SW API - "is parallel" function?

[DesignModeler]

Hey forum,

I've been on here for almost a week, and I can't explain how grateful I am for all your input.

I have another question about SW API. If you have a selected component, is there a way to check if any of its planes are parallel with any of the assembly planes? I know how to select planes inside components, but not how to compare to another plane.

All help is really appreciated!

 

[quest4k]

Personally when I need that I just add a mate between the 2 planes and use parallel and that works for me. hope this helps.

 

[handleman]

Get the normal vector of each plane and cross them. The magnitude of the cross product of two parallel vectors is zero.

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

 

[quest4k]

This is a tube which was extruded and there is a one loop helix in the middle of it. Not the easiest thing to copy into another part.