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how to make a wide path to be showed using Network node OnDraw Trigger?

raviraj_v — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:28:30 GMT

[ FlexSim 19.2.4 ]

Re: how to make a wide path to be showed using Network node OnDraw Trigger?

joerg_vogel_HsH — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:53:46 GMT

@Raviraj V, you want to visualize a street?

Re: how to make a wide path to be showed using Network node OnDraw Trigger?

raviraj_v — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:02:49 GMT

Create a wide using OnDraw in network nodes

Re: how to make a wide path to be showed using Network node OnDraw Trigger?

jason_lightfoot_adsk — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 23:52:22 GMT

Some trig will be involved for this and the commands you will need are drawtomodelscale() and either drawrect, drawrectangle or drawquad(). (fglRotate() might also help)

You'll also want the other node coordinates relative to the current node for a given port :

Vec3 otherloc = current.outObjects[port].location.project(current.outObjects[port].up,current);

and then the angle from one node to another will be

Math.degrees(Math.atan2(otherloc.y,otherloc.x))

If you were using an up to date version the vector logic is much simpler:

double pathwidth=2;
drawtomodelscale(current);
for (int n=current.outObjects.length;n>0;n--) {
Vec3 otherloc = current.outObjects.location.project(current.outObjects.up,current);
Vec2 other2=Vec2(otherloc.x,otherloc.y);
Vec2 unit=other2/other2.magnitude*pathwidth/2;
Vec2 leftoff=unit.rotate(90);
Vec2 p1=leftoff;
Vec2 p2=-leftoff;
Vec2 p3=p2+other2;
Vec2 p4=p3+leftoff*2;
drawquad(view,p1.x,p1.y,0,p2.x,p2.y,0,p3.x,p3.y,0,p4.x,p4.y,0,0,1,0);
}

Re: how to make a wide path to be showed using Network node OnDraw Trigger?

ryan_c10 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:57:23 GMT

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