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# Profile from CAD Face

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## Summary

This custom block takes a flat cad face and converts it to a profile.

## Package Details

| Field            | Value                                                    |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| **ID**           | `profile-from-cad-face`                                  |
| **Type**         | Block                                                    |
| **Author**       | nTop                                                     |
| **Version**      | 1.0.0                                                    |
| **nTop Version** | 5.44+                                                    |
| **Domain**       | Geometry                                                 |
| **Complexity**   | Beginner                                                 |
| **Tags**         | `profile`, `cad`, `face`, `conversion`, `flat`, `planar` |
| **License**      | MIT                                                      |
| **Verified**     | Yes                                                      |

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This custom block takes a flat cad face and converts it to a profile.

## Installation

Clone this repo or copy the package folder into your nTop workspace:

```bash theme={null}
git clone https://github.com/nTopology/Utilities.git
```

The package lives at `packages/ntop/profile-from-cad-face/`.

## Inputs

| Name            | Type       | Description                                              |
| --------------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Flat CAD face` | brep\_face | Face that will become the profile                        |
| `Tolerance`     | Scalar     | Tolerance between created profile and original CAD face. |

## Outputs

| Name                  | Type         | Description                                                                                               |
| --------------------- | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Profile of CAD Face` | new\_profile | Converts the CAD Face to an implicit and extracts the profile of the face from the location of the plane. |

## License

MIT.

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## Source

[https://community.ntop.com/packages/ntop/profile-from-cad-face](https://community.ntop.com/packages/ntop/profile-from-cad-face)