Ellipsoid
Create a solid or surface ellipsoid in 3D.
Syntax
model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"Ellipsoid");
model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).set(property,<value>);
model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).getType(property);
model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).setAttribute(attribute,<value>);
model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).getAttribute(attribute);
Description
Use model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"Ellipsoid") to create an ellipsoid. The following properties are available:
Direction of the local z-axis. Vector has length 3 if axistype is cartesian, and length 2 if axistype is spherical.
x | y | z | cartesian | spherical
none | custom | integer between 1 and the number of colors in the current theme
The color to use. Active when color is set to custom.
on | off
all | obj | dom | bnd | edg | pnt | off
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.
solid | surface
this | part-instance feature
xyplane | work-plane feature
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.
The following attributes are available:
Table 3-73: Valid attributes
on | off
Compatibility
model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"ellipsoid3") creates a solid ellipsoid.
model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).create(<ftag>,"ellipsoid2") creates a surface ellipsoid.
The following properties are also available:
a, b, c
Alias for semiaxes.
Alias for axis when axistype is spherical.
Alias for axis when axistype is cartesian.
The property const is no longer available.
Example
The following commands create a surface and solid ellipsoid, where the position and semiaxes are defined in two alternative ways:
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("e2","Ellipsoid");
g.feature("e2").set("type","surface");
g.feature("e2").set("pos","0 1 0");
 
g.create("e3","Ellipsoid");
g.feature("e3").set("semiaxes","12 10 8");
 
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('e2','Ellipsoid');
g.feature('e2').set('type','surface');
g.feature('e2').set('pos','0 1 0');
 
g.create('e3','Ellipsoid');
g.feature('e3').set('semiaxes','12 10 8');
g.run;
See Also
Sphere