Get the C plane coefficient
pwu::Plane c plane
This action sets the dimension of this connector using its current solver settings.
$con calculateDimension
This attribute is the maximum dimension calculated for a connector when using the commands calculateDimension, setDimensionFromSpacing, and setDimensionFromDistribution.
pw::Connector get/setCalculateDimensionMaximum dimension
This attribute is the dimension of a connector when it is created implicitly or when the calculateDimension action is called.
pw::Connector get/setCalculateDimensionMethod method
This attribute is the default average spacing between successive grid points.
pw::Connector get/setCalculateDimensionSpacing spacing
Return a transform matrix that scales a given point from one location to another anchored at a third point
pwu::Transform calculatedScaling anchor start end ?tol?
This action computes the growth rate for a given layer in a boundary layer.
pw::Grid calculateGrowthRateAtLayer layer numLinearLayers numAccelerationLayers growthAcceleration defaultGrowthRate
This action computes the growth rate schedule from a set of growth parameters, such as those returned by the calculateLaminarGrowth or calculateTurbulentGrowth actions.
pw::Grid calculateGrowthRateSchedule numLinearLayers numAccelerationLayers growthAcceleration
This action computes anisotropic growth parameters for a laminar boundary layer.
pw::Grid calculateLaminarGrowth reynoldsNumber characteristicLength initialSpacingFactor
This action computes anisotropic growth parameters for a turbulent boundary layer.
pw::Grid calculateTurbulentGrowth reynoldsNumber characteristicLength yPlus
This action computes the view to center the specified extents in the display with the given view angle.
pw::Display calculateView ?-center? ?-view direction? ?-up direction? extent_minimum extent_maximum
Returns 1 if file type supports file validation.
pw::Application getFileTypeAttribute filetype_id CanCheckValidFile
This action checks if there is data that will be converted when the read action is used.
$io canConvert
This action checks if there is data that will be converted when the read action is used.
$io canConvert
This action checks if there is data that will be converted when the read action is used.
$io canConvert
This action checks whether a node is required by its parent node.
$node canDelete
Returns 1 if file type supports BC/VC import.
pw::Application getFileTypeAttribute filetype_id CanImportConditions
This action returns true if the entity can be re-extruded.
$entity canReExtrude
This action returns true if the entity can be re-extruded.
$entity canReExtrude
This action returns true if the entity can be re-extruded.
$entity canReExtrude
This action returns true if the entity can be re-extruded.
$entity canReExtrude
This action checks if the dimensions can be reset to a previous balanced state.
$dim canReset
This action checks if there is data that will be written out when the write action is used.
$io canWrite
This action checks if there is data that will be written out when the write action is used.
$io canWrite
This action checks if there is data that will be written out when the write action is used.
$io canWrite
$io get/setAttribute CellCombineAnisotropic att_value
Controls the export of cell sets and zones.
pw::Application get/setCAESolverAttribute CellExport value
Get the center point of an extents box
pwu::Extents center ext
This attribute specifies the maximum centroid skew quality threshold for T-Rex cells.
$mesher get/setCentroidSkewness < Automatic | value >
This action changes the value of a named spacing value.
pw::Spacing changeNamedValue name value
Queries a remote overset assembly server about whether it supports the current OGA assembler.
pw::Overset checkAssembler -host host -port port
Validate the current overset grid assembler.
pw::Overset checkAttributeTree resultsVar
This action checks if a break point can be added at a given location.
$con checkBreakPoint ?< -control | -arc >? value
This action checks for the number of unsupported entities that will be ignored or deleted if the file is loaded.
pw::Application checkCAEUnsupportedEntities ?-ignoreCAESolver? fileName
This action checks for the number of unsupported entities that will be ignored or deleted if the file is loaded.
$loader checkCAEUnsupportedEntities
This action checks the results of deleting the given entities, without actually deleting the entities.
pw::Entity checkDelete ?-freed freedVar? ?-unconstrained unconstrainedVar? ?-constraining constrainingVar? entities
This action checks if the connector’s distributions on all of its subconnectors could be applied as requested.
$con checkDistributionValidity
This action checks for duplicate entities.
$loader checkForDuplicateEntities
This action checks for duplicate rules.
