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How to get TopoDS_Solid(s) from TopoDS_Shape in OpenCASCADE

There are two important cases if you want to get a TopoDS_Solid object from a TopoDS_Shape:

A: The TopoDS_Shape is a solid

You can check if that is the case using

#include <TopoDS_Shape.hxx>

TopoDS_Shape myShape = /* ... */

bool isSolid = myShape.ShapeType() == TopAbs_SOLID;

Alternatively, you can use the Shape::IsSolid() function from OCCUtils:

#include <occutils/Shape.hxx>

using namespace OCCUtils;

TopoDS_Shape myShape = /* ... */;

if(Shape::IsSolid(myShape)) {
    /* ... */
}

If it’s a solid, you can convert it to a TopoDS_Solid directly using:

TopoDS::Solid(myShape);

Full example:

#include <TopoDS_Shape.hxx>
#include <TopoDS.hxx>
#include <occutils/Shape.hxx>

using namespace OCCUtils;

TopoDS_Shape myShape = /* ... */;

if (Shape::IsSolid(myShape)) {
    TopoDS_Solid solid = TopoDS::Solid(myShape);
    /* ... */
}

B: The shape is not itself a TopoDS_Solid but contains one or more TopoDS_Solids

This is often the case for TopoDS_Compounds. Use Shape::IsCompound() from OCCUtils to check if your TopoDS_Shape is actually a TopoDS_Compound.

#include <occutils/Shape.hxx>
using namespace OCCUtils;

TopoDS_Shape myShape = /* ... */;
if(Shape::IsCompound(myShape)) { /* ... */ }

Using OCCUtils, you have now several options to get the TopoDS_Solids from the Compound:

If there is a chance that there are zero or more than one TopoDS_Solids in your compound:

Use ShapeComponents::AllSolidsWithin() from OCCUtils to get a std::vector<TopoDS_Solid> of all solids within the TopoDS_Compound:

#include <occutils/Shape.hxx>
#include <occutils/ShapeComponents.hxx>

using namespace OCCUtils;

TopoDS_Shape myShape = /* ... */;

auto solids = ShapeComponents::AllSolidsWithin(myShape);

// Iterate all solids
for(const TopoDS_Solid& solid : solids) {
    /* ... */
}

If you are sure the compound only contains one solid (also works if it’s a solid itself):

Use ShapeComponents::TryGetSingleSolid(shape) which returns a std::optional<TopoDS_Solid> (no value if there is no solid or there are multiple solids in shape) or ShapeComponents::GetSingleSolid(shape) which throws an exception if there is no solid or there are multiple solids in the shape.

Example:

#include <occutils/ShapeComponents.hxx>
#include <iostream> // cerr, endl

using namespace std;
using namespace OCCUtils;

TopoDS_Shape myShape = /* ... */;

auto solidOpt = ShapeComponents::TryGetSingleSolid(myShape);

if(solidOpt.has_value()) {
    TopoDS_Solid solid = solidOpt.value();
} else {
    cerr << "No solid or multiple solids in shape!" << endl;
}

If you want to use pure OpenCASCADE without OCCUtils:

Use this snippet to directly iterate the TopoDS_Solid instances in the shape

TopTools_IndexedMapOfShape solidShapes;
TopExp::MapShapes (myShape, TopAbs_SOLID, solidShapes);

for (int i = 1; i <= solidShapes.Extent (); i++) {
    TopoDS_Solid solid = TopoDS::Solid(solidShapes(i));
    /* Do what you need with the solid here ! */
}