Model.panelcreation

Model.panelcreation(collection, name, findPanel)

Creates a panel entity.

Parameters:

• collection (Collection) – The collection containing the input element entities.

• name (hwString) – The name of the panel entity.

• findPanel (int) –

  0 - Directly create the panel entity using the input elements

  1 - Find a panel consisting of these elements

Examples

Create a panel named panel1 from elements with IDs 1 - 10

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

# Creating a collection that contains the elements with IDs 1-10
filter_elements = hm.FilterByEnumeration(ent.Element, list(range(1, 11)))
elements_collection = hm.Collection(model, filter_elements)

model.panelcreation(collection=elements_collection, name="panel1", findPanel=0)

Create a panel named panel1 from elements with IDs 1 - 10

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

# Creating a collection that contains the elements with IDs 1-10
filter_elements = hm.FilterByEnumeration(ent.Element, list(range(1, 11)))
elements_collection = hm.Collection(model, filter_elements)

model.panelcreation(collection=elements_collection, name="panel1", findPanel=1)