$loader checkForDuplicateRules
This action checks if loading the given file would result in duplicate named entities.
pw::Application checkForDuplicates ?-rules ruleVar? filename
This action checks if a list of entities are valid for the given settings.
pw::Grid checkForInvalidEntities -type file_type ?-facesOnly? ?-invalid invalid_var? entity_list
This action checks if loading the given file would result in missing references.
pw::Application checkForMissingReferences ?-local? filename
This action checks if importing the given file would result in missing references.
pw::Grid checkForMissingReferences ?-type file_type? ?-format file_format? ?-precision fp_precision? ?-missing missingVar? filename
This action checks to see if the file has any missing references.
$loader checkForMissingReferences
This attribute is the class of the attribute dictionary.
$attr get/setClass class
This action classifies how a surface was created during the last call to createSurfacesFromCurves or createPatch.
$fitter classifySurface surf
This action clears any computed data.
$examine clear
This action clears the shape.
$shape clear
This action deletes all children and resets all attributes of a node.
$node clear
This action clears the shape.
$shape clear
This action clears the shape.
$shape clear
This action sets the surface to the initial cleared state.
$surface clear
This action removes all the attachment points from a framework
$parent clearAttachmentPoints
This action clears the body motion data linked to a node of the hierarchy.
$node clearBodyMotionData
This action clears a manually set center point of the given quilt.
$splitter clearCenterPoint point
Clear the contents of the application clipboard.
pw::Application clearClipboard
This action deletes the grid entities associated with this grid shape.
$shape clearGridEntities
Undefines the grid mirror plane.
pw::Grid clearMirrorPlane
This action resets the flags that track whether or not modifications have occurred.
pw::Application clearModified
This action clears the out of sync flags for this grid entity, even though the grid points may be out of sync with it’s sources or attributes.
$entity clearOutOfSync
This action clears any overrides previously set for the current solver.
$solver clearOverrides
This action clears any overrides previously set for the current solver.
$solver clearOverrides
This action clears overset grid assembly data from the block.
$block clearOversetData
This action explicitly clears all entities in the size field source from affecting the grid of this entity
$entity clearSizeFieldEntities
This action clears all explicitly included entities in the size field source from affecting the grid generated by this shape
$shape clearSizeFieldEntities
This action clears the view specified by slot or name.
pw::Display clearView < slot | name >
This action returns the smallest distance or closest approach between the given database entities.
pw::DatabaseEntity closestApproach ?-seed seedPt? -result1Var pt1? ?-result2Var pt2? entities1 entities2
This action gets the control point on this connector closest to the given point.
$con closestControlPoint ?-from fromVar? ?-distance distVar? ?-parameter paramVar? ?-index indexVar? point ?dir?
This action gets the control point on this curve closest to the given point or ray.
$curve closestControlPoint ?-from fromVar? ?-distance distVar? ?-index indexVar? point ?dir?
This action gets the control point on this source curve closest to the given point.
$srcCrv closestControlPoint ?-from fromVar? ?-distance distVar? ?-parameter paramVar? ?-index indexVar? point ?dir?
This action gets the grid coordinate that is closest to the given point.
$entity closestCoordinate ?-boundary? ?-distance distVar? point ?dir?
This action gets the closest point on this connector to the given point.
$con closestPoint ?-from fromVar? ?-distance distVar? ?-parameter paramVar? point ?dir?
This action gets the closest point on a database entity from a given point.
pw::Database closestPoint ?-parametric? ?-projection? ?-explicit entity_or_boundary_list | -mode mode? ?-state stateVar? ?-xyz? points ?dir?
This action gets the closest point on this entity to the given point or ray.
$entity closestPoint ?-from fromVar? ?-distance distVar? ?-interval limits? point ?dir?
This action gets the closest point on this entity to the given point or ray.
$entity closestPoint ?-from fromVar? ?-distance distVar? ?-surfaces surf_list? point ?dir?
This action gets the closest point on this segment to the given point or ray.
$segment closestPoint ?-from fromVar? ?-distance distVar? ?-parameter paramVar? point ?dir?
This action gets the closest point on this source curve to the given point or ray.
$srcCrv closestPoint ?-from fromVar? ?-distance distVar? ?-parameter paramVar? point ?dir?
