SectionCut

class compolyx.SectionCut(graph, obj, parent=None, color_table=None)

Section cut class showing the layup in the cutting plane.

Attributes

Name	Description
SectionCut.active	Whether a section cut is computed on update or not
SectionCut.changed	Status boolean
SectionCut.color_table
SectionCut.core_scale_factor	Get/set the core scale factor
SectionCut.display_data	Section cut plots
SectionCut.elastic_measures	Cross-sectional Measures of Elasticity
SectionCut.element_labels	Label of elements within ex1 array
SectionCut.element_nodes	Coincidence list
SectionCut.element_types	Element types within ex1 array
SectionCut.enabled	Whether this object is currently enabled or not
SectionCut.extrusion_type	Section Cut. Available types: wire_frame, surface_normal, surface_sweep_based
SectionCut.geometric_measures	Cross-sectional Measures of Geometry
SectionCut.id	ID of object
SectionCut.in_plane_reference_direction1	Reference direction for cross-sectional measures
SectionCut.in_plane_reference_direction2	Reference direction for cross-sectional measures
SectionCut.intersection_type	Intersection Types can be: normal_to_surface,in_plane
SectionCut.is_dict_item	Specifies whether the object is an item of a dict
SectionCut.is_list_item	Specifies whether the object is an item of a list
SectionCut.link_path	Root path of the current node in the tree for links to this object
SectionCut.locked	Section cut was imported and cannot be changed
SectionCut.mass_measures	Cross-sectional Measures of Mass
SectionCut.name	Name of object
SectionCut.node_labels	Label of nodes within nx1 array
SectionCut.nodes	Returns nodes of this mesh as nx3 array
SectionCut.normal	Get/set the plane normal
SectionCut.number_of_interpolation_points	User-defined number of interpolation points.
SectionCut.origin	Get/set the plane origin
SectionCut.parent	Parent object in tree
SectionCut.root_path	Root path of the current node in the tree
SectionCut.scale_factor	Scale factor used for visualization of section cuts
SectionCut.scope_element_sets	Element Sets to which the Section Cut is scoped
SectionCut.scope_entire_model	Whether the section cut is scoped to the entire model, or only selected element sets
SectionCut.search_radius	User-defined search radius
SectionCut.section_cut_type	Section Cut. Available options: modeling_ply_wise, production_ply_wise, analysis_ply_wise
SectionCut.status	Status of the object
SectionCut.status_changed	Boolean flag which is set to true in C++ when up-to-date status of object changes
SectionCut.surface_display_data	Section cut surface plot
SectionCut.surface_mesh	Section cut line surface mesh
SectionCut.tolerance	Tolerance used to generate the surface section cut
SectionCut.uid	UID of object
SectionCut.use_default_lut_settings	Boolean whether to use the dault settings of the LookUp Table
SectionCut.use_default_tolerance	Whether to use the default feature tolerance
SectionCut.vertex	This will throw an error if the object has been removed from the graph
SectionCut.vtk_element_data	Returns mesh coincidence data in the format needed by VTK
SectionCut.wireframe_display_data	Section cut wireframe plot
SectionCut.wireframe_mesh	Section cut line wireframe mesh

Methods

Name	Description
SectionCut.compute_equivalent_beam_properties([...])	Compute the equivalent beam properties of the section cut
SectionCut.export_surface_section_cut(path)	Exports the suface section cut to BECAS or ANSYS Mechanical APDL
SectionCut.find_parent(type)	Function steps up the tree and returns the first parent with given type
SectionCut.from_global_to_local(global_coords)	Transforms global coordinates into the local coordinate system of the section cut
SectionCut.from_local_to_global(local_coords)	Transforms local coordinates into the global coordinate system
SectionCut.get_sectional_stiffness_behavior(...)	Returns the sectional stiffness values for a given matrix
SectionCut.get_sectype_command_from_sectional_properties(...)	Convert the equivalent stiffness and mass matrix into an Ansys sectype command
SectionCut.get_short_description()
SectionCut.get_transformed_sectional_properties_matrix(...)	Transform the global mass or stiffness matrix to the given point and rotate it by the given angle, for a specific format
SectionCut.obj_exists()	Checks if __obj still references the c++ object (i.e. has not been reset to None by self._delete) AND exists in the graph
SectionCut.serialize()
SectionCut.serialize_name_and_id()	Helper function to serialize name and ID
SectionCut.update()
SectionCut.visit(visitor)	Walk through the tree and let the visitor perform action on every descendant node