[FeatureScript] How to extrude outermost regions of text sketch without including interior cutouts?

evan_johnston799

I'm trying to extrude arbitrary text using FeatureScript, but I can't figure out how to avoid extruding the holes in the middle of some letters along with the positive space of their outlines. For example, I can only extrude "O" as a solid cylinder, but I want the interior to be empty.

I know I can use a query to select only regions I want to extrude if I have the coordinates of a point inside those regions, but with arbitrary text I won't have those coordinates for every single letter.

Is there a good way to select the outermost regions of a sketch? Is there some other approach that I'm missing?

Thanks!

kevin_o_toole_1

I think you're looking for qSketchRegion(sketchId, filterInnerLoops). If that second argument is true, that query resolves to the outer entities only, not the holes in the middle, just like our extrude feature does when you select a sketch.

evan_johnston799

Perfect, thanks Kevin!

kevin_o_toole_1

I think you're looking for qSketchRegion(sketchId, filterInnerLoops). If that second argument is true, that query resolves to the outer entities only, not the holes in the middle, just like our extrude feature does when you select a sketch.

evan_johnston799

Perfect, thanks Kevin!