{"id":391356,"date":"2024-10-25T09:35:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T09:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/creating-a-polygon-with-tilted-sidewalls-via-python-api\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T09:35:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T09:35:11","slug":"creating-a-polygon-with-tilted-sidewalls-via-python-api","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/creating-a-polygon-with-tilted-sidewalls-via-python-api\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a polygon with tilted sidewalls via python API"},"content":{"rendered":"

<p>Hello,<\/p><p>I am trying to create a polygon with tilted sidewalls in python. I have adapted the script that is given as an example in the artical: Tips for adding sidewall angles to simulation objects – Ansys Optics<\/a><\/p><p>My python code does look like this:<\/p><div><div>    <span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>name = “Angled WG”<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    vertices_1 = np.array([[Epi[“Total t”], -Data[“Angled WG”][“w”]\/2],  <\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>                         [Epi[“Total t”] + Data[“Angled WG”][“t”], -Data[“Angled WG”][“w”]\/2],<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>                         [Epi[“Total t”] + Data[“Angled WG”][“t”], Data[“Angled WG”][“w”]\/2],<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>                         [Epi[“Total t”], Data[“Angled WG”][“w”]\/2]<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>                         ])<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>   <\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    mode.addpoly()<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    mode.set(“vertices”, vertices_1)<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    vertices = mode.get(“vertices”)<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    # print(vertices)<\/span><\/div><br><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    mode.addlayerbuilder()<\/span><\/div><br><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    mode.set(“name”, “WG”)<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    mode.set(“geometry”, {“1:0″: vertices})<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    mode.set(“gds sidewall angle position reference”, “Bottom”)<\/span><\/div><br><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    n_GaN = [n_e_GaN, n_o_GaN, n_o_GaN]<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    material = name<\/span><\/div><br><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    if mode.getmaterial(name) == str(“The material, ” + name + “, is not available.”):<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>        mode.setmaterial(mode.addmaterial(“(n,k) Material”), “name”, material)<\/span><\/div><br><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>        mode.setmaterial(material, “Anisotropy”, 1)                                             # Diagonal Anisotropy<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>        mode.setmaterial(<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>            material, {“Refractive Index”: np.array(n_GaN), “Imaginary Refractive Index”: 0}<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>        )        <\/span><\/div><br><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    mode.addlayer(“WG Layer”)<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    mode.setlayer(“WG Layer”, “layer number”, “1:0″)<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    mode.setlayer(“WG Layer”, “thickness”, Data[“Angled WG”][“t”])<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    mode.setlayer(“WG Layer”, “pattern material”, material)<\/span><\/div><div><span style=”color: rgb(35, 111, 161);”>    mode.setlayer(“WG Layer”, “sidewall angle”, Data[“Angled WG”][“angle”])<\/span><\/div><\/div><p>The code runs, however, the polygon with the sidewalls is not created via the layer builder<\/p><p><\/p><p> <\/p><p>Could you help me with fixing this issue?<\/p><p>Kind regards,<\/p><p>Matthias Hoormann<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-391356","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-polygon-objects","topic-tag-python-scripting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["143292","473055"],"_bbp_author_ip":["134.169.113.230"],"_btv_view_count":["260"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_notification_enabled":["473055"],"_bbp_topic_id":["391356"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27833"],"_bbp_engagement":["143292","473055"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["391666"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["391666"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-10-29 01:04:13"]},"test":"m-hoormanntu-braunschweig-de"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/391356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/391356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}