Class: MeshWorkflowControl

Object that wraps IDSEngineeringModelControl.

Methods

Name Description
Activate() Activate the current object.
AddFigure() Creates a new child Figure.
AddImage(String) Creates a new child Image. If a filePath is provided, the image will be loaded from that file, if not, the image will be a screen capture of the Geometry window.
CopyTo(DataModelObject) Copies all visible properties from this object to another.
CreateParameter(String) Creates a new parameter for a Property.
Delete() Run the Delete action.
Duplicate() Creates a copy of the current DataModelObject.
GetParameter(String) Gets the parameter corresponding to the given property.
GetPath() Gets the path of the object.
GroupAllSimilarChildren() Run the GroupAllSimilarChildren action.
GroupSimilarObjects() Run the GroupSimilarObjects action.
PropertyByAPIName(String) Get a property by its API name. If multiple properties have the same API Name, only the first property with that name will be returned.
PropertyByName(String) Get a property by its unique name.
RemoveParameter(String) Removes the parameter from the parameter set corresponding to the given property.

Properties

Name Description
AppendData Gets or sets whether to append the mesh data being read to the current PrimeMesh model or to clear the model content before the mesh data is being read. The default value is false.
AutomaticExternalScope Gets or sets whether to define programmatically the external scoping method and pattern for the external enclosure. The default value is false.
BaseFaceLabel Gets or sets the label to be used for the base face.
BaseFaceScopeDefinition Gets or sets the type of scope definition for the base face scoping. Default: Value
BaseFaceScopeMethod Gets or sets the scoping method for the base face scoping. Default: Label.
BaseFaceScopeOutcome Gets or sets the scope outcome from a previous operation. Applicable only if BaseFaceScopeOutcome is set to Outcome.
BaseFaceScopePattern Gets or sets the part, zone or label name pattern that defines the scope. Applicable only if BaseFaceScopeOutcome is set to Value.
CenterPlaneNormalOffset It defines the desired offset of the plane of the hemisphere from the model.
CenterPosition It is defined by “Centered”, “Minimal”, and “User Defined”.
ConformalMeshOnContactSurfaces Gets or sets whether to decide creation of conformal mesh at contact surfaces.
ConstantHeight Height of a single layer of mesh elements.
ControlDataDefinition This property is used to define if the control data is defined by value or by settings.
ControlType Returns the type of the control.
CoordinateSystem Gets or sets the Coordinate System object used to define the material point location.
CreateFaceZone Gets or sets whether to create a new face zone.
CreateQuadraticElements Gets or sets whether to create quadratic elements. The default value is false.
DataModelObjectCategory Gets the name of the current DataModelObject's category.
DecompositionType Gets or sets the decomposition type used by the MultiZone mesher. Defaults to "Program Controlled".
DefaultOffsetSize Gets or sets the size of the offset layers to be used during the stack base operation.
DefeatureTolerance Gets or sets the defeature tolerance applied during meshing. Applicable only if DefeatureToleranceDefineBy is "UserDefined".
DefeatureToleranceDefineBy Gets or sets how the Defeature Tolerance is defined for the MultiZone mesher. Defaults to "Program Controlled".
DeleteEmptyVolumes This property is used to enable or disable the automatic deletion of empty topo volumes during mesh to topology conversion. The default value is false.
DeleteInputScope Gets or sets whether to delete of input scope after wrapping. The default value is false.
DihedralAngle The dihedral angle is the angle between the normal vectors of two element faces.
DirectionX Gets or sets the X component of the direction vector, with respect to the Global Coordinate System.
DirectionY Gets or sets the Y component of the direction vector, with respect to the Global Coordinate System.
DirectionZ Gets or sets the Z component of the direction vector, with respect to the Global Coordinate System.
EdgeLabelName This property is used to rename the default edge label name generated during execution of step.
ElementSize Define element size to achieve desired mesh results. User can achieve coarse, medium, or fine mesh by varying this value.
ElementsPerGap Gets or sets the minimum number of element layers to be generated per gap for the Proximity Sizing control. The default values is 3.
EnableCheckpoint Flag whether to enable a checkpoint or not. The default value is false.
ExcludeEnclosure Gets or sets whether to exclude the enclosure from the wrapper scope . The default value is false.
ExcludeScopeDefinition Gets or sets the type of scope definition for the Hole Patching exclusion scoping. Default: Value
ExcludeScopeMethod Gets or sets the scoping method for the Hole Patching exclusion scoping. Default: Label.
ExcludeScopeOutcome Gets or sets the scope outcome from a previous operation for the Hole Patching exclusion scoping. Applicable only if scope is defined by outcome.
ExcludeScopePattern Gets or sets the part, zone or label name pattern for the Hole Patching exclusion scoping. Applicable only if scope is defined by value.
ExternalLabelName This property is used to rename the default external label name generated during execution of step.
ExternalScopeDefinition It is defined by value or outcome depending on if the External scope is defined manual by the user or defined based on a previous outcome.
ExternalScopeMethod The method can be label/zone/part and it is applied to external region of enclosure.
ExternalScopeOutcome If the InnerScopeDefinition is set to Outcome, then this property is visible. It defines the previous step outcome. This way we input the results of a previous step to the current step. The input applies to inner region of enclosure.
ExternalScopePattern The value can be a name of a region or a predefined patterns to select multiple region names.
FaceZoneByPart Gets or sets whether to define an independent face zone for each input part.
FaceZoneName This property is used to define the name of the default face zone name generated during execution of step.
FieldName Gets or sets the label name to be applied.
Figures Gets the list of associated figures.
Filename Assign full path to the filename would like to Import/Export.
Filenames Assign paths with ‘|’ seperator to this property to read multiple files, pass without seperator if single file.
FreeFaceMeshType Gets or sets the type of elements for the MultiZone mesher free face mesh. Defaults to "All Quads".
FreeVolumeMeshType Gets or sets how free mesh blocks should be treated by the MultiZone meshing algorithm. Defaults to "NotAllowed".
GrowthRate Gradient of element size as each layer grows.
HemisphereCenterModality This property is used to define the rule for the computation of the center of the hemispherical enclosure.
HemisphereOrientationModality This property is used to define the rule for the computation of the orientation of the hemispherical enclosure.
IgnoreOrientation Gets or sets whether to ignore the face normal orientation while calculating the proximity for the Proximity Sizing control. The default value is False.
IgnoreSelfProximity Gets or sets whether to ignore the proximity between two faces from the same face zone while calculating the proximity for the Proximity Sizing control. The default value is True.
Images Gets the list of associated images.
InnerScopeDefinition It is defined by value or outcome depending on if the Inner scope is defined manually by the user or defined based on a previous outcome.
InnerScopeMethod The method can be label/zone/part and it is applied to inner region of enclosure.
InnerScopeOutcome If the InnerScopeDefinition is set to Outcome, then this property is visible. It defines the previous step outcome. This way we input the results of a previous step to the current step. The input applies to inner region of enclosure.
InnerScopePattern The value can be a name of a region or a predefined patterns to select multiple region names.
InputMeshScopeDefinition Gets or sets the type of scope definition for the Input Mesh scoping. Default: Value.
InputMeshScopeMethod Gets or sets the scoping method for the Input Mesh scoping. Default: Label.
InputMeshScopeOutcome Gets or sets the scope outcome for Input Mesh scoping from a previous operation. Applicable only if InputMeshScopeDefinition is set to Outcome.
InputMeshScopePattern Gets or sets the zone or label name pattern that defines the Input Mesh scoping. Applicable only if InputMeshScopeDefinition is set to Value.
InternalLabelName This property is used to rename the default Internal label name generated during execution of step.
InternalObject Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.
LabelName This property is used to rename the default label name generated during execution of step.
LateralDefeatureSize Gets or sets the defeature size to be used along the lateral direction of stacking.
Material Gets or sets the Material.
MaterialName Gets or sets the Material Name.
MaterialPointDefinition Gets or sets the material point definition type.
