Greetings, Can’t seem to find _Inset tool in RhinoScriptSyntax Is it possible to call it using RhinoCommon ? Note: _Inset is found under Mesh Tools, and it works with both Meshes and Surfaces. It creates a border of a specified distance around a mesh face or surface.

[image] Bogdan_Chipara: Is it possible to call it using RhinoCommon ? Hi @Bogdan_Chipara , for surfaces there is this method since Rhino 8 SR8 _ c.

Hi @clement this is good to hear, But it turns out I’m a bad programmer and I don’t know how to setup inputs for RhinoCommon methods. Coud you please write a simple tuturial on how to use this method ? Thank you!

Hi @Bogdan_Chipara , try below on a surface and a box: #! python 2 import Rhino import scriptcontext import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs def DoSomething(): brep_id = rs.GetObject("Brep to inset", 16, True, True) if not brep_id: return brep = rs.coercebrep(brep_id, True) faces = rang…

Thank you @clement ,works perfect! I don’t understand the following lines: #converts the object id directly to a brep Geometry which is what the InsetFaces method requires as first argument brep = rs.coercebrep(brep_id, True) # python function to check if new_brep is a type of Rhino.Geometry.Brep…

Hi @Bogdan_Chipara , the rs.coercebrep converts the object id directly to a brep Geometry which is what the InsetFaces method requires as first argument. isinstance is a build in function of python. It basically ensures that the returned value of InsetFaces method is of the required type Brep . You …

I see, I’m confused because RhinoCommon methods require Geometry while rhinoscriptsyntax works with object_id. Am I correct? And where’s the documentation for scriptcontext ?

[image] Bogdan_Chipara: Am I correct? Yes. [image] Bogdan_Chipara: And where’s the documentation for scriptcontext ? The methods for eg. scriptcontext.doc are found under Rhino.RhinoDoc in RhinoCommon. You might read this thread too. _ c.

hmm, this is confusing. On Rhino.RhinoDoc i cannot find scriptcontext.doc , not even if I use Search. I think I’m doing somethig wrong.

Hi @Bogdan_Chipara , compare the methods you get when you type a dot after scriptcontext.doc. with the methods you see when you type Rhino.RhinoDoc. here is what is see: [image] _ c.

with Rhino.RhinoDoc, nothing pops after .Objects.

Using _Inset with RhinoCommon?

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clement February 12, 2025, 3:39pm 8

Yes.

The methods for eg. scriptcontext.doc are found under Rhino.RhinoDoc in RhinoCommon. You might read this thread too.

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