Curves from solids... flattened (a section cut for autocad)
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 From:  Michael Gibson
3836.15 In reply to 3836.14 
Hi Rado,

> This would be amazing. Does Rhino currently have something like this?

Yes, Rhino has a command called Make2D which will generate a hidden-line drawing of your model. It puts the output as 2D curves that are flat in the Top view.

Rhino also has a silhouette command, but it seems to duplicate every creased edge of a solid no matter if it is a potential silhouette or not.

I may be able to tune up MoI's silhouette generator for edges on solids a bit more by also trying to figure out if an edge is a convex edge of the solid or not, and only allowing it as a potential silhouette if it is.

- Michael
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 From:  rado
3836.16 In reply to 3836.15 
Cool. I'll have to try it at school tomorrow. Thanks for the help!
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 From:  ed17 (ED17ES)
3836.17 
Other problem with the silhouette command is that you cant make it work with multiple objects, i mean MoI doesnt know if an object is behind other object, it just makes one silhouette for each one.
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 From:  Michael Gibson
3836.18 In reply to 3836.17 
Hi Ed, yeah right now Silhouette can just give you the sort of "raw materials" of various potential curves to use, particularly on curved surfaces where there may not already be an edge in the model along the silhouette line. But then you need to manually process them to delete and trim out pieces that you want to remove.

- Michael
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