Functions
TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportFusedBREP (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filename)
	Exports the fused/trimmed geometry of a CPACS configuration to BREP format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportFusedSTEP (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr)
	Exports the fused/trimmed geometry of a CPACS configuration to STEP format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportFusedWingFuselageIGES (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a CPACS configuration to IGES format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportFuselageColladaByUID (const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char fuselageUID, const char filename, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage (selected by uid) meshed to Collada (*.dae) format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportIGES (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr)
	Exports the geometry of a CPACS configuration to IGES format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedFuselageSTL (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, int fuselageIndex, const char *filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage meshed to STL format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedFuselageSTLByUID (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char fuselageUID, const char filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage meshed to STL format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedFuselageVTKByIndex (const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const int fuselageIndex, const char *filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage (selected by index) meshed to VTK format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedFuselageVTKByUID (const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char fuselageUID, const char filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage (selected by uid) meshed to VTK format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedFuselageVTKSimpleByUID (const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char fuselageUID, const char filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage (selected by uid) meshed to VTK format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedGeometrySTL (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of the whole configuration meshed to STL format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedGeometryVTK (const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of the whole configuration meshed to VTK format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedGeometryVTKSimple (const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of the whole configuration meshed to VTK format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedWingSTL (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, int wingIndex, const char *filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing meshed to STL format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedWingSTLByUID (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char wingUID, const char filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing meshed to STL format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedWingVTKByIndex (const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const int wingIndex, const char *filenamePtr, const double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing (selected by id) meshed to VTK format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedWingVTKByUID (const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char wingUID, const char filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing (selected by UID) meshed to VTK format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedWingVTKSimpleByUID (const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char wingUID, const char filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing (selected by UID) meshed to VTK format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportSTEP (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr)
	Exports the geometry of a CPACS configuration to STEP format. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportVTKSetOptions (const char key, const char value)
	Sets options for the VTK Export. More...

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode	tiglExportWingColladaByUID (const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char wingUID, const char filename, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing (selected by uid) meshed to Collada (*.dae) format. More...

Detailed Description

Functions for export of wings/fuselages.

VTK-Export

There a various different VTK exports functions in TIGL. All functions starting with 'tiglExportVTK[Fuselage|Wing]...' are exporting a special triangulation with no duplicated points into a VTK file formated in XML (file extension .vtp) with some custom informations added to the file.

In addition to the triangulated geometry, additional data are written to the VTK file. These data currently include:

uID: The UID of the fuselage or wing component segment on which the triangle exists.
segmentIndex: The segmentIndex of the fuselage or wing component segment on which the triangle exists. Kind of redundant to the UID.
eta/xsi: The parameters in the surface parametrical space of the triangle.
isOnTop: Flag that indicates whether the triangle is on the top of the wing or not. Please see the cpacs documentation how "up" is defined for wings.

Please note that at this time these information are only valid for wings!

There are two ways, how these additional data are attached to the VTK file. The first is the official VTK way to declare additional data for each polygon/triangle. For each data entry, a <DataArray> tag is added under the xpath

    /VTKFile/PolyData/Piece/CellData

Each CellData contains a vector(list) of values, each of them corresponding the data of one triangle. For example the data entry for the wing segment eta coordinates for 4 triangles looks like.

    <DataArray type="Float64" Name="eta" NumberOfComponents="1"
        format="ascii" RangeMin="0.000000" RangeMax="1.000000">
            0.25 0.5 0.75 1.0
    </DataArray>

The second way these data are stored is by using the "MetaData" mechanism of VTK. Here, a <MetaData> tag is added under the xpath

    /VTKFile/PolyData/Piece/Polys

A typical exported MetaData tag looks like the following:

    <MetaData elements="uID segmentIndex eta xsi isOnTop">
      "rootToInnerkink" 1 3.18702 0.551342 0
      "rootToInnerkink" 1 2.93939 0.581634 0
      "rootToInnerkink" 1 4.15239 0.520915 0
      ...
    </MetaData>

The 'elements' attribute indicates the number and the names of the additional information tags as a whitespace separated list. In this example you could see 5 information fields with the name.

Function Documentation

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportFusedBREP	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	filename
	)

Exports the fused/trimmed geometry of a CPACS configuration to BREP format.

In order to fuse the geometry, boolean operations are performed. Depending on the complexity of the configuration, the fusing can take several minutes.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	filename	BREP export file name

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportFusedSTEP	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	filenamePtr
	)

Exports the fused/trimmed geometry of a CPACS configuration to STEP format.

In order to fuse the geometry, boolean operations are performed. Depending on the complexity of the configuration, the fusing can take several minutes.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an STEP export file name

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportFusedWingFuselageIGES	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	filenamePtr
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a CPACS configuration to IGES format.

To maintain compatibility with CATIA, the file suffix should be ".igs".

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an IGES export file name

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportFuselageColladaByUID	(	const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	fuselageUID,
		const char *	filename,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage (selected by uid) meshed to Collada (*.dae) format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	fuselageUID	UID of the Fuselage to export
[in]	filename	Filename of the resulting collada file. It should contain the .dae file name ending.
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filename is a null pointer
TIGL_INDEX_ERROR if fuselageUID does not exists
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportIGES	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	filenamePtr
	)

Exports the geometry of a CPACS configuration to IGES format.