This attribute is the minimum buffer to be maintained between encroaching extruded tetrahedra of an unstructured block when it is created.
$mesher get/setCollisionBuffer < Automatic | value >
This attribute is the color of the entity.
$entity get/setColor color
This attribute is the color of the rule.
$rule get/setColor color
This attribute is the color mode for rendering an entity.
$entity get/setRenderAttribute ColorMode mode
This action combines two points or grid coordinates in different ways.
pw::Application combine < -X | -Y | -Z | -U | -V > < point1 | coord1 > < point2 | coord2 >
This action combines anisotropic tet and pyramid cells in TRex-defined blocks into tet, pyramid, prism and hex cells.
pw::BlockUnstructured combineAnisoCells blocks
This action compresses the shell reducing the memory usage.
$shell compress
Flow compressibility.
pw::Application get/setCAESolverAttribute Compressibility value
This action computes the transform for the framework such that, if applied, would line up the parent attachment point and the child attachment point in the global transform space.
$parent computeAttachTransform parent_path parent_attachment_point child_path child_attachment_point
This action computes the transform from one framework coordinate system to another.
pw::Framework computeTransform ?-from path? ?-to path?
This attribute is the condition type of the T-Rex condition.
$tc get/setConditionType type
This default is the condition type of a T-Rex condition when created.
pw::TRexCondition get/setDefault ConditionType type
This attribute is the connector tolerance of grid entities and operations.
pw::Grid get/setConnectorTolerance tolerance
Get the plane constant (D coefficient)
pwu::Plane constant plane
This action specifies if a collection contains a given entity.
$collection contains entity
This action returns true if the group contains an entity.
$group contains entity ?entity ...?
This action checks to see if a rule contains a specified entity.
$rule contains entity
The threshold value for the minimum curving cost smoothing function.
$block get/setHighOrderSolverAttribute ConvergenceCostThreshold value
The default minimum curving cost threshold value assigned to a block when it is created.
pw::Block get/setDefault ConvergenceCostThreshold value
This action converts the data read in by creating pw::DatabaseEntity objects based on the imported data.
$io convert
This action converts the data read in by creating pw::GridEntity objects based on the imported data.
$io convert
This action converts the data read in by creating pw::SourceEntity objects based on the imported data.
$io convert
This action transforms a direction from one framework coordinate system to another framework coordinate system.
pw::Framework convertDirection ?-from path? ?-to path? direction
This action transforms a normal vector from one framework coordinate system to another framework coordinate system.
pw::Framework convertNormal ?-from path? ?-to path? normal
This action transforms a point from one framework coordinate system to another framework coordinate system.
pw::Framework convertPoint ?-from path? ?-to path? < point | coord >
This action creates a copy of the distribution.
$dist copy
This action returns a copy of the object.
$node copy
This action creates a new attribute dictionary object.
pw::AttributeDictionary create
This action creates a new extruded block object.
pw::BlockExtruded create
This action creates a new structured block object.
pw::BlockStructured create
This action creates a new unstructured block object.
pw::BlockUnstructured create
This action creates a new boundary condition object.
pw::BoundaryCondition create
This action creates a new collection object.
pw::Collection create
This action creates a new connector object.
pw::Connector create
This action creates a new curve object.
pw::Curve create
This action creates a new cut plane object.
pw::CutPlane create
This action creates a new automatic distribution function object.
pw::DistributionAutomatic create
This action creates a new general distribution function object from a list of subconnectors.
pw::DistributionGeneral create subcon_list
This action creates a new geometric distribution function object.
pw::DistributionGeometric create
This action creates a new shape distribution function object.
pw::DistributionGrowth create
This action creates a new MRQS distribution function object.
pw::DistributionMRQS create
This action creates a new shape distribution function object.
pw::DistributionShape create
This action creates a new Tanh distribution function object.
pw::DistributionTanh create
This action creates a new structured domain object.
pw::DomainStructured create
This action creates a new unstructured domain object.
pw::DomainUnstructured create
This action creates a new edge object.
pw::Edge create
This action creates an examine object.
pw::Examine create type
This action creates a new examine filter object.
pw::ExamineFilter create
This action creates a new structured face object.
