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ModelElementStraightLine Class

Abstract base class of straight linear elements like ModelBeams or ModelShellsrassTrusses that live in a statical model.
Inheritance Hierarchy

Namespace:  Karamba.Elements
Assembly:  KarambaCommon (in KarambaCommon.dll) Version: 2.2.0.4 (2.2.0.4)
Syntax
[SerializableAttribute]
public abstract class ModelElementStraightLine : ModelElement, 
	ISerializable

The ModelElementStraightLine type exposes the following members.

Constructors
  NameDescription
Protected methodModelElementStraightLine
Initializes a new instance of the ModelElementStraightLine class. parameterless constructor for json serialization.
Protected methodModelElementStraightLine(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext)
Initializes a new instance of the ModelElementStraightLine class. Deserialize ModelElementStraightLine.
Protected methodModelElementStraightLine(Int32, BuilderElementStraightLine, IReadOnlyListInt32, ListNode)
Initializes a new instance of the ModelElementStraightLine class. construct a model-element from a grass-element and include additional information.
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Properties
  NameDescription
Protected propertybuilder_element
Gets the raw element from where the base data comes.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertycanBuckle
Gets a value indicating whether buckling is considered when doing cross section optimization or calculating the utilization.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertycolor
Gets or sets the color of the element for some types of rendering. Can be set with a ElemSets-component.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertycolorIsSet
Gets a value indicating whether the element has a color attached.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertycrosec
Gets or sets the cross section of the model element.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyecce
Gets the elements eccentricity.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyecce_glo
Gets the vector of global cross section eccentricity.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyecce_loc
Gets the vector of local cross section eccentricity.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyElem_loads
Gets the elements loads.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyfe_id
Gets the first element index in fe-model. In case of shells there may be more than one finite element connected to a model element and fe_id points to the shells TriMesh-object.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyfe_ind_begin
Gets the first element index in fe-model. in case of shells there may be more than one finite element connected to a model element.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyfe_ind_end
Gets the index of element in femodel that lies one entry beyond the last finite element of the model element.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyfe_node_ind
Gets the index of fe-nodes of fe-elements in fe-model. Can differ from node_ind in case of joints.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyhasEccent
Gets a value indicating whether a cross section has an eccentricity.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyid
Gets the identifier (name) of element.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyind
Gets the zero-based index of element in model. The indexes are consecutively numbered from 0 to number of elements.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyis_visible
Gets or sets a value indicating whether the element is visible.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyIsActive
Gets or sets a value indicating whether the element is active. If inactive the element is removed from the statical model using the soft-kill approach. The FE-model needs to be rebuilt after manipulating this flag.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyStatic membermaximum_nCroSec
Sets maximum number of sections for drawing an element. Gets set in assemble-component with value from ini-file.
Public propertynII
Gets or sets the normal force that induces ThII effects.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertynode_inds
Gets the index of nodes of elements after assembly.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyres_alpha
Gets set/get resulting angle [radians] of rotation of the cross section about the longitudinal element axis relative to the initial local coordinate system.
Public propertyx_ori
Gets the user defined local x-axis of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha).
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyx_ori_given
Gets a value indicating whether a user defined local x-axis is given.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyx_ori_list
Gets the user defined local x-axes of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha).
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyy_ori
Gets the user defined local y-axis of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha).
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyy_ori_given
Gets a value indicating whether a user defined local z-axis is given.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyz_ori
Gets the user defined local z-axis of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha).
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyz_ori_given
Gets a value indicating whether a user defined local z-axis is given.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public propertyz_ori_list
Gets the user defined local z-axes of the element (not including the additional rotation angle alpha).
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
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Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodAccept(ModelElementVisitor)
accept an element visitor.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodAcceptT(IModelElementVisitorT, T)
accept an element visitor.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodAcceptR, T(IModelElementVisitorR, T, T)
accept an element visitor.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodadd
add an element load to the element.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Protected methodaddLoads
add loads connected to this element to its feb-element.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodaddStrainMesh
enrich the given mesh with strain data of this element.
(Overrides ModelElementaddStrainMesh(ListIMesh, Model, ListDouble).)
Public methodaddStressMesh
enrich the given mesh with stress data of this element.
(Overrides ModelElementaddStressMesh(ListIMesh, Model, ListDouble).)
Protected methodaddStressStrainMesh
add element results regarding stresses or strains to the given mesh.
Public methodaddTo
create feb-element and add it to the feb-model.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodaddUtilizationMesh
enrich the given mesh with utilization data of this element.
(Overrides ModelElementaddUtilizationMesh(ListIMesh, Model, ListDouble).)
Public methodbuckling_length
return buckling length in local y-direction or a negative number if not set.
Public methodBuilderElement
Clone the grass-element on which this model-element is based and linked to.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodcharacteristic_length
calculate characteristic length of the element.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodclearLoads
clears the loads of the element. Make sure to clone it before clearing the loads in order to avoid side effects.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodClone
