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ElemAddCylinder

 

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Description

This function adds a new Cylinder type Element Primitive node and returns the node number of the added object.

 

Syntax

epNode = ElemAddCylinder( tEnt )

 

Parameters

epNode (Long)

Node number of the element primitive that was added.

 

tEnt As T_ENTITY

Data structure containing the generic entity information (name, parent, description, etc.) required to add a node to the object tree.

 

Example

The example below shows how to initialize a T_ENTITY structure, add a Cylinder type element primitive and then modify the element primitive parameters.

 

Sub Main

 

    'Initialize the generic element data

    Dim tEnt As T_ENTITY

    InitEntity( tEnt )

    tEnt.name   = "EP Cylinder"

    tEnt.parent = 2 'Geometry folder

 

    'Create the element primitive node

    Dim epNode As Long

    epNode = ElemAddCylinder( tEnt )

 

    'Modify the element primitive parameters

    ElemSetParmValue( epNode, 0, 5 ) 'Semi-aperture = 5

    ElemSetParmValue( epNode, 1, 5 ) 'Length = 5

    ElemSetParmValue( epNode, 2, 1 ) 'Element origin: 0 = (+Z)front end, 1 = (-Z)back end, 2 = center of cylinder surface

 

    'Update the model

    Update

 

End Sub

 

See Also

Element Primitives Script Commands

Element Composite (Boolean) Script Commands

T_ENTITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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