BoundaryCondition (hwx.inspire.core)¶

Boundary conditions are constraints necessary for the solution of a boundary value problem.

The main types of boundary condition available are force, torque, support, temperature and etc. These can be applied to points, surfaces, edges or remotely offset from a feature. The way that the model is constrained can significantly affect the results and requires special consideration.

Attributes¶

active: Bool color: Color connectionRadius: Double

connectionType: Enum direction: Direction distributed: Bool

features: Attribute localToPart: Bool location: Location

mode: Enum name: Attribute part: Attribute

parts: Attribute visible: Bool

Properties¶

feature inahole

Public Methods¶

classmethod importLoads (cls, csvFile)

updatePosition (self, m44)

Attribute Details¶

active : Bool¶

Returns or sets the object activeness.

Setting this on or off sets all children. Setting to True sets all the parents active too.

color : Color¶

The color assigned to the Boundary Condition.

connectionRadius : Double (units=”length”)¶

The search radius for the Boundary Condition.

connectionType : Enum (rigid, flexible)¶

The type of the connection. Valid choices are:

rigid
flexible

direction : Direction¶

Returns the direction vector of the entity.

distributed : Bool¶

Returns whether the applied boundary condition is distributed or not.

Boundary conditions applied across the entire feature area (for faces) or length (for edges) are distributed and at a single point boundary conditions are non-distributed.

features : Attribute¶

Returns a list of features the entity is applied to.

localToPart : Bool¶

Returns or sets ‘Rotate with part’.

It makes boundary condition not to rotate or rotate along with its associated part.

location : Location (units=”length”)¶

Returns the location of the entity.

mode : Enum (direction, components)¶

Specifies the mode of the boundary condition.

Valid choices are:

direction

components

name : Attribute¶

Returns or sets the name of the object.

It can be any text string, including spaces, although it’s best to avoid using the following characters: ” ‘ * ? and $.

While these characters are allowed, they could create difficulties when you export the model to other applications.

part : Attribute¶

Returns the part on which the entity is applied graphically.

parts : Attribute¶

Returns a list of parts on which the entity is applied on.

visible : Bool¶

Determines whether the Boundary Condition is visible or not.

Property Details¶

feature()

Returns the feature on which the boundary condition is attached graphically.

inahole()

Determines if the entity is applied on a hole or not.

Method Details¶

classmethod importLoads(cls, csvFile)¶

Imports boundary conditions to the active model from a csv file.

param csvFile:	Csv file name containing all the BC information.
type csvFile:	str
returns:	List of error msgs that happened during import of all the boundary conditions.
rtype:	list

updatePosition(self, m44)¶

Sets the design space positions of all the inspire parts to their position in the current analysis frame.