General guidance on creating new containers, and assigning axes

[dan-montelo]

Hello,

1. How do you add active elements to a container and set the origin (and axes) of the container?
2. How do you get the origin and axes of an existing container or container block?

For 'setting' containers I have found:
ec.set_container_contents(a0, a1) - but it needs more descriptive documentation
ec.create_auto_container_from_standard(elements, output_name, standard_element_name) - but I don't want to use 'standard' elements
ec.create_auto_container_from_standard_with_reference(elements, output_name, standard_element_name, reference_id) - but I don't want to use 'standard' elements

For 'getting' from containers I have found:
ec.get_container_content_elements(element_id) - which works.

For converting container blocks:
ec.convert_container_to_container_block(elements) - which doesn't seem to work.

Thanks,

Dan

[Brunner246]

Hi @dan-montelo

You need to work with standard containers.

1. create_auto_container_from_standard_with_reference(elements: List[int], output_name: str, standard_element_name: str, reference_id: int) -> int:

2. same as for all other elements

gc.get_xl(container_id)
[1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000]
gc.get_yl(container_id)
[0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000]

Set container stub signature

def set_container_contents(container_id: int, element_i_ds: List[int]) -> None:
    """set container contents

    Parameters:
        container_id: container_id
        element_i_ds: element_i_ds

    Returns:
        None
    """ 

Container to Container Block

Converting from a container to a container block works.
You have to pass a list of container ids to the function.

ec.convert_container_to_container_block(container_element_ids)

[dan-montelo]

@Brunner246

Can you recommend a method to copy Container Blocks?

When you use: ec.copy_elements([element_id], vector) in the case that the element_id is a Container Block then the returned object is a simple Container.

Thanks,

Dan