I am using Rhino to take measurements of foot meshes. I have chosen certain points to define a line as the foot axis. I used the axis to create contour lines down the foot (to measure things like instep girth etc).
I want to extract the contour lines that correspond to 50%, 66.6% and 75% of the length of the line I defined. Is there an easier way to do this than using the cartesian coordinates of each object?
For reference, the photo shoes the line running through the foot defining my foot axis, and one of the contour lines Iâve generated along the foot.
Hello - hereâs what Iâd try, I think - you can mark off the line with points using the PercentageSnap then make Sections snapping to the points. You could use PercentageSnap within Section but I think that would be awkward. Hold on a few minutes, Iâll make a clip.
Note you can access âPercentâ (=PercentageSnap) via Shift-Right-Click on the OSnap toolbar.
@pascal Wow. This pretty much does exactly what I need. Thank you so much for the clear and concise clip!
I just have one more question for you: I need to make sure the sections are also perpendicular to the foot axis. However, when I try to select âEnd of Sectionâ it wonât snap to become normal with the axis, even with perp snap enabled. Is there something Iâm doing wrong?
Hello - the easiest is probably to make some lines âPerpendicularâ to the axis line - you can even make these with Percentagesnap, or after and then use the lines to guide the sections (Near Osnap) Or, set a custom CPlane on the line (i.e. X axis on the line using the Cplane > 3Point option) and use Ortho to lock the section lines ortho to the X Axis.
Those are great suggestions. I ended up simply copy/pasting the original axis and moving it over a bit and using it to place the second point. I think since it pastes in the same orientation the line remains parallel. Let me know if that sounds wrong.
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Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Users\luca\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\7.0\PetersTools\3.1.2\PetersTools.rhp âPetersToolsâ 3.1.7915.41915
C:\Users\luca\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\7.0\Plug-ins\XNurbs (80be33b0-13b2-4ac4-9c77-03829214f9e9)\5.1.1.3\XNurbsRhino7.rhp âXNurbsâ
C:\Program Files\Orca3D V2\Orca3D.rhp âOrca3Dâ 2.0.22.0
D:\Dropbox\CAD\Rhino_Plugin\SafeLayout.rhp âSafeLayoutâ 1.1.0.0
C:\Users\luca\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\7.0\Plug-ins\Notilus_Clipper (eccc432b-7947-4008-a2ac-6c7e27f58a93)\1.0.0.0\NotilusClipper\Notilus_Clipper.rhp âNotilus_Clipperâ 1.0.0.0
Hi Luca - I would disable all of the plug-ins shown in the âRhino plug-ins that do not ship0 with Rhinoâ in Options > PLug-ins page and then close and restart Rhino, then see if the problem persists.
FYI I noticed the other day that percent didnât seem to have any effect: values were being taken as distances as normal. I didnât have time to investigate and am not at my computer. That was latest 7.11 src - havenât checked in 7.12.
And a request: Could consideration be given to adding a percentage option to distance along curve functions like Divide and ArrayCrv? Or maybe a Point option, like Split, that could then take a PercentageSnap, would have wider application as it could also cater for setting intervals based on intersections without having to measure the relevant distance.
Iâll request the second bit. @jeremy5 - assuming the snap can be made available in the Split > Point context, I think the second part of your request may be the more useful - add Point options. I can ask for those anyway, it seems like that would be useful regardless.
Hi Luca - hm - I just realized I get no numeric display from Percentage at all⌠Investigating⌠OK, they are way off screen - thanks @luca4 - weâll fix it.
