Sort of like this:
http://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/boundingboxplane.jpg
On Jan 7, 5:06 am, visose <[email protected]> wrote:
> You can also do it using two 'orient' components. First use the orient
> component to bring the geometry to the XY plane, create the bounding
> box and then use another 'orient' component to bring back the bounding
> box to the original orientation.
>
> On Jan 7, 4:42 am, damien_alomar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Ben,
>
> > There isn't a way to directly do this, but through a scripting
> > component you can. I went through and put this together for you. The
> > component outputs the corners of the oriented box. I'm not 100% sure
> > what you wanted for the output, but if you want a box you should be
> > able to put it together from the points. The script is setup to
> > calculate the bounding box base on all of the geometry that's
> > supplied, so if you need separate bounding boxes you'll have to use
> > separate components. All the geometry has to be a Brep, so just add a
> > BRep parameter and pass the objects through that. Multiple orienting
> > planes are accepted. Hope this helps you out...
>
> > Screencaphttp://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/orientedBB_dpa.jpg?hl=en&gs...
>
> > GH
> > Definitionhttp://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/orientedBB_dpa.ghx?hl=en&gs...
>
> > Best,
> > Damien
>
> > On Jan 3, 10:07 pm, Ben <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Is there a way to orient a Bounding Box to a plane, rather than to the
> > > word axes?
> > > I can orient the box after it is made, but then it no longer
> > > accurately "bounds" the geometry.
> > > I would like to create a bounding box that is oriented to a plane,
> > > similar to the way one can create a bounding box based on a CPlane in
> > > Rhino.
>
> > > Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
> > > Thanks,
>
> > > Ben (newbie)
>
>
