Ellipse
Create a solid or curved ellipse in 2D.
Syntax
model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"Ellipse");
model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).set(property,<value>);
model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).getType(property);
Description
Use model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"Ellipse") to create an ellipse. The following properties are available:
Table 3-49: Valid Properties for Ellipse
Property
Value
Default
Description
base
corner | center
center
Positions the object either centered about pos or with the lower left corner of surrounding box in pos.
color
none | custom | integer between 1 and the number of colors in the current theme
none
The color of the selection, either given as an integer indicating a color in the color theme, or as a custom color in the customcolor property. Coloring is only available when selresult in active.
customcolor
RGB-triplet
Next available theme color
The color to use. Active when color is set to custom.
layer
double[]
 
Thicknesses of layers.
pos
double[]
{0,0}
Position of the object.
rot
double
0
Rotational angle about pos.
semiaxes
double[]
{1,1}
Semiaxes.
type
solid | curve
solid
Object type.
selresult
on | off
off
Create selections of all resulting objects.
selresultshow
all | obj | dom | bnd | pnt | off
dom
Show selections, if selresult is on, in physics, materials, and so on; in part instances; or in 3D from a plane geometry. 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.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"ellip2") is a solid ellipse.
model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"ellip1") is an ellipse curve.
The following properties are also available:
Table 3-50: Valid Property/Value Pairs
Property
Value
Default
Description
a, b
double
1
Alias for semiaxes.
x, y
double
0
Alias for pos.
The property const is no longer available.
Example
The following sequence creates a solid ellipse:
Code for Use with Java
Model model = ModelUtil.create("Model1");
model.component().create("comp1");
GeomSequence g = model.component("comp1").geom().create("geom1",2);
g.create("e1","Ellipse");
g.feature("e1").set("semiaxes","1 0.3");
g.feature("e1").set("rot",45);
g.run();
Code for Use with MATLAB
model = ModelUtil.create('Model1');
model.component.create('comp1');
g = model.component('comp1').geom.create('geom1',2);
g.create('e1','Ellipse');
g.feature('e1').set('semiaxes','1 0.3');
g.feature('e1').set('rot',45);
g.run;
See Also
 Circle