Export points from curves

Is it possible to export the points from a curve? each point should have the X,Y,Z properties. We are talking about contour lines. Thank you very much.

Greetings
Boris

Hi Boris -

You could use a macro for this:

All ExtractPt -Export A:\test.txt enterend Delete

(I have an "A:" disk on this machine - you’ll need to provide a path that you can write to without requiring elevated permissions)
-wim

Thank you for your help. I do not know anything about macros. I have inserted it like this. But it does not work.

Gruss
Boris

Hi Boris -

That’s what I meant with using a path that doesn’t require elevated rights. Typically, creating files in the root folder on C:\ requires special permissions.
-wim

Try using C:\Users\<your user name>\Desktop\test.txt

(put in your real user name instead of <your user name>)

I have taken the easy way

Line Activated - ExtractPt - done :slight_smile:

Thanks for your help with the command

Greetings
Boris

Here is a quickie Python script which will export selected curve control points in either .csv (comma delimited) or .txt (space-delimited) formats. Beware, it adds a blank line between each curve’s control point set to make reading easier.

ExportCrvsCtrlPtsSimple.py (1.2 KB)

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Is it possible to omit the blank line?

Yep…
ExportCrvsCtrlPtsSimple2.py (1.2 KB)

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Perfect! Thank you very much.

Greetings
Boris