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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import hexablock



doc  = hexablock.addDocument ("test_cone")

orig = doc.addVertex (0, 0, 0)
ori2 = doc.addVertex (0, 0, 10)
vz   = doc.addVector (0, 0, 1)
vx   = doc.addVector (1 ,0, 0)

rad1   = 2.0
rad2   = 1.0
height = 5.0
angle  = 270.0
hollow = False

nr = 2
na = 8
nl = 1

c1 = doc.makeCylindrical (orig, vx,vz, rad1, angle, height, nr,na,nl, hollow)
c2 = doc.makeCylindrical (ori2, vx,vz, rad2, angle, height, nr,na,nl, hollow)

vh0 = c2.getVertexIJK (0, 0, 0)
vh1 = c2.getVertexIJK (1, 0, 0)

vb0 = c1.getVertexIJK (0, 0, nl)
vb1 = c1.getVertexIJK (1, 0, nl)

qcible = c2.getQuadIJ (0, 0, 0)
qliste = []
for ni in range (nr) :
    for nj in range (na) :
        quad = c1.getQuadIJ (ni, nj, nl)
        qliste.append (quad)

## Join quads to make a cone between the 2 cylinders
doc.joinQuads  (qliste, qcible, vb0, vh0, vb1, vh1, 1)

### -------------------- Mesh 
law = doc.addLaw ("Uniform", 4)

for np in range(doc.countPropagation()):
    propa = doc.getPropagation (np)
    propa.setLaw (law) 

mesh_hexas = hexablock.mesh(doc)

Result

Cone mesh

GUI command: Associate the model of blocks to the geometry