pymel.core.modeling.rebuildSurface

rebuildSurface(*args, **kwargs)

This command rebuilds a surface by modifying its parameterization. In some cases the shape of the surface may also change. The rebuildType (-rt) attribute determines how the surface is rebuilt. The optional second surface can be used to specify a reference parameterization.

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
degreeU (du)		int
	The degree of the resulting surface in the u direction 0 - maintain current, 1 - linear, 2 - quadratic, 3 - cubic, 5 - quintic, 7 - hepticDefault:3
degreeV (dv)		int
	The degree of the resulting surface in the v direction 0 - maintain current, 1 - linear, 2 - quadratic, 3 - cubic, 5 - quintic, 7 - hepticDefault:3
direction (dir)		int
	The direction in which to rebuild: 0 - U, 1 - V, 2 - Both U and VDefault:2
endKnots (end)		int
	End conditions for the surface 0 - uniform end knots, 1 - multiple end knots,Default:0
fitRebuild (fr)		int
	Specify the type of rebuild method to be used: 0 - Convert Classic, the default and original convert method. 1 - Fit using the least squares fit method. 2 - Convert Match, alternate matching convert method. 3 - Convert Grid, uses a grid-based fit algorithm.Default:0Advanced flags
keepControlPoints (kcp)		bool
	Use the control points of the input surface. This forces uniform parameterization unless rebuildType is 2 (match knots)Default:false
keepCorners (kc)		bool
	The corners of the resulting surface will not change from the corners of the input surface.Default:true
keepRange (kr)		int
	Determine the parameterization for the resulting surface. 0 - reparameterize the resulting surface from 0 to 1; 1 - keep the original surface parameterization; 2 - reparameterize the result from 0 to number of spansDefault:1
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.
noChanges (nc)		bool
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.
rebuildType (rt)		int
	The rebuild type: 0 - uniform, 1 - reduce spans, 2 - match knots, 3 - remove multiple knots, 4 - force non rational 5 - rebuild ends 6 - trim convert (uniform) 7 - into Bezier meshDefault:0
replaceOriginal (rpo)		bool
	Create “in place” (i.e., replace)
spansU (su)		int
	The number of spans in the u direction in resulting surface. Used only when rebuildType is 0 - uniform. If 0, keep the same number of spans as the original surface.Default:4
spansV (sv)		int
	The number of spans in the v direction in resulting surface. Used only when rebuildType is 0 - uniform. If 0, keep the same number of spans as the original surface.Default:4
tolerance (tol)		float
	The tolerance with which to rebuildDefault:0.01

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.rebuildSurface

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# rebuild the surface using uniform parameterization
# The rebuilt surface will have 5 spans in u and
# 10 spans in v
pm.rebuildSurface( rt=0, dir=2, su=5, sv=10 )

# rebuild the surface by removing its redundant spans
pm.rebuildSurface( rt=1 )

# rebuild the surface by matching the u parameterization
# of another surface. surface1 is the surface to rebuild
# surface2 is the reference surface
pm.rebuildSurface( 'surface1', 'surface2', rt=2, dir=0 )

# rebuild the surface by removing all multiple interior knots
pm.rebuildSurface( rt=3 )

# rebuild the surface using uniform parameterization
pm.rebuildSurface( rt=4 )