Question #279256 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/279256
Jan Stránský proposed the following answer: Hi Mohsen, > my reference Documentation link: > https://yade-dem.org/doc/Yade.pdf thanks > > > there are some more ambiguities: > about question 1- : there are some functions in Class references(ch 8) > that are repeated in Yade modules (ch9); although they are not the same but > i can not understand the difference for a better selecting when coding: > class yade.wrapper.Sphere((object)arg1) (p.156) > yade.utils.sphere(center, radius, dynamic=None, fixed=False, > wire=False, color=None, highlight= False, material=-1, mask=1) (p. 464) > be careful, that all commands are case sensitive, so sphere and Sphere are completely different things :-) Sphere is a class inherited from Shape. utils.sphere(...) is auxiliary function to create Body, whose shape is Sphere: ######### s = sphere((0,0,0),1) print s print s.shape ######### Even if the name would be the same, the different "namespace" (yade.wrapper or yade.utils) means, that it is different thing. you can try ####### utils.Sphere = utils.sphere print utils.Sphere print yade.wrapper.Sphere ####### > again such classes could be found about 'tetra'. what is the difference > between s1 (an instance of yade.wrapper.Sphere) and s2(an instance of > yade.utils.sphere) > > 2- i found this example on page 6: > Yade [96]: s=utils.sphere(center=[0,0,0],radius=1) > ... > Yade [99]: s.shape.radius > ... > as i have searched there is no 'radius' method for 'shape' class (p 151). > how above command is correct? > In the example, "s" is instance of Body. Body has attributes e.g. state, shape etc. s.shape can be any shape, but if it is created by utils.sphere functions, s.shape is Sphere, and it has radius (you can find Sphere in class reference). Also see my above comments cheers Jan -- You received this question notification because your team yade-users is an answer contact for Yade. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yade-users Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yade-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
