Creating Surfaces

This example provides information on creating surfaces. Different surfaces are seen in the part if you go to the Modeling browser.

Use this procedure to create a surface:

  1. Create Part object to contain the Bodies and Add it to the Station .

  2. Create a surface circle

  3. Create surface from curve

    • Create a curve, that must be closed

    • Create surface

  4. Create a surface polygon

  5. Create a surface rectangle

Solution

  1. Create Part object to contain the Bodies and Add it to the Station.

    Part p = new Part();
p.Name = "My_Surfaces";
station.GraphicComponents.Add(p);

  2. Create a surface circle

    Matrix4 matrix_origo = new Matrix4(new Vector3(Axis.X), 0.0);
Body b1 = Body.CreateSurfaceCircle(matrix_origo, 0.5);
b1.Name = "Surface circle";
p.Bodies.Add(b1);

  3. Create surface from curve

    • Create a curve, that must be closed

      Vector3 v1 = new Vector3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
Vector3 v2 = new Vector3(0.5, 0.5, 0.0);
Vector3 v3 = new Vector3(0.2, -0.2, 0.0);
Vector3 v4 = new Vector3(-0.2, -0.3, 0.0);
Vector3 v5 = new Vector3(-0.3, 0.2, 0.0);
Vector3[] vertices = new Vector3[6] { v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v1 };
Body spline = Body.CreateSpline(vertices, 0.0);
spline.Name = "Spline";
p.Bodies.Add(spline);

    • Create surface

      Body b2 = Body.CreateSurfaceFromCurve(spline.Shells[0].Wires[0]);
b2.Name = "Curve surface";
p.Bodies.Add(b2);

  4. Create a surface polygon

    Vector3 vector_origo = new Vector3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
Body b3 = Body.CreateSurfacePolygon(vector_origo, new Vector3(0.5, 0.5, 0.5), 8);
b3.Name = "Surface Polygon";
p.Bodies.Add(b3);

  5. Create a surface rectangle

    Body b4 = Body.CreateSurfaceRectangle(matrix_origo, 0.2, 0.5);
b4.Name = "Surface Rectangle";
p.Bodies.Add(b4);

Example

This example provides information on creating surfaces.

public void BodyCreateSurfaces()
{
    NewStation();
    Project.UndoContext.BeginUndoStep("BodyCreateSurfaces");
    try
    {
        Station station = Station.ActiveStation;

        // Create a part to contain the bodies.
        Part p = new Part();
        p.Name = "My_Surfaces";
        station.GraphicComponents.Add(p);

        // Create a surface circle.
        Matrix4 matrix_origo = new Matrix4(new Vector3(Axis.X), 0.0);
        Body b1 = Body.CreateSurfaceCircle(matrix_origo, 0.5);
        b1.Name = "Surface circle";
        p.Bodies.Add(b1);

        // Create surface from curve.
        // Create a curve, that must be closed.
        Vector3 v1 = new Vector3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
        Vector3 v2 = new Vector3(0.5, 0.5, 0.0);
        Vector3 v3 = new Vector3(0.2, -0.2, 0.0);
        Vector3 v4 = new Vector3(-0.2, -0.3, 0.0);
        Vector3 v5 = new Vector3(-0.3, 0.2, 0.0);
        Vector3[] vertices = new Vector3[6] { v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v1 };
        Body spline = Body.CreateSpline(vertices, 0.0);
        spline.Name = "Spline";
        p.Bodies.Add(spline);
        Body b2 = Body.CreateSurfaceFromCurve(spline.Shells[0].Wires[0]);
        b2.Name = "Curve surface";
        p.Bodies.Add(b2);

        // Create a surface polygon.
        Vector3 vector_origo = new Vector3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
        Body b3 = Body.CreateSurfacePolygon(vector_origo, new Vector3(0.5, 0.5, 0.5), 8);
        b3.Name = "Surface Polygon";
        p.Bodies.Add(b3);

        // Create a surface rectangle.
        Body b4 = Body.CreateSurfaceRectangle(matrix_origo, 0.2, 0.5);
        b4.Name = "Surface Rectangle";
        p.Bodies.Add(b4);
    }
    catch
    {
        Project.UndoContext.CancelUndoStep(CancelUndoStepType.Rollback);
        throw;
    }
    finally
    {
        Project.UndoContext.EndUndoStep();
    }
}

Required Namespaces

ABB.Robotics.RobotStudio

ABB.Robotics.RobotStudio.Stations

See Also