pcirc

Primitives.pcirc(rad1='', rad2='', theta1='', theta2='', **kwargs)

Creates a circular area centered about the working plane origin.

Mechanical APDL Command: PCIRC

Parameters:

rad1str

Inner and outer radii (either order) of the circle. A value of either zero or blank for either RAD1 or RAD2, or the same value for both RAD1 and RAD2, defines a solid circle.

rad2str

Inner and outer radii (either order) of the circle. A value of either zero or blank for either RAD1 or RAD2, or the same value for both RAD1 and RAD2, defines a solid circle.

theta1str

Starting and ending angles (either order) of the circular area. Used for creating a circular sector. The sector begins at the algebraically smaller angle, extends in a positive angular direction, and ends at the larger angle. The starting angle defaults to 0.0° and the ending angle defaults to 360.0°. See the Modeling and Meshing Guide for an illustration.

theta2str

Starting and ending angles (either order) of the circular area. Used for creating a circular sector. The sector begins at the algebraically smaller angle, extends in a positive angular direction, and ends at the larger angle. The starting angle defaults to 0.0° and the ending angle defaults to 360.0°. See the Modeling and Meshing Guide for an illustration.

Returns:

int

Area number of the new circular area.

Notes

Defines a solid circular area or circular sector centered about the working plane origin. For a solid circle of 360°, the area will be defined with four keypoints and four lines. See the cyl4 and cyl5 commands for alternate ways to create circles.

Examples

In this example a circular area with an inner radius of 0.95 and an outer radius of 1 is created.

>>> anum = mapdl.pcirc(0.95, 1)
>>> anum
1