yade.geom module

Creates geometry objects from facets.

yade.geom.facetBox(center, extents, orientation=Quaternion((1, 0, 0), 0), wallMask=63, **kw)[source]

Create arbitrarily-aligned box composed of facets, with given center, extents and orientation. If any of the box dimensions is zero, corresponding facets will not be created. The facets are oriented outwards from the box.

Parameters:
  • center (Vector3) – center of the box
  • extents (Vector3) – half lengths of the box sides
  • orientation (Quaternion) – orientation of the box
  • wallMask (bitmask) – determines which walls will be created, in the order -x (1), +x (2), -y (4), +y (8), -z (16), +z (32). The numbers are ANDed; the default 63 means to create all walls
  • **kw – (unused keyword arguments) passed to utils.facet
Returns:

list of facets forming the box
yade.geom.facetBunker(center, dBunker, dOutput, hBunker, hOutput, hPipe=0.0, orientation=Quaternion((1, 0, 0), 0), segmentsNumber=10, wallMask=4, angleRange=None, closeGap=False, **kw)[source]

Create arbitrarily-aligned bunker, composed of facets, with given center, radii, heights and orientation. Return List of facets forming the bunker;

   dBunker
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|            | hBunker
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\            /
 \          /
  \        /   hOutput
   \      /
    \____/
    |    |
    |____|     hPipe
    dOutput
Parameters:
  • center (Vector3) – center of the created bunker
  • dBunker (float) – bunker diameter, top
  • dOutput (float) – bunker output diameter
  • hBunker (float) – bunker height
  • hOutput (float) – bunker output height
  • hPipe (float) – bunker pipe height
  • orientation (Quaternion) – orientation of the bunker; the reference orientation has axis along the \(+x\) axis.
  • segmentsNumber (int) – number of edges on the bunker surface (>=5)
  • wallMask (bitmask) – determines which walls will be created, in the order up (1), down (2), side (4). The numbers are ANDed; the default 7 means to create all walls
  • angleRange ((θmin,Θmax)) – allows one to create only part of bunker by specifying range of angles; if None, (0,2*pi) is assumed.
  • closeGap (bool) – close range skipped in angleRange with triangular facets at cylinder bases.
  • **kw – (unused keyword arguments) passed to utils.facet;
yade.geom.facetCone(center, radiusTop, radiusBottom, height, orientation=Quaternion((1, 0, 0), 0), segmentsNumber=10, wallMask=7, angleRange=None, closeGap=False, radiusTopInner=-1, radiusBottomInner=-1, **kw)[source]

Create arbitrarily-aligned cone composed of facets, with given center, radius, height and orientation. Return List of facets forming the cone;

Parameters:
  • center (Vector3) – center of the created cylinder
  • radiusTop (float) – cone top radius
  • radiusBottom (float) – cone bottom radius
  • radiusTopInner (float) – inner radius of cones top, -1 by default
  • radiusBottomInner (float) – inner radius of cones bottom, -1 by default
  • height (float) – cone height
  • orientation (Quaternion) – orientation of the cone; the reference orientation has axis along the \(+x\) axis.
  • segmentsNumber (int) – number of edges on the cone surface (>=5)
  • wallMask (bitmask) – determines which walls will be created, in the order up (1), down (2), side (4). The numbers are ANDed; the default 7 means to create all walls
  • angleRange ((θmin,Θmax)) – allows one to create only part of cone by specifying range of angles; if None, (0,2*pi) is assumed.
  • closeGap (bool) – close range skipped in angleRange with triangular facets at cylinder bases.
  • **kw – (unused keyword arguments) passed to utils.facet;
yade.geom.facetCylinder(center, radius, height, orientation=Quaternion((1, 0, 0), 0), segmentsNumber=10, wallMask=7, angleRange=None, closeGap=False, radiusTopInner=-1, radiusBottomInner=-1, **kw)[source]

Create arbitrarily-aligned cylinder composed of facets, with given center, radius, height and orientation. Return List of facets forming the cylinder;

Parameters:
  • center (Vector3) – center of the created cylinder
  • radius (float) – cylinder radius
  • height (float) – cylinder height
  • radiusTopInner (float) – inner radius of cylinders top, -1 by default
  • radiusBottomInner (float) – inner radius of cylinders bottom, -1 by default
  • orientation (Quaternion) – orientation of the cylinder; the reference orientation has axis along the \(+x\) axis.
  • segmentsNumber (int) – number of edges on the cylinder surface (>=5)
  • wallMask (bitmask) – determines which walls will be created, in the order up (1), down (2), side (4). The numbers are ANDed; the default 7 means to create all walls
  • angleRange ((θmin,Θmax)) – allows one to create only part of bunker by specifying range of angles; if None, (0,2*pi) is assumed.
  • closeGap (bool) – close range skipped in angleRange with triangular facets at cylinder bases.
  • **kw – (unused keyword arguments) passed to utils.facet;
yade.geom.facetCylinderConeGenerator(center, radiusTop, height, orientation=Quaternion((1, 0, 0), 0), segmentsNumber=10, wallMask=7, angleRange=None, closeGap=False, radiusBottom=-1, radiusTopInner=-1, radiusBottomInner=-1, **kw)[source]

