Curves Discretize

Curves Discretize
Menu location
Curves → Discretize
Workbenches
Curves
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The Curves Discretize tool discretizes an edge or a wire and therefore creates a set of points along the edge/wire according to a chosen discretization method.

Usage

1. Select one or more edges in the 3D view.
2. There are several ways to invoke the tool:
   • Press the Discretize button.
   • Select the Curves → Discretize option from the menu.
3. A Discretized_Edge object is created for each selected edge.
4. Optionally edit the values in the Property editor to choose a different discretization method and adjust the related properties (see Properties below).

Properties

See also: Property editor.

A Discretized_Edge object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:

Data

Discretized

• DataEdge (LinkSub): Input edge.
• DataPoint (VectorList): Lists the output points.
• DataTarget (Enumeration): Tool target.
  • SingleEdge (default): Discretizes the selected edge only.
  • Wire: Discretizes the whole wire the edge belongs to.

Method

• DataAlgorithm (Enumeration): Discretization method.
  • Number (default): A number of points that are evenly distributed along the selected edge/wire.
  • QuasiNumber: ...
  • Distance: All points are placed at the same distance to their neighbors apart from the last pair.
  • Deflection: ...
  • QuasiDeflection: ...
  • Angular-Curvature: ...
• DataAngular (Float): Angular value for Angular-Curvature Algorithm.
• DataCurvature (Float): Curvature value for Angular-Curvature Algorithm.
• DataDeflection (Float): Distance for deflection Algorithm.
• DataDistance (Float): Distance between edge points.
• DataMinimum (Integer): Minimum number of points.
• DataNumber (Integer): Number of edge points.

Output

• DataNormalized Parameters (FloatList): Normalized parameters list.

Parameters

• DataParameter First (Float): Start parameter.
• DataParameter Last (Float): End parameter.

Scripting