Description

This function adds a new N-Sided Pipe type Element Primitive node and returns the node number of the added object.

Syntax

epNode = ElemAddNsidedPipe( 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 an N-Sided Pipe 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 N-Sided Pipe"

    tEnt.parent = 2 'Geometry folder

    'Create the element primitive node

    Dim epNode As Long

    epNode = ElemAddNsidedPipe( tEnt )

    'Modify the element primitive parameters

    ElemSetParmValue( epNode, 0, 4 )   'Number of sides

    ElemSetParmValue( epNode, 1, 3 )   'Semi-aperture

    ElemSetParmValue( epNode, 2, 0.1 ) 'Wall thickness

    ElemSetParmValue( epNode, 3, 5 )   'Length

    ElemSetParmValue( epNode, 4, 1 )   'Element origin: 0 = (+Z)front end, 1 = (-Z)back end, 2 = center of pipe

    'Update the model

    Update

End Sub

See Also

T_ENTITY

Element Primitive Script Commands

Element Composite (boolean) Script Commands