Mon, 07/18/2005 - 09:50
Forums:
I like to create the following solid:
http://www.ceco.se/images/Curved_Wall.jpg
It is a curved Wall that I have two lines and two trimmed circles, (the upper profile of the wall).
My (first) problem is how to create the trimmed circles. I se in the “Bottle”-example of of Open CASCADE how to make a trimmed circle of three poins but not when I have the radius and endpoints of a circle.
For the two lines do I have the location of the line and a vector. (The vector does have a Orientation and a Magnitude).
All suggestions how to tackle my problem are welcomed.
Mon, 07/18/2005 - 14:20
If you have the radius and endpoints of your arc, you can create a circle with GccAna_Circ2d2TanRad. Keep in mind that this will most likely return 2 answers and you will have to pick the right one. You can then make the trimmed edge using BRepBuilderAPI_MakeEdge2d (the constructor that takes a gp_Circ2d and 2 gp_Pnt2d objects for the endpoints). As for your connecting lines, since you already have the endpoints you can use BRepBuilderAPI_MakeEdge2d with the endpoints for each edge. Then, make a wire from your edges and a planar face from the wire.
Mon, 07/18/2005 - 15:31
Ok, thanks, My goal is to get the 4 edges and then to make a face of it.
How would you create the one of the lines to a TopoDS_Edge from the following parameters:
1. Start point (X,Y,Z)
2. A vector with the following params:
a, Direction (X,Y,Z)
b, Length (REAL)
Thanks!
Mon, 07/18/2005 - 16:00
The easiest way would be:
BRepBuilderAPI_MakeEdge2d(gp_Lin2d(startPt, direc),0,length);
The 0 and length are start and end parameters of the trimmed edge. Since you created the line with the start point as the reference, a parameter of 0 produces that point. The length will be that many millimeters along the direction (use a unity vector for the direction).
Mon, 07/18/2005 - 16:13
I suppose I can do it this way too.... ?
double X, Y, Z, vX, vY, vZ;
...
gp_Pnt startpoint(X, Y, Z);
gp_Dir direction(vX, vY, vZ);
edge = BRepBuilderAPI_MakeEdge(gp_Lin(startpoint, direction), 0, length);
Mon, 07/18/2005 - 16:24
Yep, it's just a matter of whether you're working in 2D or 3D.
Tue, 07/19/2005 - 15:30
What could be wrong if the GccAna_Circ2d2TanRad(...) function "IsDone" and I make this:
GccAna_Circ2d2TanRad TR(gp_Pnt2d(X1, Y1), gp_Pnt2d(X2, Y2), circle.Radius(), 0.1);
if (TR.IsDone()) {
cout << TR.NbSolutions(); // PRINTS "2"
if (TR.NbSolutions() > 0) {
gp_Circ2d gpcircle = TR.ThisSolution(0); // EXCEPTION
...
}
}
At the TR.ThisSolution(0) call I got the exception:
"Microsoft C++ exception: Standard_OutOfRange"
Tue, 07/19/2005 - 15:52
Indexed OCC containers start at 1 (for some reason). The two solutions will be at indexes 1 and 2.
Tue, 07/19/2005 - 16:30
... ohhhh that was a tricky one. Thanks!
When I got you on the line Rob ;-) Can you answer this? I've created a TopoDS_Face and extrudet it in a direction to make a solid like this:
TopoDS_Shape shape = BRepPrimAPI_MakePrism(face, Dir);
Now I still have the bottom (the original face) and the "extruded sides" of my new shape. how do I add the top of the extruded shape?
I've looked at the bottle example (In My first Application) but I can't find any difference in my code...
Tue, 07/19/2005 - 16:35
If you are extruding a face, the result should be a solid (with a top and bottom). The only way you would not get the end caps would be if you extruded a wire. Maybe there is something wrong with the way you are examining your results?
Tue, 07/19/2005 - 16:56
Yeah, I might examine the resulting shape in a wrong way. I do it like this: I am triangulate the shape with this codeblock:
-------------------------------------------------------
BRepMesh::Mesh(shape, 1);
Standard_Integer result(0);
for (TopExp_Explorer ex(shape, TopAbs_FACE); ex.More(); ex.Next()) {
TopoDS_Face F = TopoDS::Face(ex.Current());
TopLoc_Location L;
Handle_Poly_Triangulation triangulation = BRep_Tool::Triangulation(F, L);
const TColgp_Array1OfPnt& nodes = triangulation->Nodes();
for (int i = nodes.Lower(); i <= nodes.Upper(); i++) {
gp_Pnt point = nodes(i);
...
}
int index1, index2, index3;
const Poly_Array1OfTriangle& triangles = triangulation->Triangles();
for (int j = triangles.Lower(); j <= triangles.Upper(); j++) {
const Poly_Triangle& triangle = triangles(j);
triangle.Get(index1, index2, index3);
...
}
} // for TopExp_Explorer
--------------------------------------------------------
then I'm putting in the points and triangles into my render system (debugging with VRML)
Tue, 07/19/2005 - 17:16
That's the problem. You will find that the top and bottom faces reference the same TopoDS_Face with different transformation matrices. So, the triangulations are the same. If you transform the nodes of each face using the TopLoc_Location for that face, the faces should appear in their proper locations.
Wed, 07/20/2005 - 08:45
I don't really get what I'm doing wrong...
Is my code:
---------------------
...
TopLoc_Location L;
Handle_Poly_Triangulation triangulation = BRep_Tool::Triangulation(F, L);
...
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or should I do something else with my shape before triangulation? Thanks for your help Rob.
Wed, 07/20/2005 - 14:03
You are retrieving the location of the triangulation (L), but you are not applying it to the node locations. Try something like this...
Above the node loop, create a transformation from the location:
gp_Trsf xform = L;
Inside the node loop, instead of:
gp_Pnt point = nodes(i);
Try:
gp_Pnt point = nodes(i).Transformed(xform);
That should take the node location and apply the face transformation.
Wed, 07/20/2005 - 14:28
YOU ARE THE KING!
Tue, 07/19/2005 - 17:02
Whatch this URL for example of an extruded circle:
http://www.ceco.se/images/ExtrudedCircle.JPG
Tue, 07/19/2005 - 17:04
The edge is created like this:
TopoDS_Edge edge = BRepBuilderAPI_MakeFace(Wire);