Module category: Tools

• Tube
  • Parameters
  • Input Ports
  • Output Ports
  • Examples

Tube

Tube creates cylinders around the lines. The shape of the tubes will be determined in function of the radius, number of sides (scalar parameters) and the type of the cylinder (open, closed or arrow). When a diameter is provided at port three, each line is scaled by the appropriate value. The Diameter is multiplied with the radius parameter value. When the amount of data supplied is equal to the number of points of the line, the tube thickness is adjusted on a per point basis.

Tube is available for all COVISE versions on all supported platforms.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Radius	Scalar	Radius of tubes
Parts	Scalar	No. of sides of the tubes
Option	Choice	The type of the cylinder open_cylinder closed_cylinder arrows

Input Ports

Name	Type	Description
requiredlines	Lines	Lines
optionalData	Float Float	Data to be mapped on the tubes
optionalDiameter	Float	Beam diameter either per Point or Line, scaled by the radius parameter

Output Ports

Name	Type	Description
outputTubes	Polygons	Mantle of the tubes
outputNormals	Normals	Normals of the surface to increase the quality of displaying the tubes
outputDataOut	Float	Data mapped on the tubes

Examples

Figure: covise/net/examples/Tube.net

The first image below shows the lines obtained as a result of the module VectorField (which ncludes the function of VectorScal).

The module Tube will generate tubes around these lines according to data received at the second import port. The result is shown in the second image.