Model.meshspinelements2

Model.meshspinelements2(collection, plane_normal, plane_base, angle, on_spin, bias_style, biasing, el2comp_mode)

Creates solid elements by spinning 2D elements around a plane normal.

Parameters:

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

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

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

• angle (double) – The angle which the elements should be spun.

• on_spin (int) – The number of elements to create along the spin.

• bias_style (int) –

  The style of biasing to use. Valid values are:

  0 - Linear

  1 - Exponential

  2 - Bell curve

• biasing (double) – The biasing intensity value.

• el2comp_mode (int) –

  Flag for organize elements to components. Valid values are:

  0 - Elements to original component

  1 - Elements to current component

Example

Create 5 elements by spin elements with ID 10 and 11 about the plane normal defined by [ 0.0 , 0.0 , 1.0 ] and based at [ 20.0 , 20.0 , 0.0 ] by an angle of 90.0 , and have the result elements in the original component

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

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

model.meshspinelements2(
    collection=elem_collection,
    plane_normal=[0.0, 0.0, 1.0],
    plane_base=[20.0, 20.0, 0.0],
    angle=90.0,
    on_spin=5,
    bias_style=1,
    biasing=0.0,
    organize=0,
)