ShapeItemInsertUsingNormals Method

public bool InsertUsingNormals()

Public Function InsertUsingNormals As Boolean

using System;
using Tekla.Structures.Catalogs;

public class Example()
{
  /* One edge inside the hole and one on the outer surface of the box will be hidden. */

     var vertices = new[]
     {
         /* The main cube vertices. Notice that all vertices are triplicated, because each is
            present on three different faces. Thus we get three different vertex normals for each physical
            corner too. */

         new Vector(   0.0,    0.0,    0.0 ), // 0
         new Vector( 500.0,    0.0,    0.0 ), // 1
         new Vector( 500.0,  500.0,    0.0 ), // 2
         new Vector(   0.0,  500.0,    0.0 ), // 3
         new Vector(   0.0,    0.0,  500.0 ), // 4
         new Vector( 500.0,    0.0,  500.0 ), // 5
         new Vector( 500.0,  500.0,  500.0 ), // 6
         new Vector(   0.0,  500.0,  500.0 ), // 7

         new Vector(   0.0,    0.0,    0.0 ), // 8
         new Vector( 500.0,    0.0,    0.0 ), // 9
         new Vector( 500.0,  500.0,    0.0 ), // 10
         new Vector(   0.0,  500.0,    0.0 ), // 11
         new Vector(   0.0,    0.0,  500.0 ), // 12
         new Vector( 500.0,    0.0,  500.0 ), // 13
         new Vector( 500.0,  500.0,  500.0 ), // 14
         new Vector(   0.0,  500.0,  500.0 ), // 15

         new Vector(   0.0,    0.0,    0.0 ), // 16
         new Vector( 500.0,    0.0,    0.0 ), // 17
         new Vector( 500.0,  500.0,    0.0 ), // 18
         new Vector(   0.0,  500.0,    0.0 ), // 19
         new Vector(   0.0,    0.0,  500.0 ), // 20
         new Vector( 500.0,    0.0,  500.0 ), // 21
         new Vector( 500.0,  500.0,  500.0 ), // 22
         new Vector(   0.0,  500.0,  500.0 ), // 23

         /* The hole corner vertices */

         new Vector( 100.0,  100.0,  0.0 ), // 24
         new Vector( 300.0,  100.0,  0.0 ), // 25
         new Vector( 300.0,  300.0,  0.0 ), // 26
         new Vector( 100.0,  300.0,  0.0 ), // 27

         new Vector( 100.0,  100.0, 500.0 ), // 28
         new Vector( 300.0,  100.0, 500.0 ), // 29
         new Vector( 300.0,  300.0, 500.0 ), // 30
         new Vector( 100.0,  300.0, 500.0 ), // 31

         new Vector( 100.0,  100.0,  0.0 ), // 32
         new Vector( 300.0,  100.0,  0.0 ), // 33
         new Vector( 300.0,  300.0,  0.0 ), // 34
         new Vector( 100.0,  300.0,  0.0 ), // 35

         new Vector( 100.0,  100.0, 500.0 ), // 36
         new Vector( 300.0,  100.0, 500.0 ), // 37
         new Vector( 300.0,  300.0, 500.0 ), // 38
         new Vector( 100.0,  300.0, 500.0 ), // 39
     };

     var outloop = new[]
     {
         new[] {  0,   3,   2,   1 },
         new[] {  8,   9,  13,  12 },
         new[] { 17,  18,  22,  21 },
         new[] { 10,  11,  15,  14 },
         new[] { 19,  16,  20,  23 },
         new[] {  4,   5,   6,   7 },

         new[] { 31, 28, 24, 27 },
         new[] { 30, 39, 35, 26 },
         new[] { 29, 38, 34, 25 },
         new[] { 36, 37, 33, 32 }
     };

     var innerLoop = new Dictionary{int, int[][]}
     {
         { 0, new[] { new[] {  24, 25, 26, 27 } } },
         { 5, new[] { new[] {  28, 31, 30, 29 } } },
     };

     var normals = new Vector[]
     {
         // Basic cube vertex normals

         new Vector( 0,  0, -1 ),
         new Vector( 0,  0, -1 ),
         new Vector( 0,  0, -1 ),
         new Vector( 0,  0, -1 ),

         new Vector( 0,  0,  1 ),
         new Vector( 0,  0,  1 ),
         new Vector( 0,  0,  1 ),
         new Vector( 0,  0,  1 ),

         new Vector( 0,  0, -1 ), // CHANGE THIS TO (0, -1, 0) FOR A VISIBLE EDGE
         new Vector( 0,  0, -1 ), // CHANGE THIS TO (0, -1, 0) FOR A VISIBLE EDGE
         new Vector( 0,  1,  0 ),
         new Vector( 0,  1,  0 ),

         new Vector( 0, -1,  0 ),
         new Vector( 0, -1,  0 ),
         new Vector( 0,  1,  0 ),
         new Vector( 0,  1,  0 ),

         new Vector(-1,  0,  0 ),
         new Vector( 1,  0,  0 ),
         new Vector( 1,  0,  0 ),
         new Vector(-1,  0,  0 ),

         new Vector(-1,  0,  0 ),
         new Vector( 1,  0,  0 ),
         new Vector( 1,  0,  0 ),
         new Vector(-1,  0,  0 ),

         // Hole vertex normals

         new Vector(-1,  0,  0 ), // 24
         new Vector( 1,  0,  0 ), // 25
         new Vector( 0,  1,  0 ), // 26
         new Vector(-1,  0,  0 ), // 27

         new Vector(-1,  0,  0 ), // 28
         new Vector( 1,  0,  0 ), // 29
         new Vector( 0,  1,  0 ), // 30
         new Vector(-1,  0,  0 ), // 31

         new Vector( 0, -1,  0 ), // 32
         new Vector( 0, -1,  0 ), // 33
         new Vector( 1,  0,  0 ), // 34
         new Vector(-1,  0,  0 ), // 35 CHANGE THIS TO (0, 1, 0) FOR A VISIBLE EDGE

         new Vector( 0, -1,  0 ), // 36
         new Vector( 0, -1,  0 ), // 37
         new Vector( 1,  0,  0 ), // 38
         new Vector(-1,  0,  0 ), // 39 CHANGE THIS TO (0, 1, 0) FOR A VISIBLE EDGE
     };

     var brep = new FacetedBrepWithNormals(vertices, outloop, innerLoop, normals);

     var shapeItem = new ShapeItem
     {
         Name = "CubeWithHoleTwoEdgesHidden",
         ShapeFacetedBrep = brep,
         UpAxis = ShapeUpAxis.Z_Axis
     };

     var retVal = shapeItem.InsertUsingNormals();

     var brep = new Brep()
     {
         StartPoint = new Point(0, 8000, 0),
         EndPoint = new Point(1000, 8000, 0),
         Profile = { ProfileString = "CubeWithHoleTwoEdgesHidden" },
     };

     brep.Insert();

     new Model().CommitChanges();
}