RMFASO ( faces, actpar, actoff, parnts, nprnts, sprnts, offspg, nofspg,
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sofspg, ifail )
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Remove faces into new solids
Receives:
KI_tag_list_face *faces --- faces to be removed
KI_cod_sllo *actpar --- action to mend holes on parents
--- SLLOCP => cap
--- SLLOGR => grow
--- SLLORB => leave rubber
KI_cod_sllo *actoff --- action to mend holes on offspring
--- SLLOCP => cap
--- SLLOGR => grow
--- SLLOGP => grow from parent
--- SLLORB => leave rubber
Returns:
KI_tag_list_body *parnts --- parent body fragments
KI_int_nitems *nprnts --- number of parent fragments
KI_tag_list_int *sprnts --- state of parent fragments
--- RTLOOK => Valid
--- RTLONG => Negated
--- RTLOSX => Self-Intersecting
KI_tag_list_body *offspg --- offspring bodies
KI_int_nitems *nofspg --- number of offspring
KI_tag_list_int *sofspg --- state of offspring
--- RTLOOK => Valid
--- RTLONG => Negated
--- RTLOSX => Self-Intersecting
KI_cod_error *ifail --- failure code
Specific errors:
KI_wire_body Unable to make solid from wire body
KI_all_faces_in_body Cannot remove all faces from body
KI_dont_make_solid Unable to make solid from faces
KI_cant_heal_wound Can't heal wound - impossible geometry
KI_non_manifold Cannot heal wound with non-manifold boundary
KI_not_in_same_shell Faces not all from the same shell
KI_unsuitable_entity Mixed body
KI_general_body general body unsuitable for sweep
Description:
The 'faces', which must all belong to the same body, are separated from it,
and used to make one or more new bodies. The new bodies formed from 'faces'
are termed "offspring", and the original body, which may become fragmented,
"parent fragments".
The faces must not form the shell of a sheet body. If they form an inner shell
(ie void) of a solid, that shell is removed into a solid. If the faces do not
form a shell, holes left in the parent fragments by the removal of 'faces' are
"healed" according to the action code 'actpar'. All holes are healed with the
same type of action. Similarly, 'faces' are formed into solid offspring by
healing holes in them according to the action 'actoff'. The action "cap"
causes a new face to be created for a hole with a surface which fits the edges
of the hole. The action "grow" causes the faces around the hole to be extended
until the hole is covered. The action "grow from parent" has the same effect
as "grow" in parent fragments, however in offspring it causes a hole to be
covered with an inverse of the "patch" made by extending faces around the
corresponding hole in the parent. It is not necessary for 'actpar' to be
"grow" when 'actoff' is "grow from parent". The action "leave rubber" covers
each hole with a rubber face.
Restrictions on growing:
Edges of faces adjacent to a wound which do not form part of the loop of
edges around the wound, but have a vertex on it, will not be allowed to
contract back from that point. The "shrinkage" option implemented in
DELFAS does not work for this routine.
Each closed loop around a face or group of faces is healed independently.
If the only solution would require more than one loop to be healed together
it will not be found.
The wound left by removing all the faces in a shell or body cannot be
healed.
In general this procedure may give rise to self-intersecting object
boundaries which could cause unpredictable errors later.
If local checking is on (see SEINTP and OUINTP), and the action is not leave
rubber, consistency checks will be made on newly created topological and
geometrical entities, and the state of the body returned. A state of RTLOOK
indicates the body is valid. A state of RTLONG indicates that the result body
was originally "inside out" but has been negated, and is now "positive" (has
positive volume) and valid. A state of RTLOSX indicates the body is
self-intersecting and further modelling operations on it may fail. It is the
responsibility of the calling routine to make any necessary reparation.
If the session parameter for local checking is switched off or the action is
leave rubber, the state returned will be RTLOOK regardless.
A self-intersecting body can be returned even if the ifail is zero.
This function is not supported for faces on general bodies.