Is there a Skeleton command in the works?

[Drewpan]

Hi,

I was thinking about how the Shell command works and its usefulness when it suddenly

occurred to me that a skeleton command would be equally useful for a number of applications.

The Shell command hollows out a shape. A skeleton command is the logical next step of

creating a frame of a shape.

Now I do realise that there might be some issues with some shapes being unsolvable

like a spherical object. This might be fixed by user defined edges.

On thinking further I realised that most of the coding for this skeleton command has

already been done because you can view shapes in Wireframe view.

So a Skeleton command is really a wireframe view with the "wire" could be user defined

"thickened" into a 3D frame. Sort of how the Pipe command works.

I think that this would be a useful command to have available. It would be very easy to

implement as most of the code already exists. Is it worth adding to the development

roadmap?

Cheers

Andrew

[kacper.suchomski]

Hi

Quick trick - I believe this can be done using a multiple shell.

Regarding the sphere, I have a hard time imagining how the allorithm would decide the number of meridians.
On the other hand, as you mentioned, it can be easily done via Pipe or Extrude.