pw::FaceStructured create
This action creates a new unstructured face object.
pw::FaceUnstructured create
This action creates a new grid shape object.
pw::GridShape create
This action creates a new group object.
pw::Group create
This action creates a new database note object.
pw::Note create
This action creates a new database plane object.
pw::Plane create
This action creates a new database point object.
pw::Point create
This action creates a new rule object.
pw::Rule create
This action creates a new circle segment object.
pw::SegmentCircle create
This action creates a new conic segment object.
pw::SegmentConic create
This action creates a new connector spline segment object.
pw::SegmentSpline create
This action creates a new database constrained point interpolating segment object.
pw::SegmentSurfaceSpline create
This action creates a new trim curve segment object.
pw::SegmentTrim create
This action creates a new database shape object.
pw::Shape create
This action creates a new source curve object.
pw::SourceCurve create
This action creates a new source point object.
pw::SourcePoint create
This action creates a new source point cloud object.
pw::SourcePointCloud create
This action creates a new source shape object.
pw::SourceShape create
This action creates a new explicit spacing object.
pw::SpacingExplicit create
This action creates a new surface object.
pw::Surface create
This action creates a new T-Rex condition object.
pw::TRexCondition create
This action creates a new volume condition object.
pw::VolumeCondition create
This action creates a new pw::Framework object and adds it as a child.
$parent createChild ?entities?
This action creates a string that, when displayed in the Messages window, creates a link to a set of entities.
pw::Script createEntityLink ?-title string? link_text entities
This action creates new structured domain objects from the given connectors.
pw::DomainStructured createFromConnectors ?-manifold? ?-solid? ?-reject rejectVar? connectors
This action creates new unstructured domain objects from the given connectors.
pw::DomainUnstructured createFromConnectors ?-manifold? ?-solid? ?-reject rejectVar? connectors
This action creates new edge objects from the given connectors.
pw::Edge createFromConnectors ?-single? connectors
This action automatically creates new surfaces using the given curves as boundaries for Coons patches.
pw::Surface createFromCurves ?-tolerance tol? curves
This action automatically creates new trim surfaces using the given intersection, projection and boundary curves as boundaries.
pw::SurfaceTrim createFromCurves curves
This action creates new structured block objects from the given domains.
pw::BlockStructured createFromDomains ?-poleDomains poleDomainsVar? ?-reject rejectVar? domains
This action creates new unstructured block objects from the given domains.
pw::BlockUnstructured createFromDomains ?-reject rejectVar? ?-fillVoids? ?-voids voidsVar? ?-addBaffles? ?-baffles bafflesVar? domains
This action creates new structured face objects from the given domains.
pw::FaceStructured createFromDomains ?-single? domains
This command creates new unstructured face objects from the given domains.
pw::FaceUnstructured createFromDomains ?-single? domains
This action, given at least one cell-type array and an extruded path of a list of lists of xyz vector values, creates an extruded block.
pw::BlockExtruded createFromPoints ?-triangles tricellArray? ?-quadrilaterals quadCellArray? ?-splitAngle angle? ?-splitMultiLoop? extrudePoints
This action, given a list of lists of lists of xyz values, creates a new structured block from those xyz values.
pw::BlockStructured createFromPoints points
This action, given a list of xyz vector values and at least one cell-type array, creates a new unstructured block.
pw::BlockUnstructured createFromPoints ?-tetrahedrons tetCellArray? ?-pyramids pyramidCellArray? ?-prisms prismCellArray? ?-hexahedrons hexCellArray? ?-splitAngle angle? ?-splitMultiloop? points
This action, given a list of XYZ vector values or database-constrained points, creates a new connector.
pw::Connector createFromPoints points
This action, given a list of lists of xyz vector values or database-constrained points, creates a new domain.
pw::DomainStructured createFromPoints points
This action, given a list of point values (XYZ or database- constrained) and at least one cell-type array, creates a new unstructured domain.
pw::DomainUnstructured createFromPoints ?-triangles triCellArray? ?-quadrilaterals quadCellArray? ?-splitAngle angle? ?-splitMultiloop? points
This action automatically creates new database trim surfaces using the given surfaces and its limits as the boundaries.
pw::SurfaceTrim createFromSurfaces surfaces
This action creates grid entities on the database entities of this mode.
