Sat, 02/10/2024 - 20:09
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Hi there,
I'm fairly new to this framework and I don't really understand the difference between BRepPrimAPI_MakeCone and gp_Cone or BRepPrimAPI_MakeCylinder and gp_Cylinder. Of course they are different classes, but pratically what difference does it make which Package I use? Especially because I can get an TopoDS_Face object from both of them.
Thanks in advance!
Sun, 02/11/2024 - 13:51
Hello, BRepPrimAPI_* are tools to create topology with geometry. TopoDS_* is a topology. gp_* is pure geometry and Geom_* is the same pure geom. Directly you can't create topolofy from pure geometry (in most of the cases, excluding natural bound geometry).
Best regards, Dmitrii.
Sun, 02/11/2024 - 22:05
I see, thank you so much!