Hi All
I am trying to split cable trays based on the points and this node (MEPFittingByPointsandCurve from MEPover package) helped me to achieve that.
snap from Sample project I created from scratch.
However when I use the same script in my actual project it does not give the desirable output as it places these trays and fittings somewhere at the bottom. I don’t know why it’s happening.
All suggestion are welcome and highly appreciated for your time.
@christian.stan@jacob.small@GavinCrump
Tagging you all like this may not be ideal, but I require assistance. Have any of you faced a similar issue? If so, please share your response.
I’m assuming your test file doesn’t have any project coordinates set up but your actual model does?
I’ve come across this a couple of times. You may have to translate the points by the Z component of the survey point to get them into the correct place on the Z axis.
That is for sure.
But I have fed the points that are on the curve which I got from the geometry(curve from Cable Tray). So to my knowledge I am supplying the correct points and If I do not provide it the correct points then it does not split the elements and results null. However, I will give it a try and get back to you.
I haven’t done a deep dive on the why, I’ve just found that whenever my script does everything right except the Z axis placement, it usually ends up being exactly the same as the survey point. Elements is 16.220m too low? Bet the survey point’s Z will be -16.220. Add 16.220 to my Z values and away I go.
May not be the issue you’re experiencing here and I’ve never used those nodes, just guessing as it looks like they’re in the right spot just 20m below the model.
I agree with Hamish, the logic of how the z values are being processed looks incorrect. They seem to be getting flattened to Z=0 so look for any steps which move points or discard Z aspects.
It worked! I achieved my goal by translating the Z value of the points based on the negative value of survey point’s location.
difference was exactly the z value of Survey point -218.650-487.581 = -706.231
