pymel.core.modeling.singleProfileBirailSurface

singleProfileBirailSurface(*args, **kwargs)

This cmd creates a railed surface by sweeping the profile curve along the two rail curves. One of the requirements for surface creation is the profile curve must intersect the two rail curves. If the profile is a surface curve i.e. isoparm, curve on surface or trimmed edge then tangent continuity across the surface underlying the profile may be enabled using the flag -tp1 true. The first argument represetns the profile curve, the second and third the rails.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
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
	Sets the name of the newly-created node. If it contains namespace path, the new node will be created under the specified namespace; if the namespace does not exist, it will be created.
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.
tangentContinuityProfile1 (tp1)		bool
	Need to be tangent continuous across the profile. The profile must be a surface curve.Default:false
transformMode (tm)		int
	transform mode ( Non proportional, proportional ). Non proportional is default value.Default:0Advanced flags

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.singleProfileBirailSurface

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

#Create a surface by sweeping profile "curve1" along the two rails
#given by isoparms surface1.u[0] and surface2.u[0.5].
pm.singleProfileBirailSurface( 'curve1', 'surface1.u[0]', 'surface2.u[0.5]', ch=True )

# create a tangent continuous surface across the profile.
pm.singleProfileBirailSurface( 'surface1.u[0]', 'curve1', 'curve2', ch=True, tp1=True )