[2d 3d Curve and/or Polyline Chain length]

Hi Malcolm,

You're dead right. I am seeing that already.

Andrew gave me the excellent tip of using 2D sketch patterns to use as layout guides and references for alignments and pattern transfer. With that I got through a load more work today than I did yesterday.

 

Cheers

[2d 3d Curve and/or Polyline Chain length]

Cheers for that.

It was mainly that I could not see how to measure the overall length of a 2d Polyline (chain of combined lines and curves) until Malcolm showed me that I needed to use the Extract Curve tool to get the 3D Curve which can then be measured for chain length.

 

Thanks

Vic

[2d 3d Curve and/or Polyline Chain length]

Welcome Vic - regards

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Likewise. Thank you.

[2d 3d Curve and/or Polyline Chain length]

Attached is an image of a B-Spline 2D sketch.  From outside of the sketch select it in the property browser, then select extract 3D Curve.  From this 3D curve you can then measure the curve length.  I don't know how to measure inside the sketch itself.

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Hi Malcolm. I clicked late on that this was from you. Thanks for that.

I just could seem to get it. I was actually expecting that there was surely some simple way staring right at me. I am a little use to having dimensional properties constantly alive showing in a pallet along side the scene. I'll add in what I replied to the notification email.... to follow

 

cheers Vic

 

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Thank you for that. I have got the hang of it. long winded though aye. I have come from what I thought was a simple program called TurboCad. Tried Solidworks and found that History based rubbish quite limiting and confining. IronCad is refreshing is very strong with its One space and easy edit in place. but I'm gonna tell you that apart from now working in a rendered scene. TurboCad was able to Punch through any problem. Easily virtually every tool is right at hand and measurement works along side you constantly. Easily place 2d or 3d items anywhere in space based on the 3 Cartesian Plane Grid. Easy component alignment. Iron Cad needs more Link pattern options than just single radial linear or rectangular. it needs capability of multiple varied steps. For a newbie I could really go on.

 

Thanks

Vic

 

[2d 3d Curve and/or Polyline Chain length]

 

Who can tell me how to find simply, the overall length or perimeter of a 2d or 3d polyline or Curve . I just can't seem to find anywhere showing this total chain length information.

Thanks

Vic