fCylinder multi entries? [feature script]

otaolafr

hello,
I have to do some cylinders between several points,
is it possible to do in an easier way than doing fCylinder for each pair of points? (i should clarify all of them are the same radius)
for example if i want to do two cylinders from p1 to p2 and from p3 to p4
do something like:

            fCylinder(context, id + "cylinder1", {

                    "topCenter" : p1,p3

                    "bottomCenter" : p2,p4

                    "radius" : definition.r

            });

best regards,
franco

NeilCooke

opBoolean requires bodies, your query will just find the cylindrical faces, so try 

qOwnerBody(qGeometry(qEverything(), GeometryType.CYLINDER));

But better still would be to use

qUnion([qCreatedBy(id+"cylinder1", EntityType.BODY), qCreatedBy(id+"cylinder2", EntityType.BODY)]);

NeilCooke

If the transform between the points can be calculated, then create one fCylinder and opPattern will be faster. Otherwise, just put fCylinder in a loop.

otaolafr

NeilCooke said:

If the transform between the points can be calculated, then create one fCylinder and opPattern will be faster. Otherwise, just put fCylinder in a loop.

thanks!

otaolafr

NeilCooke said:

If the transform between the points can be calculated, then create one fCylinder and opPattern will be faster. Otherwise, just put fCylinder in a loop.

neil sorry for bothering,
at the end i used fCylinder for each one without a loop,
i wanted to boolean in one part,
i tried:

        opBoolean(context, id + "boolean1", {

                "tools" : qGeometry(qEverything(), GeometryType.CYLINDER),

                "operationType" : BooleanOperationType.UNION

        });
but it doenst work and the error says : invalid input, qGeometry(qEverything(), GeometryType.CYLINDER) would normally select all the cylinders that exist in the context isnt it? what i am missing?

NeilCooke

opBoolean requires bodies, your query will just find the cylindrical faces, so try 

qOwnerBody(qGeometry(qEverything(), GeometryType.CYLINDER));

But better still would be to use

qUnion([qCreatedBy(id+"cylinder1", EntityType.BODY), qCreatedBy(id+"cylinder2", EntityType.BODY)]);