ECone

Create a solid or surface eccentric oblique cone or frustum in 3D.

Syntax

model.geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"ECone");

model.geom(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).set(property,<value>);

model.geom(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).getType(property);

Description

Use model.geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"ECone") to create an eccentric oblique cone. The following properties are available:

Table 3-45: Valid Property/Value Pairs

Property	Value	Default	Description
angle	double	360	Ellipse sector angle.
axis	double[]	{0,0,1}	Direction of the normal to the bottom ellipse. Vector has length 3 if axistype is cartesian, and length 2 if axistype is spherical.
axistype	x | y | z | cartesian | spherical	z	Coordinate system used for axis. The value is synchronized with axis.
displ	double[2]	{0,0}	Displacement of top ellipse relative to bottom ellipse in the local coordinate system.
h	double	1	Height.
pos	double[3]	{0,0,0}	Center of the bottom ellipse.
r	double	1	Radius of bottom ellipse.
rat	double	0.5	Ratio between perimeter for top ellipse and bottom ellipse.
rot	double	0	Rotational angle about axis.
semiaxes	double[2]	{1,1}	Semi-axes of bottom ellipse.
type	solid | surface	solid	Object type.
selresult	on | off	off	Create selections of all resulting objects.
selresultshow	all | obj | dom | bnd | edg | pnt | off	dom	Show selections, if selresult is on, of resulting objects in physics, materials, and so on, or in part instances. obj is not available in a component’s geometry. dom, bnd, and edg are not available in all features.
contributeto	String	none	Tag of cumulative selection to contribute to.

For information about the selresult and contributeto properties, see Selections of Geometric Entities.

Compatibility

model.geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"econe3") creates a solid eccentric cone.

model.geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"econe2") creates a surface eccentric cone.

The following properties are also available:

Table 3-46: Valid Property/Value Pairs

Property	Value	Default	Description
a, b	double	1	Alias for semiaxes.
ax2	double[]	{0,0}	Alias for axis when axistype is spherical.
ax3	double[]	{0,0,1}	Alias for axis when axistype is cartesian.
x, y, z	double	0	Alias for pos.

The property const is no longer available.

Examples

Create a truncated eccentric cone with the base face in the xy-plane:

Code for use with Java

Model model = ModelUtil.create("Model1");

GeomSequence g = model.geom().create("geom1",3);

g.create("e1","ECone");

g.feature("e1").set("semiaxes","10 40");

g.feature("e1").set("h",20);

Code for use with MATLAB

model = ModelUtil.create('Model1');

g = model.geom.create('geom1',3);

g.create('e1','ECone');

g.feature('e1').set('semiaxes','10 40');

g.feature('e1').set('h',20);

Create an eccentric cone with an apex, that is, a singular patch, on top:

Code for use with Java

g.create("e2","ECone");

g.feature("e2").set("semiaxes","1 2");

g.feature("e2").set("h",4);

g.feature("e2").set("rat",0);

g.feature("e2").set("displ","1 1");

g.feature("e2").set("pos","100 100 100");

g.feature("e2").set("axis","0 1 4");

g.feature("e2").set("rot",45);

g.run();

Code for use with MATLAB

g.create('e2','ECone');

g.feature('e2').set('semiaxes','1 2');

g.feature('e2').set('h',4);

g.feature('e2').set('rat',0);

g.feature('e2').set('displ','1 1');

g.feature('e2').set('pos','100 100 100');

g.feature('e2').set('axis','0 1 4');

g.feature('e2').set('rot',45);

g.run;

See Also

 Cone, Cylinder