CreateEquationSurface

Creates an equation-based surface.

UI Access

Draw > Equation-Based Surface.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

<Parameters>

Array

Structured array.

Array("NAME:EquationBasedSurfaceParameters",

"XuvFunction:=" , <string equation containing Function, Operators and/or quantities _u, _v, or PI>,

"YuvFunction:=" , <string equation containing Function, Operators and/or quantities _u, _v, or PI>,

"ZuvFunction:=" , <string equation containing Function, Operators and/or quantities _u, _v, or PI>,

"uStart:=" , <string>,

"uEnd:=" , <string>,

"vStart:=" , <string>,

"vEnd:=" , <string>,

"Version:=" , <integer>)

<AttributesArray>

Array

Structured array. See: AttributesArray.

Return Value

None.

Python Syntax

CreateEquationSurface(<Parameters>, <Attributes>)

Python Example

oEditor.CreateEquationSurface(
["NAME:EquationBasedSurfaceParameters",
"XuvFunction:="		, "_u",
"YuvFunction:="		, "_v",
"ZuvFunction:="		, "sin(_u)+cos(_v)",
"uStart:="		, "1",
"uEnd:="		, "10",
"vStart:="		, "1",
"vEnd:="		, "10",
"Version:="		, 1
],
["NAME:Attributes",
"Name:="		, "EquationSurface1",
"Flags:="		, "",
"Color:="		, "(143 175 143)",
"Transparency:="	, 0,
"PartCoordinateSystem:=", "Global",
"UDMId:="		, "",
"MaterialValue:="	, "\"copper\"",
"SurfaceMaterialValue:=", "\"\"",
"SolveInside:="		, False,
"ShellElement:="	, False,
"ShellElementThickness:=", "0mm",
"IsMaterialEditable:="	, True,
"UseMaterialAppearance:=", False,
"IsLightweight:="	, False
])