# Creating a hexahedral mesh on a cylinder. # # This example uses Partition to divide the cylinder into blocks, which is # a general approach. But for the case of cylinder there is a dedicated # command creating a blocked cylinder: geom_builder.MakeDividedCylinder() import math import salome salome.salome_init_without_session() import GEOM from salome.geom import geomBuilder from salome.smesh import smeshBuilder geom_builder = geomBuilder.New() smesh_builder = smeshBuilder.New() # Parameters # ---------- radius = 50 height = 200 # Build a cylinder # ---------------- base = geom_builder.MakeVertex(0, 0, 0) direction = geom_builder.MakeVectorDXDYDZ(0, 0, 1) cylinder = geom_builder.MakeCylinder(base, direction, radius, height) geom_builder.addToStudy(cylinder, "cylinder") # Build blocks # ------------ size = radius/2.0 box_rot = geom_builder.MakeBox(-size, -size, 0, +size, +size, height) box_axis = geom_builder.MakeLine(base, direction) box = geom_builder.MakeRotation(box_rot, box_axis, math.pi/4) hole = geom_builder.MakeCut(cylinder, box) plane_trim = 2000 plane_a = geom_builder.MakePlane(base, geom_builder.MakeVectorDXDYDZ(1, 0, 0), plane_trim) plane_b = geom_builder.MakePlane(base, geom_builder.MakeVectorDXDYDZ(0, 1, 0), plane_trim) blocks_part = geom_builder.MakePartition([hole], [plane_a, plane_b], [], [], geom_builder.ShapeType["SOLID"]) blocks_list = [box] + geom_builder.SubShapeAll(blocks_part, geom_builder.ShapeType["SOLID"]) blocks_all = geom_builder.MakeCompound(blocks_list) blocks = geom_builder.MakeGlueFaces(blocks_all, 0.0001) geom_builder.addToStudy(blocks, "cylinder:blocks") # Build geometric groups # ---------------------- group_a = geom_builder.CreateGroup(blocks, geom_builder.ShapeType["FACE"]) geom_builder.addToStudyInFather(blocks, group_a, "baseA") items = geom_builder.GetShapesOnPlaneWithLocationIDs(blocks, geom_builder.ShapeType["FACE"], direction, base, GEOM.ST_ON) geom_builder.UnionIDs(group_a, items) base_b = geom_builder.MakeVertex(0, 0, height) group_b = geom_builder.CreateGroup(blocks, geom_builder.ShapeType["FACE"]) geom_builder.addToStudyInFather(blocks, group_b, "baseB") items = geom_builder.GetShapesOnPlaneWithLocationIDs(blocks, geom_builder.ShapeType["FACE"], direction, base_b, GEOM.ST_ON) geom_builder.UnionIDs(group_b, items) group_1 = geom_builder.CreateGroup(blocks, geom_builder.ShapeType["SOLID"]) geom_builder.addToStudyInFather(blocks, group_1, "limit") group_1_all = geom_builder.SubShapeAllIDs(blocks, geom_builder.ShapeType["SOLID"]) geom_builder.UnionIDs(group_1, group_1_all) group_1_box = geom_builder.GetBlockNearPoint(blocks, base) geom_builder.DifferenceList(group_1, [group_1_box]) # Mesh the blocks with hexahedral # ------------------------------- smesh_builder.UpdateStudy() hexa = smesh_builder.Mesh(blocks) hexa_1d = hexa.Segment() hexa_1d.NumberOfSegments(1) vertex = geom_builder.MakeVertex(+radius, +radius, 0) edge = geom_builder.GetEdgeNearPoint(blocks, vertex) algo = hexa.Segment(edge) algo.NumberOfSegments(5) algo.Propagation() vertex = geom_builder.MakeVertex(-radius, +radius, 0) edge = geom_builder.GetEdgeNearPoint(blocks, vertex) algo = hexa.Segment(edge) algo.NumberOfSegments(8) algo.Propagation() vertex = geom_builder.MakeVertex((radius+size)/2, 0, 0) edge = geom_builder.GetEdgeNearPoint(blocks, vertex) algo = hexa.Segment(edge) algo.NumberOfSegments(10) algo.Propagation() vertex = geom_builder.MakeVertex(+radius, 0, height/2) edge = geom_builder.GetEdgeNearPoint(blocks, vertex) algo = hexa.Segment(edge) algo.NumberOfSegments(20) algo.Propagation() hexa.Quadrangle() hexa.Hexahedron() if not hexa.Compute(): raise Exception("Error when computing Mesh") hexa.Group(group_a) hexa.Group(group_b) hexa.Group(group_1)