Obtain the minimum area bounding box of a geometry in hypermesh

Altair Forum User

A minimum bounding box is a rectangle that encloses a geometry has the smallest area of all enclosing rectangles.

 

Please, how can I obtain the minimum area bounding box for a 2D geometry in hypermesh. I need the area? Thank you.

 

Rahul Rajan_21763

you can get area of selected surface, elements or solid.For given 2d geometry you can draw lines to construct a rectangle.

Altair Forum User

@Rahul R

@Prakash Pagadala

 

Thank you so much for the reply. That will not solve my problem. I will not be able to accurately construct a minimum bounding box by myself. There is an Algorithm which can do that in Matlab. Please, how can I obtain the coordinates which describe a model in hypermesh. If I get that coordinates, I can use it to draw the model in Matlab and calculate the minimum area bounding box in Matlab. Thank you.

alpha_21885

This is very important request. Many OEM need this function but Altair have not developed.

tinh

Did you try hm_getboundingbox?

tinh

Brutal forced method utilize hm_getboundingbox:

 

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Rahul Rajan_21763

We have Bounding Box utility tool under AcuSolve profile, refer below screen shot.

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Unknown

The Bounding Box  Tool looks convenient. 

But I can't find it in Acusolve profile?

Altair Forum User

Such interesting information. Great blog. Did you hear something about UX Design Agency ?

tinh

Altair Forum User said:

The Bounding Box  Tool looks convenient. 

But I can't find it in Acusolve 

 

It is in a tab named 'Utility' 

Altair Forum User

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AntonioPR

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