Is there an interactive query explorer?

pmd

It would be useful to help my understanding of the various qXXXX() query functions to be able to use the UI to explore what they did. I envision a FS with a dropdown menu of most of the query functions (qLoopEdges, qVertexAdjacent, qConvexConnectedFaces etc. etc.) and some input fields.

I could then select a function from the dropdown and click on various faces, edges surfaces and see via the red debug highlight what the result was.

Has someone already done this and if so is it public?

brad_phelan

It's easy to create. Here is a starting document for you

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/5e2dc161fab82710e1b66ffc/w/9323fbcdf0cba5f5b3ea11d2/e/6925d74fa4c87d52f9b40c1d

The feature just builds a lookup table of query types, executes the selected query and then uses the onshape debug command to visualize the result query. For example below I make a query for all faces adjacent to a vertex.

You can add more complexity as you require.

brad_phelan

It's easy to create. Here is a starting document for you

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/5e2dc161fab82710e1b66ffc/w/9323fbcdf0cba5f5b3ea11d2/e/6925d74fa4c87d52f9b40c1d

The feature just builds a lookup table of query types, executes the selected query and then uses the onshape debug command to visualize the result query. For example below I make a query for all faces adjacent to a vertex.

You can add more complexity as you require.

konstantin_shiriazdanov

@brad_phelan damn, lookup table is smart approach

pmd

@brad_phelan thanks, I did start to code one up and the UI was clunky so was reading up and discovered lookup table just after you posted

ilya_baran

Cool, please keep this public!

owen_sparks

Very nice.

pmd

Here is my effort:

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/2a0193ef47e88aa60e11f1a8/w/f5d1b2ace420c2778f309e0c/e/9f482bb28ee96bfb8f2d6874

Disclaimer - very much a work in progress.