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direction of a non-planar face
hi everyone,
is there a way to get the direction of a non-planar face?
to elaborate, when dealing with a planar face we can get the normal of that face and from that calculate its direction.
however the normal function does not work for non-planar faces so i am a bit stuck.
any ideas will be appreciated.
cheers,
--stav.
in this world i am nobody...
and nobody is perfect ;) !!!
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nvidia quadro fx 3450/4000 sdi
answer you'll need to get the normal at a specific location on the surface. try looking at surface::evaluateatpoint
thanks matthew,
i eventually found that function call.
face2::faceinsurfacesense is also required to get the correct direction of the face.
cheers,
--stav.
in this world i am nobody...
and nobody is perfect ;) !!!
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solidworks office 2008 sp4.0
dell precision pws390
nvidia quadro fx 3450/4000 sdi
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