Beam

class compas_timber.elements.Beam

Bases: Element

A class to represent timber beams (studs, slats, etc.) with rectangular cross-sections.

Parameters:

framecompas.geometry.Frame

A local coordinate system of the beam: Origin is located at the starting point of the centerline. x-axis corresponds to the centerline (major axis), usually also the fibre direction in solid wood beams. y-axis corresponds to the width of the cross-section, usually the smaller dimension. z-axis corresponds to the height of the cross-section, usually the larger dimension.

lengthfloat

Length of the beam

widthfloat

Width of the cross-section

heightfloat

Height of the cross-section

Attributes:

frameFrame

The coordinate system (frame) of this beam.

lengthfloat

Length of the beam.

widthfloat

Width of the cross-section

heightfloat

Height of the cross-section

shapeBox

A feature-less box representing the parametric geometry of this beam.

blankBox

A feature-less box representing the material stock geometry to produce this beam.

ref_frameFrame

Reference frame for machining processes according to BTLx standard.

ref_sidestuple(Frame)

A tuple containing the 6 frames representing the sides of the beam according to BTLx standard.

ref_edgestuple(Line)

A tuple containing the 4 lines representing the long edges of the beam according to BTLx standard.

faceslist(Frame)

A list of frames representing the 6 faces of this beam. 0: +y (side’s frame normal is equal to the beam’s Y positive direction) 1: +z 2: -y 3: -z 4: -x (side at the starting end) 5: +x (side at the end of the beam)

centerlineLine

A line representing the centerline of this beam.

centerline_startPoint

The point at the start of the centerline of this beam.

centerline_endPoint

The point at the end of the centerline of this beam.

aabbtuple(float, float, float, float, float, float)

An axis-aligned bounding box of this beam as a 6 valued tuple of (xmin, ymin, zmin, xmax, ymax, zmax).

long_edgeslist(Line)

A list containing the 4 lines along the long axis of this beam.

midpointPoint

The point at the middle of the centerline of this beam.

keyint, optional

Once beam is added to a model, it will have this model-wide-unique integer key.

Methods

add_blank_extension	Adds a blank extension to the beam.
add_features	Adds one or more features to the beam.
compute_aabb	Computes the Axis Aligned Bounding Box (AABB) of the element.
compute_collision_mesh	Computes the collision geometry of the element.
compute_geometry	Compute the geometry of the element.
compute_obb	Computes the Oriented Bounding Box (OBB) of the element.
endpoint_closest_to_point	Returns which endpoint of the centerline of the beam is closer to the given point.
extension_to_plane	Returns the amount by which to extend the beam in each direction using metric units.
from_centerline	Define the beam from its centerline.
from_endpoints	Creates a Beam from the given endpoints.
remove_blank_extension	Removes a blank extension from the beam.
remove_features	Removes a feature from the beam.

Inherited Methods

ToString	Converts the instance to a string.
add_feature	Add a feature to the list of features of the lement.
compute_worldtransformation	Compute the transformation to world coordinates of this element based on its position in the spatial hierarchy of the model.
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.