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Two point generation for imported parts.
Lucas_Lovett
Member Posts: 6 ✭
I want to do a two point generation system for imported parts in a featurescript I'm making and I previously did it like this
if (definition.generationChoice == generationType.TWO)
{
opExtrude(context, id + "hexShaft", {
"entities" : qSketchRegion(id + "sketchOne", true),
"direction" : dir,
"endBound" : BoundingType.BLIND,
"endDepth" : norm(endVec - startVec),
"operationType" : NewBodyOperationType.NEW
});
with dir being
dir = normalize(endVec - startVec);
but I want to use an imported part to do a similar thing.
How I currently add my part is like this
const eightyTwenty1x1 = addInstance(instantiator, eightyTwenty1x1::build, { "configuration" : { "z" : definition.length }, "transform" : thingTransform });
the thingTransform is here
var thingTransform is Transform = toWorld(evMateConnector(context, { "mateConnector" : definition.startPoint }));
I was wondering if maybe I could make it start on a plane I can switch where it is directed similar to my original way and just have the plane face the way it needs to go and have it extrude out to that distance needed or if there was a different way I needed to do it. Any advice or documentation would be greatly appreciated.