pylbm.elements.STLElement.distance¶

method

STLElement.distance(grid, v, dmax=None, normal=False)¶

Compute the distance in the v direction between the element and the points defined in grid by (x, y) or (x, y, z).

Parameters

gridndarray

coordinates of the points

vndarray

direction of interest

dmaxfloat

distance max

normalbool

return the normal vector if True (default False)

Returns

ndarray

array of distances if normal is False and the coordinates of the normal vectors if normal is True