Topic: 3D Solid Total Length

[DEVITG]

Please post it, the dwg with bracing , I will check it 

[Scrutch]

Please post it, the dwg with bracing , I will check it

I've just thrown a couple of pieces of angle in here on the very lower end, not really tied to anything but each piece is 12'-0" in lenght.  Layer = Angle Brace.

[DEVITG]

It is because the bounding box is based on the actual wcs .
I was thinking in a option to get length , to get the volume and according to section area to get it.
Of course it will need to add to the layer name the section area value like "Angle Brace - 0.9375"  so when you pick on it the area can be get and then do the calcs to get the length , of course there will need to add some volume as the bar´s end are cut to fit the others ,

[Scrutch]

It is because the bounding box is based on the actual wcs .
I was thinking in a option to get length , to get the volume and according to section area to get it.
Of course it will need to add to the layer name the section area value like "Angle Brace - 0.9375"  so when you pick on it the area can be get and then do the calcs to get the length , of course there will need to add some volume as the bar´s end are cut to fit the others ,

Sounds pretty complex to me and may not be worth the effort.  The braces are not always at the same angle so the multiplier would keep changing...right?  Perhaps someone that had as many or more braces as I have horizontal, vertical and perpendicular 3d's would greatly benefit from this.  As for pleasing me, no more bracing than I have I can still measure them manually.  Done it for several years now so a few more won't kill me.

Would like to report that ALL of the normal 3d's on all the layers agree mathematically with the routines calculations.  Course the routine is about 30x faster than doing it mathematically.  Life is good...Thanks again for all the help.

[DEVITG]

It does not matter the angle , as it will get the volume

by vla function

Code: [Select]

(setq volumen (vla-get-volume 3d))

[Scrutch]

It does not matter the angle , as it will get the volume

by vla function

Code: [Select]

(setq volumen (vla-get-volume 3d))

Well, if it's not a large problem for you it's fine with me to make it work, just tell me how I can help and what to do.

[DEVITG]

Just rename the layers to have the area of each profile as

"Angle Brace-0.9375"

You can get the section of each area from tables.-

Then It will be easy to get it.-

The minus sign  [ - ] is to be used as the spliter of the  lay-name  text.-

You must state how much is the % lost at the cuts made on bar´s ends.
Maybe it is not more than 5 % .