Conic Curves

Conic Curves

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Conic Curves

MichaelT_123
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Hi TF360,

 

Small progress, but progress. The API object of SketchConicCurve has a new property. The rhoValue … has been added.

It is warmly welcome; however, the intuitive rho parameter is sufficient only in sculpting the desired shape … by eyeball scanning … in a woodworking shop. There is much more to be desired … in more serious engineering work … like, e.g. designing a simple telescope.

How difficult would it be to expose other essential conic curve determinants such as the vertex, focus (foci) point, directrix and symmetry axes?

 

Regards

MichaelT

 

PS. I am not entirely sure where to place this post, …. in the Design&Validate or API Script section. Perhaps both would be good contenders.

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jeffescott
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Yup so easy to do.  Should be able to derive a formula for rho, but it has an option in the drop down

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