To maintain compatibility with CATIA, the file suffix should be ".igs".

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an IGES export file name

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportMeshedFuselageSTL	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		int	fuselageIndex,
		const char *	filenamePtr,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage meshed to STL format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	fuselageIndex	Index of the Fuselage to export
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an STL export file name
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_INDEX_ERROR if fuselageIndex is less or equal zero
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportMeshedFuselageSTLByUID	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	fuselageUID,
		const char *	filenamePtr,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage meshed to STL format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	fuselageUID	UID of the Fuselage to export
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an STL export file name
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_INDEX_ERROR if fuselageIndex is less or equal zero
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportMeshedFuselageVTKByIndex	(	const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const int	fuselageIndex,
		const char *	filenamePtr,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage (selected by index) meshed to VTK format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	fuselageIndex	Index of the Fuselage to export
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an VTK export file name (*.vtp = polygonal XML_VTK)
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_INDEX_ERROR if fuselageIndex is less or equal zero
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportMeshedFuselageVTKByUID	(	const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	fuselageUID,
		const char *	filenamePtr,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage (selected by uid) meshed to VTK format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	fuselageUID	UID of the Fuselage to export
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an VTK export file name (*.vtp = polygonal XML_VTK)
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_INDEX_ERROR if fuselageUID does not exists
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportMeshedFuselageVTKSimpleByUID	(	const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	fuselageUID,
		const char *	filenamePtr,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage (selected by uid) meshed to VTK format.

This function does only a very simple, but also very fast meshing on the fuselage and exports them to a VTK file. No additional CPACS relevant information are computed.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	fuselageUID	UID of the Fuselage to export
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an VTK export file name (*.vtp = polygonal XML_VTK)
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_INDEX_ERROR if fuselageUID does not exists
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportMeshedGeometrySTL	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	filenamePtr,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of the whole configuration meshed to STL format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an STL export file name
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportMeshedGeometryVTK	(	const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	filenamePtr,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of the whole configuration meshed to VTK format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an VTK export file name (*.vtp = polygonal XML_VTK)
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportMeshedGeometryVTKSimple	(	const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	filenamePtr,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of the whole configuration meshed to VTK format.

This function does only a very simple, but also very fast meshing on the geometry and exports them to a VTK file. No additional CPACS relevant information are computed.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an VTK export file name (*.vtp = polygonal XML_VTK)
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportMeshedWingSTL	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		int	wingIndex,
		const char *	filenamePtr,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing meshed to STL format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	wingIndex	Index of the Wing to export
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an STL export file name
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_INDEX_ERROR if wingIndex is less or equal zero
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportMeshedWingSTLByUID	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	wingUID,
		const char *	filenamePtr,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing meshed to STL format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	wingUID	UID of the Wing to export
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an STL export file name
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_INDEX_ERROR if wingIndex is less or equal zero
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportMeshedWingVTKByIndex	(	const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const int	wingIndex,
		const char *	filenamePtr,
		const double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing (selected by id) meshed to VTK format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	wingIndex	Index of the Wing to export
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an VTK export file name (*.vtp = polygonal XML_VTK)
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_INDEX_ERROR if wingIndex is less or equal zero
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportMeshedWingVTKByUID	(	const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	wingUID,
		const char *	filenamePtr,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing (selected by UID) meshed to VTK format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	wingUID	UID of the Wing to export
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an VTK export file name (*.vtp = polygonal XML_VTK)
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_INDEX_ERROR if the wing UID does not exists
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportMeshedWingVTKSimpleByUID	(	const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	wingUID,
		const char *	filenamePtr,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing (selected by UID) meshed to VTK format.

This function does only a very simple, but also very fast meshing on the wing segments and exports them to a VTK file. No additional CPACS relevant information are computed.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	wingUID	UID of the Wing to export
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an VTK export file name (*.vtp = polygonal XML_VTK)
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_INDEX_ERROR if the wing UID does not exists
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportSTEP	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	filenamePtr
	)

Exports the geometry of a CPACS configuration to STEP format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	filenamePtr	Pointer to an STEP export file name

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filenamePtr is a null pointer
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportVTKSetOptions	(	const char *	key,
		const char *	value
	)

Sets options for the VTK Export.

Available Settings:

key: "normals_enabled" valid values: "0 or 1" default: "1".

Enables or disables the output of normal vectors. A Normal vector and a vertex belong to the same logical structure. If there are two identical vertices but with different normal vectors, the VTK export stores them as two entries. Thus, a VTK file may have "duplicate" vertices. To disable this behavior, set "normal_enabled" to "0".

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if key or value are a null pointer
TIGL_ERROR if the specified key/value pair is invalid

TIGL_COMMON_EXPORT TiglReturnCode tiglExportWingColladaByUID	(	const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	wingUID,
		const char *	filename,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing (selected by uid) meshed to Collada (*.dae) format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	wingUID	UID of the Wing to export
[in]	filename	Filename of the resulting collada file. It should contain the .dae file name ending.
[in]	deflection	Maximum deflection of the triangulation from the real surface

Returns

TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no configuration was found for the given handle
TIGL_NULL_POINTER if filename is a null pointer
TIGL_INDEX_ERROR if fuselageUID does not exists
TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred