ThicknessBuilder Class

class NXOpen.CAE.ThicknessBuilder

Bases: NXOpen.Builder

Represents a NXOpen.CAE.ThicknessBuilder

To create a new instance of this class, use NXOpen.CAE.NodeElementInfoManager.CreateThicknessBuilder()

New in version NX6.0.1.

Properties

Property	Description
AllMeshContext	Returns or sets the all mesh in context
Element	Returns the selected elements
EntityOption	Returns or sets the entity option
HighThicknessColor	Returns or sets the above high color
LowThicknessColor	Returns or sets the low color
MeshContext	Returns or sets the mesh in context
MidThicknessColor	Returns or sets the mid thickness color
Node	Returns the selected node
Scale	Returns or sets the thickness scale
Tag	Returns the Tag for this object.
ZeroThicknessColor	Returns or sets the zero thickness color

Methods

Method	Description
Clear	The clear context
Commit	Commits any edits that have been applied to the builder.
CreateField	The field creation
Destroy	Deletes the builder, and cleans up any objects created by the builder.
GetCommittedObjects	For builders that create more than one object, this method returns the objects that are created by commit.
GetElementThickness	The method to access nodal thickness at corner nodes of an element, If found the output array will have either 4 values for quad elements and 3 values for tria elements
GetNodeThickness	The method to access average nodal thickness
GetObject	Returns the object currently being edited by this builder.
Plot	The plotting method
ShowResults	Updates the model to reflect the result of an edit to the model for all builders that support showing results.
Validate	Validate whether the inputs to the component are sufficient for commit to be called.

Enumerations

ThicknessBuilderEntityType Enumeration

Option to Info on Node or Element

Property Detail

AllMeshContext

ThicknessBuilder.AllMeshContext

Returns or sets the all mesh in context

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Getter Method

Signature AllMeshContext

Returns:All displayed meshes flag Return type:bool

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature AllMeshContext

Parameters:fAllMeshes (bool) – All displayed meshes flag

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: nx_masterfem (“Finite Element Modeling”)

Element

ThicknessBuilder.Element

Returns the selected elements

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Getter Method

Signature Element

Returns: Return type:NXOpen.CAE.SelectElementsBuilder

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: None.

EntityOption

ThicknessBuilder.EntityOption

Returns or sets the entity option

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Getter Method

Signature EntityOption

Returns: Return type:NXOpen.CAE.ThicknessBuilderEntityType

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature EntityOption

Parameters:entityOption (NXOpen.CAE.ThicknessBuilderEntityType) –

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: nx_masterfem (“Finite Element Modeling”)

HighThicknessColor

ThicknessBuilder.HighThicknessColor

Returns or sets the above high color

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Getter Method

Signature HighThicknessColor

Returns: Return type:Id

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature HighThicknessColor

Parameters:highThicknessColor (Id) – thickness color

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: nx_masterfem (“Finite Element Modeling”)

LowThicknessColor

ThicknessBuilder.LowThicknessColor

Returns or sets the low color

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Getter Method

Signature LowThicknessColor

Returns: Return type:Id

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature LowThicknessColor

Parameters:lowThicknessColor (Id) – thickness color

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: nx_masterfem (“Finite Element Modeling”)

MeshContext

ThicknessBuilder.MeshContext

Returns or sets the mesh in context

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Getter Method

Signature MeshContext

Returns: Return type:NXOpen.CAE.Mesh

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature MeshContext

Parameters:meshContext (NXOpen.CAE.Mesh) – Mesh for thickness data access

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: nx_masterfem (“Finite Element Modeling”)

MidThicknessColor

ThicknessBuilder.MidThicknessColor

Returns or sets the mid thickness color

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Getter Method

Signature MidThicknessColor

Returns: Return type:Id

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature MidThicknessColor

Parameters:goodThicknessColor (Id) – thickness color

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: nx_masterfem (“Finite Element Modeling”)

Node

ThicknessBuilder.Node

Returns the selected node

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Getter Method

Signature Node

Returns: Return type:NXOpen.CAE.SelectFENodeList

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: None.

Scale

ThicknessBuilder.Scale

Returns or sets the thickness scale

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Getter Method

Signature Scale

Returns: Return type:float

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature Scale

Parameters:scale (float) – scale

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: nx_masterfem (“Finite Element Modeling”)

ZeroThicknessColor

ThicknessBuilder.ZeroThicknessColor

Returns or sets the zero thickness color

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Getter Method

Signature ZeroThicknessColor

Returns: Return type:Id

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: None.

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Setter Method

Signature ZeroThicknessColor

Parameters:noThicknessColor (Id) – thickness color

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: nx_masterfem (“Finite Element Modeling”)

Method Detail

Clear

ThicknessBuilder.Clear

The clear context

Signature Clear()

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: nx_masterfem (“Finite Element Modeling”)

CreateField

ThicknessBuilder.CreateField

The field creation

Signature CreateField()

New in version NX6.0.2.

License requirements: nx_masterfem (“Finite Element Modeling”)

GetElementThickness

ThicknessBuilder.GetElementThickness

The method to access nodal thickness at corner nodes of an element, If found the output array will have either 4 values for quad elements and 3 values for tria elements

Signature GetElementThickness(element)

Parameters:element (NXOpen.TaggedObject) – Valid shell element tag Returns:a tuple Return type:A tuple consisting of (padValue, fFound) padValue is a list of float. array of Element Nodal thickness fFound is a bool. Element result status:found or not found

New in version NX7.5.1.

License requirements: nx_masterfem (“Finite Element Modeling”)

GetNodeThickness

ThicknessBuilder.GetNodeThickness

The method to access average nodal thickness

Signature GetNodeThickness(node)

Parameters:node (NXOpen.TaggedObject) – Valid shell node Returns:a tuple Return type:A tuple consisting of (pdValue, fFound) pdValue is a float. Average thickness at node fFound is a bool. Node result status:found or not found

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: nx_masterfem (“Finite Element Modeling”)

Plot

ThicknessBuilder.Plot

The plotting method

Signature Plot()

New in version NX6.0.1.

License requirements: nx_masterfem (“Finite Element Modeling”)

Validate

ThicknessBuilder.Validate

Validate whether the inputs to the component are sufficient for commit to be called.

If the component is not in a state to commit then an exception is thrown. For example, if the component requires you to set some property, this method will throw an exception if you haven’t set it. This method throws a not-yet-implemented NXException for some components.

Signature Validate()

Returns:Was self validation successful Return type:bool

New in version NX3.0.1.

License requirements: None.