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Is there an easier way to query for the YZ_PLANE?

izumi_matsuda
izumi_matsuda Member Posts: 3 ✭
in FeatureScript
When using opSplitPart, I wanted the tool for the split to be the YZ_PLANE. However, the "tool" has to be a query.
The following works:
qEverything()->qParallelPlanes(YZ_PLANE)

However, is there a simpler way to do this?

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  • NeilCooke
    NeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 6,092 image
    Answer ✓
    qCreatedBy(makeId("Right"), EntityType.FACE)
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA

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  • NeilCooke
    NeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 6,092 image
    Answer ✓
    qCreatedBy(makeId("Right"), EntityType.FACE)
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA
  • daniel_cravens
    daniel_cravens Member Posts: 29 ✭
    This post solved my issue getting opsplitpart to work. Converting my construction plane into a query worked. In case this helps anyone in the future the following creates a tool normal to a line and cuts the part.

    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    //  Split Part with Plane Normal to Selected Edge
    //

    annotation { "Feature Type Name" : "Split Normal" }
    export const myFeature = defineFeature(function(context is Context, id is Id, definition is map)
        precondition
        {
            annotation { "Name" : "Select edge for split.", "Filter" : EntityType.EDGE, "MaxNumberOfPicks" : 1 }
            definition.edge is Query;
            
        }
        {
            
            var endPoints is Query = qAdjacent(definition.edge, AdjacencyType.VERTEX, EntityType.VERTEX);


            var point1 is Vector = evVertexPoint(context, {
                    "vertex" : qNthElement(endPoints, 0)
            });
            var point2 is Vector = evVertexPoint(context, {
                    "vertex" : qNthElement(endPoints, 1)
            });
            
            var midPoint is Vector = point2 - point1;

            var body = qBodyType(qEverything(EntityType.BODY), BodyType.SOLID)->qContainsPoint(point1);
            var face = qOwnedByBody(body, EntityType.FACE)->qContainsPoint(point1)->qContainsPoint(point2);
            
            var tangentLine = evEdgeTangentLine(context, {
                    "edge" : definition.edge,
                    "parameter" : 0.5
            
            });
            
            var tangentPlane = evFaceTangentPlane(context, {
                    "face" : face,
                    "parameter" : vector(0.5, 0.5)
            });
            
            var normal is Vector = cross(tangentPlane.normal,tangentLine.direction);
            
            var plane = opPlane(context, id + "plane1", {
                    "plane" : { "origin" : point1, 
                    "normal" : normal,
                    "x" : tangentLine.direction}
            });
            
            var tool = qCreatedBy(id + "plane1", EntityType.BODY);
            
            debug(context, tool);
           
            opSplitPart(context, id + "splitPart1", {
                    "targets" : body,
                    "tool" : tool
            });    
            
        });
  • Alex_Kempen
    Alex_Kempen Member Posts: 258 EDU
    Since this thread got bumped, I'll point out there are now specific queries for the default planes and origin, `qFrontPlane`, `qRightPlane`, `qTopPlane`, and `qOrigin`. Note these are queries to the physical construction planes/point in the graphics window. If you simply want the underlying data representation (e.g. a `Plane` object you can pass to `newSketchOnPlane`), you can use the constants `XY_PLANE`, `YZ_PLANE`, `XZ_PLANE`, `WORLD_ORIGIN`, and `WORLD_COORD_SYSTEM` directly.
    Software Developer at Epic Systems
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  • jnewth_onshape
    jnewth_onshape Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 89 image
    edited June 2024
    Thanks for mentioning the new queries @Alex_Kempen
    You can peek at `defaultFeatures.fs` in the standard library to see them. In particular: `newSketchOnPlane` takes a plane object, but `newSketch` takes a query so you can use the queries like:

    const sketch = newSketch(context, id, {
     "sketchPlane" : qTopPlane(EntityType.FACE)
    });

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