Mesh - Plane intersection contour

Rhino Developer
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Hello,
I want to intersect a cylinder-like mesh (ON_Mesh) with an infinite plane (ON_Plane) and draw the contour (polyline) of the intersection around that mesh.

How can I do that while filtering the points to keep those segments that compose the contour of the intersection? I’ve used ON_Mesh::IntersectPlane() but I get line that connect in the area of the intersection (not just the circumference)

Thanks

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Hi @blondbeer,

For contouring specifically, you might consider using MakeRhinoContours.

For example:

cmdSampleSection.cpp

And:

CRhinoContourInput input;
input.m_geom.Append(pMesh);
input.m_basept = basept;
input.m_endpt = endpt;
input.m_interval = fabs(interval);
input.m_limit_range = TRUE;

ON_SimpleArray<ON_Polyline*> pline_array;
ON_SimpleArray<ON_Curve*> curve_array;
ON_SimpleArray<ON_3dPoint> point_array;
if (!MakeRhinoContours(input, pline_array, curve_array, point_array))
{
  //...
}

Otherwise, we’ll need to see some sample code and a test model.

– Dale

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Hello @dale , thank you for your answer.
Here’s how I’m computing the intersection:

   ON_SimpleArray<ON_Line> ring;
   onMesh->IntersectPlane(ringPlane->plane_equation, ring);

and this is how I draw the circumference:

      ON_3dPointArray points;
      for (auto i = 0; i < ring.Count(); ++i)
      {
         points.Append(ring[i][0]);
         points.Append(ring[i][1]);
      }
      ON_PolylineCurve poly(points);

      ON_3dmObjectAttributes attrb;
      RhinoApp().ActiveDoc()->AddCurveObject(poly, &attrb);

What I need to have is just the closed “ring” or the outer surface of the intersection between the cylinder mesh and the plane. What I’m getting is this:

image

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– Dale