Virtual plane intersection point with an edge/curve intersection

[KushWadhwani]

Hi,

Is there a way to get a virtual plane and its intersetion points with some edges/Cuvres?

I tried creating actual planes but it's too time consuming, so am looking for other faster alternative solution.

Has anyone tried implementing something similar?

[Technisites]

This is the simplest function for creating a plane.

int UF_MODL_create_plane
(
double origin_point [ 3 ] ,
double plane_normal [ 3 ] ,
tag_t * plane_tag
)

[KushWadhwani]

HI @ Technisites Thanks for the reply. I am looking for less time consuming alternatives. Since I have to perform this operation with large number edges, I am something that doesn't require creation of an actual plane. If I am creating a plane using any available API then it's taking a lot of time for the tool to execute, that's the reason I am searching for some alternative like a virtual plane.

[Inch]

If you haven't tried the suggested UF call, I would give it a go. This creates a very lightweight plane that is much quicker to create than a DatumPlane feature. It might be OK for you.

[Yamada]

It sounds like your code will intersect the plane with several curves/edges. If so, then the time to create the plane will probably be far less than the time to do the intersections.

There really are no "virtual planes" in NX/Open. SNAP has a bunch of "Geom" objects, including Snap.Geom.Surface.Plane object, and creating one of these does not cause any interaction with the NX part file, so it's very fast.

[KushWadhwani]

@Yamada

Thanks for the reply. Yes you are correct ultimately I have to find the intersection point between the plane and a set of edges. Do you have a suggestion for a quicker light weight solution in mind for it?

with respect to the SNAP API, I suppose we should have the SNAP license available to use this API, Right?

Thanks,

Kush

[Yamada]

Yes, using the SNAP API requires a license. The price is low (I think), but it's not zero. There is a free subset called MiniSnap, but it doesn't include the intersection functions.

As far as I know, the quickest way to create a plane using NX/Open is the UF_MODL_create_plane function that @Technisites recommended.

But, again, I would expect plane creation to be much faster than the subsequent intersections. So, unless you have evidence to show that plane creation is taking up a large percentage of the time, I wouldn't worry about it.

[Technisites]

I guess for finding the intersections, the function UF_MODL_intersect_curve_to_plane will be much faster than other methods.

[KushWadhwani]

@Yamada Yes I also think that finding the intersection points is taking more time then creating datum planes.

@Technisites Even I am using UF_MODL_intersect_curve_to_plane for finding intersection points between datum planes and curves.