Surface

class ansys.fluent.visualization.graphics.graphics_objects.Surface(name, parent, api_helper)

Provides for displaying surface graphics.

Parameters:

name

parent

api_helper

.. code-block:: python

from ansys.fluent.visualization import Graphics

graphics_session = Graphics(session) surface1 = graphics_session.Surfaces[“surface-1”] surface1.definition.type = “iso-surface” surface1.definition.iso_surface.field= “velocity-magnitude” surface1.definition.iso_surface.rendering= “contour” surface1.definition.iso_surface.iso_value = 0.0 surface1.display(“window-0”)

Attributes

Member	Summary
definition	Specify surface definition type.
show_edges	Show edges for surface.

Commands

Command	Summary
display	Display graphics.
get_ancestors_by_name
get_ancestors_by_type
get_path
get_root
get_session
get_session_handle

ansys.fluent.core.post_objects.post_object_definitions.SurfaceDefn.definition

Attributes

Member	Summary
iso_surface	Iso surface definition.
plane_surface	Plane surface definition.
type	Surface type.
type.allowed_values	type allowed values.

Commands

Command	Summary
get_ancestors_by_name
get_ancestors_by_type
get_path
get_root
get_session
get_session_handle

Included in

Parent	Summary
Surface	Surface’s child

ansys.fluent.core.post_objects.post_object_definitions.SurfaceDefn.definition.iso_surface

Attributes

Member	Summary
field	Iso surface field.
field.allowed_values	field allowed values.
iso_value	Iso value for field.
iso_value.range	iso_value range.
rendering	Iso surface rendering.
rendering.allowed_values	rendering allowed values.

Commands

Command	Summary
get_ancestors_by_name
get_ancestors_by_type
get_path
get_root
get_session
get_session_handle

Included in

Parent	Summary
definition	definition’s child

ansys.fluent.core.post_objects.post_object_definitions.SurfaceDefn.definition.plane_surface

Attributes

Member	Summary
creation_method	Creation Method.
creation_method.allowed_values	creation_method allowed values.
xy_plane	XY Plane definition.
yz_plane	YZ Plane definition.
zx_plane	ZX Plane definition.

Commands

Command	Summary
get_ancestors_by_name
get_ancestors_by_type
get_path
get_root
get_session
get_session_handle

Included in

Parent	Summary
definition	definition’s child

ansys.fluent.core.post_objects.post_object_definitions.SurfaceDefn.definition.plane_surface.xy_plane

Attributes

Member	Summary
z	Z value.
z.range	z range.

Commands

Command	Summary
get_ancestors_by_name
get_ancestors_by_type
get_path
get_root
get_session
get_session_handle

Included in

Parent	Summary
plane_surface	plane_surface’s child

ansys.fluent.core.post_objects.post_object_definitions.SurfaceDefn.definition.plane_surface.yz_plane

Attributes

Member	Summary
x	X value.
x.range	x range.

Commands

Command	Summary
get_ancestors_by_name
get_ancestors_by_type
get_path
get_root
get_session
get_session_handle

Included in

Parent	Summary
plane_surface	plane_surface’s child

ansys.fluent.core.post_objects.post_object_definitions.SurfaceDefn.definition.plane_surface.zx_plane

Attributes

Member	Summary
y	Y value.
y.range	y range.

Commands

Command	Summary
get_ancestors_by_name
get_ancestors_by_type
get_path
get_root
get_session
get_session_handle

Included in

Parent	Summary
plane_surface	plane_surface’s child