TopExp_Explorer Class Reference

An Explorer is a Tool to visit a Topological Data Structure form the TopoDS package. More...

#include <TopExp_Explorer.hxx>

Public Member Functions
	TopExp_Explorer ()
	Creates an empty explorer, becomes usefull after Init. More...
	TopExp_Explorer (const TopoDS_Shape &S, const TopAbs_ShapeEnum ToFind, const TopAbs_ShapeEnum ToAvoid=TopAbs_SHAPE)
	Creates an Explorer on the Shape <S>. More...
void	Init (const TopoDS_Shape &S, const TopAbs_ShapeEnum ToFind, const TopAbs_ShapeEnum ToAvoid=TopAbs_SHAPE)
	Resets this explorer on the shape S. It is initialized to search the shape S, for shapes of type ToFind, that are not part of a shape ToAvoid. If the shape ToAvoid is equal to TopAbs_SHAPE, or if it is the same as, or less complex than, the shape ToFind it has no effect on the search. More...
Standard_Boolean	More () const
	Returns True if there are more shapes in the exploration. More...
void	Next ()
	Moves to the next Shape in the exploration. Exceptions Standard_NoMoreObject if there are no more shapes to explore. More...
const TopoDS_Shape &	Current () const
	Returns the current shape in the exploration. Exceptions Standard_NoSuchObject if this explorer has no more shapes to explore. More...
void	ReInit ()
	Reinitialize the exploration with the original arguments. More...
Standard_Integer	Depth () const
	Returns the current depth of the exploration. 0 is the shape to explore itself. More...
void	Clear ()
	Clears the content of the explorer. It will return False on More(). More...
void	Destroy ()
	~TopExp_Explorer ()

Detailed Description

An Explorer is a Tool to visit a Topological Data Structure form the TopoDS package.

An Explorer is built with :

• The Shape to explore.
• The type of Shapes to find : e.g VERTEX, EDGE. This type cannot be SHAPE.
• The type of Shapes to avoid. e.g SHELL, EDGE. By default this type is SHAPE which means no restriction on the exploration.

The Explorer visits all the structure to find shapes of the requested type which are not contained in the type to avoid.

Example to find all the Faces in the Shape S :

TopExp_Explorer Ex; for (Ex.Init(S,TopAbs_FACE); Ex.More(); Ex.Next()) { ProcessFace(Ex.Current()); }

// an other way TopExp_Explorer Ex(S,TopAbs_FACE); while (Ex.More()) { ProcessFace(Ex.Current()); Ex.Next(); }

To find all the vertices which are not in an edge :

for (Ex.Init(S,TopAbs_VERTEX,TopAbs_EDGE); ...)

To find all the faces in a SHELL, then all the faces not in a SHELL :

TopExp_Explorer Ex1, Ex2;

for (Ex1.Init(S,TopAbs_SHELL),...) { // visit all shells for (Ex2.Init(Ex1.Current(),TopAbs_FACE),...) { // visit all the faces of the current shell } }

for (Ex1.Init(S,TopAbs_FACE,TopAbs_SHELL),...) { // visit all faces not in a shell }

If the type to avoid is the same or is less complex than the type to find it has no effect.

For example searching edges not in a vertex does not make a difference.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

TopExp_Explorer::TopExp_Explorer

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Creates an empty explorer, becomes usefull after Init.

TopExp_Explorer::TopExp_Explorer	(	const TopoDS_Shape &	S,
		const TopAbs_ShapeEnum	ToFind,
		const TopAbs_ShapeEnum	ToAvoid = TopAbs_SHAPE
	)

Creates an Explorer on the Shape <S>.

<ToFind> is the type of shapes to search. TopAbs_VERTEX, TopAbs_EDGE, ...

<ToAvoid> is the type of shape to skip in the exploration. If <ToAvoid> is equal or less complex than <ToFind> or if <ToAVoid> is SHAPE it has no effect on the exploration.

TopExp_Explorer::~TopExp_Explorer ( )

inline

Member Function Documentation

void TopExp_Explorer::Clear

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Clears the content of the explorer. It will return False on More().

const TopoDS_Shape& TopExp_Explorer::Current

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const

Returns the current shape in the exploration. Exceptions Standard_NoSuchObject if this explorer has no more shapes to explore.

Standard_Integer TopExp_Explorer::Depth

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const

Returns the current depth of the exploration. 0 is the shape to explore itself.

void TopExp_Explorer::Destroy

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void TopExp_Explorer::Init	(	const TopoDS_Shape &	S,
		const TopAbs_ShapeEnum	ToFind,
		const TopAbs_ShapeEnum	ToAvoid = TopAbs_SHAPE
	)

Resets this explorer on the shape S. It is initialized to search the shape S, for shapes of type ToFind, that are not part of a shape ToAvoid. If the shape ToAvoid is equal to TopAbs_SHAPE, or if it is the same as, or less complex than, the shape ToFind it has no effect on the search.

Standard_Boolean TopExp_Explorer::More

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const

Returns True if there are more shapes in the exploration.

void TopExp_Explorer::Next

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)

Moves to the next Shape in the exploration. Exceptions Standard_NoMoreObject if there are no more shapes to explore.

void TopExp_Explorer::ReInit

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Reinitialize the exploration with the original arguments.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• TopExp_Explorer.hxx