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About this Block

What it does: Trims Unit Cells from a Cell Map by using an Implicit Body as the filter. The Unit Cells are chosen based on the Fill type and the Cells to remain. Common uses:
  • Custom Cell Map shapes.
  • Trims a Cell Map by removing entire Unit Cells. The Unit Cells maintain their size and aren’t able to be partially trimmed.
  • The Unit Cells to be trimmed are chosen based on the Fill type. The following Fill types are available:
    • Centroid Inside: If the Unit Cell’s centroid is within the Body.
    • All inside: The entire Unit Cell is within the Body.
    • All touching: If any part of the Unit Cell is within the Body. The tolerance for this option is 10^-5 m.
  • Depending on the Fill type you select, some cells may still be outside the Body.
  • The block keeps the Unit Cells based on the Cells to remain input. There are two options:
    • Inside: Keeps all the Unit Cells that satisfy to the selected Fill type.
    • Outside: Keeps all the Unit Cells that don’t satisfy to the selected Fill type.
  • If Trim Cell Map doesn’t create the results you are looking for, try using the Trim Lattice block.
    • The Trim Cell Map block doesn’t trim Unit Cells. All Unit Cells are kept whole.
    • The Trim Lattice block trims the Lattice, allowing Unit Cells to be trimmed to the specified Body.
Trim Trims a Cell Map with an Implicit Body.

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Inputs

NameTypeDescription
Cell mapCell MapCell map to trim.
BodyImplicit BodyImplicit body trimming tool.
Fill typeVolume Lattice Fill EnumRule for trimming the cell map.
centroid inside: unit cells whose centroid is inside the body will remain. all inside: unit cells with all eight corners inside the body will remain. all touching: unit cells that touch or contain any part of the body will remain. | | Cells to remain | Inside or Outside Enum | Option to keep the cells that are inside or outside of the trimming tool. |

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Outputs

Type
Cell Map