externalGeometryType

complexType · extension complexBaseType · all

External geometry

An external geometry references a geometry definition stored in an external CAD file. The file format must be specified in linkToFile. If the file path is given as a relative path, it is resolved relative to the CPACS document location.

The imported file may contain one or more shapes, which are combined into a single grouped geometry. The optional transformation is applied to the imported geometry after loading.

Attributes

NameTypeConstraintsUseDefaultDescription
@externalDataDirectoryxsd:stringoptionalDirectory of the external data file
@externalDataNodePathxsd:stringoptionalPath of the node inside the external data file
@externalFileNamexsd:stringoptionalName of the external data file

Child elements

NameTypeConstraintsOccurrenceHow often the element may appear at this place. The schema writes it as minOccurs and maxOccurs on the declaration.DefaultDescription
allThe children below may appear in any order. Each may appear at most once.
linkToFilelinkToFileType[1..1] requiredReference to the external geometry file including its format specification
transformationtransformationType[0..1] optionalPosition and orientation

Used by

In a dataset · 160 paths

In the schema · 1 declaration

TypeName
externalGeometriesTypeexternal