Export Functions

Functions
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportComponent (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *uid, const char *fileName, double deflection)
	Exports a geometric component (e.g. a wing, a fuselage etc.) More...
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportConfiguration (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *fileName, TiglBoolean fuseAllShapes, double deflection)
	Exports the whole configuration into a file. More...
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportFusedBREP (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filename)
	Exports the fused/trimmed geometry of a CPACS configuration to BREP format. More...
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportFusedSTEP (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr)
	Exports the fused/trimmed geometry of a CPACS configuration to STEP format. More...
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportFusedWingFuselageIGES (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a CPACS configuration to IGES format. More...
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportFuselageBREPByUID (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *fuselageUID, const char *filename)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage (selected by uid) to BREP format. More...
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...
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportIGES (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr)
	Exports the geometry of a CPACS configuration to IGES format. More...
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedFuselageSTL (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, int fuselageIndex, const char *filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a fuselage meshed to STL format. More...
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...
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...
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...
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedGeometrySTL (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of the whole configuration meshed to STL format. More...
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedGeometryVTK (const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of the whole configuration meshed to VTK format. More...
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedGeometryVTKSimple (const TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of the whole configuration meshed to VTK format. More...
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportMeshedWingSTL (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, int wingIndex, const char *filenamePtr, double deflection)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing meshed to STL format. More...
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...
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...
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...
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...
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportSTEP (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *filenamePtr)
	Exports the geometry of a CPACS configuration to STEP format. More...
TiglReturnCode	tiglExportWingBREPByUID (TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle cpacsHandle, const char *wingUID, const char *filename)
	Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing (selected by uid) to BREP format. More...
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...
TiglReturnCode	tiglSetExportOptions (const char *exporter_name, const char *option_name, const char *option_value)
	Sets options for the geometry export. 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

TiglReturnCode tiglExportComponent	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	uid,
		const char *	fileName,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports a geometric component (e.g. a wing, a fuselage etc.)

The component to be exported is definied via its uid. The export format is specified with the file extension of fileName.

The export can be configured in more detail using tiglSetExportOptions.

Supported file formats are: STEP (*.stp), IGES (*.igs), VTK (*.vtp), Collada (*.dae), STL (*.stl) and BREP (*.brep)

Example: Export a wing to IGES format

tiglExportComponent(handle, "MyWingUID", "wing.igs", 0.);

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	uid	Uid of the component to be exported
[in]	fileName	File name of the exported file
[in]	deflection	Deflection parameter. This is only used for meshed exports (e.g. VTK, STL, Collada).

Returns

• TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
• TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no exporter is found for the specified file name
• TIGL_NULL_POINTER if uid or fileName is a null pointer
• TIGL_WRITE_FAILED if the file could not be written
• TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

TiglReturnCode tiglExportConfiguration	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	fileName,
		TiglBoolean	fuseAllShapes,
		double	deflection
	)

Exports the whole configuration into a file.

It can be specified, whether the configuration should be exported as a fused geometry (i.e. all shapes are trimmed with each other). The export format is specified with the file extension of fileName.

The export can be configured in more detail using tiglSetExportOptions.

Supported file formats are: STEP (*.stp), IGES (*.igs), VTK (*.vtp), Collada (*.dae), STL (*.stl) and BREP (*.brep)

Example: Export the fused configuration to STEP format

tiglExportConfiguration(handle, "aircraft.stp", TIGL_TRUE, 0.);

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	fileName	File name of the exported file
[in]	fuseAllShapes	Whether to fuse the geometry of not. Fusing can take a lot of time!
[in]	deflection	Deflection parameter. This is only used for meshed exports (e.g. VTK, STL, Collada).

Returns

• TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
• TIGL_NOT_FOUND if no exporter is found for the specified file name
• TIGL_NULL_POINTER if fileName is a null pointer
• TIGL_WRITE_FAILED if the file could not be written
• TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred

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

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

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

TiglReturnCode tiglExportFuselageBREPByUID	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	fuselageUID,
		const char *	filename
	)

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

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	fuselageUID	UID of the Fuselage to export
[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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TiglReturnCode tiglExportWingBREPByUID	(	TiglCPACSConfigurationHandle	cpacsHandle,
		const char *	wingUID,
		const char *	filename
	)

Exports the boolean fused geometry of a wing (selected by uid) to BREP format.

Parameters

[in]	cpacsHandle	Handle for the CPACS configuration
[in]	wingUID	UID of the Fuselage to export
[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

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

TiglReturnCode tiglSetExportOptions	(	const char *	exporter_name,
		const char *	option_name,
		const char *	option_value
	)

Sets options for the geometry export.

Generic options for all exporters:

• ApplySymmetries (Values: "true", "false"): Whether symmetric cpacs objects (e.g. wings) should be written.
• IncludeFarfield (Values: "true", "false"): Whether to include the far field into the export or not.
• ShapeGroupMode (Values: "WHOLE_SHAPE", "NAMED_COMPOUNDS", "FACES"): Adjust, how shapes are grouped.

Exporter-specific options:

• VTK:
  • WriteNormals (Values: "true", "false"): Whether to write normal vectors or not. To avoid duplicate vertices, normals should be disabled.
  • MultiplePieces (Values: "true", "false"): Whether to export the shapes into multiple vtk pieces.
  • WriteMetaData (Values: "true", "false"): Whether to add meta data (e.g. wing segments etc...)
• IGES:
  • IGES5.3 (Values: "true", "false"): Whether to use IGES 5.3 format, that supports shells and solids. Note: Some software do not yet implement this standard. E.g. Catia might only load this, when set to false!
  • FaceNames (Values: "UIDOnly", "FaceNameOnly", "UIDandFaceName", "None"): Defines, how to write the names of the faces to the IGES files. The most versatile is probably "UIDandFaceName". (Default: "FaceNameOnly")

Example: The IGES export normally does only write half-models. It does not apply symmetries. to change this, just call

tiglSetExportOptions("iges", "ApplySymmetries", "true");

Parameters

[in]	exporter_name	File format of the export. E.g. "vtk", "iges", "step", "collada", "brep" or "stl"
[in]	option_name	Name of the option to be set
[in]	option_value	Value of the options to be set

Returns

• TIGL_SUCCESS if no error occurred
• TIGL_NOT_FOUND if the specified exporter or the option does not exist
• TIGL_NULL_POINTER if exporter_name, option_name or option_value is a null pointer
• TIGL_ERROR if some other error occurred