pymel.core.modeling.squareSurface

squareSurface(*args, **kwargs)

This command produces a square surface given 3 or 4 curves. This resulting square surface is created within the intersecting region of the selected curves. The order of selection is important and the curves must intersect or their ends must meet.You must specify one continuity type flag for each selected curve. If continuity type is 1 (fixed, no tangent continuity) then the curveFitCheckpoints flag (cfc) is not required.

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
continuityType1 (ct1)		int
	Continuity type legal values for curve 1: 1 - fixed boundary 2 - tangent continuity 3 - implied tangent continuityDefault:2
continuityType2 (ct2)		int
	Continuity type legal values for curve 2: 1 - fixed boundary 2 - tangent continuity 3 - implied tangent continuityDefault:2
continuityType3 (ct3)		int
	Continuity type legal values for curve 3: 1 - fixed boundary 2 - tangent continuity 3 - implied tangent continuityDefault:2
continuityType4 (ct4)		int
	Continuity type legal values for curve 4: 1 - fixed boundary 2 - tangent continuity 3 - implied tangent continuityDefault:2
curveFitCheckpoints (cfc)		int
	The number of points per span to check the tangency deviation between the boundary curve and the created tangent square surface. Only available for the tangent continuity type.Default:5
endPointTolerance (ept)		float
	Tolerance for end points, only used if endPoint attribute is true.Default:0.1Advanced flags
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.
rebuildCurve1 (rc1)		bool
	A boolean to determine if input curve 1 should be rebuilt (with curvature continuity).Default:false
rebuildCurve2 (rc2)		bool
	A boolean to determine if input curve 2 should be rebuilt (with curvature continuity).Default:false
rebuildCurve3 (rc3)		bool
	A boolean to determine if input curve 3 should be rebuilt (with curvature continuity).Default:false
rebuildCurve4 (rc4)		bool
	A boolean to determine if input curve 4 should be rebuilt (with curvature continuity).Default:false

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.squareSurface

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# Creating square surfaces with three curves and fixed continuity type:

crv1 = pm.curve( d=3, p=( (8, 0, 3), (5, 0, 3), (2, 0, 2), (0, 0, 0)) )
crv2 = pm.curve( d=3, p=( (8, 0, -4), (5, 0, -3), (2, 0, -2), (0, 0, 0)) )
crv3 = pm.curve( d=3, p=( (8, 0, 3), (9, 3, 2), (11, 3, 1), (8, 0, -4)) )

# These curves form a rough triangle shape pointing at the origin.

pm.squareSurface( crv3, crv1, crv2, ct1=1, ct2=1, ct3=1 )
# Result: [u'squareSurface1', u'squareSrf1'] #

# Creating square surfaces with four curves, tangent continuity
# type and to use 6 points per span in checking the continuity:

crv1 = pm.curve( d=3, p=( (-2, 0, 4), (-2, 0, 5), (1, 0, 3), (3, 0, 4), (6, 0, 5) ) )
crv2 = pm.curve( d=3, p=( (6, 0, 5), (8, 0, 2), (8, 0, -3), (7, 0, -4 ) ) )
crv3 = pm.curve( d=3, p=( (7, 0, -4), (2, 0, -3), (-1, 0, -5), (-2, 0, -4) ) )
crv4 = pm.curve( d=3, p=( (-2, 0, 4), (-4, 0, 1), (-4, 0, -3), (-2, 0, -4) ) )

# These curves form a rough square shape around the origin.

pm.squareSurface( crv1, crv2, crv3, crv4, cfc=6, ct1=2, ct2=2, ct3=2, ct4=2 )
# Result: [u'squareSurface2', u'squareSrf2'] #