Remove common edges on BRepAlgoAPI_Fuse - Forum Open Cascade Technology

Ben Cain
Tue, 04/07/2015 - 00:40

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Hello,

I'm trying to boolean fuse 2 cylinders, I need the common edges to be removed. The coplaner faces are not fused, even though the overall volume is. See attached image.

Is it supported in the boolean API?

Here's a related forum topic that was never resolved back in 2010.
http://www.opencascade.org/org/forum/thread_4290/?forum=3

Thanks,
Ben

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booleanFuseAlgo.jpg

Ben Cain
Tue, 04/07/2015 - 01:14

If I can’t get the co-planar faces to be removed, I may just end up extruding the projected boundary representation (shown in attached image).

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projOfFused.jpg

Ben Cain
Fri, 04/10/2015 - 20:17

Here's the solution for fusing the co-planar faces as well as the volume:
http://www.opencascade.org/org/forum/thread_24242/?forum=3
As you'll see in the attached image, all is well ... tested fusing of numerous cylinders in fact.

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fusedShape.jpg