CreateFromCurvePipe(Curve curve, double radius, int segments, int accuracy, MeshPipeCapStyle capType, bool faceted, IEnumerable<Interval> intervals)

Constructs a new mesh pipe from a curve.

CreateFromCylinder(Cylinder cylinder, int vertical, int around, bool capBottom, bool capTop, bool circumscribe, bool quadCaps)

Constructs a mesh cylinder.

CreateFromCylinder(Cylinder cylinder, int vertical, int around, bool capBottom, bool capTop, bool quadCaps)

Constructs a mesh cylinder.

CreateFromCylinder(Cylinder cylinder, int vertical, int around, bool capBottom, bool capTop)

Constructs a mesh cylinder.

CreateFromCylinder(Cylinder cylinder, int vertical, int around)

Constructs a capped mesh cylinder.

CreateFromExtrusion(Extrusion extrusion, MeshingParameters meshingParameters)

Constructs a mesh from a brep.

CreateFromFilteredFaceList(Mesh original, IEnumerable<bool> inclusion)

Constructs a sub-mesh, that contains a filtered list of faces.

CreateFromIterativeCleanup(IEnumerable<Mesh> meshes, double tolerance)

Repairs meshes with vertices that are too near, using a tolerance value.

CreateFromLines(Curve[] lines, int maxFaceValence, double tolerance)

Creates a mesh by analizing the edge structure. Input lines could be from the extraction of edges from an original mesh.

CreateFromPatchSingleFace(Mesh mesh, IEnumerable<ComponentIndex> components)

Creates a single mesh face from the given input.

CreateFromPlanarBoundary(Curve boundary, MeshingParameters parameters, double tolerance)

Attempts to construct a mesh from a closed planar curve.RhinoMakePlanarMeshes

CreateFromPlanarBoundary(Curve boundary, MeshingParameters parameters)

Do not use this overload. Use version that takes a tolerance parameter instead.

CreateFromPlane(Plane plane, Interval xInterval, Interval yInterval, int xCount, int yCount)

Constructs a planar mesh grid.

CreateFromSphere(Sphere sphere, int xCount, int yCount)

Constructs a mesh sphere.

CreateFromSubD(SubD subd, int displayDensity)

Create a mesh from a SubD limit surface

CreateFromSubDControlNet(SubD subd)

Create a mesh from a SubD control net

CreateFromSubDControlNetWithTextureCoordinates(SubD subd)

Create a mesh from a SubD control net including texture coordinates

CreateFromSurface(Surface surface, MeshingParameters meshingParameters)

Constructs a mesh from a surface

CreateFromSurface(Surface surface)

Constructs a mesh from a surface

CreateFromSurfaceControlNet(Surface surface)

Calculate a mesh representation of a surface's control net.

CreateFromTessellation(IEnumerable<Point3d> points, IEnumerable<IEnumerable<Point3d>> edges, Plane plane, bool allowNewVertices)

Attempts to create a mesh that is a triangulation of a list of points, projected on a plane, including its holes and fixed edges.

CreateFromTorus(Torus torus, int vertical, int around)

Constructs a mesh torus.

CreateIcoSphere(Sphere sphere, int subdivisions)

Constructs a icospherical mesh. A mesh icosphere differs from a standard UV mesh sphere in that it's vertices are evenly distributed. A mesh icosphere starts from an icosahedron (a regular polyhedron with 20 equilateral triangles). It is then refined by splitting each triangle into 4 smaller triangles. This splitting can be done several times.

CreatePartitions(int maximumVertexCount, int maximumTriangleCount)

In ancient times (or modern smart phone times), some rendering engines were only able to process small batches of triangles and the CreatePartitions() function was provided to partition the mesh into subsets of vertices and faces that those rendering engines could handle.

CreatePatch(Polyline outerBoundary, double angleToleranceRadians, Surface pullbackSurface, IEnumerable<Curve> innerBoundaryCurves, IEnumerable<Curve> innerBothSideCurves, IEnumerable<Point3d> innerPoints, bool trimback, int divisions)

Construct a mesh patch from a variety of input geometry.

CreateQuadSphere(Sphere sphere, int subdivisions)

Constructs a quad mesh sphere. A quad mesh sphere differs from a standard UV mesh sphere in that it's vertices are evenly distributed. A quad mesh sphere starts from a cube (a regular polyhedron with 6 square sides). It is then refined by splitting each quad into 4 smaller quads. This splitting can be done several times.

CreateRefinedCatmullClarkMesh(Mesh mesh, RefinementSettings settings)

Instantiates a new mesh that represents a Catmull-Clark subdivision of the mesh.

CreateRefinedLoopMesh(Mesh mesh, LoopFormula formula, RefinementSettings settings)

Instantiates a new mesh that represents a Loop subdivision of the mesh.

CreateUnweldedMesh(Mesh mesh)

Creates a new unwelded mesh from an existing mesh. Texture coordinates are ignored.

CreateVertexColorsFromBitmap(RhinoDoc doc, TextureMapping mapping, Transform xform,Bitmap bitmap)

Populate the vertex colors from a bitmap image.

