ModelBeam Methods

Get the inverse of the bending stiffness about the y-axis.

Get the inverse of the bending stiffness about the z-axis.

accept an element visitor.

accept an element visitor.

accept an element visitor.

accept an element visitor.

accept an element visitor.

accept an element visitor.

accept an element visitor.

add an element load to the element.

Plots cross section mesh which is colored according to color settings.

add loads connected to this element to its feb-element.

Plots mesh which is colored according to resultant deflection.

enrich the given mesh with strain data of this element.

enrich the given mesh with stress data of this element.

add element results regarding stresses or strains to the given mesh.

create feb-element and add it to the feb-model.

enrich the given mesh with utilization data of this element.

return buckling length in local y-direction or a negative number if not set.

Clone the grass-element on which this model-element is based and linked to.

calculate characteristic length of the element.

clears the loads of the element. Make sure to clone it before clearing the loads in order to avoid side effects.

Clone the model element.

Clone the grass-element on which this model-element is based and linked to.

return the cloned grass-element on which this model-element is based or null.

calculate the center of gravity of the element.

update the elements node indexes with those of the underlying finite element. This is necessary when topology of the feb-model changed.

calculates axial deformation- and bending energy stored in the element.

add lines of cross section forces diagrams to curves or meshes.

Calculates length of element n the FE-model.

calculates the length of the element in the karamba-model. Does not correspond to the real length in case of springs.

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.

Create an feb-element for the feb-model.

Gets positions of cross sections for this ModelElementStraightLine.

Determines the states in predefined discrete points of the element.

Return an Element1DState.

Return a collection of Element1DState/.

Serves as the default hash function.

Serialize ModelElementStraightLine.

Gets the Type of the current instance.

return true if the beam has zero length.

checks whether a straight line element lies partly inside a given Brep.

Gets true if element is vertical.

create local coo-sys of undeformed element.

create local coo-sys of deformed element.

create local coordinate system with the resultant axial rotation applied.

create local coordinate system with resultant beam rotation about the axis given by the two positions in pos.

create local coordinate system and rotate it about longitudinal axis by an angle alpha.

create local coordinate system with rotation alpha about the axis given by the two positions in pos.

Returns the resultant value of the largest cross section force output. Can e.g. be used to scale graphical output.

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

return mid-point of deformed element.

determine extreme axial strains in model for the currently visible loadcase.

return number of sections for visual display.

return number of sections for visual display. It depends on the user setting for maximum section length.

creates point at given maximum distance along the axis.

return reference point on local z-axis for local coordinate system being situated at first element node.

calculates resultant normal force (N), shear force (V) and moment (M) in an element.

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).

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).

set the element and fe_element index.

set activation state of element and synchronize it with fe-model. An extra fe-model-generation step is not necessary. Is therefore fast.

Set the node indices of a beam or truss.

set the node indexes of the element.

change the element if nodes snap together according to the given list of node indexes. returns true if the element was completely snapped.

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.

Gets the surface area of the element in [m2].

Returns a string that represents the current object.

returns the eccentricity of the element in global coordinates.

Get volume of the element in [m3?].

return weight of the element in kN.

Calculate the axial direction vector of the element.

Calculate the axial direction vector of the element.

Generates unit vector in axial direction.