Model.splitsolidelements

Model.splitsolidelements(collection, splittype)

Divides the given solid elements into hexa or tetra elements.

Parameters:

• collection (Collection) – The collection containing the solid elements entities to be split.

• splittype (int) –

  A code that indicates the type of split to perform. Valid values are:

  1 - Splits a hexa into 8 hexas.

  2 - Splits a hexa into 5 or 6 tetras.

  3 - Splits a hexa into 24 tetras.

Example

Split the solid elements with IDs 100 through 110 into hexas

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

model.splitsolidelements(
    collection=hm.Collection(
        model, ent.Element, [100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110]
    ),
    splittype=1,
)