Is it possible to check if a point(x,y,z) is on a surface or in free space?

frederik_larsen108

i'm making a script that genrates some holes automatically.. I'll need to check if the polygon i'm extruding is in free space or on a surface? is that possible and how?

Jake_Rosenfeld

const distanceResult = evDistance(context, {"side0" : someFace, "extendSide0" : true, "side1" : somePoint});
if (distanceResult.distance < TOLERANCE.zeroLength)
{
    // somePoint lies on the underlying surface of someFace
}
else
{
    // somePoint does not lie on the underlying surface of someFace<br>
}

'somePoint' can be a Query for a Vertex, a vector (like vector(1, 2, 3) * inch or the result of evVertexPoint), or even a Query for all the vertices of your polygon (the 'distance' will be the distance of the closest point, so by doing this you could tell if any of the points lie on the surface).

Jake_Rosenfeld

When you say 'Surface', do you mean a Query for a face?  If so you can use evDistance().  If the distance returned is less than 'TOLERANCE.zeroLength', than the point and face are touching.  If you use the 'extendSide<i>' option for evDistance, you can extend the input faces to their full (possibly infinite) underlying surface.

https://cad.onshape.com/FsDoc/library.html#evDistance-Context-map

frederik_larsen108

Yes i mean the query of a face What would you have as input in evDistance? and how do i check a certain point and not the entire face?

Jake_Rosenfeld

const distanceResult = evDistance(context, {"side0" : someFace, "extendSide0" : true, "side1" : somePoint});
if (distanceResult.distance < TOLERANCE.zeroLength)
{
    // somePoint lies on the underlying surface of someFace
}
else
{
    // somePoint does not lie on the underlying surface of someFace<br>
}

'somePoint' can be a Query for a Vertex, a vector (like vector(1, 2, 3) * inch or the result of evVertexPoint), or even a Query for all the vertices of your polygon (the 'distance' will be the distance of the closest point, so by doing this you could tell if any of the points lie on the surface).

frederik_larsen108

This works, but i would like to check if the point is within the face of the body... i tried to remove the "extendSide" part but then no point lies on the surface.. 

Jake_Rosenfeld

@frederik_larsen108

Could you provide a URL for a document that has an example of the issue you're facing? It would be easier to answer if I could see what's going on.

frederik_larsen108

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/9999ed3414102d7432d45d2d/w/57befa5dbd9e9edb2059902a/e/0f8e96c2baff13b7fde0e633 
Here is a link, its on line 125

NeilCooke

@frederik_larsen108Have you tried qContainsPoint?

ilya_baran

qContainsPoint should work.  Removing extendSide0 should also work.  I can see a couple of issues with the units: for side1, the units in your vector are already length units -- multiplying by meter turns them into area (that's incorrect, but it shouldn't fix the problem).  In the comparison to zeroLength, you divide by millimiter, whereas zeroLength tolerance is intended for meters.
If that doesn't help, try focusing on one of the points in your pointArray and displaying it and the points returned by evDistance using the debug function.