Multiple constraints for best fit

[Juliette]

Hello,

I'm new with scripting with Javascript for 3DR. I want to automate the extraction of circles on point clouds and I need to constrain both circle radius and normal, but I can't find the correct terminology for applying multiple constraints to a best fit command. Here are my lines of code:

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function bestCircle(iCloud) {
    // Define the parameters of the Best Circle Extraction
    var eliminatePoints = iCloud.GetNumber() * 0.01; // 10% of the points are not considered to extract the best circle
    var force = SCloud.CIRCLE_FORCE_RADIUS & SCloud.CIRCLE_FORCE_NORMAL;
    var centerPoint = SPoint.New(0,0,0);
    var circleNormal = SVector.New(0,0,1);
    var result = iCloud.BestCircle(SCloud.BEST_CIRCLE,eliminatePoints,force,centerPoint,circleNormal,0.175);

[fmontoya]

Hello Juliette,
Your issue comes from the fact that you give the function a decimal value for the points to eliminate. To solve it, simply use Math.round to get an integer:

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var eliminatePoints = Math.round(iCloud.GetNumber() * 0.01);

Here is a full script that computes a Best Circle with the first cloud in the file:

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var iCloud = SCloud.All()[0];

function bestCircle(iCloud) {
    // Define the parameters of the Best Circle Extraction
    var eliminatePoints = Math.round(iCloud.GetNumber() * 0.01); // 10% of the points are not considered to extract the best circle
    var force = SCloud.CIRCLE_FORCE_RADIUS & SCloud.CIRCLE_FORCE_NORMAL;
    var centerPoint = SPoint.New(0,0,0);
    var circleNormal = SVector.New(0,0,1);
    var result = iCloud.BestCircle(
        SCloud.BEST_CIRCLE,
        eliminatePoints,
        force,
        centerPoint,
        circleNormal,
        0.175);
    print(result.ErrorCode)
    result.Circle.AddToDoc();
};

bestCircle(iCloud)

Hope it helps,
Frédérick

[Juliette]

Sorry I think I misspoke my question which was mainly about this line :

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var force = SCloud.CIRCLE_FORCE_RADIUS & SCloud.CIRCLE_FORCE_NORMAL;

How to apply these 2 constraints to my circle?

[fmontoya]

Oops!

Then all you have to do is put a + instead of the &:

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var force = SCloud.CIRCLE_FORCE_RADIUS + SCloud.CIRCLE_FORCE_NORMAL;

Frédérick