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how can i take the thickness value from the sheet metal

PTYPTY Member Posts: 1
I've made a copy of "CalculateBounds.fs script" and I've got a script that sets the length and width, but I can't figure out how to get the thickness out of the sheet metal.

I added function calculateFlatSMBounds to the end of the following code which sets the description field to sheet metal dimensions.


function calculateFlatSMBounds(context is Context, id is Id, definition is map)
{
    const flatFace = definition.face;

    const flatFaces = qTangentConnectedFaces(flatFace);
    // We use evPlane here because it is what newSketch uses
    const flatFacePlane = evPlane(context, {
                "face" : flatFace
            });

    const points = getBoxPoints(context, flatFaces, [], flatFacePlane, definition.edgeSamples);

    var boundingBox;

    if (definition.calculateSmallest)
        boundingBox = calculateMinBox(context, flatFaces, [], flatFacePlane, definition.edgeSamples);

    else
    {
        var boxXDirection;
        if (definition.defaultCSys)
            boxXDirection = X_DIRECTION;
        else
        {
            if (size(evaluateQuery(context, definition.alignEdge)) != 2)
                throw regenError("Please select two points to align the bounds", ["alignEdge"]);

            else
            {
                const boxXPoints = qUnion([qSheetMetalFlatFilter(definition.alignEdge, SMFlatType.YES), qCorrespondingInFlat(definition.alignEdge)]);
                boxXDirection = evVertexPoint(context, {
                                "vertex" : qNthElement(boxXPoints, 0)
                            }) - evVertexPoint(context, {
                                "vertex" : qNthElement(boxXPoints, 1)
                            });
            }
        }
        const angle = atan2(boxXDirection[1], boxXDirection[0]) % (PI / 2 * radian);
        boundingBox = getBox2D(points, angle);
    }

    const box3dCSys = coordSystem(WORLD_ORIGIN, vector(cos(boundingBox.angle), sin(boundingBox.angle), 0), Z_DIRECTION);

    const box3d = evBox3d(context, {
                "topology" : flatFaces,
                "tight" : true,
                "cSys" : box3dCSys
            });

    const boxPoints = [
            box3d.minCorner,
            vector(box3d.minCorner[0], box3d.maxCorner[1], 0 * meter),
            box3d.maxCorner,
            vector(box3d.maxCorner[0], box3d.minCorner[1], 0 * meter)
        ];

    var sketchBoxPoints = mapArray(boxPoints, function(point)
    {
        return worldToPlane(flatFacePlane, toWorld(box3dCSys, point));
    });

    sketchBoxPoints = append(sketchBoxPoints, sketchBoxPoints[0]);

    const sketch = newSketch(context, id + "sketch", {
                "sketchPlane" : flatFace
            });

    skPolyline(sketch, "polyline", {
                "points" : sketchBoxPoints,
                "construction" : true
            });

    skSolve(sketch);

    if (definition.featureResult == BoundsFeatureResult.PRINT)
    {
        // Print the result to the FS Console
        const unitInfo = getUnitAndUnitString(definition.unitOutput);
        const extents = getExtents(boundingBox, 0, unitInfo.lengthUnit);
        const length = extents.width;
        const width = extents.height;
       

        //My code, which sets the description field for the sheet metal part dimensions
        setProperty(context, {
                "entities" : definition.bodies,
                "propertyType" : PropertyType.DESCRIPTION,
                "value" : "Plate PL? x "~ length ~ " x " ~ width
        });



        setErrorEntities(context, id, {
                    "entities" : qCreatedBy(id + "sketch", EntityType.EDGE)
                });
        opDeleteBodies(context, id + "deleteSketch", {
                    "entities" : qCreatedBy(id + "sketch")
                });
    }
}

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