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Description |
A surface representing the interior of curve generated by a point moving in such a way that the sums of its distances from two fixed points is a constant. |
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Parameters |
Label – A unique name that identifies the solid. (ISolid/Label) Coordinate System – The coordinate system in which the solid is defined. Defaults to working coordinate system at time of creation. (ISolid/CoordinateSystem) Material – Chosen material for the solid. (ISolid/Material) Include in Simulation – Indicates if the solid is included in the simulation. If False, the solid is also not shown in the view. (ISolid/Include) Visible - Indicates if the solid is shown in the view. (ISolid/Visible) Mesh Control Only - Indicates if the solid is used as a tool to control meshing. If True, the portion of the solid that does not overlap the other normal solid is thrown away prior to simulation. Additionally, the material of such a solid is irrelevant so the material parameter is hidden. (ISolid/MeshControlOnly) Plane – Plane of the solid's coordinate system that the surface lies in. (ISurface/Plane) Center - [LENGTH] – Center of the ellipse defined in the solid’s coordinate system. (ISurfaceCircle/Center) Major Radius - [LENGTH] - Major radius of the ellipse. (ISurfaceCircle/Radius) Minor Radius - [LENGTH] - Minor radius of the ellipse. (ISurfaceEllipse/MinorRadius) Major Radius Direction - Direction of the major axis of the ellipse defined in the solid's coordinate system. This is a unitless vector and its magnitude is irrelevant. (ISurfaceEllipse/MajorAxisDirection) |
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User Interface Button |
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Command Details |
The Plane is inherited from the current working plane. Mouse click order
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Requirements |
Both radii must be greater than zero. The magnitude of the major axis directions must be non-zero. |
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Other Notes |
None. |
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Example Creation Script |
Solid_1 = Geometry_1.SurfaceEllipse("Ellipse_1", "World", "Air", "XY", "-0.015, 0.013, 0", "0.003", "0.001", "0.707, 0.707, 0") |
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Scripting Interfaces |
“ISolid”
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