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The integral field quantity.
The Quantity object is used for storing an integral field quantity. You get a Quantity object using the GetIntegral method of the Result object.
The exact type of the integral quantity depends upon the problem kind and integral type. The Quantity object is only a thin wrapper of the value, providing run-time type information and the characteristic value as Double - usually an absolute value.
The QuantityType property returns the exact type of the integral value as QfQuantityType enum.
The Value property returns the value of an integral as a Variant. The Value property is a default property for the Quantity object, so you can omit its name.
The following example shows an integral calculation for the time-harmonic magnetics problem. The problem is formulated and solved beyond this example's bounds.
Dim res As QuickField.Result
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Dim resWin As FieldWindow
Dim cont As QuickField.Contour
Set resWin = res.Windows(1)
Set cont = resWin.Contour
' Here we build the contour as a circle with radius = 5 around the origin
With cont
.Delete
.AddLineTo PointXY(0, 5)
.AddLineTo PointXY(0, -5), 3.1415926
.AddLineTo , 3.1415926
End With
' Calculate the contour length
length = res.GetIntegral(qfInt_Length)
' and cross section square
Square = res.GetIntegral(qfInt_CrossSect)
' Now calculate the total current through the contour
' We use the Quantity object to get the exact type of the value
Dim q As QuickField.Quantity
Set q = res.GetIntegral(qfInt_Jtotal)
' The total current should be a ComplexValue
If q.QuantityType = qfComplex Then
Dim jTotal As ComplexValue
Set jTotal = q.Value
Peak = jTotal.Peak ' The word Value is defaulted and can be omitted
Effective = jTotal.RMS
End If
Starting from the version QuickField 6.2 the Quantity object is used not only for storing the calculated integral value, but also to calculate the custom user-defined integrand function using the GetValue method of the UserFunction interface. Following methods are used to define the type and value of the physical quantity:
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SetAsScalar method with a real type parameter |
Assigns the real type value to the object. Type signature - qfScalar. |
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SetAsVector method with two real type parameters |
Assigns the value of the Point (2D real vector) type to the object. Quantity type is >> qfVector. |
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SetAsComplex method with two real type parameters |
Assigns the value of the ComplexValue type to the object. Quantity type is >> qfComplex. |
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SetAsComplexVector method with four real type parameters |
Assigns the value of the ComplexVector type to the object. This type defines a complex vector, 2D vector where both x and y components are complex numbers. Quantity type is >> qfComplexVector. |
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SetAsOscillated method with three real type parameters |
Assigns the value of the OscillatedValue type to the object, This type defines the scalar physical quantity, which oscillates with double frequency and having non-zero average value per period. Quantity type is qfOscillatedValue. |
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SetAsOscillatedVector method with six real type parameters |
Assigns the value of the OscillatedVector type to the object.This type defines the vector physical quantity, which oscillates with double frequency and having non-zero average value per period. Quantity type is qfOscillatedVector. |