Associate the model of blocks to the geometry

Elements association

Associate to a vertex of the geometry:

vx.setAssociation(geom_object_vertex)

Get the association:

gov = vx.getAssociation()

Associate to an edge or a wire of the geometry:

l = edg.addAssociation(geom_object_1D, debut, val)

Get the associations:

edge_associations = edg.getAssociations()

Associate to a face or a shell of the geometry:

l = quad.addAssociation(geom_object_2D)

Give the association:

go2d = quad.getAssociations()

Associate by lines

To associate an opened line to the geometry, the following data have to be mentioned:

  • the starting edge of the model of blocks: mstart

  • the list of edges of the model of blocks: mline

  • the starting edge of the geometry: gstart

  • the curvilinear abscissa on the starting edge of the geometry: pstart (double)

  • the list of edges of the geometry: gline

  • the curvilinear abscissa on the last edge of the geometry: pend

The number of edges of the model of blocks to associate may be different from the number of edges of the geometry.

Associate an opened line:

l = doc.associateOpenedLine(mstart, mline, gstart, pstart, gline, pend)

To associate a closed line to the geometry, the following data have to be mentioned:

  • the starting vertex of the model of blocks: mfirst

  • the starting edge of the model of blocks: mstart

  • the list of edges of the model of blocks: mline

  • the starting edge of the geometry: gstart

  • the curvilinear abscissa on the starting edge of the geometry: pstart (double)

  • the list of edges of the geometry: gline

The number of edges of the model of blocks to associate may be different from the number of edges of the geometry.

Associate a closed line:

l = doc.associateClosedLine(mfirst, mstart, mline, gstart, pstart, gline)

Note for face association

Face association (implicite or explicite) is not necessary for:

  • planar faces,

  • cylindrical faces,

  • conical faces.

Only edges association (implicite) on segments or arcs of cirle is necessary.

The following example show a model of block on which there isn’t faces association but only implicite edges association on arcs of circle.

Example

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19#
20
21import hexablock
22
23
24
25doc  = hexablock.addDocument ("test_cone")
26
27orig = doc.addVertex (0, 0, 0)
28ori2 = doc.addVertex (0, 0, 10)
29vz   = doc.addVector (0, 0, 1)
30vx   = doc.addVector (1 ,0, 0)
31
32rad1   = 2.0
33rad2   = 1.0
34height = 5.0
35angle  = 270.0
36hollow = False
37
38nr = 2
39na = 8
40nl = 1
41
42c1 = doc.makeCylindrical (orig, vx,vz, rad1, angle, height, nr,na,nl, hollow)
43c2 = doc.makeCylindrical (ori2, vx,vz, rad2, angle, height, nr,na,nl, hollow)
44
45vh0 = c2.getVertexIJK (0, 0, 0)
46vh1 = c2.getVertexIJK (1, 0, 0)
47
48vb0 = c1.getVertexIJK (0, 0, nl)
49vb1 = c1.getVertexIJK (1, 0, nl)
50
51qcible = c2.getQuadIJ (0, 0, 0)
52qliste = []
53for ni in range (nr) :
54    for nj in range (na) :
55        quad = c1.getQuadIJ (ni, nj, nl)
56        qliste.append (quad)
57
58## Join quads to make a cone between the 2 cylinders
59doc.joinQuads  (qliste, qcible, vb0, vh0, vb1, vh1, 1)
60
61### -------------------- Mesh 
62law = doc.addLaw ("Uniform", 4)
63
64for np in range(doc.countPropagation()):
65    propa = doc.getPropagation (np)
66    propa.setLaw (law) 
67
68mesh_hexas = hexablock.mesh(doc)
69

Result

_images/cone_mesh.png

Cone mesh

GUI command: Associate the model of blocks to the geometry