DividedDisk

The Divided disk object is a disk divided into blocks for easy hexahedral meshing. Two division patterns are available :

• A square pattern, which is frequently used;
• A hexagonal pattern, which ensures a better mesh quality and especially less acute or obtuse angles.

Moreover, this shape can be used as a basis in an Extrusion along a path operation in order to obtain any tube shape prepared for hexahedral meshing (see example below). (Another alternative is to create a 2D mesh on the divided disk and create a 3D mesh by extrusion in the SMESH module.)

Example:

To create a Divided Disk in the Main Menu select New Entity - > Advanced - > DividedDisk

There are 2 ways to create a Divided Disk in 3D space.
For both operations : Specify the parameters of the DividedDisk object creation in the opened dialog box and press "Apply" or "Apply & Close" button. The result of each operation will be a GEOM_Object.

At first it is possible to define a disk by its radius and orientation (plane "OXY", "OYZ" or "OZX"). The resulting disk is located at the origin of coordinates

TUI Command: geompy.MakeDividedDisk(Radius, Orientation, Pattern)

Arguments:

• Radius - Radius of the disk
• Orientation - Plane on wich the disk will be built
• Pattern - Division pattern

At second the disk can be defined by its center, normal and radius.

TUI Command: geompy.MakeDividedDiskPntVecR(Center, Vector, Radius, Pattern)

Arguments:

• Center - Center of the disk
• Vector - Normal to the plane of the disk
• Radius - Radius of the disk
• Pattern - Division pattern

Our TUI Scripts provide you with useful examples of creation of Advanced objects.