Please, do not use this function directly! Use geom.facetCylinder and geom.facetCone instead. This is the base function for generating cylinders and cones from facets.

Parameters:
  • radiusTop (float) – top radius
  • radiusBottom (float) – bottom radius
  • **kw – (unused keyword arguments) passed to utils.facet;
yade.geom.facetHelix(center, radiusOuter, pitch, orientation=Quaternion((1, 0, 0), 0), segmentsNumber=10, angleRange=None, radiusInner=0, **kw)[source]

Create arbitrarily-aligned helix composed of facets, with given center, radius (outer and inner), pitch and orientation. Return List of facets forming the helix;

Parameters:
  • center (Vector3) – center of the created cylinder
  • radiusOuter (float) – outer radius
  • radiusInner (float) – inner height (can be 0)
  • orientation (Quaternion) – orientation of the helix; the reference orientation has axis along the \(+x\) axis.
  • segmentsNumber (int) – number of edges on the helix surface (>=3)
  • angleRange ((θmin,Θmax)) – range of angles; if None, (0,2*pi) is assumed.
  • **kw – (unused keyword arguments) passed to utils.facet;
yade.geom.facetParallelepiped(center, extents, height, orientation=Quaternion((1, 0, 0), 0), wallMask=63, **kw)[source]

Create arbitrarily-aligned Parallelepiped composed of facets, with given center, extents, height and orientation. If any of the parallelepiped dimensions is zero, corresponding facets will not be created. The facets are oriented outwards from the parallelepiped.

Parameters:
  • center (Vector3) – center of the parallelepiped
  • extents (Vector3) – half lengths of the parallelepiped sides
  • height (Real) – height of the parallelepiped (along axis z)
  • orientation (Quaternion) – orientation of the parallelepiped
  • wallMask (bitmask) – determines which walls will be created, in the order -x (1), +x (2), -y (4), +y (8), -z (16), +z (32). The numbers are ANDed; the default 63 means to create all walls
  • **kw – (unused keyword arguments) passed to utils.facet
Returns:

list of facets forming the parallelepiped
yade.geom.facetPolygon(center, radiusOuter, orientation=Quaternion((1, 0, 0), 0), segmentsNumber=10, angleRange=None, radiusInner=0, **kw)[source]

Create arbitrarily-aligned polygon composed of facets, with given center, radius (outer and inner) and orientation. Return List of facets forming the polygon;

Parameters:
  • center (Vector3) – center of the created cylinder
  • radiusOuter (float) – outer radius
  • radiusInner (float) – inner height (can be 0)
  • orientation (Quaternion) – orientation of the polygon; the reference orientation has axis along the \(+x\) axis.
  • segmentsNumber (int) – number of edges on the polygon surface (>=3)
  • angleRange ((θmin,Θmax)) – allows one to create only part of polygon by specifying range of angles; if None, (0,2*pi) is assumed.
  • **kw – (unused keyword arguments) passed to utils.facet;
yade.geom.facetPolygonHelixGenerator(center, radiusOuter, pitch=0, orientation=Quaternion((1, 0, 0), 0), segmentsNumber=10, angleRange=None, radiusInner=0, **kw)[source]

Please, do not use this function directly! Use geom.facetPloygon and geom.facetHelix instead. This is the base function for generating polygons and helixes from facets.

yade.geom.facetSphere(center, radius, thetaResolution=8, phiResolution=8, returnElementMap=False, **kw)[source]

Create arbitrarily-aligned sphere composed of facets, with given center, radius and orientation. Return List of facets forming the sphere. Parameters inspired by ParaView sphere glyph

Parameters:
  • center (Vector3) – center of the created sphere
  • radius (float) – sphere radius
  • thetaResolution (int) – number of facets around “equator”
  • phiResolution (int) – number of facets between “poles” + 1
  • returnElementMap (bool) – returns also tuple of nodes ((x1,y1,z1),(x2,y2,z2),…) and elements ((id01,id02,id03),(id11,id12,id13),…) if true, only facets otherwise
  • **kw – (unused keyword arguments) passed to utils.facet;