create_spiral

Modeler3D.create_spiral(internal_radius: int = 10, spacing: int = 1, faces: int = 8, turns: int = 10, width: int = 2, thickness: int = 1, elevation: int = 0, material: str = 'copper', name: str | None = None, **kwargs)

Create a spiral inductor from a polyline.

Parameters:

internal_radiusfloat, optional

Internal starting point of spiral. Default is 10.

spacingfloat, optional

Internal pitch between two turns. Default is 1.

facesint, optional

Number of faces per turn. Default is 8 as an octagon.

turnsint, optional

Number of turns. Default is 10.

widthfloat, optional

Spiral width. Default is 2.

thicknessfloat, optional

Spiral thickness. Default is 1.

elevationfloat, optional

Spiral elevation. Default is`0`.

materialstr, optional

Spiral material. Default is “copper”.

namestr, optional

Spiral name. Default is None.

**kwargsoptional

Additional keyword arguments may be passed when creating the primitive to set properties. See ansys.aedt.core.modeler.cad.object_3d.Object3d for more details.

Returns:

bool, ansys.aedt.core.modeler.cad.elements_3d.Polyline

Polyline object or False if it fails.