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Create equal spaced points along a spline

Cobalt_EchoCobalt_Echo Member Posts: 31 ✭✭
After a spline in created, is there a way to project or pattern points along a (2D) spline? 

I've attached an example (that I did manually on the right spline), but a way to do this effeciently would be awsome.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/19fe70b9f60fcc2a8750c0cf/w/1b6f2c28ffbce1faacfc4a60/e/3050fd217ea8f0bdd9ea1ba9

Answers

  • S1monS1mon Member Posts: 3,162 PRO
    There's a Featurescript which can place points along a spline with various parameters. Depending on how you want to measure things, it might work for you.

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/576d1e60c6cb90985345ac37/w/af3cd9578e1e4516cefd7159/e/cda3fea9f8e5c39ee94e206f
  • Cobalt_EchoCobalt_Echo Member Posts: 31 ✭✭
    S1mon said:
    There's a Featurescript which can place points along a spline with various parameters. Depending on how you want to measure things, it might work for you.

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/576d1e60c6cb90985345ac37/w/af3cd9578e1e4516cefd7159/e/cda3fea9f8e5c39ee94e206f
    Close, but not quite.  This does make points measured along the spline, but I would like the points measure only the x, y, or z axis, and then placed on the spline (like an intersection almost).  Not sure if that makes sense.

    I'm having a hard time putting it into words, so I've made a picture.  Hopefully this helps.

  • S1monS1mon Member Posts: 3,162 PRO
    edited 2022 07
    I understood what you are looking for. Somehow I thought that was an option of that FeatureScript. I suspect that someone with decent FeatureScript experience could use that one as a basis to modify or expand on that one to solve your need. It would be a useful tool in general, especially if patterning was built in or easily done with a feature pattern.
  • Cobalt_EchoCobalt_Echo Member Posts: 31 ✭✭
    Cool, I'll post in the Feature Script area and see if I get a hit.  Thanks!
  • christian_pettychristian_petty Member Posts: 74 PRO
    Is this a feature in other CAD packages?
    Christian Petty - Mechanical Design Engineer, Radian R&D
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