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David Hall

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extract length of solid
« on: November 16, 2006, 05:13:32 PM »
I have a "sweep" that is a circle extruded along a path.  What I would like to do is extract the length out of the solid.  I used getentity to see that it was a sweep, but couldn't find any property that matched the known length for that solid.

Ideas???
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Re: extract length of solid
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2006, 05:28:29 PM »
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Re: extract length of solid
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2006, 05:46:16 PM »
I have a "sweep" that is a circle extruded along a path.  What I would like to do is extract the length out of the solid.  I used getentity to see that it was a sweep, but couldn't find any property that matched the known length for that solid.

Ideas???
Just an idea:

Volume/Circle area

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Re: extract length of solid
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2006, 05:52:59 PM »
Maybe you can try measuring the path before you extrude or getboundingbox? Once it’s a solid there is not much data you can pull from it
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