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some featurescript questions
joshtargo
Member Posts: 241 EDU
- How do I return a point where a plane intersects a curve?
- I'm doing multiple transforms on a curve, but some transforms are optional. I found it confusing to keep multiplying transforms to build one big final transform, so I want to split it up into steps. I referred to the result of the first transform with qcreatedby, but if some later transforms are optional, I won't necessarily know which function created the curve that needs to be transformed again. How do I refer to the object?
- How do I render a line for debug purposes if all I know is the origin and direction vector?
- can I render objects (planes, curves, lines, points) in bright orange to help the user visualize what the tool will do?
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NeilCooke
Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,680 
- evDistance
- Go with the multiply option, it will be easier and faster
- addDebugLine
- addDebugEntities
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MichaelPascoe
Member Posts: 1,988 PRO
Like this @josh_targo
const point1 = WORLD_ORIGIN; const direction = XY_PLANE.normal; const distance = 5 * inch; const point2 = direction * distance; addDebugLine(context, point1, point2, DebugColor.RED);
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NeilCooke
Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,680
Or you could simply just
debug(context,line(point, direction), DebugColor.RED);Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEAI0
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Interesting, I will have to see if I can make these work (I'm not a programmer). Thanks.
addDebugLine requires 2 points, but I only have the origin and a direction (from a cross operation). how do I get a second point?
Like this @josh_targo
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Or you could simply just
debug(context,line(point, direction), DebugColor.RED);ok, getting somewhere!