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Synopsis

doubleProfileBirailSurface [flags] [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.

Return value

[string[]] (object name and node name)

Related commands

singleProfileBirailSurface, multiProfileBirailSurface

Flags

blendFactor, constructionHistory, curveOnSurface, name, object, polygon, range, rebuild, replaceOriginal, sweepStyle, tangentContinuityProfile1, tangentContinuityProfile2, transformMode

Long name (short name)[argument types]Properties
-blendFactor (-bl) floatqueryedit
A blend factor applied in between the two profiles. The amount of influence 'inputProfile1' has in the surface creation.
Default: 0.5
-tangentContinuityProfile1 (-tp1) booleanqueryedit
Need tangent continuity across the input profile at inputProfile1.
Default: false
-tangentContinuityProfile2 (-tp2) booleanqueryedit
Need tangent continuity across the input curve at inputProfile2.
Default: false
-sweepStyle (-ss) integerqueryedit
sweep style for Profile ( Natural, View ). Only Natural is supported.
Default: 0
-transformMode (-tm) integerqueryedit
transform mode ( Non proportional, proportional ). Non proportional is default value.
Default: 0
-name (-n) stringcreate
Name the resulting object
-constructionHistory (-ch) booleancreate
Turn the construction history on or off (not available in all commands)
-object (-o) booleancreate
Create the result, or just the dependency node (not available in all commands)
-replaceOriginal (-rpo) booleancreate
Create "in place" (i.e., replace) (not available in all commands)
-curveOnSurface (-cos) booleancreate
If possible, create 2D curve as a result (not available in all commands)
-polygon (-po) integercreate
The value of this argument controls the type of the object created by this operation (not available in all commands) - 0: nurbs surface - 1: polygon (use nurbsToPolygonsPref to set the parameters for the conversion) - 2: subdivision surface (use nurbsToSubdivPref to set the parameters for the conversion) - 3: Bezier surface - 4: subdivision surface solid (use nurbsToSubdivPref to set the parameters for the conversion)
-range (-rn) booleancreate
Force a curve range on complete input curve (not available in all commands)
-rebuild (-rb) booleancreate
Rebuild the input curve(s) before using them in the operation. Use nurbsCurveRebuildPref to set the parameters for the conversion. (not available in all commands)
Flag can appear in Create mode of command Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command Flag can be used more than once in a command

Examples

	doubleProfileBirailSurface -bl 0.5 curve1 curve2 curve3 curve4 ;

  // Tangent continuous birail surface across the two profiles.
	doubleProfileBirailSurface -bl 1.0 -tp1 true -tp2 true surface1.u[0.5] surface2.v[0.2] curve1 curve2 ;