Surface Constructors Functions

This function lets you manage the creation of surfaces by defining the formula using surface constructors.

This page discusses:

extrude
extrude
fill
fill
loft
loft
offset
revolve
revolve

extrude

Extrudes a wireframe profile in a given direction.

Signature

extrude(Curve, Direction, length1 : LENGTH, length2 : LENGTH, orientation : Boolean) : Surface

Arguments


Name	Input / Output	Required?	Type
	In	Yes	Curve
	In	Yes	Direction
`length1`	In	Yes	LENGTH
`length2`	In	Yes	LENGTH
`orientation`	In	Yes	Boolean

ReturnType

Surface

Example

extrude

Extrudes a surface in a given direction. The result is the surface of the generated volume.

Signature

extrude(Surface, Direction, length1 : LENGTH, length2 : LENGTH, orientation : Boolean) : Surface

Arguments


Name	Input / Output	Required?	Type
	In	Yes	Surface
	In	Yes	Direction
`length1`	In	Yes	LENGTH
`length2`	In	Yes	LENGTH
`orientation`	In	Yes	Boolean

ReturnType

Surface

Example

fill

Creates a fill surface from a list of boundaries (curves or lines) that form a closed contour.

Signature

fill([Curve, ..]) : Surface

Arguments


Name	Input / Output	Required?	Type	Comment
	In	No	Curve

ReturnType

Surface

Example

fill

Creates a fill surface from a list of boundaries (curves or lines).

Signature

fill(curves : List, supports : List, continuity : Integer) : Surface

Arguments

If the continuity argument is set to 0, the point continuity is used. If it is set to 1, the tangency continuity is used. If it is set to 2, the curvature continuity is used. Other continuity values are considered as point continuity.


Name	Input / Output	Required?	Type
`curves`	In	Yes	List
`supports`	In	Yes	List
`continuity`	In	Yes	Integer

ReturnType

Surface

Example

loft

Creates a loft from several sections.

Signature

loft(sections : List, orientations : List) : Surface

Arguments


Name	Input / Output	Required?	Type	Comment
`sections`	In	Yes	List
`orientations`	In	Yes	List

ReturnType

Surface

Example

loft

Creates a loft from several sections and several guides.

Signature

loft(sections : List, orientations : List, guides : List) : Surface

Arguments


Name	Input / Output	Required?	Type
`sections`	In	Yes	List
`orientations`	In	Yes	List
`guides`	In	Yes	List

ReturnType

Surface

Example

offset

Creates an offset surface.

Signature

offset(sur : Surface, offset : LENGTH, orientation : Boolean) : Surface

Arguments


Name	Input / Output	Required?	Type	Comment
`sur`	In	Yes	Surface
`offset`	In	Yes	LENGTH
`orientation`	In	Yes	Boolean	Set the boolean orientation to false to change the side of the created surface regarding the reference surface.

ReturnType

Surface

Example

revolve

Revolves a surface around a given axis. The result is the surface of the generated volume.

Signature

revolve(Surface, axis : Line, angle1 : ANGLE, angle2 : ANGLE) : Surface

Arguments


Name	Input / Output	Required?	Type
	In	Yes	Surface
`axis`	In	Yes	Line
`angle1`	In	Yes	ANGLE
`angle2`	In	Yes	ANGLE

ReturnType

Surface

Example

revolve

Revolves a wireframe profile around a given axis.

Signature

revolve(Curve, axis : Line, angle1 : ANGLE, angle2 : ANGLE) : Surface

Arguments


Name	Input / Output	Required?	Type
	In	Yes	Curve
`axis`	In	Yes	Line
`angle1`	In	Yes	ANGLE
`angle2`	In	Yes	ANGLE

ReturnType

Surface