Wireframe Hull to Strings

Creates strings from the hull of an existing wireframe object.

 

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convert-wf-hull

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Creates strings from the hull (outline) of an existing wireframe object or partial object. The orientation of the plane to be used to create the cross-sectional string object is fully configurable.

Note: This command supports flexible wireframe selection.

You can either output a string that lines up with the selected plane (a "2D" boundary), or you can output a string object representing the elevation of the boundary of each point of the object (a "3D" boundary), for example, in the image below, the same topography wireframe surface has been converted to a hull string. The orange string represents the output of a horizontal projection with the Use elevation check box disabled, whilst the purple line shows the default setting, that is, projecting the boundary line to the currently active section:

This command displays the Hull to Strings dialog.

This command can be applied to either a selected wireframe object, or to preselected wireframe triangles (in which case a hull string will be generated for the selection).

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This command is also available using the BOOLEAN process (@METHOD=6)

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Boolean operations

BOOLEAN Process

Wireframe Solid Hull Dialog

Selecting Wireframe Data