Generates contour lines on 3D geometry for topographic analysis

shape

plane

distance

Contour

contours

<p>BeeGraphy Editor Tools Package

This package contains a comprehensive set of tool nodes designed to assist with various operations and analyses in the BeeGraphy Editor.

Usage

The nodes in this package are categorized into specialized groups to simplify design and modeling tasks. They enable users to create, manipulate, analyze, and transform models with precision. To locate these nodes, browse the corresponding groups in the menu or use the search functionality.

Node Groups

Surface Group

The Surface group provides nodes for creating and manipulating surfaces. These nodes enable you to generate freeform surfaces, analyze surface properties, apply surface transformations, create panel structures, perform surface boolean operations, and convert surfaces to triangulated meshes. Surface nodes are essential for working with complex surface geometry and creating smooth, continuous surfaces in your designs.

Vector Group

The Vector group contains nodes for vector operations and calculations. These nodes allow you to perform vector addition, subtraction, normalization, dot products, cross products, and various vector transformations. Vector nodes are fundamental for working with directions, positions, and spatial relationships in 3D space.

Transform Group

The Transform group provides tools for applying geometric transformations to objects. These nodes enable translation, rotation, scaling, and combined transformations. Transform nodes are essential for positioning, orienting, and resizing geometry in your designs.

Primitive Curves Group

The Primitive Curves group contains nodes for generating basic curve shapes. These nodes allow you to create fundamental curves such as lines, circles, arcs, splines, and other geometric primitives. Primitive curve nodes serve as building blocks for more complex curve-based designs.

Curve Analysis Group

The Curve Analysis group provides nodes for analyzing curve properties and characteristics. These nodes enable you to measure curve length, evaluate curvature, check continuity, extract points along curves, and analyze curve geometry. Curve analysis nodes are valuable for understanding and validating curve properties in your designs.

Curve Toolset Group

The Curve Toolset group offers utility nodes for curve manipulation and processing. These nodes provide tools for curve editing, trimming, extending, joining, and various curve operations that enhance curve-based workflows.

Curve Triangulation Group

The Curve Triangulation group contains nodes for converting curves into triangulated representations. These nodes enable you to create mesh representations of curves for rendering, analysis, or further processing.

Boolean Operation Group

The Boolean Operation group provides tools for performing Boolean operations on geometry. These nodes enable union, difference, and intersection operations on surfaces, solids, and regions. Boolean operation nodes are essential for combining, subtracting, and intersecting geometric objects to create complex shapes.

Solid Group

The Solid group contains nodes for creating and modifying solid geometry. These nodes enable you to generate primitive solids, create freeform solids, analyze solid properties, apply solid transformations, perform solid boolean operations, and convert solids to meshes. Solid nodes are fundamental for working with three-dimensional solid objects.

Intersection Group

The Intersection group provides tools for finding intersections between geometric entities. These nodes enable you to find intersections between curves, surfaces, solids, and other geometric objects. Intersection nodes are valuable for determining relationships between geometric elements.

Text Group

The Text group contains nodes for generating and manipulating text objects. These nodes enable you to create text geometry, apply text transformations, and work with typography in your designs. Text nodes are useful for adding labels, annotations, and text-based elements to your models.

Image Group

The Image group provides tools for processing and incorporating images into designs. These nodes enable you to work with image data, convert images to geometry, and use images as design references or textures.

Analysis Group

The Analysis group contains nodes for data and model analysis. These nodes enable geometric analysis, structural assessments, property calculations, and various analytical operations that help you understand and evaluate your designs.

Array Group

The Array group provides tools for creating arrays and repeating patterns. These nodes enable you to create linear arrays, rectangular arrays, polar arrays, and other pattern arrangements. Array nodes are useful for duplicating and arranging geometry in systematic patterns.

Toolset Group

The Toolset group offers general-purpose utility nodes for enhancing workflows. These nodes provide various helper functions, conversions, and utility operations that support and streamline design processes.

Triangulation Group

The Triangulation group contains nodes for converting geometry into triangular mesh representations. These nodes enable you to create mesh versions of surfaces and solids for rendering, analysis, or export purposes.

