, flag, choosebase, beam_ptr=Entity())

Creates a solid beam section for HyperBeam, using a closed loop of point coordinates that form a polygon.

HyperMesh builds a surface through the points and meshes the surface with quads and trias of the specified order (2nd order recommended), with the meshing parameters such as element size calculated in such a way as to produce elements useful to .

Parameters:

• points (hwDoubleList) – The point coordinates specified in a counter-clockwise direction.

• order (int) – The order (1 or 2) of the elements to use.

• writetobeamsect (int) –

  A flag specifying whether or not the results should be written to a file with name stdsolidbeamdata. This is written to the HyperMesh working directory. Valid values are:

  0 - Do not write to file.

  1 - Write to file.

• flag (int) –

  A flag to indicate the type of section. Valid values are:

  0 - Non-hollow section.

  1 - Hollow section.

• choosebase (int) –

  A flag specifying how to calculate the base node. Valid values are:

  0 - Choose the base point as the origin (0,0,0).

  1 - Choose the base point as the average of the minimum and maximum point values.

• beam_ptr (Entity) – The object describing the entity.

Example

Create a solid section from coordinates (0,0) (1,0) (1,1) and (0,1)

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

model.beamsectioncreatesolidfrompoints(
  points=[0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0],
  order=1,
  writetobeamsect=0,
  flag=0,
  choosebase=0,
  beam_ptr=None
)