MaterialPointType It defines the type of material point, it can be “Include” or “Exclude”.
MaxHoleSize Gets or sets the maximum size of holes to be considered for Wrapper Leak Prevention and Hole Patching.
MaxSize Gets or sets the maximum size to be used for the volumetric size field sizing computation in the Proximity Sizing and Curvature Sizing controls. This is a length value.
MergeNodesTolerance Gets or sets the tolerance within which nodes are to be merged.
MergeNodesToleranceType Gets or sets the merge nodes tolerance type to be used when executing Merge Nodes operation. The default value is Absolute.
MeshedVolumeLabelSuffix Gets or sets the suffix to be used when defining labels scoped to volumes meshed by the MultiZone mesher. Defaults to "MultiZoneMesh".
MeshFlowControl This property gives control over the flow of mesh during surface mesh generation. The supported modes are None, and Global Cartesian.
MinimalNumberOfVolumetricLayers It determines the minimal number of layers of volume elements to be created around the scoped body.
MinimalRadius It defines the desired minimal radius of the spherical enclosure.
MinSize Gets or sets the minimum size to be used for the volumetric size field sizing computation in the Proximity Sizing and Curvature Sizing controls. This is a length value.
MorphRecordingName This property is used to define the name for matching the morphing recording to apply to the meshing operation.
Name Gets the name of the object.
NormalAngle Gets or sets the maximum allowed normal angle between neighboring elements when computing curvature for the Curvature Sizing control. This value must be between 0 and 180 degrees (0 to π) and defaults to 18 degrees.
NumberOfAttempts Number of attempts for mesh convergence.
NumberOfDivisions Gets or sets the number of divisions for the scoped edges.
NumberOfLayers Number of layers of mesh elements.
ObjectId Gets the internal id of the object.
ObjectTags Gets an IEnumerable object of the tags that 'this' is a part of.
OffsetFileName Gets or sets the full file path to the .csv file containing the offset coordinates for replication.
OriginX Gets or sets the X coordinate of origin (location of base face) in the volume flattening step.
OriginY Gets or sets the Y coordinate of origin (location of base face) in the volume flattening step.
OriginZ Gets or sets the Z coordinate of origin (location of base face) in the volume flattening step.
Parent Gets the parent object.
PartName Gets or sets the part name to be used when generating.
PercentageIncrement The number of volumetric Layers determines the number of layers. This property decides whether all the layers are an equal size (default 0.0) or they should gradually increase the size of volume element than previous element.
ProjectSideFaces Gets or sets whether to project the side faces after the extrusion.
Properties Gets the list of properties for this object.
ProtectOnlyBoundaries Gets or sets whether the topology protection flag is applied only to the exterior boundary of the scoped boundaries or not. Defaults to False.
QuadBoundaryLayerFaceScopeDefinition Gets or sets the type of scope definition for the quad boundary layer face scoping. Default: Value
QuadBoundaryLayerFaceScopeMethod Gets or sets the scoping method for the quad boundary layer face scoping. Default: Label.
QuadBoundaryLayerFaceScopeOutcome Gets or sets the scope outcome from a previous operation. Applicable only if 'QuadBoundaryLayerFaceScopeDefinition' is set to Outcome.
QuadBoundaryLayerFaceScopePattern Gets or sets the part, zone or label name pattern that defines the scope. Applicable only if 'QuadBoundaryLayerFaceScopeDefinition' is set to Value.
QuadBoundaryLayerFirstLayerHeight Gets or sets the height of the first quad layer.
QuadBoundaryLayerGrowthRate Gets or sets the ratio of heights between subsequent quad layers.
QuadBoundaryLayerNumberOfDivisions Gets or sets the number of annular divisions on the washer boundary from where the quad layers are grown.
QuadBoundaryLayerNumberOfLayers Gets or sets the number of quad layers on the washer boundary.
RecomputeClosedVolumes Gets or sets whether to recompute closed volumes after the operation.
RegionType It is defined by Material Point or External.
RelativeMergeTolerancePercentage Gets or sets the percentage of the connected edge lengths to be used as tolerance for merging nodes.
