Measure the length of a curve to and from a parameter

curve

parameter

Length Parameter

lengthAP

lengthPB

<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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Surface

Intersection

Analysis

3D Object

Image

Render

Solid

Vector

Text

Primitive Curves

Curve Analysis

Panels

Triangulation

Boolean Operation

Array

Transform

Toolset

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Tool

Create a lofted surface through a set of section curves

degree

Loft Surface

surface

list

The direction in which the points will be created

vector

Point List

points

vectorA

vectorB

Optional plane to determine angle orientation

plane

Angle Vectors

Angle between vectors (oriented if plane is provided)

angle

reflexAngle

origin

zDirection

Plane By Normal

Create a sweep surface with one rail curve

bases

rail

Sweep

Generate a grid of {uv} points on a surface

uCount

vCount

Divide Surface

divisionPoints

parameters

Create a point from cylindrical {angle,radius,elevation} coordinates

Plane defining cylindrical coordinate space

radius

height

Point Cylindrical

point

Cull points that are coincident within tolerance. Modes: 0 = Cull All(removes all duplicates), 1 = Leave One(keeps only the first of each duplicate group), 2 = Average(replaces each group with the average point)

List of points to process. Duplicate detection is based on the specified tolerance

Distance threshold below which points are considered duplicates

tolerance

Duplicate handling mode: Cull mode: 0 = Cull All, 1 = Leave One, 2 = Average

mode

Cull Duplicates

culledPoints

Indices of the original points that were retained or -1 for averaged (mode 2) or removed (mode 0) points

culledIndices

Number of duplicates found per result point

valence

xDirection

yDirection

Construct Plane

Point List Sort

sortListX

sortListY

sortListZ

direction

Revolve Surface

Create a pipe surface with variable radii around a rail curve

A list of radii for every defined parameter

radii

Pipe Variable

thickness

Side Thickness

solid

geometry

Geometry Closest Point

Point on the geometry closest to the base point

closestPoint

distance

Parameter in curve domain of closest point

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

Point Oriented

pointOriented

Pull Point

Distance between point and its projection onto geometry

Unit vector parallel to the world {x} axis

factor

VectorX

factorX

factorY

factorZ

Vector XYZ

length

unitize

Vector Subtract

Plane Origin

resultPlane

Mirror By Curve

mirroredGeom

Mirror Point By Surface

mirroredPnt

First line constraint. Plane origin will be at line start

lineA

Second line constraint. LineB should be co-planer with but not parallel to LineA

lineB

Plane By 2 Lines

pointA

pointB

Plane By 3Pnt

pointC

Circle 3Pnt

Construct a NURBS curve from control points

closed

NURBS Curve

Connect the point to which you want to move

bool

Change Origin

translatedGeometry

Mirror Curve By Surface

mirroredCurve

Interpolate

Returns a circle with a radius and a center point

Circle

Create a rectangle using origin, width, length

width

Rectangle

A point along the edge of the rectangle opposite the side created by points Pnt1 and Pnt2

Rectangle 3Pnt

Curve Area

curveArea

Get the point on evaluates a curve at a specific location

Point On Curve

Returns the base plane, radius and angle domain of an arc

Deconstruct Arc

startAngle

endAngle

Divide a curve into equal length segments

step

Divide By Distance

tangents

dividePoints

Shatter

segments

Solve the perpendicular (zero-twisting) plane at a specified curve parameter

Parameter {t} on curve domain to evaluate

Perp Plane

3D voronoi diagram for a collection of points

boundary

Voronoi 3D

cells

Returns intersection between two or many sets of planar closed solids

Solid Intersection

point1

point2

Box By 2 Points

Discontinuity

Recursive decomposition until all segments are atomic

recursive

Explode

Exploded segments that make up the base curve

Changes the start point of a closed curve

Seam

changedCurve

Cull points that are coincident within tolerance

curves

Cull Curves

culledCurves

Reorients target geometries (curves, solids, surfaces) to match the specified direction (forward or reverse)

Name	Type	Description	Default Value
Curve	Curve	Curve to measure
Parameter	Number	Parameter along curve	0.5

Name	Type	Description
Length 1	Number	Curve length from start to parameter
Length 2	Number	Curve length from parameter to end

Creation method

There are two options for creating a Length Parameter node.

Steps

See also