create a part with python script

[lumonda14]

Hi,
I'm trying to build a part representing a stone vault's ashlars from a list of the vertices'coordinates using a python script. I managed to import the coordinates of the points but I can not build a solid, since I can not build a two-dimensional sketch. Can I use the attributes of the part, that is to say vertices, edges,..? Can vertices be a list of coordinates?
Thanks in advance for answers.

 

[GregLocock]

Why not write a script to build the FEA deck directly from the coordinates rather than building a part and then meshing it?

Leastways that's how it used to be done.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[lumonda14]

Thanks a lot for your reply!
Sorry but I don't really understand how to realize the FEA deck.
Do you mean that I need to write a .inp file starting from my coordinates?
Because I have only the coordinates of the vertex and not the mesh node's ones.
Thanks,
Lucia

 

[MechIrl]

Yes, you can create vertices using a set of co-ordinates. For your application however I suggest drawing each face of your part as an individual shell part. Use you co-ordinate data you have to create datum points, project them onto the shell sketch and connect them to get your face geometry. Assemble the resulting shell parts and merge them. Convert the resulting shell to a solid.