Model.contactsurfcreatewithshells

Model.contactsurfcreatewithshells(name, color, collection, reverse_normals)

Creates a contact surface using 1D or 2D elements.

Parameters:

• name (hwString) – The name of the contact surface to create.

• color (int) – The color of the contact surface. Valid values are 1 through 64.

• collection (Collection) – The collection containing the 1D or 2D element entities to use.

• reverse_normals (int) –

  0 - Create contact surface along element normal.

  1 - Create contact surface opposite element normal.

Example

Create a contact surface named “test” with elements with IDs 1-100

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

model.contactsurfcreatewithshells(
    name="test",
    color=5,
    collection=hm.Collection(model, ent.Element, list(range(1, 101))),
    reverse_normals=0,
)