IndirectPolymeshEdge Class

The IndirectEdge class represents a single global edge in a solid using integer indexes to reference to vertices instead of directly using geometric (coordinate) values.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
Tekla.Structures.Geometry3dIndirectPolymeshEdge

Namespace: Tekla.Structures.Geometry3d
Assembly: Tekla.Structures (in Tekla.Structures.dll) Version: 2023.0.3

Syntax

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[SerializableAttribute]
public class IndirectPolymeshEdge

<SerializableAttribute>
Public Class IndirectPolymeshEdge

The IndirectPolymeshEdge type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	IndirectPolymeshEdge	Initializes a new instance of the IndirectPolymeshEdge class

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Properties

	Name	Description
	EdgeType	Type of the edge.
	EndPoint	End point of the edge.
	ShellIndex	The index of the shell the edge belongs to.
	StartPoint	Start point of the edge.

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Examples

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 using Tekla.Structures.Geometry3d;

 public void InsertCubeWithEdgeInfoExample()
 {
    var cubeVertices = new[]
    {
            new Vector(  0.0,   0.0,   0.0), // 0
            new Vector(300.0,   0.0,   0.0), // 1
            new Vector(300.0, 300.0,   0.0), // 2
            new Vector(  0.0, 300.0,   0.0), // 3
            new Vector(  0.0,   0.0, 300.0), // 4
            new Vector(300.0,   0.0, 300.0), // 5
            new Vector(300.0, 300.0, 300.0), // 6
            new Vector(  0.0, 300.0, 300.0), // 7
    };
    var outerloop = new[] { new[] { 0, 3, 2, 1 },
                              new[] { 0, 1, 5, 4 },
                              new[] { 1, 2, 6, 5 },
                              new[] { 2, 3, 7, 6 },
                              new[] { 3, 0, 4, 7 },
                              new[] { 4, 5, 6, 7 }};

    var innerLoop = new Dictionary{int, int[][]}
    {
    };

    var edges = new List{IndirectPolymeshEdge}
    {
             new IndirectPolymeshEdge { StartPoint = 0, EndPoint = 3, EdgeType = PolymeshEdgeTypeEnum.INVISIBLE_EDGE },
             new IndirectPolymeshEdge { StartPoint = 4, EndPoint = 5, EdgeType = PolymeshEdgeTypeEnum.INVISIBLE_EDGE }
    };

    var polymesh = new FacetedBrep(cubeVertices, outerloop, innerLoop, edges);

    var shapeItem = new ShapeItem
    {
        Name = "Cube with two invisible edges",
        ShapeFacetedBrep = polymesh,
        UpAxis = ShapeUpAxis.Z_Axis
    };
    var result = shapeItem.Insert();
}

Reference

Tekla.Structures.Geometry3d Namespace