Hexahedron
Create a solid or surface hexahedron bounded by bilinear faces.
Syntax
model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"Hexahedron");
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>,"Hexahedron") to create a general hexahedron. The following properties are available:
Table 3-62: Valid Property/Value Pairs for Hexahedron
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.
contributeto
String
none
Tag of cumulative selection to contribute to.
customcolor
RGB-triplet
Next available theme color
The color to use. Active when color is set to custom.
p
double[3][8]
{{0,0,1,1,0,0,1,1},
 {0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0},
 {0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1}}
Corner coordinates.
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.
type
solid | surface
solid
Object type.
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 a hexahedron approximately aligned to the coordinate planes, the points in p are ordered as follows:
•
The first four points and the last four points projected down to the (x, y)-plane defines two negatively oriented quadrangles (quadrilaterals).
•
The corresponding plane for the second quadrangle must lie above the plane of the first quadrant in the z direction.
•
Generally oriented hexahedra have the points of p ordered in a similar way, except for a rigid transformation of the defining point set.
For information about the selresult and contributeto properties, see Selections of Geometric Entities.
Example
The following command generates a solid hexahedron 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("h1","Hexahedron");
g.feature("h1").set("p",new double[][]
      {{0,0.0,1,1.0,0,0,1.0,1},
       {0,0.8,1,0.0,0,1,1.2,0},
       {0,0.1,0,0.2,1,1,2.0,1}});
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('h1','Hexahedron');
g.feature('h1').set('p',...
   [[0,0.0,1,1.0,0,0,1.0,1];...
   [0,0.8,1,0.0,0,1,1.2,0];...
   [0,0.1,0,0.2,1,1,2.0,1]]);
g.run;
See Also
 Block, Pyramid, Tetrahedron