BallNodeFastener

class compas_timber.elements.BallNodeFastener[source]

Bases: Fastener

A class to represent timber fasteners (screws, dowels, brackets).

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Parameters:
elementslist(Element)

The elements that are connected with this fastener.

Attributes:
frameFrame

The coordinate system (frame) of this fastener.

elementslist(Element)

The elements that are connected with this fastener.

Methods

compute_collision_mesh

Computes the collision geometry of the element.

compute_geometry

Returns the geometry of the fastener including all interfaces.

update_interface

Inherited Methods

ToString

Converts the instance to a string.

add_feature

Add a feature to the list of features of the element.

apply_features

Apply the features to the (base) geometry.

compute_aabb

Computes the Axis Aligned Bounding Box (AABB) of the geometry of the element.

compute_contacts

Compute the contacts between this element and another element.

compute_elementgeometry

Returns the geometry of the fastener in the model.

compute_modelgeometry

Compute the geometry of the element in model coordinates and taking into account the effect of interactions with connected elements.

compute_modeltransformation

Compute the transformation to model coordinates of this element based on its position in the spatial hierarchy of the model.

compute_obb

Computes the Oriented Bounding Box (OBB) of the geometry of the element.

compute_point

Computes a reference point for the element geometry (e.g.

compute_surface_mesh

Computes the triangulated surface mesh of the element's model geometry.

compute_volumetric_mesh

Computes the tetrahedral volumetric mesh of the element's model geometry.

copy

Make an independent copy of the data object.

from_json

Construct an object of this type from a JSON file.

from_jsonstring

Construct an object of this type from a JSON string.

sha256

Compute a hash of the data for comparison during version control using the sha256 algorithm.

to_json

Convert an object to its native data representation and save it to a JSON file.

to_jsonstring

Convert an object to its native data representation and save it to a JSON string.

transform

Transforms the element.

transformed

Creates a transformed copy of the element.

validate_data

Validate the data against the object's data schema.