ColumnElement

class compas_model.elements.ColumnElement(width=0.4, depth=0.4, height=3.0, transformation=None, features=None, name=None)

Bases: Element

Class representing a beam element with a square section, constructed from the WorldXY Frame. The column is defined in its local frame, where the height corresponds to the Z-Axis, the depth to the Y-Axis, and the width to the X-Axis. By default, the local frame is set to WorldXY frame.

Parameters:

widthfloat

The width of the column.

depthfloat

The depth of the column.

heightfloat

The height of the column.

transformationOptional[compas.geometry.Transformation]

Transformation applied to the column.

featuresOptional[list[compas_model.features.ColumnFeature]]

Features of the column.

nameOptional[str]

If no name is defined, the class name is given.

Attributes:

widthfloat

The width of the column.

depthfloat

The depth of the column.

heightfloat

The height of the column.

center_linecompas.geometry.Line

Line axis of the column.

Methods

compute_aabb	Compute the axis-aligned bounding box of the element.
compute_collision_mesh	Compute the collision mesh of the element.
compute_elementgeometry	Compute the mesh shape from a box.
compute_obb	Compute the oriented bounding box of the element.
compute_point	Compute the reference point of the column from the centroid of its geometry.
extend	Extend the beam.

Inherited Methods

ToString	Converts the instance to a string.
add_feature	Add a feature to the list of features of the element.
apply_features	Apply the features to the (base) geometry.
compute_contacts	Compute the contacts between this element and another element.
compute_modelgeometry	Compute the geometry of the element in model coordinates and taking into account the effect of interactions with connected elements.
compute_modeltransformation	Compute the transformation to model coordinates of this element based on its position in the spatial hierarchy of the model.
compute_surface_mesh	Computes the triangulated surface mesh of the element's model geometry.
compute_volumetric_mesh	Computes the tetrahedral volumetric mesh of the element's model geometry.
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.
transform	Transforms the element.
transformed	Creates a transformed copy of the element.
validate_data	Validate the data against the object's data schema.