Addition of coil geometry parameter?

[nelsonand]

Hi all,

Instead of only describing the pf coil geometries through individual elements, e.g.

coil(i1)/element(i2)/geometry,

it would be really useful also just to have the geometry information for each coil immediately available individually, e.g.

coil(i1)/geometry.

This seems like something that could be easily added to the structure without compromising existing workflows. Is there a reason why this information is omitted?

Thanks!

[imbeauf]

If, for your use case, the coil can be described by a single element, the present structure already allows this: you can allocate element to size 1, and the description will remain generic for electromagnetic / plasma equilibrium calculations.
But maybe you would like, while still having a description by multiple elements (geometry and turns), to have the geometry of the overall coil cross section ? Is this your point ?

[nelsonand]

Hi @imbeauf, yes exactly - it would be nice to, while still having a description defined by multiple elements, to have the geometry of the overall coil cross section easily available.

[imbeauf]

I have created a Pull Request for the required extension see #22.
Unfortunately I can't add you to the reviewers of the PR

[nelsonand]

Thanks!!