Each group provides specialized nodes tailored to specific tasks, streamlining complex design and modeling workflows in the BeeGraphy Editor.
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Primitive Curves

Boolean Operation

Surface

Toolset

Analysis

Triangulation

Array

Panels

Render

Solid

3D Object

Vector

Intersection

Text

Image

Transform

Curve Analysis

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Tool

curve

vector

Extrude Curve

extrudeSurface

list

Point List Sort

sortListX

sortListY

sortListZ

Create a point from barycentric {u,v,w} coordinates

pointA

pointB

pointC

Barycentric

barycentricPoint

geometry

point

Pull Point

closestPoint

Distance between point and its projection onto geometry

Compute the length (amplitude) of a vector

Vector Length

length

Create a pipe surface with variable radii around a rail curve

parameters

A list of radii for every defined parameter

radii

Pipe Variable

surface

crv1

crv2

Sum Surface

Geometry Closest Point

Point on the geometry closest to the base point

Parameter in curve domain of closest point

parameter

point1

point2

unit

Vector By 2Pnt

Surface Edges

edges

faceEdges

solid

Create a point from plane {u,v,w} coordinates

Point Oriented

pointOriented

Get the coordinates of a point in a plane axis system

localPlane

Plane Coordinates

xCoordinate

yCoordinate

zCoordinate

Orient an object using directional constraints only

directionA

directionB

Orient Direction

reorientedGeometry

Shear an object based on a shearing vector

referencePoint

targetPoint

Shear

shearedGeometry

Returns a circle with a radius and a center point

origin

radius

Circle

line

planeA

planeB

Line By 2Plane

Create internal tangent lines between circles

circle1

circle2

Tangent Lines (In)

tangent1

tangent2

InCircle

Create external tangent lines between circles

Tangent Lines (Ex)

Construct a NURBS curve from control points

closed

degree

NURBS Curve

Mirror

mirroredGeo

Mirror By Curve

mirroredGeom

Create a star using a center point, in and out radius, and number of vertices

Radius in star (distance from center to tip)

radiusIn

Radius out star (distance from center to tip)

radiusOut

countOfVertex

Star

Construct a NURBS curve from control points, weights, knots and degree

knots

weights

NURBS Curve PWKD

Curve Area

curveArea

tolerance

Returns the point in the middle of a curve

Curve Middle Point

middlePnt

Evaluate a curve at the specified parameter or at a certain factor along its length, where the length factor can be supplied both in curve units and normalized units

Evaluate the curve using either the parameter on the curve's domain or the length factor

value

If true, work with the t parameter, otherwise, work with the length

byLength

Evaluate Curve

Point on the curve at {t} or at the specified length

Tangent vector at {t} or at the specified length

tangent

tangentPerp

Curve length from start to parameter or specified length

len1

Curve length from the specified parameter to the end or from the specified length to the end

len2

Plane Closest Point

projectedPoint

uvPoint

Connect the point to which you want to move

bool

Change Origin

translatedGeometry

Create a line from guide line and two points

Line By 4Pnt

Create a circle defined by center, normal and radius

center

normal

Circle CNR

Discontinuity

points

Find on which side of a curve a point exists

Optional plane to measure in. If omitted, the curve plane will be used

Curve Side

Side of curve on which point was found (-1=Left, 0=Coincident, +1=Right)

side

Boolean indicating whether a point is to the left of the curve

left

Boolean indicating whether a point is to the right of the curve

right

Optional base plane. If no plane is provided, then the best-fit plane will be used

Delaunay Mesh

mesh

Returns union of a set of planar surfaces

Surfaces or Surfaces (closed Curves) for boolean operation

Surface Union

Returns union of solids using glue mode for touching/non-penetrating shapes. Faster for assembling operations.

Name	Type	Description	Default Value
Shape	Surface	Solid or Surface to contour
Plane	Plane	Base plane for contours	"XY"
Distance	Number	Distances between contours	1

Creation Method

There are two options for creating the Contour node.

Steps

See Also