Copy

Copy a mesh.

Syntax

model.mesh(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"Copy");

model.mesh(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).selection(property);

model.mesh(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).create(<ftag1>,maptype);

Description

Use model.mesh(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"Copy") to copy a mesh between mesh sequences. Any mesh sequence can be used as the source of the operation, whereas the destination sequence cannot contain an imported mesh. The dimension of the source sequence must be less than or equal to the dimension of the destination sequence.

The following properties are available:

Table 4-21: Available Properties for Copy

Property	Value	Default	Description
mesh	String	Native sequence	Specifies the source mesh.
copymethod	auto | singlecopy | arraycopy	auto	Type of copy operation.
dimension	1, 2, or 3 (in 3D)	2 in 2D, 3 in 3D	Specifies the dimension for the operation.
source	Selection	Empty	Specifies the selection of source entities.
destination	Selection	Empty	Specifies the selection of destination entities.
smoothcontrol	on | off	on	Specifies if the operation smooths the mesh across removed control entities.
smoothmaxiter	integer	8 in 2D, 4 in 3D	Specifies the number of smoothing iterations.
smoothmaxdepth	integer	8 in 2D, 4 in 3D	Specifies the maximum element smoothing depth.

Use the properties source and destination to specify the geometric entities of the source and destination. The copymethod property determines if many-to-one or many-to-many copying is used.

Example

The following example shows how to use the Copy feature with a modified geometry from an imported mesh,

Code for use with Java

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

model.modelNode().create("comp1");

GeomSequence geom1 = model.geom().create("geom1", 2);

geom1.create("c1", "Circle");

MeshSequence mesh1 = model.mesh().create("mesh1", "geom1");

mesh1.run();

 

model.modelNode().create("comp2");

GeomSequence geom2 = model.geom().create("geom2", 2);

GeomFeature imp1 = geom2.create("imp1", "Import");

imp1.set("type", "mesh");

imp1.set("mesh", "mesh1");

GeomFeature r1 = geom2.create("r1", "Rectangle");

r1.set("size", new String[]{"3", "3"});

r1.set("base", "center");

 

MeshSequence mesh2 = model.mesh().create("mesh2", "geom2");

MeshFeature copy1 = mesh2.create("copy1", "Copy");

copy1.set("mesh", "mesh1");

copy1.set("dimension", 2);

copy1.selection("source").set(1);

copy1.selection("destination").set(2);

mesh2.run();

Code for use with MATLAB

model = ModelUtil.create('Model');

model.modelNode.create('comp1');

geom1 = model.geom.create('geom1', 2);

geom1.create('c1', 'Circle');

mesh1 = model.mesh.create('mesh1', 'geom1');

mesh1.run;

 

model.modelNode.create('comp2');

geom2 = model.geom.create('geom2', 2);

imp1 = geom2.create('imp1', 'Import');

imp1.set('type', 'mesh');

imp1.set('mesh', 'mesh1');

r1 = geom2.create('r1', 'Rectangle');

r1.set('size', {'3', '3'});

r1.set('base', 'center');

 

mesh2 = model.mesh.create('mesh2', 'geom2');

copy1 = mesh2.create('copy1', 'Copy');

copy1.set('mesh', 'mesh1');

copy1.set('dimension', 2);

copy1.selection('source').set(1);

copy1.selection('destination').set(2);

mesh2.run;

See Also

CopyEdge, CopyFace, CopyDomain