Subassembly Composer - define Vertical distance between 2 links

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I would like to know,  how define Decision that make me point when VERTICAL Distance betwen  "L1"  to "L2"  is smaller than  1.5m ??.

[CivilFlow · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Try to add a Decision in your flow chart under these links with the following expression:

(L1056.MaxY-L1057.MaxY)<1.5 

"True" side will add a point as you want while the "false" side will have a different build sequence.

I hope this helps.

[KMercier_C3D]

Are L1056 and L1057 "Surface Links" (and therefore have varying Y values along their length) or are they both "Links"? 

I do not think @CivilFlow 's formula will get you what you want since that formula won't find a vertical distance since the MaxY of one link could be in a different location along the link than the other MaxY.

I think the easiest way to find where the links are less than a certain vertical distance apart is to take one of the links and to make an auxiliary link that is vertically offset from that link for the vertical distance. Then you can find where the second link intersects with the offset auxiliary link and that will be the location where they are 1.5m apart and then you can generate your point knowing that X coordinate.