How to check the two component instances' intersection

[CharellkingQu]

intersection = one_component_instance.intersect(other_component_instance)
puts "#{intersection}" # this print nothing, why ??

# check one component is covered by the other.
if one_component_instance.equal?(intersection) or other_component_instance.equal?(intersection)
    puts "cover"
 end

but it doesn’t work above. who can help me

[john_drivenupthewall]

you need to test if the BoundingBox’s intersect…

one_component_instance.bounds.intersect(other_component_instance.bounds)

john

[DanRathbun]

@CharellkingQu

intersection = one_component_instance.intersect(other_component_instance)
puts "#{intersection}" # this print nothing, why ??

# check one component is covered by the other.
if one_component_instance.equal?(intersection) or other_component_instance.equal?(intersection)
    puts "cover"
 end

but it doesn’t work above.

Sketchup::ComponentInstance#intersect() says:

If the specified objects (this and arg) do not represent manifold volumes, this method fails.

Boolean solid operations are a Pro ONLY feature.

[CharellkingQu]

if two components are in the diffrent groups. does the method works? now i have the global transformation of two components. is there a method that i can combine the global transformation and boundarybox to solve the problem

[Wo3Dan]

@john_drivenupthewall

you need to test if the BoundingBox’s intersect…

If bounding boxes do not intersect, then the instances do not intersect. However, if bounding boxes intersect, there’s still no guarantee that the geometry of one intersects that of the other.

[DanRathbun]

@CharellkingQu

if two components are in the different groups, does the method work?

I doubt it, but you can always attempt it programmatically.

[john_drivenupthewall]

Dan, I’m suggesting this, and it’s not Pro only

#intersect(boundingbox) ⇒ Object

Note: Prior to SU2015 this method would return incorrect result in some cases.
 For correct result in these versions you must first check if the boundingboxes actually overlap 
- then call this to get the resulting bounding box.

I use this to recurse all entities in all contexts one of my plugins…

it can be slow but it does work…

this uses it to cull anything that doesn’t intersect with my selector box, before using the sections to cut the remaining entities…

[CharellkingQu]

yes, i find a method. the boundary can build by two points. now i can convert two relative points to global points. then create a new boundary by the global points. in the end i compare the two new boundaries.

[DanRathbun]

@john_drivenupthewall

Dan, I’m suggesting this, and it’s not Pro only

John, that is okay, I was replying to the method use of the OP’s example, and the limitations of the API’s Solid Tools method wrappers. Specifically why the OP’s example may have failed. I’ll edit my post to make it more clear what I was replying to. And Wo3Dan replied (which I agreed with,) to your suggestion re the bounding boxes.