Model.meshdragelements2

Model.meshdragelements2(collection, vector, distance, on_drag, bias_style, biasing, el2comp_mode)

Creates solid elements by dragging 2D elements along a vector.

Parameters:

• collection (Collection) – The collection containing the element entities to be dragged.

• vector (hwTriple) – The hwTriple object defining the vector components along which the elements should be dragged. User can also supply a Python list of three doubles.

• distance (double) – The distance which the elements should be dragged.

• on_drag (int) – The number of elements to create along the drag.

• bias_style (int) –

  Flag that defines the bias style in dragginf procedure. Valid values are:

  0 - Linear

  1 - Exponential

  2 - Bell curve

• biasing (double) – The biasing intensity value.

• el2comp_mode (int) –

  Flag indicating the organization of elements in component. Valid values are:

  0 - Elements to current component

  1 - Elements to original component

Example

Create 5 elements by drag elements with ID 10 and 11 along a vector defined by ( 1.0 , 0.0 , 0.0 ) a length of 50 units , and have the result elems in the original component

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

element_collection = hm.Collection(model, ent.Element, [10, 11])

model.meshdragelements2(
    collection=element_collection,
    vector=[1.0, 0.0, 0.0],
    distance=50.0,
    on_drag=5,
    bias_style=1,
    biasing=0.0,
    el2comp_mode=0,
)