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Topic ClosedElliptical Dome

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09.Oct.2013 at 23:25
Originally posted by mmaurigi mmaurigi wrote:

Thanks for the modified code. It seems to have work. However, the 3D solid was not a half dome, it was a dome on both sides of the XY axis. . . . .
 
Yes, that is the way the routine works.  The routine is very basic.  You would have to adjust dimensions, Height specifically, to accommodate the necessary slice.
 
Originally posted by mmaurigi mmaurigi wrote:

. . . . Also, I did get a message on the Command Line saying "Error Producing Solid".
 
 
Wow!  You get that message, as well as the ellipsoid.  That message should only appear if the routine errors out.  Something squirrely going on with the Solid3D functions.  I advise using this routine only in  isolated sessions of AutoCAD.  Cut and paste into a archive drawing if necessary. 
 
I'll try to get one of the Autodesk DevTechs to take a peek.  I'll post back if I hear anything. 
 
Actually, that is a debugging remnant .  the Solid3Ds are slightly more "solid" than I implied above. 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10.Oct.2013 at 00:26
Can't wait to give it a try when I get to work tomorrow.  Thank you SEANT.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10.Oct.2013 at 14:33
Originally posted by SEANT SEANT wrote:

Yes, that is the way the routine works.  The routine is very basic.  You would have to adjust dimensions, Height specifically, to accommodate the necessary slice.
 
 
Ok, if that's the case, then it works perfectly. Thanks again for your help with this. Greatly appreciated!
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10.Oct.2013 at 15:17
Just wanted to say "thanks" to Kent Cooper for his contribution too.  I neglected to do so yesterday.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10.Oct.2013 at 17:26
>> Just wanted to say "thanks" to Kent Cooper for his contribution too. .... -- John Connor
 
Thank you back.  One nice thing about that routine is that it's not version-dependent as the .dll things appear to be, so people with any version of AutoCAD can build elliptical Domes with it.  [That is, unless you go way back to an early enough version that the Ellipse command made only a Polyline approximation, in which case I think it should still work but wouldn't be as accurate in shape; or maybe some very old versions don't have all the needed 3D commands.]  In fact, it was worked out in a version from before NETLOAD -- I did it partly because in the AutoCAD I have here [2004], I don't have the possibility of trying those other routines.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12.Oct.2013 at 10:19
This version fixes some bugs/issues with the previous.


Also, if a Administrator/Moderator would be so kind, please remove the earlier versions (uploads/244286/Ellipsoid.zip and . . . ./Ellipsoid2.zip).  I, and any future members that may accidentally download those versions, would be grateful.  I would do the housekeeping myself but I haven't found any mechanism for editing my previous posts.

Kent, that is an interesting methodology.  Depending on the use it may be more representative of the projects final outcome.  And, without a doubt, ACADVer/AutoLisp compatibility is king.


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