pymel.core.modeling.doubleProfileBirailSurface

doubleProfileBirailSurface(*args, **kwargs)

The arguments are 4 cuves called “profile1” “profile2” “rail1” “rail2”. This command builds a railed surface by sweeping profile “profile1” along the two given rail curves “rail1”, “rail2” until “profile2” is reached. By using the -blend control, the railed surface creation could be biased more towards one of the two profile curves. The curves ( both profiles and rails ) could also be surface curves ( isoparams, curve on surfaces ). If the profile curves are surface curves the surface constructed could be made tangent continuous to the surfaces underlying the profiles using the flags -tp1, -tp2 respectively. Current Limitation: Its necessary that the two profile curves intersect the rail curves for successful surface creation.

Flags:
Long name (short name) Argument Types Properties
blendFactor (bl) float ../../../_images/create.gif ../../../_images/query.gif ../../../_images/edit.gif
 
A blend factor applied in between the two profiles. The amount of influence ‘inputProfile1’ has in the surface creation.Default:0.5
caching (cch) bool ../../../_images/create.gif ../../../_images/query.gif ../../../_images/edit.gif
 
Modifies the node caching mode. See the node documentation for more information.Note:For advanced users only.
constructionHistory (ch) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Turn the construction history on or off
name (n) unicode ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Name the resulting object
nodeState (nds) int ../../../_images/create.gif ../../../_images/query.gif ../../../_images/edit.gif
 
Modifies the node state. See the node documentation for more information.Note:For advanced users only.Common flags
object (o) bool ../../../_images/create.gif
 
Create the result, or just the dependency node
polygon (po) int ../../../_images/create.gif
 

The value of this argument controls the type of the object created by this operation 0: nurbs surface1: polygon (use nurbsToPolygonsPref to set the parameters for the conversion)2: subdivision surface (use nurbsToSubdivPref to set the parameters for the conversion)3: Bezier surface4: subdivision surface solid (use nurbsToSubdivPref to set the parameters for the conversion)Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

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tp1)** | bool | .. image:: /images/create.gif |
| | .. image:: /images/query.gif |
| | .. image:: /images/edit.gif |
 
Need tangent continuity across the input profile at inputProfile1.Default:false
| .. |
tp2)** | bool | .. image:: /images/create.gif |
| | .. image:: /images/query.gif |
| | .. image:: /images/edit.gif |
 
Need tangent continuity across the input curve at inputProfile2.Default:false
transformMode (tm) int ../../../_images/create.gif ../../../_images/query.gif ../../../_images/edit.gif
 
transform mode ( Non proportional, proportional ). Non proportional is default value.Default:0Advanced flags

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.doubleProfileBirailSurface

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

pm.doubleProfileBirailSurface( 'curve1', 'curve2', 'curve3', 'curve4', bl=0.5 )

# Tangent continuous birail surface across the two profiles.
pm.doubleProfileBirailSurface( 'surface1.u[0.5]', 'surface2.v[0.2]', 'curve1', 'curve2', bl=1.0, tp1=True, tp2=True )

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