Clone the model element.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodcloneBuilderElement
Clone the grass-element on which this model-element is based and linked to.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodclonedBuilderElement
return the cloned grass-element on which this model-element is based or null.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodcog
calculate the center of gravity of the element.
(Overrides ModelElementcog(Model).)
Public methodcopyFEModelNodeIndexes
update the elements node indexes with those of the underlying finite element. This is necessary when topology of the feb-model changed.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methoddeformationEnergy
calculates axial deformation- and bending energy stored in the element.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methoddrawCroSecForceOutput
add lines of cross section forces diagrams to curves or meshes.
(Overrides ModelElementdrawCroSecForceOutput(Model, ListIMesh, ListPolyLine3, Boolean, Double, ElementStates_OLD).)
Public methodelementLength(Element)
calculates the length of the element in the karamba-model. Does not correspond to the real length in case of springs.
Public methodelementLength(Model)
calculates the length of the element in the karamba-model. Does not correspond to the real length in case of springs.
Public methodEquals
Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodFinalize
Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodfinite_element
Return a feb-element for FE-analysis.
Public methodGetCrossSectionsPositions
Gets positions of cross sections for this ModelElementStraightLine.
Public methodGetCrossSectionsStates_OLD
Determines the states in predefined discrete points of the element.
(Overrides ModelElementGetCrossSectionsStates_OLD(Model, LCSuperPosition, Boolean).)
Public methodGetElementState
Return an Element1DState.
Public methodGetElementStates
Return a collection of Element1DState/.
Public methodGetHashCode
Serves as the default hash function.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodGetObjectData
Serialize ModelElementStraightLine.
(Overrides ModelElementGetObjectData(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext).)
Public methodGetType
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodhas_zero_length
return true if the beam has zero length.
Public methodis_inside
checks whether a straight line element lies partly inside a given Brep.
(Overrides ModelElementis_inside(IInsideBrep).)
Public methodis_vertical
Gets true if element is vertical.
Public methodlocalCoSys(Element)
create local coo-sys of undeformed element.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodlocalCoSys(PointState)
create local coo-sys of deformed element.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodlocalCoSys(IReadOnlyListNode)
create local coordinate system with the resultant axial rotation applied.
Public methodlocalCoSys(IReadOnlyListPoint3)
create local coordinate system with resultant beam rotation about the axis given by the two positions in pos.
Protected methodlocalCoSys(IReadOnlyListNode, Double)
create local coordinate system and rotate it about longitudinal axis by an angle alpha.
Public methodlocalCoSys(IReadOnlyListPoint3, Double)
create local coordinate system with rotation alpha about the axis given by the two positions in pos.
Public methodmaxCroSecForceOutput
Returns the resultant value of the largest cross section force output. Can e.g. be used to scale graphical output.
Protected methodMemberwiseClone
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodmidpoint_disp
return mid-point of deformed element.
(Overrides ModelElementmidpoint_disp(Model, LCSuperPosition).)
Public methodminmaxEpsX
determine extreme axial strains in model for the currently visible loadcase.
(Overrides ModelElementminmaxEpsX(Double, Double, Model, LCSuperPosition).)
Public methodnCroSec(Model)
return number of sections for visual display.
Public methodnCroSec(Model, Element)
return number of sections for visual display. It depends on the user setting for maximum section length.
Public methodpointsOnAxis
creates point at given maximum distance along the axis.
Public methodreferencePointOnZAxis
return reference point on local z-axis for local coordinate system being situated at first element node.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodresultantCroSecForces
calculates resultant normal force (N), shear force (V) and moment (M) in an element.
(Overrides ModelElementresultantCroSecForces(Model, LCSuperPosition, Double, Double, Double).)
Public methodscaledState
return scaled state at given element, location; superimpose loadcases if lc_num is smaller than 0; unscaled load-case for lc_num % model.numLC if lc_num >= model.numLC (is used for retrieval of beam results).
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodscaledStateAtT
return scaled state at given element, location; superimpose loadcases if lc_num is smaller than 0; unscaled load-case for lc_num % model.numLC if lc_num >= model.numLC (is used for retrieval of beam results).
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodset_fe_and_model_index
set the element and fe_element index.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodset_is_active
set activation state of element and synchronize it with fe-model. An extra fe-model-generation step is not necessary. Is therefore fast.
(Overrides ModelElementset_is_active(Model, Boolean).)
Public methodSetNodeInds
set the node indexes of the element.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodsnapElement
change the element if nodes snap together according to the given list of node indexes. returns true if the element was completely snapped.
(Overrides ModelElementsnapElement(ListNode, Double).)
Public methodsplit_elem
The element with index ind is the seed of an element split. Make all splits in the model that are necessary so that feb-model and model are synchronized.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodSurfaceArea
Gets the surface area of the element in [m2].
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodToString
Returns a string that represents the current object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodtotalEccentricity
returns the eccentricity of the element in global coordinates.
(Overrides ModelElementtotalEccentricity(Model).)
Public methodVolume
Get volume of the element in [m3?].
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodweight
return weight of the element in kN.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Public methodx_direction(Node, Node)
Calculate the axial direction vector of the element.
Public methodx_direction(Point3, Point3)
Calculate the axial direction vector of the element.
Public methodx_unit_vector
Generates unit vector in axial direction.
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Fields
  NameDescription
Protected field_eloads
the elements loads.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Protected field_fe_id
index of element in fe-model, in case of shells it is the index oh the trimesh.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Protected field_ind
zero-based index of element in model. The indexes are consecutively numbered from 0 to number of elements.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Protected fieldfe_node_ind_
index of fe-nodes of fe-elements in fe-model. Can differ from node_ind in case of joints.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
Protected fieldnode_inds_
index of nodes of elements after assembly.
(Inherited from ModelElement.)
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