Remesh Gets or sets whether to allow the remesh of already meshed volumes. The default value is false.
RepairModel Gets or sets whether to repair the PrimeMesh model after the reading operation is executed. The default value is false.
RestrictBoundaryNodes Gets or sets whether to restrict the boundary nodes displacement. The default value is true.
RetainMeshedVolumes Gets or sets whether existing mesh on the scoped volumes is to be retained or remeshed.
ReverseSurfaceOrientation Reverse Surface Orientation. The default value is false.
ScaleFactor Scale Factor is used to scale shapes in different dimensions.
ScopeDefinition It is defined by value or outcome.
ScopeMethod The method can be label/zone/part.
ScopeOutcome If the InnerScopeDefinition is set to Outcome, then this property is visible. It defines the previous step outcome. This way we input the results of a previous step to the current step. The input applies to inner region of enclosure.
ScopePattern The value can be a name of a region or a predefined patterns to select multiple region names.
SeedFaceScopeDefinition Gets or sets the type of scope definition for the seed face scoping. Default: Value
SeedFaceScopeMethod Gets or sets the scoping method for the seed face scoping. Default: Label.
SeedFaceScopeOutcome Gets or sets the scope outcome from a previous operation. Applicable only if SeedFaceScopeDefinition is set to Outcome.
SeedFaceScopePattern Gets or sets the part, zone or label name pattern that defines the scope. Applicable only if SeedFaceScopeDefinition is set to Value.
SharedTopologyLabelName Gets or sets the name used as label to scope the shared topology faces which are automatically added as input mesh for MultiZone. Defaults to "MultiZoneMesh/SharedTopologyInputMesh".
SizeFieldDefinition Gets or sets how the control's size field pattern should be defined, either by "Value" or by "Outcome". The default value is "Value".
SizeFieldOutcome Gets or sets the outcome to be used to define the size field pattern when SizeFieldDefinition is set to "Outcome".
SizeFieldPattern This property is used to define the name pattern for matching the size fields to apply to the meshing operation.
SmoothingIterations Allows user to input number of iterations needed to achieve good mesh results.
SmoothingPreserveVolume Gets or sets whether to enable and disable the volume preserving smoothing. If enabled, the smoothing will preserve the initial volume of the input. The default value is false.
SourceTargetScopeDefinition Gets or sets the type of scope definition for the Source/Target scoping. Default: Value.
SourceTargetScopeMethod Gets or sets the scoping method for the Source/Target scoping. Default: Label.
SourceTargetScopeOutcome Gets or sets the scope outcome for the Source/Target scoping from a previous operation. Applicable only if SourceTargetScopeDefinition is set to Outcome.
SourceTargetScopePattern Gets or sets the zone or label name pattern that defines the Source/Target scoping. Applicable only if SourceTargetScopeDefinition is set to Value.
SphereCenterModality This property is used to define the rule for the computation of the center of the spherical enclosure.
StackingDefeatureSize Defines defeature size to be used along the stacking direction.
SurfaceMeshType This property gives control over what type of elements need to be generated in the mesh. The supported surface mesh types are Triangles and Quadrilaterals.
SweepingSize Gets or sets the constant size along the sweeping direction.
TargetSkewness Set Limit to the skewness of an element. Higher the skewness value, expecting a better mesh result.
Thickness Gets or sets the Thickness to be assigned to the scoped zone.
TopologyConformalConnection Gets or sets whether to preserve the topology connection for the newly created faces. The default value is false.
TriangleCountReductionMode This property gives control over the mode/degree of triangle count reduction during surface mesh generation. The supported modes are None, Conservative and Aggressive.
VisibleProperties Gets the list of properties that are visible for this object.
VolumeMeshType Type of Volume elements such as Tetrahedrons and Hex.
VolumeZoneName This property is used to rename the default volume zone name generated during execution of step.
WrapByParts Gets or sets whether to wrap each part separately. The default value is false.
XCoordinate It defines the X Coordinate.
YCoordinate It defines the Y Coordinate.
ZCoordinate It defines the Z Coordinate.