Thicken

Generate a solid object by thickening in the normal direction a surface object in 3D.

Syntax

model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).feature().
create(<ftag>,"Thicken");

model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).
selection(property);

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

model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).feature().
create(<ftag>,"Thicken")

creates a Thicken feature.

Use model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).
selection("input") to select the objects for the thicken operation. The default selection is empty.

Table 3-80: Available properties.
Property	Value	Default	Description
input	Selection		Input objects
offset	symmetric \| asymmetric	symmetric	Type of offset specification
totalthick	double	0	Total thickness (for symmetric offset)
upthick	double	0	Upside thickness (for asymmetric offset)
downthick	double	0	Downside thickness (for asymmetric offset)
direction	normal \| vector	normal	Direction of the side faces
dirvector	double[3]	{0,0,1}	Direction vector for side faces
fillet	on \| off	off	Fillet offset edges
selresult	on \| off	off	Create selections of all resulting objects.
selresultshow	all \| obj \| dom \| bnd \| edg \| pnt \| off	dom	Show selections 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.
propagatesel	on \| off	on	Propagate selections from input objects to resulting objects.

For information about the createselection and contributeto properties, search the online help in COMSOL Multiphysics to locate and search all the documentation.

The following attributes are available:

Table 3-81: Valid attributes
Name	Value	Default	Description
construction	on \| off \| inherit	inherit	Designate the resulting objects as construction geometry. Use inherit to set the construction geometry attribute only if all input objects are construction geometry.

Example

Create a cylinder by thickening a disc shaped surface:

Model model = ModelUtil.create("Model1");

model.component.create("comp1");

model.component("comp1").geom().create("geom1",3);

model.component("comp1").geom("geom1").geomRep("cadps");

model.component("comp1").geom("geom1").feature().
create("wp1", "WorkPlane");

model.component("comp1").geom("geom1").feature("wp1").geom().
create("c1", "Circle");

model.component("comp1").geom("geom1").create("thi1", "Thicken");

model.component("comp1").geom("geom1").feature("thi1").
selection("input").set(new String[]{"wp1"});

model.component("comp1").geom("geom1").feature("thi1").
set("totalthick", "0.1");

model.component("comp1").geom("geom1").feature("thi1").
set("direction", "vector");

model.component("comp1").geom("geom1").feature("thi1").
set("dirvector", new String[]{"1", "0", "1"});

model.component("comp1").geom("geom1").run();