How to Extract Coordinates from Surface?

ran13 · Dec 14, 2001

How would I pass a plane through a 3D surface, get an intersection line, and extract say 500 x,y,z coordinates from the line which in this case would be some spline? I know how to get the intersection line but getting the points is something else.

This is fairly easy in UG but I don't know how in Solidworks.

BBJT · Dec 14, 2001

This is fairly easy in UG but I don't know how in Solidworks.

MAybe if you explained how this is done in UG someone in this forum may be able to help you recreate those steps in SolidWorks. BBJT CSWP

ran13 · Dec 14, 2001

The basic problem is that I'm not a designer so I'm just learning this. As soon as we can get another designer I'll be asking him/her to do it. It'll take too long for me to be proficient.

I'd have to ask a UG guy how to do it specifically but my recollection having watched one do it is to select the line and ask UG to put x number of points along it. Which menus I used I couldn't say. It was 3-4 yrs ago.

Thanks for your help though.

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