Spider (hwx.inspire)

class Spider(*features, **kwds)

Bases: FeaturesConnector

Creates bonding connection between two or more parts by features separated in space.

Attribute Table

Name	Type
connectionType	Enum
location	property
parts	List

Method Table

Name	Description
addSecondaryFeature (self, feature)	Adds secondary spider connection with supplied features.
removeSecondaryFeature (self, feature)	Removes secondary spider connection with supplied features.

Example

from hwx import inspire
from hwx.common import math

model = inspire.newModel()
block1 = model.createSolidBlock(position=math.Matrix44(origin=(-2, 0, 0)))
block2 = model.createSolidBlock(position=math.Matrix44(origin=(2, 0, 0)))
spider = inspire.Spider(block1.features[3], block2.features[22])

inspire.fitView()

property parts

Returns a list of parts from the referenced features.

addSecondaryFeature(feature)

Adds secondary spider connection with supplied features.

Parameters:

feature (Feature) – Specify feature to add as secondary features.

removeSecondaryFeature(feature)

Removes secondary spider connection with supplied features.

Parameters:

feature (Feature) – Specify feature to remove from secondary features.

property connectionType

The type of the connection. Valid choices are:

• Rigid

• Flexible

property location

Returns the location of the first primary feature.