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Create parametric 3D fusion reactor CAD models
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Add 2D image from a cross section of the 3D geometry #654

Open shimwell opened 3 years ago

shimwell commented 3 years ago

The current method relies on the points and doesn't show splines or circles very well.

Another method could make a large flat slicing face (extrude it by a tiny amount) then find the intersections with each solid and save each solid as a STL file, then load the STL file and access the vertex points.

RemDelaporteMathurin commented 3 years ago

Is this a doublon of #84 ?

shimwell commented 3 years ago

The issue reported in #84 is regarding the curves not being represented properly by the existing methods of export_2d_image and export_html

I think the export_html is useful for inspecting the points in by the Shape / component during development of a new component. While this slicing would be more suitable at replacing the export_2d_image method

The challenge described in this here would be a totally different way of getting a 2d image from the CAD which would also partly solve #84 but it solves it in a way that no longer involves the points.

So yes they are quite related but I shall close the other issue now as #693 solves that issue