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
	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
	Modifies the node caching mode. See the node documentation for more information.Note:For advanced users only.
constructionHistory (ch)		bool
	Turn the construction history on or off
name (n)		unicode
	Name the resulting object
nodeState (nds)		int
	Modifies the node state. See the node documentation for more information.Note:For advanced users only.Common flags
object (o)		bool
	Create the result, or just the dependency node
polygon (po)		int
	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 |

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Need tangent continuity across the input profile at inputProfile1.Default:false

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tp2)** | bool | .. image:: /images/create.gif |

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	Need tangent continuity across the input curve at inputProfile2.Default:false
transformMode (tm)		int
	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 )