GetConceptualFacePerimeter

This function returns the perimeter of a given Conceptual Face.

Syntax

public const string EngineDLL = @"engine.dll";[DllImport(EngineDLL, EntryPoint = "GetConceptualFacePerimeter")]
public static extern double GetConceptualFacePerimeter(Int64 conceptualFace);

Property conceptualFace

Size: 64 bit / 8 byte (value)
A conceptual face is a face that does not have to be placed within one plane. For example a Cylinder has typically 3 conceptual faces where a Box typically has 6 conceptual faces. In case of a Box the 'normal' face count is equal to the conceptual face count, in case of a Cylinder the 'normal' face count depends on the segmentation, for example in case of 36 segments, it will have 38 faces but still 3 conceptual faces.

Example

Here you can find code snippits that show how the API call GetConceptualFacePerimeter can be used.

using Engine;

...

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    Int64   model = Engine.x86_64.CreateModel();

    if (model != 0)
    {
        //
        //  Classes
        //
        Int64 classBox = Engine.x86_64.GetClassByName(model, "Box");

        //
        //  Datatype Properties (attributes)
        //
        Int64   propertyLength = Engine.x86_64.GetPropertyByName(model, "length"),
                propertyWidth = Engine.x86_64.GetPropertyByName(model, "width"),
                propertyHeight = Engine.x86_64.GetPropertyByName(model, "height");

        //
        //  Instances (creating)
        //
        Int64   instanceBox = Engine.x86_64.CreateInstance(classBox, (string) null);

        double  length = 2.8,
                width = 1.3,
                height = 1.4;

        Engine.x86_64.SetDatatypeProperty(instanceBox, propertyLength, ref length, 1);
        Engine.x86_64.SetDatatypeProperty(instanceBox, propertyWidth, ref width, 1);
        Engine.x86_64.SetDatatypeProperty(instanceBox, propertyHeight, ref height, 1);

        Int64   vertexBufferSize = 0,
                indexBufferSize = 0;
        Engine.x86_64.CalculateInstance(instanceBox, out vertexBufferSize, out indexBufferSize, (IntPtr) 0);
        if (vertexBufferSize != 0 && indexBufferSize != 0)
        {
            float[] vertexBuffer = new float[6 * vertexBufferSize];
            Engine.x86_64.UpdateInstanceVertexBuffer(instanceBox, ref vertexBuffer[0]);

            Int32[] indexBuffer = new Int32[indexBufferSize];
            Engine.x86_64.UpdateInstanceIndexBuffer(instanceBox, ref indexBuffer[0]);

            Int64   conceptualFaceCnt = Engine.x86_64.GetConceptualFaceCnt(instanceBox);
            for (Int64 index = 0; index < conceptualFaceCnt; index++) {
                Int64   startIndexTriangles = 0,
                        noIndicesTriangles = 0,
                        conceptualFace =
                    Engine.x86_64.GetConceptualFaceEx(
                            instanceBox, index,
                            out startIndexTriangles, out noIndicesTriangles,
                            (IntPtr) 0, (IntPtr) 0,
                            (IntPtr) 0, (IntPtr) 0,
                            (IntPtr) 0, (IntPtr) 0,
                            (IntPtr) 0, (IntPtr) 0
                        );

                double  conceptualFaceArea =
                            Engine.x86_64.GetConceptualFaceArea(
                                    conceptualFace,
                                    ref vertexBuffer[0],
                                    ref indexBuffer[0]
                                ),
                        conceptualFacePerimeter =
                            Engine.x86_64.GetConceptualFacePerimeter(
                                    conceptualFace
                                );
            }
        }

        //
        //  The resulting model can be viewed in 3D-Editor.exe
        //
        Engine.x86_64.SaveModel(model, "c:\\created\\myFile.bin");
        Engine.x86_64.CloseModel(model);
    }
}