[RobotStudio SDK] Creating Faces

HM

Hi,

I´m trying to create a Body using the Body.CreateFromFace(Face face) function. The problem is that the Face class has no constructor, static members to create it are not available neither. So I don´t know how to create a Face to use it as a parameter of the function.

Thanks in advance.

Niklas Skoglund

Hi HM,

it is not possible to create a Face directly using the API. RobotStudio has limited modeling functionality, and there are more APIs for traversing a geometry than creating one.

 

There are APIs that corresponds to the create functions on the Modeling Tab.

For example [URL=http://developercenter.robotstudio.com:80/Index.aspx?DevCenter=BlobProxy/devcenter/RobotStudio&OpenDocument&Url=html/7ff81eb9-9c74-30c7-0c64-f854e424c274.htm&OptTitle=CreateSurfaceCircle Method ]CreateSurfaceCircle Method [/URL]

John Wiberg

Hi HM,

What is it that you are trying to accomplish?

In RobotStudio the Face object cannot exist on its own, instead it is always "inside" a body. So while you cannot create a face on its own you have lots of ways of generating surfaces (Face) which you can then use.

For example, I want to break up a solid object into its faces. Then I could take each individual face and put them in a seperate body. Like this:

            // Check that we have an active station
            Station _station = Project.ActiveProject as Station;
            if (_station == null) return;

            Project.UndoContext.BeginUndoStep("TheBoxYouOpenedItWeCame");
            try
            {

                // Create a part to contain the bodies.
                Part p = new Part();
                _station.GraphicComponents.Add(p);

                // Create a solid box.
                Body box = Body.CreateSolidBox(new Matrix4(new Vector3(0, 0, 0), new Vector3()), new Vector3(1, 1, 1));

                foreach (Face i in box.Faces)
                {
                    p.Bodies.Add(Body.CreateFromFace(i));
                }

            }
            catch
            {
                Project.UndoContext.CancelUndoStep(CancelUndoStepType.Rollback);
                throw;
            }
            finally
            {
                Project.UndoContext.EndUndoStep();
            }