Automatic contour recognition tool in Sketch workbench ?
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Automatic contour recognition tool in Sketch workbench ?
@realthunder
Hello,
In the Sketch workbench, would it be possible to create an automatic contour recognition tool, on the same principle as what acts in the "chamfer" and "fillet" tools?
Thank you.
Hello,
In the Sketch workbench, would it be possible to create an automatic contour recognition tool, on the same principle as what acts in the "chamfer" and "fillet" tools?
Thank you.
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- adrianinsaval
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Re: Automatic contour recognition tool in Sketch workbench ?
what is this "automatic contour recognition tool" supposed to do? To me the name alone is not descriptive enough to guess it.
Re: Automatic contour recognition tool in Sketch workbench ?
Here is how I suggest :
This tool would make it possible both to select a path more quickly but also to show any disjunctions when there are any.
This tool would make it possible both to select a path more quickly but also to show any disjunctions when there are any.
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Re: Automatic contour recognition tool in Sketch workbench ?
+1
BTW the algo of Path_SelectLoop tool could be used here. This tool could be improved as well maybe? In order to select closed loop, with or without tangency?
Re: Automatic contour recognition tool in Sketch workbench ?
Having selected the closed loop, what would you then do with it?
Re: Automatic contour recognition tool in Sketch workbench ?
Move could be a candidate (although I prefer to constrain things and then move them by dragging one of them with the mouse).
I don't see a good use case yet for selection of parts of a complete loop in Path workbench.
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Re: Automatic contour recognition tool in Sketch workbench ?
Usecase!
You can make master sketch with many profiles, and on part design can select profiles for easy extrude, all with only one sketch.
You need closed profiles or closed sketch regions to select.
You can make master sketch with many profiles, and on part design can select profiles for easy extrude, all with only one sketch.
You need closed profiles or closed sketch regions to select.
Re: Automatic contour recognition tool in Sketch workbench ?
It's exactly that ! I often use master sketches ... or shape binder sub-objects, in which I select portions of contours.
In particular with the magic tool of Realthunder "Add/toggle defining geometry" which allows to import geometry elements directly usable for extrusions.
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Re: Automatic contour recognition tool in Sketch workbench ?
Then it's not really selection in sketcher edit mode that you want. Realthunder has this implemented in his fork, hopefully some day he'll make a PR, in the meantime you can use wirefilter macro.
Re: Automatic contour recognition tool in Sketch workbench ?
This is very useful in a future sketcher offset tool to "chain select" all edges you wish to offset.