BeamElement

class compas_model.elements.BeamElement(frame, length, width, height, name=None)

Bases: Element

A beam representation of a Line and a Box.

Parameters:

framecompas.geometry.Frame

The frame of the beam.

lengthfloat

Length of the beam.

widthfloat

Width of the cross-section.

heightfloat

Height of the cross-section.

Attributes:

guiduuid

The unique identifier of the element.

geometryUnion[Geometry, Mesh]

The geometry of the element.

framecompas.geometry.Frame

The frame of the element.

namestr

The name of the element.

graph_nodecompas.datastructures.GraphNode

The graph node of the element.

tree_nodecompas.datastructures.TreeNode

The tree node of the element.

dimensionslist

The dimensions of the element.

aabbcompas.geometry.Box

The Axis Aligned Bounding Box (AABB) of the element.

obbcompas.geometry.Box

The Oriented Bounding Box (OBB) of the element.

collision_meshcompas.datastructures.Mesh

The collision geometry of the element.

featuresdict

These are custom geometrical objects added to the elements through operations made by the user. For example, a cutting shape for boolean difference operations, text identifiers.

insertioncompas.geometry.Vector

The insertion vector of the element. Default is (0, 0, -1), representing a downwards insertion. This attribute is often used for simulating an assembly sequence.

nodecompas_model.model.ElementNode

The node in the model tree containing the element.

face_polygonslist, read-only

Flat area list of the face polygons of the element, used for interface detection.

Methods

__init__
compute_aabb	Computes the Axis Aligned Bounding Box (AABB) of the element.
compute_collision_mesh	Computes the collision geometry of the element.
compute_face_polygons	Computes the face polygons of the element.
compute_obb	Computes the Oriented Bounding Box (OBB) of the element.
from_line	Define the beam from its center_axis.
transform	Transforms all the attrbutes of the class.

Inherited Methods

ToString	Converts the instance to a string.
copy	Make an independent copy of the data object.
from_json	Construct an object of this type from a JSON file.
from_jsonstring	Construct an object of this type from a JSON string.
sha256	Compute a hash of the data for comparison during version control using the sha256 algorithm.
to_json	Convert an object to its native data representation and save it to a JSON file.
to_jsonstring	Convert an object to its native data representation and save it to a JSON string.
transformed	Creates a transformed copy of the class.
validate_data	Validate the data against the object's data schema.