Creating a Sheet Body

When creating a sheet body, you have the option of defining it in the shape of a cone, cylinder, polygon, or sphere. An example follows of using the function ongenerate() to define a sheet body cylinder.

def Ongenerate(feature,function):
    width = 0.015
    height = 0.3
    sheetBodies = []
    primitive = ExtAPI.DataModel.GeometryBuilder.Primitives
    cylinder = primitive.Sheet.CreateCylinder([0.,0.,0.],[0.,0.,height],width)
    cylinder_generated = cylinder.Generate()
    sheetBodies.Add(cylinder_generated)

    feature.Bodies = sheetBodies
    feature.MaterialType = MaterialTypeEnum.Freeze

    return True

In this example:

The variables width and height are used to define the width and the height of the cylinder.
The variable sheetBodies specifies the type of primitive to be created.
The primitive variable uses the global variable ExtAPI, which serves as the ACT entry point into DesignModeler, to access the data model and define the geometry builder.
The method CreateCylinder () is used to generate the new body, specifying that it is defined by the following arguments:
- Coordinates of the center point of the cylinder’s base
- Coordinates of the center point of the upper face, which defines the direction of the cylinder
- Value of the radius, which is a float.
  For example, the integer value << 3 >> is refused, while the value of << 3. >> is accepted.
With the object cylinder_generated, you use the method Generate () to generate the cylinder.
With the lines sheetBodies.Add(cylinder_generated) and feature.Bodies = sheetBodies, you add the sheet body cylinder to the list feature.bodies so that it is added to DesignModeler after generation. Bodies not added to this list are not retained.
With the line MaterialType, you specify a material property of Freeze.