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Modeling: Revolving a sketch

This example shows how to use the revolve_sketch() method to revolve a sketch around an axis to create a 3D body. You can also specify the angle of revolution to create a partial body.

# Imports
from ansys.geometry.core import launch_modeler
from ansys.geometry.core.math import (
  Plane,
  Point2D,
  Point3D,
  UNITVECTOR3D_X,
  UNITVECTOR3D_Z,
)
from ansys.geometry.core.misc import UNITS, Angle
from ansys.geometry.core.sketch import Sketch

Initialize the modeler

# Initialize the modeler for this example notebook
m = launch_modeler()
print(m)

Ansys Geometry Modeler (0x1ab6325a570)

Ansys Geometry Modeler Client (0x1ab4fc33260)
  Target:     localhost:700
  Connection: Healthy

Example: Creating a quarter of a donut

The following code snippets show how to use the revolve_sketch() function to create a quarter of a 3D donut. The process involves defining a quarter of a circle as a profile and then revolving it around the Z-axis to create a 3D body.

Initialize the sketch design

Create a design sketch named quarter-donut.

# Initialize the donut sketch design
design = m.create_design("quarter-donut")

Define circle parameters

Set path_radius, which represents the radius of the circular path that the profile circle sweeps along, to 5 units. Set profile_radius, which represents the radius of the profile circle that sweeps along the path to create the donut body, to 2 units.

# Donut parameters
path_radius = 5
profile_radius = 2

Create the profile circle

Create a circle on the XZ plane centered at the coordinates (5, 0, 0) and useprofile_radius to define the radius. This circle serves as the profile or cross-sectional shape of the donut.

# Create the circular profile on the XZ-plane centered at (5, 0, 0)
# with a radius of 2
plane_profile = Plane(
    origin=Point3D([path_radius, 0, 0]),
    direction_x=UNITVECTOR3D_X,
    direction_y=UNITVECTOR3D_Z,
)
profile = Sketch(plane=plane_profile)
profile.circle(Point2D([0, 0]), profile_radius)

profile.plot()

Perform the revolve operation

Revolve the profile circle around the Z axis to create a quarter of a donut body. Set the angle of revolution to 90 degrees in the default direction, which is counterclockwise.

# Revolve the profile around the Z axis and center in the absolute origin
# for an angle of 90 degrees
design.revolve_sketch(
    "quarter-donut-body",
    sketch=profile,
    axis=UNITVECTOR3D_Z,
    angle=Angle(90, unit=UNITS.degrees),
    rotation_origin=Point3D([0, 0, 0]),
)

design.plot()

Perform a revolve operation with a negative angle of revolution

You can use a negative angle of revolution to create a quarter of a donut in the opposite direction. The following code snippet shows how to create a quarter of a donut in the clockwise direction. The same profile circle is used, but the angle of revolution is set to -90 degrees.

# Initialize the donut sketch design
design = m.create_design("quarter-donut-negative")

# Revolve the profile around the Z axis and center in the absolute origin
# for an angle of -90 degrees (clockwise)
design.revolve_sketch(
    "quarter-donut-body-negative",
    sketch=profile,
    axis=UNITVECTOR3D_Z,
    angle=Angle(-90, unit=UNITS.degrees),
    rotation_origin=Point3D([0, 0, 0]),
)

design.plot()

Close the modeler

# Close the modeler
m.close()

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