Hi Taz,
the Box object in Grasshopper has code build in for special cases of
degenerate boxes. Although it is true that some operations make no
sense when you have a degenerate box, this should not cause errors in
Grasshopper. If you find something is not working, please let me know.
--
David
On Sep 24, 7:10 pm, taz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David,
>
> Great suggestions and I'm going to keep them in the back of my head
> for the future.
>
> Would there be any issues when using a bounding box with planar (say
> xy planar) objects? I think the result is a degenerate box, but it
> still evaluates.
>
> Just curious if this is recommended or not.
>
> taz
>
> On Sep 24, 3:51 am, David Rutten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi b,
>
> > in order to get the center of a boundingbox, use the Evaluate Box
> > component and evaluate the box at {0.5, 0.5, 0.5}, this will give you
> > a plane in the middle.
>
> > There's no component to get the center of circles and arcs yet, though
> > you could use curvature for this. Also, there's a data mapping defined
> > between curves and planes; if the curve is planar, then a plane
> > parameter that inherits data from a curve parameter will provide the
> > plane for that curve. In the case of arcs and circles this plane is
> > located at the center of the arc.
>
> > --
> > David
>
> > On Sep 23, 6:06 pm, b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Is there a simple way to get the center of a bounding box of any type
> > > of object? I see that BRep area gets the centroid but this doesnt work
> > > on curves or groups of objects. Even to find the center of a circle
> > > i've been using a roundabout way. isn't there a built in component to
> > > do that?
>
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