Getting material thickness through a vector

michav · Post by **michav** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:20 am

Hey freecad
Lets say i have a randomly oriented body and a vector going through the body at an angle.
Is it possible to get the thickness of the material through the vector?
Is it possible to get the thickness if it was an stl?
Thanks

mario52 · Post by **mario52** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 5:56 pm

hi

for intersection line to shape: How to intersect a line with a part

for distance between 2 vectors : Vector_API

mario

suzanne.soy · Post by **suzanne.soy** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:07 am

I think the Sheet Metal workbench does this internally, if you try to unfold an arbitrary solid (instead of a thin folded sheet) it will complain that it couldn't detect the thickness of the solid, and leaves in the scene a vector going (partly) through the solid to show where it failed.

Getting material thickness through a vector

Getting material thickness through a vector

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