PlateElement

class compas_model.elements.PlateElement(polygon=Polygon(points=[Point(x=-2.4492935982947064e-16, y=1.0, z=0.0), Point(x=-1.0, y=-1.8369701987210297e-16, z=0.0), Point(x=1.2246467991473532e-16, y=-1.0, z=0.0), Point(x=1.0, y=6.123233995736766e-17, z=0.0)]), thickness=0.1, transformation=None, features=None, name=None)

Bases: Element

Class representing a plate element constructed from a polygon and thickness. The polygon is extruded in the opposite direction of the polygon normal.

Parameters:

polygoncompas.geometry.Polygon

The base polygon of the plate.

thicknessfloat

The total offset thickness above and blow the polygon

transformationcompas.geometry.Transformation, optional

The transformation of the plate.

featureslist[PlateFeature], optional

The features of the plate.

namestr, optional

The name of the plate.

Attributes:

polygoncompas.geometry.Polygon

The base polygon of the plate.

bottomcompas.geometry.Polygon

The base polygon of the plate.

topcompas.geometry.Polygon

The top polygon of the plate.

thicknessfloat

The total offset thickness above and blow the polygon

Methods

compute_aabb	Computes the Axis Aligned Bounding Box (AABB) of the geometry of the element.
compute_elementgeometry	Compute the shape of the plate from the given polygons.
compute_obb	Computes the Oriented Bounding Box (OBB) of the geometry of the element.
compute_point	Computes a reference point for the element geometry (e.g.

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_collision_mesh	Computes the collision geometry of the geometry of the element.
compute_femesh2	Computes the 2D FE analysis mesh of the element's model geometry.
compute_femesh3	Computes the 3D FE mesh of the element's model geometry.
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.
contacts	Compute the contacts between this element and another element.
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.