Primitives (hwx.inspire.Primitives)

class Primitives

Bases: object

Utilites to create parts with primitive shapes.

The supported primitive shapes are block, cone, polygon, ellipsoid, prism, sphere, torus and etc.

Method Table

Name	Description
createCurves (self, points, **kwds)	Creates a list of SplineCurve parts that connect the points.
createEmptyPart (self, **kwds)	Creates an empty part.
createPointPart (self, **kwds)	Creates a point part.
createPolylines (self, points, **kwds)	Creates a list of Polyline parts that connect the points.
createSheetCircle (self, radius=1, **kwds)	Creates a circle centered at the origin in the XY plane.
createSheetPolygon (self, radius=1, nsides=3, **kwds)	Creates a regular polygon centered at the origin in the XY-plane.
createSheetRectangle (self, x=1, y=1, **kwds)	Creates a rectangle centered at the origin.
createSolidBlock (self, x=1, y=1, z=1, **kwds)	Creates a solid block with the center of the base at the origin.
createSolidCone (self, radius=1, height=1, semiangle=0, **kwds)	Creates a a solid cone with the base centered at the origin in the XY
createSolidCylinder (self, radius=1, height=1, **kwds)	Creates a solid cylinder with the base centered at the origin in the XY
createSolidEllipsoid (self, xRadius=1, yRadius=0.5, zRadius=0.25, **kwds)	Creates a solid ellipsoid centered at the origin.
createSolidPrism (self, radius=1, height=1, nsides=20, blendradius=0, **kwds)	Creates a solid prism with the base centered at the origin in the XY
createSolidSphere (self, radius=1, **kwds)	Creates a solid sphere with centre at origin.
createSolidTorus (self, majorRadius=1, minorRadius=0.5, **kwds)	Creates a solid torus centered at the origin, located in the XY-plane

createEmptyPart(**kwds)

Creates an empty part.

Parameters:

**kwds – Part attributes like name, position, color…

Returns:

Part

createPointPart(**kwds)

Creates a point part.

Parameters:

**kwds – Part attributes like name, location, color…

Returns:

Part

createPolylines(points, **kwds)

Creates a list of Polyline parts that connect the points.

If the points don’t have intersections, creates one Polyline part. Otherwise, creates one Polyline part for each section.

Parameters:

• points (list[math.Point]) – List of points to create the Polyline part.

• **kwds – Part attributes like name, position, color…

Returns:

List of created parts.

Return type:

list[Part]

createCurves(points, **kwds)

Creates a list of SplineCurve parts that connect the points.

If the points don’t have intersections, creates one SplineCurve part. Otherwise, creates one SplineCurve part for each section.

Parameters:

• points (list[math.Point]) – List of points used to create the SplineCurve part.

• **kwds – Part attributes like name, position, color…

Returns:

List of created parts.

Return type:

list [Part]

createSolidBlock(x=1, y=1, z=1, **kwds)

Creates a solid block with the center of the base at the origin.

Parameters:

• x (float) – The length.

• y (float) – The width.

• z (float) – The height.

• **kwds – Part attributes like name, position, color…

Returns:

Part

createSolidCylinder(radius=1, height=1, **kwds)

Creates a solid cylinder with the base centered at the origin in the XY plane and the height extending along the z-axis.

Parameters:

• radius (float) – The radius in the XY-plane.

• height (float) – The height along z-axis.

• **kwds – Part attributes like name, position, color…

Returns:

Part

createSolidPrism(radius=1, height=1, nsides=20, blendradius=0, **kwds)

Creates a solid prism with the base centered at the origin in the XY plane and the height extending along the z-axis.

Parameters:

• radius (float) – The radius in the XY-plane.

• height (float) – The height along z-axis.

• nsides (int) – The number of facets. Must be > 2.

• blendradius (float) – The radius used to round the corners.

• **kwds – Part attributes like name, position, color…

Returns:

Part

createSolidCone(radius=1, height=1, semiangle=0, **kwds)

Creates a a solid cone with the base centered at the origin in the XY plane and the height extending along the z-axis.

Parameters:

• radius (float) – The radius in the XY-plane.

• height (float) – The height along z-axis.

• semiangle (float) – The angle the cone makes with the z-axis. Must be > 0 < pi/2.

• **kwds – Part attributes like name, position, color…

Returns:

Part

createSolidSphere(radius=1, **kwds)

Creates a solid sphere with centre at origin.

Parameters:

• radius (float) –

• **kwds – Part attributes like name, location, color…

Returns:

Part

createSolidTorus(majorRadius=1, minorRadius=0.5, **kwds)

Creates a solid torus centered at the origin, located in the XY-plane with the z-axis sticking through the hole.

Parameters:

• majorRadius (float) – The radius from the hole’s center to the rim’s midline.

• minorRadius (float) – The radius of the cross section of the rim. Must be less than majorRadius.

• **kwds – Part attributes like name, position, color…

Returns:

Part

createSolidEllipsoid(xRadius=1, yRadius=0.5, zRadius=0.25, **kwds)

Creates a solid ellipsoid centered at the origin.

Parameters:

• xRadius (float) – The radius in x-axis.

• yRadius (float) – The radius in y-axis.

• zRadius (float) – The radius in z-axis.

• **kwds – Part attributes like name, position, color…

Returns:

Part

createSheetCircle(radius=1, **kwds)

Creates a circle centered at the origin in the XY plane.

Parameters:

• radius (float) –

• **kwds – Part attributes like name, position, color…

Returns:

Part

createSheetPolygon(radius=1, nsides=3, **kwds)

Creates a regular polygon centered at the origin in the XY-plane.

Parameters:

• radius (float) – The distance from the center to a vertex.

• nsides (int) – The number of sides. Must be > 2.

• **kwds – Part attributes like name, position, color…

Returns:

Part

createSheetRectangle(x=1, y=1, **kwds)

Creates a rectangle centered at the origin.

Parameters:

• x (float) – The length.

• y (float) – The width.

• **kwds – Part attributes like name, position, color…

Returns:

Part