The following table compares the supported features provided by ModelerGeometry and Spatial 3D ACIS® Modeler.
| Modeler's Feature | ModelerGeometry (ModelerGeometry.tx) | Spatial 3D ACIS Modeler (SpaModeler.tx) |
|---|---|---|
| Render the model in wireframe, shaded, and silhouette mode | Supported | Supported |
| Get the extents of the model | Supported | Supported |
Use PHLR, a view-dependent representation that consists of visible and hidden curves of input objects (getHlrCurves()) |
Not Supported | Supported |
Explode into a set of OdDbEntity objects |
Supported | Supported |
| Create simple shapes (box, frustum, sphere, torus, wedge, pyramid) | Supported | Supported |
Extrude a planar curve, region, or planar surface in the direction of the given vector, with many advanced options controlled by OdDbSweepOptions (createExtrudedObject(), extrude()) |
Partially Supported (Not supported: the taper option and the extrusion of an angled entity.) |
Supported |
Extrude a region along a path curve (extrudeAlongPath()) |
Supported (Limitations: the taper angle must be zero, the path must be a smooth curve perpendicular to the region plane at the path base point, and both path endpoints must not lay on the region plane or must be equal.) |
Supported |
Revolve a specified curve, region, or planar surface around the specified axis of revolution (createRevolvedObject(), revolve()) |
Partially Supported (Not supported: non-solid creation, axis is not in contour's plane, and mostly all OdDbRevolveOptions.) |
Supported |
Sweep a face along the specified path (createSweptObject()) |
Partially Supported (Only the most typical options are supported.) |
Supported |
Create a tangent surface between two edges of a surface with constant radius (createFilletSurface()) |
Not Supported | Supported |
Create a lofted object from the given curves (createLoftedObject()) |
Not Supported | Supported |
Perform Boolean operations (booleanOper()) |
Partially Supported (Currently the functionality works as a Protocol Extension and is disabled by default. It is fully supported for regions, but there are unsupported cases for solids, and attributes are lost in the result.) |
Supported |
| Set up attributes (colors, materials, etc.) | Supported | Supported |
| Get area, centroid, moment of inertia, product of inertia, principal moments, principle axes, radii of gyration | Not Supported | Supported |
| Get perimeter | Supported | Supported |
Get the intersection between the specified plane and the model (OdDb3dSolid::getSection()) |
Not Supported | Supported |
Slice the model with a plane and transform the object to be the portion remaining on the positive side of the normal of the slicing plane (OdDb3dSolid::getSlice()) |
Not Supported | Supported |
Offset all faces by the specified distance (offsetBody()) |
Not Supported | Supported |
Separate the model into an array of solids representing the additional disjoint volumes (separateBody()) |
Not Supported | Supported |
Find the intersection with another model (intersectWith()) |
Not Supported | Supported |
Get the triangle mesh of the model with the required triangulation parameters (getObjectMesh()) |
Supported | Supported |
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