Vehicle Swept Path Generator

Since I went looking and couldn’t find one, I had AI work one up in a couple hours. As it was generated with AI, I’m happy to share it so others can improve on it or just utilize it when you need some quick calcs, and don’t want to hit up any of the online tools to do a simple test.

The only input is a single line, which is used for the starting position and direction.

It includes a few vehicles, and hopefully the code is clear enough on how to add vehicles if you like, It only does one trailer, but I’m sure someone (or AI) could enhance it further if they need to.

Enjoy!

AutoPathCalc.ghx (161.9 KB)

Wow, it seems you forgot to actually say what this does or include a single image - if you work in design this is a terrible way to communicate, you spent more time saying you used AI than describing what you did with it…

LOL, I don’t think I’ve ever been accused of being a great communicator. :slight_smile:

In this case, ‘auto pathing’ refers to the paths the innermost and outermost corners/edges of a vehicle will make while turning a corner.

Useful for knowing the min and max required for various vehicles with trailers to traverse an area.

For example, here are the settings for a pickup truck and RV trailer:

And here is what a semi truck and trailer might look like for a 90 corner: