Pyramid

Create solid or surface rectangular pyramid or frustum in 3D.

Syntax

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

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

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

Description

Use model.geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"Pyramid") to create a pyramid. The following properties are available:

Table 3-86: Valid Property/Value Pairs

Property	Value	Default	Description
a, b	double	1	Side lengths for bottom rectangle.
axis	double[]	{0,0,1}	Direction of the axis orthogonal to the bottom rectangle. 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.
h	double	1	Height.
pos	double[]	{0,0,0}	Center of the bottom rectangle.
rat	double	0.5	Ratio of perimeter of top rectangle and bottom rectangle.
rot	double	0	Rotational angle about axis.
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>,"pyramid3") creates a solid pyramid.

model.geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"pyramid2") creates a surface pyramid.

The following properties are also available:

Table 3-87: Valid Property/Value Pairs

Property	Value	Default	Description
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.

Example

Create a pyramid frustum 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","Pyramid");

g.feature("e1").set("a",10).set("b",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','Pyramid');

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

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

Create a pyramid with an apex:

Code for use with Java

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

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

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

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

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','Pyramid');

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

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

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

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, ECone