Creating a Solid Body

When creating a solid body, you have the option of defining it in the shape of a box, cone, cylinder, or sphere. The following example uses the function ongenerate() to define a solid body box.

def Ongenerate(feature,function):
    point1 = [0.,0.,0.]
    point2 = [1.,2.,2.]
    solidBodies = []

    primitive = ExtAPI.DataModel.GeometryBuilder.Primitives
    box1 = primitive.Solid.CreateBox(point1, point2)
    box1_generated = box1.Generate()
    solidBodies.Add(box1_generated)

    feature.Bodies = solidBodies
    feature.MaterialType = MaterialTypeEnum.Freeze

    return True

In this example:

The methods point1 () and point2 () are defined for later use in the creation of the solid body. For arguments, they each expect a list of coordinate points, which are defined by three float values per point.
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 CreateBox () is applied to the object Solid to generate the new body. For arguments, this method expects the coordinate points defined by the methods point1 and point2.
With the object box1_generated, you use the method Generate () to generate the box.
The new body is added to the list feature.bodies as described in Creating a Sheet Body.
With the line MaterialType, you specify a material property of Freeze.