VS:CalcSurfaceArea
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Description
Function CalcSurfaceArea calculates the surface area of the referenced solid object. The function supports only valid solids objects.
FUNCTION CalcSurfaceArea(
solidObject :HANDLE) : REAL;
def vs.CalcSurfaceArea(solidObject): return REAL
Parameters
solidObject HANDLE Handle to solids object.
Remarks
Calculates the volume of the given object if a valid solid.
Example
VectorScript
PROCEDURE Example; VAR volume, area: REAL; BEGIN IF FSActLayer <> NIL THEN BEGIN volume := CalcVolume(FSActLayer); area := CalcSurfaceArea(FSActLayer); Message('Volume ', volume, ', surface area ', area); END; END; RUN(Example);
Python
def Example(): if vs.FSActLayer() != None: volume = vs.CalcVolume(vs.FSActLayer()) area = vs.CalcSurfaceArea(vs.FSActLayer()) vs.Message('Volume ', volume, ', surface area ', area) Example()
Version
CalcSurfaceArea is obsolete as of VectorWorks12.5
Availability: from VectorWorks8.0