70002646 Method to get the outline boundary of an object

Article 70002646
Type Wish
Product Engine
Version 1103
Date Added 3/5/2025 12:00:00 AM
Fixed 11.4.1 (3/12/2025 12:00:00 AM)
Submitted by VectorDraw Team

Summary

Method to get the outline boundary of an object

Solution

In version 11.4.1 we added the following method to the vdFigure object

summary>Calculates the outline of this figure projected in World coordinate system. In case of vdCurve the projection is in plane of the Extrusion Vector.
returns>A collection of gPoints representing the outline of the figure.
public override gPoints GetOutLine()

This method is specially usefull to calculate the boundary of inserts since most curve's outline is common with the GetSamplePoints method return.

Some entities.


And the calculated outlines.

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