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Help with GetNormalAtPoint in C# needed (VB.Net - OK)

Maxim-CADman77 — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:35:17 GMT

I'm trying to convert my VB.Net project to C# (some employers prefer C#) and I feel a bit confused with usage of GetNormalAtPoint method (on the same dataset it fails to return same result as VB.Net does).

VB.Net code (piece of interest):

Call oFrF.Evaluator.GetNormalAtPoint(pt, n) MessageBox.Show("oFrF.TransientKey = " & oFrF.TransientKey & vbCrLf & "pt : " & pt(0) & " ; " & pt(1) & " ; " & pt(2) & vbCrLf & "n : " & n(0) & " ; " & n(1) & " ; " & n(2), "VB")

C#:

oFrF.Evaluator.GetNormalAtPoint(pt, n); MessageBox.Show ("oFrF.TransientKey = " + oFrF.TransientKey + System.Environment.NewLine + "pt : " + pt[0] + " ; " + pt[1] + " ; " + pt[2] + System.Environment.NewLine + "n : " + n[0] + " ; " + n[1] + " ; " + n[2],"C#");

I'm expecting to get the same coordinates of n (Point) on same "oFrF" (Face) and "pt" (Point) but I get zero:

What I'm missing?

Re: Help with GetNormalAtPoint in C# needed (VB.Net - OK)

Michael.Navara — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:15:36 GMT

You miss the 'ref' keyword in method calls

var part = ThisDoc.Document as PartDocument; var face = part.ComponentDefinition.SurfaceBodies[1].Faces[1]; var pointOnFace = face.PointOnFace; double[] point = { }; pointOnFace.GetPointData(ref point); double[] normal = {}; face.Evaluator.GetNormalAtPoint(ref point, ref normal); MessageBox.Show(string.Join(";", normal));

Re: Help with GetNormalAtPoint in C# needed (VB.Net - OK)

Maxim-CADman77 — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 15:39:11 GMT

Yes, correct C#-code is:

oFrF.Evaluator.GetNormalAtPoint(ref pt, ref n)

... seems a bit strange that Visual Studio* IntelliCode does not detect an issue if no keyword is used ... while it gives correct hint if the wrong keyword (ex. 'out') is used:

Thank you so much!

* I'm using VS Community 2019 version 16.11.16