Model.hm_getsurfacethicknessvaluesbyentity

Model.hm_getsurfacethicknessvaluesbyentity(entity)

Returns the midsurface thickness and offset values for nodes, points, or elements.

An error is returned if a non-topological point or node or an element not associated to any surface, is given as input.

Parameters:

entity (Entity) – The object describing the entity to query. Valid entities are nodes, points, elements.

Returns:

• hwReturnStatus - Status object

• HmQueryResultList - Result list object containing HmQueryResult objects with the following output data:

  • surface (Entity) - The associated surface - Entity Type: Surface

  • thickness (double) - Thickness of the surface at the node or point location (-1 if not defined)/Thickness at the element centroid if entity is of element type

  • offset (double) - Thickness offset. If entity is of element type then is the offset at element centroid

Examples

Retrieve the list of surfaces, thicknesses, and offsets for node with ID 100 that is located on a shared edge between surfaces ID 10 and 11

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

_, node_thick = model.hm_getsurfacethicknessvaluesbyentity(entity=ent.Node(model, 100))

for result in node_thick:
    print("Node Thickness:", result.thickness)
    print("Surface:", result.surface.id)
    print("Thickness offset:", result.offset)

Get the surface, thickness, and offset at the centroid for element with ID 50

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

_, elem_thick = model.hm_getsurfacethicknessvaluesbyentity(entity=ent.Element(model, 50))

for result in elem_thick:
    print("Node Thickness:", result.thickness)
    print("Surface:", result.surface.id)
    print("Thickness offset:", result.offset)