How to extrude sketch entity instead of whole sketch in FeatureScript?

marek_robak

Hi, I am new to FeatureScript and wonder how to extrude only the sketch entity instead of the whole sketch.

        var worldCoordSys is CoordSystem = coordSystem(vector(0, 0, 0) * meter, vector(1, 0, 0), vector(0, 0, 1));

        var bucketSketch = newSketchOnPlane(context, id + "sketch1", {

                "sketchPlane" : plane(worldCoordSys)

            });

        skRectangle(bucketSketch, "rectangle1", {

                    "firstCorner" : vector(0, 0) * meter,

                    "secondCorner" : vector(definition.bucket_size, definition.bucket_size)

                });

        skRectangle(bucketSketch, "rectangle2", {

                    "firstCorner" : vector(definition.wall_thickness, definition.wall_thickness),

                    "secondCorner" : vector(definition.bucket_size - definition.wall_thickness, definition.bucket_size - definition.wall_thickness)

                });

        skSolve(bucketSketch);

For example, here I would like to extrude "rectangle1" with some height eg. 2 inches, and "rectangle2" with eg. 10 inches.
I thought I could create two newSketchOnPlane() and extrude them easily but it seems inappropriate way to archive this.
I would love to know what is in this case good and bad practice.

Also, can I archive the extrude of only the shape that comes from the intersection of some sketch entities?

Jacob_Corder

//insert this code after your skSolve(bucketSketch)


//if you want to extrude surfaces, then use this
    var largestRegion =  sketchEntityQuery(id + "sketch1", EntityType.EDGE, "rectangle1");
    var smallest =  sketchEntityQuery(id + "sketch1", EntityType.EDGE, "rectangle2");

//if solid bodies then use this

    var regions =  qSketchRegion(id + "sketch1", false) ;
    var largestRegion = makeRobustQuery(context, qLargest(regions));//this will stop evaluating the areas of the regions in queries after.
    var smallest = qSubtraction(regions, largestRegion);

//now you can extrude them
opExtrude(context, id+"extrudeLargest", {
        "entities" : largestRegion,
        "direction" : evOwnerSketchPlane(context, {"entity" : largestRegion}).normal,
        "endBound" : BoundingType.BLIND,
        "endDepth" : 2 * inch
});
opExtrude(context, id+"extrudeSmallest", {
        "entities" : smallest,
        "direction" : evOwnerSketchPlane(context, {"entity" : smallest}).normal,
        "endBound" : BoundingType.BLIND,
        "endDepth" : 10 * inch
});

 

Give that a try.