 | ShapeItemInsertUsingNormals Method |
Inserts a shape to the shape catalog using the shape geometry. Uses vertex normals
to determine edge visibility. If the normal vectors of the vertices belonging to one
geometrical location are close enough, the edge will be considered smooth and will be
marked as hidden.
Namespace: Tekla.Structures.Catalogs
Assembly: Tekla.Structures.Catalogs (in Tekla.Structures.Catalogs.dll) Version: 2023.0.3
SyntaxExamplesusing System; using Tekla.Structures.Catalogs; public class Example() { /* One edge inside the hole and one on the outer surface of the box will be hidden. */ var vertices = new[] { /* The main cube vertices. Notice that all vertices are triplicated, because each is present on three different faces. Thus we get three different vertex normals for each physical corner too. */ new Vector( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ), // 0 new Vector( 500.0, 0.0, 0.0 ), // 1 new Vector( 500.0, 500.0, 0.0 ), // 2 new Vector( 0.0, 500.0, 0.0 ), // 3 new Vector( 0.0, 0.0, 500.0 ), // 4 new Vector( 500.0, 0.0, 500.0 ), // 5 new Vector( 500.0, 500.0, 500.0 ), // 6 new Vector( 0.0, 500.0, 500.0 ), // 7 new Vector( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ), // 8 new Vector( 500.0, 0.0, 0.0 ), // 9 new Vector( 500.0, 500.0, 0.0 ), // 10 new Vector( 0.0, 500.0, 0.0 ), // 11 new Vector( 0.0, 0.0, 500.0 ), // 12 new Vector( 500.0, 0.0, 500.0 ), // 13 new Vector( 500.0, 500.0, 500.0 ), // 14 new Vector( 0.0, 500.0, 500.0 ), // 15 new Vector( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ), // 16 new Vector( 500.0, 0.0, 0.0 ), // 17 new Vector( 500.0, 500.0, 0.0 ), // 18 new Vector( 0.0, 500.0, 0.0 ), // 19 new Vector( 0.0, 0.0, 500.0 ), // 20 new Vector( 500.0, 0.0, 500.0 ), // 21 new Vector( 500.0, 500.0, 500.0 ), // 22 new Vector( 0.0, 500.0, 500.0 ), // 23 /* The hole corner vertices */ new Vector( 100.0, 100.0, 0.0 ), // 24 new Vector( 300.0, 100.0, 0.0 ), // 25 new Vector( 300.0, 300.0, 0.0 ), // 26 new Vector( 100.0, 300.0, 0.0 ), // 27 new Vector( 100.0, 100.0, 500.0 ), // 28 new Vector( 300.0, 100.0, 500.0 ), // 29 new Vector( 300.0, 300.0, 500.0 ), // 30 new Vector( 100.0, 300.0, 500.0 ), // 31 new Vector( 100.0, 100.0, 0.0 ), // 32 new Vector( 300.0, 100.0, 0.0 ), // 33 new Vector( 300.0, 300.0, 0.0 ), // 34 new Vector( 100.0, 300.0, 0.0 ), // 35 new Vector( 100.0, 100.0, 500.0 ), // 36 new Vector( 300.0, 100.0, 500.0 ), // 37 new Vector( 300.0, 300.0, 500.0 ), // 38 new Vector( 100.0, 300.0, 500.0 ), // 39 }; var outloop = new[] { new[] { 0, 3, 2, 1 }, new[] { 8, 9, 13, 12 }, new[] { 17, 18, 22, 21 }, new[] { 10, 11, 15, 14 }, new[] { 19, 16, 20, 23 }, new[] { 4, 5, 6, 7 }, new[] { 31, 28, 24, 27 }, new[] { 30, 39, 35, 26 }, new[] { 29, 38, 34, 25 }, new[] { 36, 37, 33, 32 } }; var innerLoop = new Dictionary{int, int[][]} { { 0, new[] { new[] { 24, 25, 26, 27 } } }, { 5, new[] { new[] { 28, 31, 30, 29 } } }, }; var normals = new Vector[] { // Basic cube vertex normals new Vector( 0, 0, -1 ), new Vector( 0, 0, -1 ), new Vector( 0, 0, -1 ), new Vector( 0, 0, -1 ), new Vector( 0, 0, 1 ), new Vector( 0, 0, 1 ), new Vector( 0, 0, 1 ), new Vector( 0, 0, 1 ), new Vector( 0, 0, -1 ), // CHANGE THIS TO (0, -1, 0) FOR A VISIBLE EDGE new Vector( 0, 0, -1 ), // CHANGE THIS TO (0, -1, 0) FOR A VISIBLE EDGE new Vector( 0, 1, 0 ), new Vector( 0, 1, 0 ), new Vector( 0, -1, 0 ), new Vector( 0, -1, 0 ), new Vector( 0, 1, 0 ), new Vector( 0, 1, 0 ), new Vector(-1, 0, 0 ), new Vector( 1, 0, 0 ), new Vector( 1, 0, 0 ), new Vector(-1, 0, 0 ), new Vector(-1, 0, 0 ), new Vector( 1, 0, 0 ), new Vector( 1, 0, 0 ), new Vector(-1, 0, 0 ), // Hole vertex normals new Vector(-1, 0, 0 ), // 24 new Vector( 1, 0, 0 ), // 25 new Vector( 0, 1, 0 ), // 26 new Vector(-1, 0, 0 ), // 27 new Vector(-1, 0, 0 ), // 28 new Vector( 1, 0, 0 ), // 29 new Vector( 0, 1, 0 ), // 30 new Vector(-1, 0, 0 ), // 31 new Vector( 0, -1, 0 ), // 32 new Vector( 0, -1, 0 ), // 33 new Vector( 1, 0, 0 ), // 34 new Vector(-1, 0, 0 ), // 35 CHANGE THIS TO (0, 1, 0) FOR A VISIBLE EDGE new Vector( 0, -1, 0 ), // 36 new Vector( 0, -1, 0 ), // 37 new Vector( 1, 0, 0 ), // 38 new Vector(-1, 0, 0 ), // 39 CHANGE THIS TO (0, 1, 0) FOR A VISIBLE EDGE }; var brep = new FacetedBrepWithNormals(vertices, outloop, innerLoop, normals); var shapeItem = new ShapeItem { Name = "CubeWithHoleTwoEdgesHidden", ShapeFacetedBrep = brep, UpAxis = ShapeUpAxis.Z_Axis }; var retVal = shapeItem.InsertUsingNormals(); var brep = new Brep() { StartPoint = new Point(0, 8000, 0), EndPoint = new Point(1000, 8000, 0), Profile = { ProfileString = "CubeWithHoleTwoEdgesHidden" }, }; brep.Insert(); new Model().CommitChanges(); }
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