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new custom feature: Boolean Variable

jelte_steur_info
jelte_steur_info Member Posts: 676 PRO
edited December 2025 in FeatureScript

Happy winter solstice to everyone!

I was grouping some dynamic suppressions in a configurable document and creating a regular variable, setting it to 'any' and creating an equation, (or typing "true" manually.)
This bothered me, I figured this should be easier if I'm going to do this a lot.
so I created a dedicated:
Boolean Variable

Boolean Variable FS.jpg
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Comments

  • Derek_Van_Allen_BD
    Derek_Van_Allen_BD Member Posts: 1,101 PRO

    I should do something like this for doing directional flipping when you enter negative values for things like offsets or move faces. Save myself the need to remember the expression syntax.

    Derek Van Allen | Engineering Consultant | Meddler

  • ry_gb
    ry_gb Member, csevp, pcbaevp Posts: 265 PRO
    edited December 2025

    I just did this the other day. It didn't seem like a lot of effort, but I can see that it would get annoying if I had to do this a lot. Adding this to my toolbar.

    Ramon Yip | glassboard.com

  • jelte_steur_info
    jelte_steur_info Member Posts: 676 PRO

    @Derek_Van_Allen_BD.
    I imagine this as an "absolute variable" FS that takes in a variable and outputs two new ones, reusing the names etc.

    input: #offset

    output: #offset_abs (is same type as input).
    #offset_flip (is boolean)

  • eric_pesty
    eric_pesty Member, pcbaevp Posts: 2,865 PRO

    The native variable feature really should have a "Boolean" option (in addition to "any")!

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