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 # ContactPatchAxis

 Last update: 10.09.2025 

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### *class* ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis(value, names=None, \*values, module=None, qualname=None, type=None, start=1, boundary=None)

Flow or wake direction for BOI creation.

### Methods

NameDescription[`ContactPatchAxis.conjugate`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.conjugate.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.conjugate)Returns self, the complex conjugate of any int.[`ContactPatchAxis.bit_length`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.bit_length.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.bit_length)(/)Number of bits necessary to represent self in binary.[`ContactPatchAxis.bit_count`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.bit_count.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.bit_count)(/)Number of ones in the binary representation of the absolute value of self.[`ContactPatchAxis.to_bytes`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.to_bytes.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.to_bytes)(/\[, length, ...\])Return an array of bytes representing an integer.[`ContactPatchAxis.from_bytes`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.from_bytes.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.from_bytes)(/, bytes\[, ...\])Return the integer represented by the given array of bytes.[`ContactPatchAxis.as_integer_ratio`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.as_integer_ratio.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.as_integer_ratio)(/)Return a pair of integers, whose ratio is equal to the original int.[`ContactPatchAxis.is_integer`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.is_integer.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.is_integer)(/)Returns True.### Attributes

NameDescription[`ContactPatchAxis.real`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.real.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.real)the real part of a complex number[`ContactPatchAxis.imag`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.imag.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.imag)the imaginary part of a complex number[`ContactPatchAxis.numerator`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.numerator.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.numerator)the numerator of a rational number in lowest terms[`ContactPatchAxis.denominator`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.denominator.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.denominator)the denominator of a rational number in lowest terms[`ContactPatchAxis.X`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.X.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.X)Flow or wake inflation in the X direction for BOI creation.[`ContactPatchAxis.Y`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.Y.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.Y)Flow or wake inflation in the Y direction for BOI creation.[`ContactPatchAxis.Z`](ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.Z.md#ansys.meshing.prime.ContactPatchAxis.Z)Flow or wake inflation in the Z direction for BOI creation.