Area calculation component in VB.Net

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on May 2, 2016 at 1:46am

So you want the area of the brep as projected onto a plane (and then only half the area because you'd get both the front and the back)?

You could use a PlanarProjection transform on your Brep with the plane prior to computing the area. If your shapes are known to be boxes or other convex solids there will be quicker ways of doing it, but not easier.

Permalink Reply by Jelena on May 3, 2016 at 10:21am

Thank you David,

I never thought of PlanarProjection, it works great. I now have to try if it works with brep

with a more complex geometry (not a box).

Jelena