Defines a surface object that mostly parallels Cubit's RefFace class. More...

Inheritance diagram for Surface:

Public Member Functions
def	area (self)
	Get area of the Surface. More...

def	closest_point_along_vector (self, location, along_vector)
	Get the nearest point on the Surface to point specified along the specified vector. More...

def	closest_point_trimmed (self, location)
	Get the nearest point on the Surface to point specified. More...

def	color (self)
	Get the color of the surface. More...

def	get_param_range_U (self)
	Get range of u for the Surface. More...

def	get_param_range_V (self)
	Get range of v for the Surface. More...

def	is_cylindrical (self)
	Get whether the Surface is cylindrical or not. More...

def	is_planar (self)
	Get whether the Surface is planar or not. More...

def	normal_at (self, location)
	Get the normal at a particular point on the Surface. More...

def	ordered_loops (self)
	Get the ordered loops of the Surface. More...

def	point_containment (self, point_in)
	Get whether a point is on or off of the Surface. More...

def	position_from_u_v (self, u, v)
	Get the Cartesian coordinates from the uv coordinates on the Surface. More...

def	principal_curvatures (self, point)
	Get the principal curvatures of the Surface. More...

def	set_color (self, value)
	Set the color of the surface. More...

def	u_v_from_position (self, location)
	Get the uv coordinates from the supplied Cartesian coordinates on the Surface. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from GeomEntity
def	bodies (self)
	Retrieve bodies contained within the geometry entity. More...

def	curves (self)
	Retrieve curves (edges) associated with the geometry entity. More...

def	dimension (self)
	Get the topological dimension of the geometry entity. More...

def	entity_name (self)
	Retrieve the primary name of the geometry entity. More...

def	entity_names (self)
	Retrieve all names assigned to the geometry entity. More...

def	is_meshed (self)
	Returns the current mesh state of the GeomEntity. More...

def	is_transparent (self)
	Get the transparency state of the geometry entity. More...

def	is_visible (self)
	Get the visibility state of the geometry entity. More...

def	mesh (self)
	Generates mesh on a GeomEntity and verifies meshing status. More...

def	num_names (self)
	Get the count of names assigned to the geometry entity. More...

def	remove_entity_name (self, name)
	Remove a specific name from the geometry entity. More...

def	remove_entity_names (self)
	Remove all non-default names from the geometry entity. More...

def	remove_mesh (self)
	Remove any mesh associated with the geometry entity. More...

def	set_entity_name (self, name)
	Assign a name to the geometry entity. More...

def	set_transparent (self, transparency_flag)
	Set the transparency state of the geometry entity. More...

def	set_visible (self, visibility_flag)
	Set and verify the visibility state of the geometry entity. More...

def	smooth (self)
	Smooths the mesh on a GeomEntity to improve element quality. More...

def	surfaces (self)
	Retrieve surfaces associated with the geometry entity. More...

def	vertices (self)
	Retrieve vertices (points) associated with the geometry entity. More...

def	volumes (self)
	Retrieve volumes associated with the geometry entity. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from Entity
def	bounding_box (self)
	Returns the axis-aligned bounding box of the Entity. More...

def	center_point (self)
	Returns the geometric center point of the Entity. More...

def	id (self)
	Retrieves the unique identifier of the Entity. More...

Detailed Description

Defines a surface object that mostly parallels Cubit's RefFace class.

Member Function Documentation

◆ area()

def area ( self )

Get area of the Surface .

.. code-block:: python

area = surface.area()

   @n return type of :  float

Returns: The area of the Surface.

◆ closest_point_along_vector()

def closest_point_along_vector	(	self,
		location,
		along_vector
	)

Get the nearest point on the Surface to point specified along the specified vector.

.. code-block:: python

nearest = surface.closest_point_along_vector([0,0,0], [1,1,1])

     @n type of location:  std::array< double,3 >, in

Parameters

location A vector containing three values that are the coordinates of a point.
return type of : std:: array< double,3 >

Returns: A vector (or list) of doubles representing values of nearest point as follows:; 0 x coordinate; 1 y coordinate; 2 z coordinate

◆ closest_point_trimmed()

def closest_point_trimmed	(	self,
		location
	)

Get the nearest point on the Surface to point specified.

.. code-block:: python

nearest = surface.closest_point_trimmed([0,0,0])

     @n type of location:  std::array< double,3 >, in

Parameters

location A vector containing three values that are the coordinates of a point.
return type of : std:: array< double,3 >

Returns: A vector (or list) of doubles representing values of nearest point as follows:; 0 x coordinate; 1 y coordinate; 2 z coordinate

◆ color()

def color ( self )

Get the color of the surface.

