Rhino Common RevSurface.Create not accepting NURBS curve

Rhino Developer
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I’m currently trying to create a revolved surface from a NURBS curve.

There should be quite a few methods of adding a surface of revolution using RhinoCommon, I’m currently trying to utilize this one:

https://developer.rhino3d.com/api/RhinoCommon/html/M_Rhino_Geometry_RevSurface_Create_1.htm

But it won’t let me:

Message: expected Polyline, got NurbsCurve

I know there is also a polyline variant of this function, but shouldn’t it be able to deal with both:

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Hi @Stroopwafelandcoffee,

A Polyline isn’t a curve. Rather, it’s just an array of points.

Use a PolylineCurve instead. You can create them from a Polyline.

https://developer.rhino3d.com/5/api/RhinoCommon/html/T_Rhino_Geometry_PolylineCurve.htm

– Dale

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Unfortunately the curve I’m trying to revolve isn’t suited to be converted to a polyline, since the line segments aren’t straight. So I do in fact have to revolve the NURBS curve. Should’nt the Create(Curve, Line, Double, Double) be able to do exactly this?

Edit: I do realize that there is a difference between the NurbsCurve and the Curve method and that perhaps this is where it all goes wrong, but could I then convert my nurbs curve to curve?

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Anyone?

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By testing RevSurface.Create in Python, I found that the error reported for a type mismatch is sometimes misleading. Some examples:

RevSurface.Create(a, b) : Message: expected Line, got _,
when b is a Line, but a is not a Curve.

RevSurface.Create(a, b) : Message: expected Line, got _Curve,
when a is a _Curve, but b is not a Line.

RevSurface.Create(a, b, c, d) : Message: expected Polyline, got _Curve,
when an is a _Curve but b is not a Line.

So, Message: expected Polyline, got NurbsCurve would be stated even if you are attempting to pass, for example, a GUID as the Line parameter.

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This seems to work:

import System
import Rhino
import scriptcontext as sc

p0 = Rhino.Geometry.Point3d(0,0,0)
p1 = Rhino.Geometry.Point3d(0,0,1)
p2 = Rhino.Geometry.Point3d(10,0,5)
p3 = Rhino.Geometry.Point3d(5,0,10)
axis = Rhino.Geometry.Line(p0, p1)
a0 = 0
a1 = 2.0 * System.Math.PI

# Create from Line, Line
line = Rhino.Geometry.Line(p0, p2)
srf0 = Rhino.Geometry.RevSurface.Create(line, axis, a0, a1)
sc.doc.Objects.AddSurface(srf0)

# Create from Curve, Line
crv = Rhino.Geometry.LineCurve(p0, p3)
srf1 = Rhino.Geometry.RevSurface.Create(crv, axis, a0, a1)
sc.doc.Objects.AddSurface(srf1)

# Create from Polyline, Line
pline = Rhino.Geometry.Polyline()
pline.Add(p0)
pline.Add(p2)
pline.Add(p3)
srf2 = Rhino.Geometry.RevSurface.Create(pline, axis, a0, a1)
sc.doc.Objects.AddSurface(srf2)

sc.doc.Views.Redraw()

What am I missing?

– Dale

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This seems to be true. For example my case is the third one. However, I am not able to use a Line for my axis. It returns an error stating expected Vector3d, got Line.

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What you’re currently missing is the fact that I’m not using either a line curve or a polyline curve. I’m trying to use a NURBS Curve. This should be possible according to the documentation, but it is not.

I’ve created a workaround using SweepOneRail though:

def revolveBaseCurves(geometry,N):
    arc = Rhino.Geometry.Arc(O(), 100, angleRad(N))
    path = Rhino.Geometry.NurbsCurve.CreateFromArc(arc)
    sweepClass = Rhino.Geometry.SweepOneRail()
    for curve in geometry:
        brep = Rhino.Geometry.SweepOneRail.PerformSweep(sweepClass,path,curve)[0]
        Rhino.RhinoDoc.ActiveDoc.Objects.AddBrep(brep)

Here O() is the Point3d of the origin and N determines the arc length (N=1 would result in a full rotation). N is specific to my problem, but you could just as well derive your own rotation in radians.

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This seems to work:

import System
import Rhino
import scriptcontext as sc

pt_start = Rhino.Geometry.Point3d(5,0,0)
pt_interior = Rhino.Geometry.Point3d(8,0,10)
pt_end = Rhino.Geometry.Point3d(15,0,15)
arc = Rhino.Geometry.Arc(pt_start, pt_interior, pt_end)
nc = arc.ToNurbsCurve() # <- NURBS

pt_from = Rhino.Geometry.Point3d(0,0,0)
pt_to = Rhino.Geometry.Point3d(0,0,1)
line = Rhino.Geometry.Line(pt_from, pt_to)

ang_start = 0
ang_end = 2.0 * System.Math.PI
srf = Rhino.Geometry.RevSurface.Create(nc, line, ang_start, ang_end)

sc.doc.Objects.AddSurface(srf)
sc.doc.Views.Redraw()

– Dale

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This does work but it still uses an arc as the basis for the curve to be revolved. I haven’t been able to for example select a NURBS curve from the workspace and then revolve that curve.

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Hi @Stroopwafelandcoffee,

Rather than me posting (more) samples that work, you might consider posting some code that doesn’t.

– Dale