PbMesh Class

PbMesh Class

Defines an abstract mesh.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
  OIV.InventorSoNetBase
    OIV.MeshViz.GraphPbBase
      OIV.MeshViz.DataPbMesh
        OIV.MeshViz.DataPbMesh1D
        OIV.MeshViz.DataPbMesh2D
        OIV.MeshViz.DataPbMesh3D

Namespace: OIV.MeshViz.Data
Assembly: OIV.MeshViz (in OIV.MeshViz.dll) Version: 2024.1.1.0 (2024.1.1)

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public class PbMesh : PbBase

Public Class PbMesh
	Inherits PbBase

public ref class PbMesh : public PbBase

type PbMesh =  
    class
        inherit PbBase
    end

The PbMesh type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	AddStringsSet(Int32, String)	Calls AddStringsSet(set_index, val, "").
	AddStringsSet(Int32, String, String)	Adds a set of string values .
	AddValuesSet(Int32, Single)	Calls AddValuesSet(set_index, val, "").
	AddValuesSet(Int32, Single, PbMeshDataBindings)	Calls AddValuesSet(set_index, val, binding, "").
	AddValuesSet(Int32, Single, String)	Adds a set of scalar values.
	AddValuesSet(Int32, Single, PbMeshDataBindings, String)	Adds a set of scalar values that can be located either at nodes or at cells.
	AddVecsSet(Int32, SbVec3f)	Calls AddVecsSet(set_index, val, "").
	AddVecsSet(Int32, SbVec3f, String)	Adds a set of vector values .
	CopyFrom(PbBase)	Assignment operator. (Inherited from PbBase.)
	CopyFrom(PbMesh)	Assignment operator.
	EnableConnection	Activates/deactivates the mechanism of connection. (Inherited from PbBase.)
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	FindContainingCell(SbVec3f, Single, SbVec3f)	Find the cell that contains the point.
	FindContainingCell(SbVec3f, Single, SbVec3f, PbCell)
	GetAdjacentCellsIndByFacet(Int32, ArrayList)	Obsolete. Gets the list of indices of cells that are adjacent (by a facet) to cell_index.
	GetAdjacentCellsIndByFacet(Int32, IListInt32)	Gets the list of indices of cells that are adjacent (by a facet) to cell_index.
	GetAdjacentCellsIndByNode(Int32, ArrayList)	Obsolete. Gets the list of indices of cells that are adjacent (by a node) to cell_index.
	GetAdjacentCellsIndByNode(Int32, IListInt32)	Gets the list of indices of cells that are adjacent (by a node) to cell_index.
	GetArea	Gets the area of the mesh.
	GetBiggestCellBox	Gets the biggest cell's bounding box, returns also the index of this cell .
	GetBoundingBox	Gets the bounding box of the mesh.
	GetCell	Gets the cell with index cell_index.
	GetCoordinates	Get the current coordinates of the nodes of this mesh.
	GetHashCode	Overrides GetHashCode(). (Inherited from SoNetBase.)
	GetMaxValuesSet	Gets the max of a set of scalars.
	GetMaxVecsSet	Gets the max module of a set of vectors.
	GetMinValuesSet	Gets the min of a set of scalars.
	GetMinVecsSet	Gets the min module of a set of vectors.
	GetNodeCoord	Gets the coordinates of a node.
	GetNodeOwnerCellsInd(Int32, ArrayList)	Obsolete. Gets the list of indices of cells that own the node "nod_index".
	GetNodeOwnerCellsInd(Int32, IListInt32)	Gets the list of indices of cells that own the node "nod_index".
	GetNodesOwnerCellsInd(ArrayList, ArrayList)	Obsolete. Gets the list of indices of cells that own the list of nodes "nod_indices".
	GetNodesOwnerCellsInd(IListInt32, IListInt32)	Gets the list of indices of cells that own the list of nodes "nod_indices".
	GetNumCells	Gets the number of cells in the mesh.
	GetNumNodes	Gets the number of nodes in the mesh.
	GetNumStringsSet	Gets the number of set of string values.
	GetNumValuesSet	Gets the number of set of scalar values.
	GetNumVecsSet	Gets the number of set of vector values.
	GetSmallestCellBox	Gets the smallest cell's bounding box, returns also the index of this cell .
	GetStringsSet	Gets a set of string values.
	GetStringsSetName	Gets the name associated to a string values set.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetValuesBinding	Gets the binding of the scalar value set.
	GetValuesSet	Gets a set of scalar values.
	GetValuesSetName	Gets the name associated to a scalar values set.
	GetVecsSet	Gets a set of vector values.
	GetVecsSetName	Gets the name associated to a vec values set.
	GetVolume	Gets the volume of the mesh.
	IsConnectionEnabled	Returns true if the connection mechanism is active, otherwise false. (Inherited from PbBase.)
	IsDataDuplicated	Returns true if mesh's data are duplicated, false otherwise.
	RemoveAllStringsSet	Remove all sets of strings values.
	RemoveAllValuesSet	Remove all sets of scalar values.
	RemoveAllVecsSet	Remove all sets of vector values.
	RemoveStringsSet	Remove a set of string values.
	RemoveValuesSet	Remove a set of scalar values.
	RemoveVecsSet	Remove a set of vector values.
	SetCoordinates	Set new node coordinates without modifying the mesh topology.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Touch	Simulates the changing of an instance of this object, so all connected objects are informed of this change. (Inherited from PbBase.)

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Remarks

A mesh is a set of nodes linked by edges. A mesh can be a surface mesh (see OIV.MeshViz.Data.PbMesh2D) or a volume mesh (see OIV.MeshViz.Data.PbMesh3D). A surface mesh can be either 2D (its nodes have 2 coordinates) or 3D (its nodes have 3 coordinates). Each node is referred to by an index named node_index.

A mesh is composed of a list of cells. A cell is a "simple" basic volume or surface element that connects adjacent nodes of the mesh. Surface meshes can be defined by triangles, quadrangles and polygonal cells. Volume meshes can be defined by tetrahedrons, hexahedrons, prisms, or pyramid cells. A cell is defined by the list of nodes (node indices) that it connects. The order of the nodes that define a cell is the same for each cell in the mesh. Each cell is referred to by an index named cell_index.

A list of value-set can be defined. A value is a scalar (float), string, or a vector. Each value is located on mesh node, so the number of values in a set must be equal to the number of mesh's nodes. Each set of values can be named by a string.

A scalar value set is used to color the representations of the mesh. A string value set is used by some charting representations. A vector value set is used to make "hedgehog" vector field representations, or streamline representations. Each data-set is referred by an index named set_index. This index is used by classes of mesh representation to indicate which value set must be used for coloring. (see OIV.MeshViz.Data.PoMesh.valuesIndex and OIV.MeshViz.Data.PoMesh.vecsIndex). Mapping a scalar value onto a color is done by OIV.MeshViz.Graph.PbDataMapping or OIV.MeshViz.Nodes.PoDataMapping classes (and derived).

Data duplication:

If the last argument is_data_duplicate of a constructor of a derived class is false, the geometry and values sets are not copied by the object. In this case, the methods setGeometry, addValuesSet, addStringsSet and addVecsSet save only the adress of the user data set and it is the application's responsibility to manage the validity of data during the existence of the mesh object.

Reference

OIV.MeshViz.Data Namespace