.. code-block:: python

col = surface.color()

   @n return type of : std:: array< double,4 >

Returns: The color value associated with the surface's current color.

◆ get_param_range_U()

def get_param_range_U ( self )

Get range of u for the Surface .

.. code-block:: python

bounds = surface.get_param_range_U()

         @n return type of : std:: array< double,2 >

Returns: The curvature values:; 0 The lowest value in the u direction; 1 The highest value in the u direction

◆ get_param_range_V()

def get_param_range_V ( self )

Get range of v for the Surface .

.. code-block:: python

lower_bound, upper_bound = surface.get_param_range_V()

         @n return type of : std:: array< double,2 >

Returns: The curvature values:; 0 The lowest value in the v direction; 1 The highest value in the v direction

◆ is_cylindrical()

def is_cylindrical ( self )

Get whether the Surface is cylindrical or not.

.. code-block:: python

cyl = surface.is_cylindrical()

   @n return type of :  boolean

Returns: Whether the Surface is cylindrical or not.

◆ is_planar()

def is_planar ( self )

Get whether the Surface is planar or not.

.. code-block:: python

planar = surface.is_planar()

   @n return type of :  boolean

Returns: Whether the Surface is planar or not.

◆ normal_at()

def normal_at	(	self,
		location
	)

Get the normal at a particular point on the Surface .

.. code-block:: python

norm = surface.normal_at([0,0,0])

     @n type of location:  std::array< double,3 >, in

Parameters

location A vector containing three values that are the coordinates of a point.
return type of : std:: array< double,3 >

Returns: A vector (or list) of doubles representing values of normal vector as follows:; 0 x value; 1 y value; 2 z value

◆ ordered_loops()

def ordered_loops ( self )

Get the ordered loops of the Surface .

.. code-block:: python

loops = surface.ordered_loops()

     @n return type of : std::vector< std::vector< CubitInterface::Curve,std::allocator< CubitInterface::Curve > >,std::allocator< std::vector< CubitInterface::Curve,std::allocator< CubitInterface:: Curve > > > >

Returns: A vector of vectors (or list of lists) of Curves in loops:

0, 0 - loop 1 curve 1

0, 1 - loop 1 curve 2

1, 0 - loop 2 curve 1

Returns: etc...

◆ point_containment()

def point_containment	(	self,
		point_in
	)

Get whether a point is on or off of the Surface .

.. code-block:: python

on_off = surface.point_containment([0,0,0])

   @n type of point_in:  std::array< double,3 >, in

Parameters

point_in A vector containing three values that are the coordinates of a point.
return type of : int

Returns: A python boolean representing whether the point is off (0) or on (1) the Surface.

◆ position_from_u_v()

def position_from_u_v	(	self,
		u,
		v
	)

Get the Cartesian coordinates from the uv coordinates on the Surface .

.. code-block:: python

pos = surface.position_from_u_v(0, 0)

     @n type of u:  float, in

Parameters

u	The u parameter type of v: float, in
v	The v parameter return type of : std:: array< double,3 >

Returns: The Cartesian coordinates of the supplied uv coordinates as a vector:; 0 x coordinate; 1 y coordinate; 2 z coordinate

◆ principal_curvatures()

def principal_curvatures	(	self,
		point
	)

Get the principal curvatures of the Surface .

.. code-block:: python

curvatures = surface.principal_curvatures([0,0,0])

     @n type of point:  std::array< double,3 >, in

Parameters

point A tuple containing 2 values that are the curvature in the principle u and v directions on the surface
return type of : std:: array< double,2 >

Returns: A list of two floats representing the curvatures.; 0 curvature 1; 1 curvature 2

◆ set_color()

def set_color	(	self,
		value
	)

Set the color of the surface.

.. code-block:: python

surface.set_color(0)

   @n type of value:  std::array< double,4 >, in

Parameters

value The color value that the surface will have.

◆ u_v_from_position()

def u_v_from_position	(	self,
		location
	)

Get the uv coordinates from the supplied Cartesian coordinates on the Surface .

.. code-block:: python

uv = surface.position_from_u_v([0,0,0])

     @n type of location:  std::array< double,3 >, in

Parameters

location A vector containing the Cartesian coordinates.
return type of : std:: array< double,2 >

Returns: The curvature values:; 0 The u parameter; 1 The v parameter

Public Member Functions

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ area()

◆ closest_point_along_vector()

◆ closest_point_trimmed()

◆ color()

◆ get_param_range_U()

◆ get_param_range_V()

◆ is_cylindrical()

◆ is_planar()

◆ normal_at()

◆ ordered_loops()

◆ point_containment()

◆ position_from_u_v()

◆ principal_curvatures()

◆ set_color()

◆ u_v_from_position()