I have a group of points (a plane for example) and I want to project them all to a plane (simplest case == WORKPLANE). Is there some smart way to do it all at once (a.k.a. "the JEFMAN way") or is it only possible with a loop? I haven't found anything yet...
The object of this is to create a secondary tangent plane perpendicular to the primary by the following method:
- measure the secondary plane
- project all points up/down to the primary (WORKPLANE)
- construct a tangent plane from the original plane points + the projected points (guaranteed to be perpendicular to the primary as that is our projection direction)
As a follow-up question: How can I use an ARRAY variable in the same way as .HIT[...] in the construction of a tangent plane?
I'm beginning to suspect one actually
has to do all the steps the Help describes for Tangent Plane - we have been ignoring
Void filtering (Convex Hull) so far, maybe that's why results sometimes get strange. I've written a simple Convex Hull calculation (in plain PC-DMIS code, thus slow) to reduce the number of points of interest. Will test the combination when time permits (probably Friday afternoon).
I'm beginning to suspect one actually
has to do all the steps the Help describes for Tangent Plane - we have been ignoring
Void filtering (Convex Hull) so far, maybe that's why results sometimes get strange. I've written a simple Convex Hull calculation (in plain PC-DMIS code, thus slow) to reduce the number of points of interest. Will test the combination when time permits (probably Friday afternoon).