Geometry Object Information Methods

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Geometry Object Information Methods

General Information

Table 3-13: General Geometry Information Methods
method	Description
check	Check object for errors
getBoundingBox	Get bounding box around object
getSDim	Get space dimension
getType	Get object type (solid, surface, curve, point, mixed, empty)
hasCadRep	Is represented using CAD kernel

Geometric Entity Counters

Table 3-14: Geometric Entity Counters
method	Description
getNEntities	Get number of entities of different dimensions
getNVertices	Get number of vertices
getNEdges	Get number of edges
getNFaces	Get number of faces
getNBoundaries	Get number of boundaries
getNDomains	Get number of domains
getNEntitiesMesh	Get number of entities of different dimensions in the geometry used for meshing

Table 3-15: Adjacency Between Geometric Entities
method	Description
getStartEnd	Get start and end vertices of edges
getUpDown	Get up and down domain indices
getUpDownExt	Get up and down extended domain indices
getVertexDomain	Get domain index for isolated vertices
getSD	Get domain index for isolated vertices
getAdj	Get adjacency matrices
getAdjOrient	Get adjacency orientation

Edge Evaluation

Table 3-16: Edge Evaluation Methods
method	Description
edgeParamRange	Get parameter range of edge
edgeX	Evaluate coordinates
edgeDX	Evaluate first derivative
edgeDDX	Evaluate second derivative
edgeNormal	Evaluate normal vector in 2D
edgeCurvature	Evaluate curvature
edgeTorsion	Evaluate torsion in 3D

Face Evaluation

Table 3-17: Face Evaluation Methods
method	Description
faceParamRange	Get parameter ranges of face
faceX	Evaluate coordinates
faceDX	Evaluate first derivatives
faceDDX	Evaluate second derivatives
faceNormal	Evaluate normal vector
faceFF1	Evaluate first fundamental form
faceFF2	Evaluate second fundamental form
faceGaussCurvature	Evaluate Gauss curvature
faceMeanCurvature	Evaluate mean curvature

Geometry Representation Arrays

Table 3-18: Get Arrays in Geometry Representation
method	Description
getVertex	Get vertex matrix
getEdges	Get edge matrix
getFaces	Get face matrix
getPVertex	Get parameter vertices (embeddings of vertices in faces)
getPEdge	Get parameter edges (embeddings of edges in faces)
getVertexCoord	Get vertex coordinates