Performing inspection (distance measurement) with API
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Some general measurement type of functions are currently missing from the API and is something we plan on adding but I don't have a time frame about when they might be available. It would be difficult to do this on your own. You suggested getting the mesh of the part and then finding the two vertices that are the closest together and use that as the minimum distance. I don't know why you were having trouble getting the mesh representation of a body but that should be working and I'm not aware of problems. However, even if you get a mesh of the bodies you want to measure between, the results will not necessarily be correct.
Below are two examples that illustrate why this won't work. On the left are two boxes represented by a triangle mesh. The closest point between the two boxes is a vertex on the top box but center of the face on the lower box. On the right is a cylinder and sphere both represented by a triangle mesh. The closest point will be on the middle of the cylinder, where there isn't a vertex. Essentially, that approach relies on their being a vertex on both bodies at the closest point, which isn't always true.
The API exposes the functionality that Fusion has but in a way you can incorporate that into a program rather then rely on using the UI. I found that Fusion doesn't currently support doing any measurements with mesh bodies so providing that capability in the API may be difficult.
