Creating the Feed Pin

Create a feed pin by searching and navigating the documentation.

1. Search for line in the integrated help.
   The results returned in response to the line query includes Line (object).
2. Double-click Line (object).

   
   

   

   
   Figure 1. A snippet of the Line object which shows the Parent collection list.

3. Click on the GeometryCollection hyperlink to navigate to the :AddLine(startpoint, endpoint) method.

   
   

   

   
   Figure 2. A snippet of the GeometryCollection which shows the :AddLine method.

Create two points that will be used to create a line.

4. Create two points.

   startPoint = cf.Point(0, 0, 0)
   endPoint = cf.Point(0, 0, -0.551)
   my_line = myProject.Geometry:AddLine(startPoint, endPoint)

5. Run the script created up to this point to view the progress in the GUI.
   Note:

   After running the script note that the geometry tree in the GUI contains two parts: Line1 and Rectangle1.

   
   

   

   
   Figure 3. The result of the CADFEKO GUI after running the script.

   Tip: The labels Line1 and Rectangle1 are default labels created by CADFEKO.
   Note: myLine and myRectangle are handles and not labels.
6. Modify the label for Line1 to have the same label as the handle variable.

   my_line.Label = "my_line_Line1"

The line and rectangle must be unioned to ensure a connected mesh.

7. Search for union in the integrated help.
   The results returned in response to the union query includes Union (method).
8. Double-click the Union (method).

   
   

   

   
   Figure 4. A snippet of the GeometryCollection which shows the :Union method.

9. Union all the geometry in the model using the following syntax:

   my_Union = my_project.Geometry:Union()

   After applying the Union (method) to the two parts, a union (object) is obtained.

   Tip: Alternatively you can use the following syntax:

   Union1 = my_project.Geometry:Union()

   The handle name will then be identical to the label.

   Tip: Union specific geometry using the following syntax:

   :Union({geometry1, geometry2})

   
   

   

   
   Figure 5. A snippet of the GeometryCollection which shows the :Union method that is applied only to a list of parts.