Tetrahedron
Create a solid or surface tetrahedron in 3D.
Syntax
model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>)create(<ftag>,"Tetrahedron");
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>,"Tetrahedron") to create a tetrahedron. The following properties are available:
Table 3-108: Valid Property/Value Pair for Tetrahedron
Property name
property Value
Default
Description
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.
p
double[3][4]
{{0,0,1,0},
 {0,1,0,0},
 {0,0,0,1}}
Corner coordinates.
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.
workplanesrc
this | Part Instance feature
this
Part Instance feature to take the work plane from.
workplane
xyplane | Work plane feature
xyplane
Work Plane feature that defines the coordinate system. The default, xyplane, is the global Cartesian coordinate system.
For information about the selresult and contributeto properties, see Selections of Geometric Entities.
Compatibility
 model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"tetrahedron3") creates a solid tetrahedron.
 model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"tetrahedron2") creates a surface tetrahedron.
Example
The following commands generate a solid tetrahedron object:
Code for Use with Java
Model model = ModelUtil.create("Model1");
model.component().create("comp1");
GeomSequence g = model.component("comp1").geom().create("geom1",3);
g.create("t1","Tetrahedron");
g.feature("t1").set("p", new double[][]{{0,0,1,0},{0,0.8,1,0},{0,0.1,0,0.2}});
g.run();
Code for Use with MATLAB
model = ModelUtil.create('Model1');
model.component.create('comp1');
g = model.component('comp1').geom.create('geom1',3);
g.create('t1','Tetrahedron');
g.feature('t1').set('p', [[0,0,1,0];[0,0.8,1,0];[0,0.1,0,0.2]]);
g.run;
See Also
 Hexahedron, Pyramid