functionrectangle

Function defining the surface characteristic of a planar rectangle

Extends from Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Interfaces.partialSurfaceCharacteristic (Interface for a function returning surface characteristics).

Information

Function rectangle computes the X, Y and Z arrays to visualize a rectangle with model Rectangle. The image below shows two rectangles of

nu = 8,
nv = 3,
lu = 3,
lv = 2.

Inputs

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Integernu (from partialSurfaceCharacteristic)Number of points in u-Dimension
Integernv (from partialSurfaceCharacteristic)Number of points in v-Dimension
BooleanmultiColoredSurface (from partialSurfaceCharacteristic)false= true: Color is defined for each surface point
SI.Distancelu1Length in direction u
SI.Distancelv3Length in direction v

Outputs

TypeNameDefaultDescription
SI.Position[nu,nv]X (from partialSurfaceCharacteristic)[nu,nv] positions of points in x-Direction resolved in surface frame
SI.Position[nu,nv]Y (from partialSurfaceCharacteristic)[nu,nv] positions of points in y-Direction resolved in surface frame
SI.Position[nu,nv]Z (from partialSurfaceCharacteristic)[nu,nv] positions of points in z-Direction resolved in surface frame
Real[if multiColoredSurface then nu else 0,if multiColoredSurface then nv else 0,3]C (from partialSurfaceCharacteristic)[nu,nv,3] Color array, defining the color for each surface point