API_Gable Struct Reference

Defines a cutting plane applied to spatial elements. More...

#include <APIdefs_Elements.h>

Public Attributes
double	a
	Plane coefficients relative to the parent element.
double	b
	Plane coefficients relative to the parent element.
double	c
	Plane coefficients relative to the parent element.
double	d
	Plane coefficients relative to the parent element.
double	xb
	Beginning distance of vertical cut planes from local origin.
double	xe
	End distance of vertical cut planes from local origin.
double	nx
	X component of the normal vector of vertical cut planes (nz always 0.0).
double	ny
	Y component of the normal vector of vertical cut planes (nz always 0.0).
short	cutElem
	Element the gable is generated from (output only).
API_AttributeIndex	material
	Material for the cut surface (output only).
API_Coord **	coords
	Coordinate array, only if cut is limited to a polygon.
Int32 **	pends
	Polygon endpoints; see API_Polygon for more information.
API_PolyArc **	parcs
	Polygon arcs; see API_PolyArc and API_Polygon for more information.

Detailed Description

Defines a cutting plane applied to spatial elements.

Remarks

The a, b, c, d plane coefficients are the parameters of the plane equation: a** x + b y + c z = d Where x, y and z are points in 3D space, a, b and c are the x, y and z components of the surface normal, and d is the distance value. A point whose components are put into x, y and z is on the plane if the above equality is satisfied. All gable data is defined in the local coordinate system of the element. The picture below shows how gable parameters should be interpreted for curved walls:

Wall gable

Note that the coordinates of the limit polygon are transformed (shifted and rotated) into a position relative to the first edge of the zone polygon. To get the real gable polygon coordinates you should transform them back. Check the Dump Zone function in the Element_Manager example project.