FeatureAreaOther (hwx.inspire.core)

Feature that is a flat face that can not be simply characterized. (not instance of FeaturePlanar, Feature Cylindrical or FeatureSpherical)

They are not created through the API but can be retrieved from a part.

Public Methods

findClosestPoint (self, referencePoint)

getConnectionPoints (self, uslices=2, vslices=2)

getNormal (self, point)

isTouching (self, point)

isa (self, type=None, filter=None, **kwds)

isperiodic (self)

Method Details

findClosestPoint(self, referencePoint)

Returns the point on feature that nearest to the specified point.

param referencePoint

Reference point to find closest point on feature.

type referencePoint

Point

returns

The closest point of the feature from specified point.

rtype

Point

getConnectionPoints(self, uslices=2, vslices=2)

Returns a list of points that can be used to visualize how the feature is connected (spider points).

param uslices

Number of slices in u-direction.

type uslices

int

param vslices

Number of slices in v-direction

type vslices

int

returns
List of points that can be used to visualize

how the feature is connected.

rtype

list[Point]

getNormal(self, point)

Return vector perpendicular to surface at a point.

param point

Point position at which normal is computed.

type point

Point

isTouching(self, point)

Determines the point is on the surface or not.

param point

Point positionin x, y, z coordinates.

type point

Point

isa(self, type=None, filter=None, **kwds)

Determines the object matches the specified settings or not.

param type

Specify type of the object.

type type

Part, Assembly, Contact, ..

param filter

Return value of specified callback method.

type filter

method

param **kwds

Additional keyword arguments to match attributes.

isperiodic(self)

Returns True if it’s a periodic area, False otherwise.