From cdae1d101088b5be2f1a0f1160c96629e99bbf15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor McDonnell <taylor.golden.mcdonnell@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:24:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add conversion methods

---
 src/afmesh.jl  |  3 +++
 src/section.jl | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/afmesh.jl b/src/afmesh.jl
index 86556bf4d..bd6babfa0 100644
--- a/src/afmesh.jl
+++ b/src/afmesh.jl
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ end
 Base.eltype(::Layer{TF}) where {TF} = TF
 Base.eltype(::Type{Layer{TF}}) where {TF} = TF
 
+Layer{TF}(l::Layer) where {TF} = Layer{TF}(l.material, l.t, l.theta)
+Base.convert(::Type{Layer{TF}}, l::Layer) where {TF} = Layer{TF}(l)
+
 # from https://discourse.julialang.org/t/findnearest-function/4143/4
 function searchsortednearest(a, x)
     idx = searchsortedfirst(a, x)
diff --git a/src/section.jl b/src/section.jl
index 8325811d5..1cec4dbf0 100644
--- a/src/section.jl
+++ b/src/section.jl
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ end
 Base.eltype(::Material{TF}) where TF = TF
 Base.eltype(::Type{Material{TF}}) where TF = TF
 
+Material{TF}(m::Material) where {TF} = Material{TF}(m.E1, m.E2, m.E3, m.G12, m.G13, m.G23, 
+    m.nu12, m.nu13, m.nu23, m.rho)
+Base.convert(::Type{Material{TF}}, m::Material) where {TF} = Material{TF}(m)
+
 """
     Node(x, y)
 
@@ -44,6 +48,9 @@ end
 Base.eltype(::Node{TF}) where TF = TF
 Base.eltype(::Type{Node{TF}}) where TF = TF
 
+Node{TF}(n::Node) where {TF} = Node{TF}(n.x, n.y)
+Base.convert(::Type{Node{TF}}, n::Node) where {TF} = Node{TF}(n)
+
 """
     MeshElement(nodenum, material, theta)
 
@@ -64,6 +71,9 @@ end
 Base.eltype(::MeshElement{VI, TF}) where {VI, TF} = TF
 Base.eltype(::Type{MeshElement{VI, TF}}) where {VI, TF} = TF
 
+MeshElement{VI,TF}(e::MeshElement) where {VI,TF} = MeshElement{VI,TF}(e.nodenum, e.material, e.theta)
+Base.convert(::Type{MeshElement{VI,TF}}, e::MeshElement) where {VI,TF} = MeshElement{VI,TF}(e)
+
 """
 internal cache so allocations happen only once upfront
 """