Determine distance between bones and Antenna

[VigneshYork]

Hi, I would like to calculate the distance between an antenna and the bone surface perpendicular to the antenna. What would be the best way to approach this?

Thanks

[bryn]

To measure the shortest distance between two entities, you can use the Python API:

import XCoreModeling as xcm


shell = xcm.GetActiveModel().SelectedEntities[0]
coil = xcm.GetActiveModel().SelectedEntities[1]

res = xcm.GetEntityEntityDistance(shell, coil)
print(f"Shortest distance shell-coil: {res[0].Distance}")

p1 = xcm.CreatePoint(res[0].ClosestPosition)
p1.Name = "Point on Shell"

p2 = xcm.CreatePoint(res[1].ClosestPosition)
p2.Name = "Point on Coil"

# This line is just to visualize where the measured distance was taken
line = xcm.CreatePolyLine([res[0].ClosestPosition, res[1].ClosestPosition])

This would create something like this:

Some other snippets are shared here: https://forum.zmt.swiss/topic/565/geometry-modeling-snapping-to-endpoints-in-python-api/3?_=1747746585465