$mesher createGridEntities ent_type
This command creates the volume grid entities according to the attributes applied to the pw::VolumeMesher mode such as mesh type, farfield shape, symmetry specifications, size field decay, etc.
$mesher createGridEntities
This function creates new groups from the specified quilts.
$quilter createGroup $quilts
Controls generation of a log file for debugging.
pw::Application get/setCAESolverAttribute CreateLog value
This action creates models from the current shape.
$shape createModels
This action defines a named spacing value.
pw::Spacing createNamedValue ?name ?value??
This action creates new connector objects on the given database entities.
pw::Connector createOnDatabase ?-merge tolerance? ?-splitConnectors split_angle? ?-joinConnectors join_angle? ?-parametricConnectors mode? ?-reject rejectVar? ?-type type? entity_or_boundary_list
This action creates new structured domain objects on the given database entities.
pw::DomainStructured createOnDatabase ?-merge tolerance? ?-splitConnectors split_angle? ?-joinConnectors join_angle? ?-parametricConnectors mode? ?-reject rejectVar? entities
This creates new unstructured domain objects on the given database entities.
pw::DomainUnstructured createOnDatabase ?-merge tolerance? ?-splitConnectors split_angle? ?-joinConnectors join_con_angle? ?-joinDomains join_dom_angle? ?-parametricConnectors mode? ?-reject rejectVar? entities
This action creates a single surface patch between the given rails.
$fitter createPatch ?-tolerance tol? ?-surfaceTolerance tol? ?-fitThreshhold threshold? ?-interior? rail1 rail2 rail3 rail4
This action creates a periodic copy of this connector.
$con createPeriodic < -translate vector | -rotate point normal angle >
This action creates a periodic copy of this domain.
$dom createPeriodic < -translate vector | -rotate point normal angle >
This action creates a string that, when displayed in the Messages window, creates a link to a point or list of points.
pw::Script createPointLink ?-title string? link_text points
This action creates a selection mask for use with selectEntities.
pw::Display createSelectionMask ?-requireConnector filters? ?-requireDomain filters? ?-requireBlock filters? ?-requireDatabase filters? ?-requireDatabaseBoundary filters? ?-requireSpacing filters? ?-requireSource filters? ?-blockConnector filters? ?-blockDomain filters? ?-blockBlock filters? ?-blockDatabase filters? ?-blockSpacing filters? ?-blockSource filters?
This action creates a subgrid on this block.
$block createSubGrid min_ijk max_ijk
This action creates a subgrid on this domain.
$dom createSubGrid min_ij max_ij
This action automatically creates new surfaces using the given curves as boundaries for Coons patches and trimmed planes.
pw::Database createSurfacesFromCurves ?-tolerance tol? ?-surfaceTolerance tol? ?-fitTolerance tol? ?-fitInterior threshold? ?-fitEntities entities? ?-fittedSurfaces fittedVar? curves
This action automatically creates new surfaces using the given curves as boundaries for Coons patches and trimmed planes.
$fitter createSurfacesFromCurves curves
Return the cross product of two vectors
pwu::Vector3 cross vec1 vec2
This attribute is the current layer which is always visible and new entities are added to this layer.
pw::Display get/setCurrentLayer layer
This attribute is the curvature angle resolution in degrees.
$mesher get/setCurvatureResolutionAngle angle
This attribute is the maximum distance allowed between the analytic and discrete shape of a connector.
pw::Connector get/setCurveMaximumDeviation distance
This attribute is the maximum distance deviation allowed.
$dist get/setCurveMaximumDeviation distance
This attribute is the maximum distance allowed between the analytic and discrete shape of a connector.
$dist get/setCurveMaximumDeviation distance
This action sets the list of entities to the next color in the cycle.
pw::Entity cycleColors entities
This action sets the shape to a cylinder, cone or disk.
$shape cylinder ?-radius value? ?-topRadius value? ?-length value?
This action sets the shape to a cylinder, cone or disk.
$shape cylinder ?-radius value? ?-topRadius value? ?-length value?
This action sets the shape to a cylinder, cone or disk.
$shape cylinder ?-radius value? ?-topRadius value? ?-length value?