DataCRC(uint currentRemainder)

Returns a CRC calculated from the information that defines the object. This CRC can be used as a quick way to see if two objects are not identical.

DeleteAllUserStrings()

DeleteUserString(string key)

DestroyPartition()

Destroys mesh partition.

DestroyTopology()

Removes topology data, forcing all topology information to be recomputed.

DestroyTree()

Destroys the mesh vertex access tree.

Dispose()

Actively reclaims unmanaged resources that this instance uses.

Dispose(bool disposing)

For derived class implementers.
This method is called with argument True when class user calls Dispose(), while with argument False when the Garbage Collector invokes the finalizer, or Finalize() method.
You must reclaim all used unmanaged resources in both cases, and can use this chance to call Dispose on disposable fields if the argument is true.
Also, you must call the base virtual method within your overriding method.

Dispose(bool disposing)

Overridden in order to destroy local display cache information

Duplicate()

Constructs a copy of this mesh. This is the same as DuplicateMesh .

Duplicate()

Constructs a deep (full) copy of this object.

DuplicateMesh()

Constructs a copy of this mesh. This is the same as Duplicate .

DuplicateShallow()

Constructs a light copy of this object. By "light", it is meant that the same underlying data is used until something is done to attempt to change it. For example, you could have a shallow copy of a very heavy mesh object and the same underlying data will be used when doing things like inspecting the number of faces on the mesh. If you modify the location of one of the mesh vertices, the shallow copy will create a full duplicate of the underlying mesh data and the shallow copy will become a deep copy.

EnsurePrivateCopy()

If you want to keep a copy of this class around by holding onto it in a variable after a command completes, call EnsurePrivateCopy to make sure that this class is not tied to the document. You can call this function as many times as you want.

EvaluateMeshGeometry(Surface surface)

If the mesh has SurfaceParameters, the surface is evaluated at these parameters and the mesh geometry is updated.

ExplodeAtUnweldedEdges()

Explode the mesh into sub-meshes where a sub-mesh is a collection of faces that are contained within a closed loop of "unwelded" edges. Unwelded edges are edges where the faces that share the edge have unique mesh vertices (not mesh topology vertices) at both ends of the edge.

ExtendSelectionByEdgeRidge(int preselectedEdges, int newEdge, bool iterative)

Suggests an extension of a selection set by using information related with topology and alignment.

ExtendSelectionByFaceLoop(int preselectedFaces, int newFace, bool iterative)

Suggests an extension of a face selection set by using information related with topology and alignment.

ExtractNonManifoldEdges(bool selective)

Extracts, or removes, non-manifold mesh edges.

FileHole(int topologyEdgeIndex)

Given a starting "naked" edge index, this function attempts to determine a "hole" by chaining additional naked edges together until if returns to the start index. Then it triangulates the closed polygon and either adds the faces to the mesh.

FillHoles()

Attempts to determine "holes" in the mesh by chaining naked edges together. Then it triangulates the closed polygons adds the faces to the mesh.

Flip(bool vertexNormals, bool faceNormals, bool faceOrientation, bool ngonsBoundaryDirection)

Reverses the direction of the mesh.

Flip(bool vertexNormals, bool faceNormals, bool faceOrientation)

Reverses the direction of the mesh.

FromBase64String(int archive3dm, int opennurbs, string base64Data)

Create a CommonObject instance from a Base64 encoded string. This is typically the values used when passing common objects around as JSON data

FromJSON(Dictionary<string, string> jsonDictionary)

Create a CommonObject instance from a JSON dictionary

FromJSON(string json)

Create a CommonObject instance from a JSON string

GeometryEquals(GeometryBase first, GeometryBase second)

Determines if two geometries equal one another, in pure geometrical shape. This version only compares the geometry itself and does not include any user data comparisons. This is a comparison by value: for two identical items it will be true, no matter where in memory they may be stored.

GeometryReferenceEquals(GeometryBase one, GeometryBase other)

Determines if two objects are respectively shallow copies, new managed instantiations of the same geometry, or similar internal references to the exact same geometry, both in managed and in unmanaged code.

GetBoundingBox(bool accurate)

Bounding box solver. Gets the world axis aligned bounding box for the geometry.

GetBoundingBox(Plane plane, out Box worldBox)

Aligned Bounding box solver. Gets the plane aligned bounding box.

GetBoundingBox(Plane plane)

Aligned Bounding box solver. Gets the plane aligned bounding box.

GetBoundingBox(Transform xform)

Aligned Bounding box solver. Gets the world axis aligned bounding box for the transformed geometry.

GetCachedTextureCoordinates(RhinoObject rhinoObject,Texture texture)

Returns cached texture coordinate set based on the texture. Make sure to set up cached texture coordinates for all textures in the material first by calling SetCachedTextureCoordinatesFromMaterial(RhinoObject rhinoObject, Rhino.DocObjects.Material material) If this function returns None then there are no texture coordinates available.

GetCachedTextureCoordinates(Guid textureMappingId)

Call this method to get cached texture coordinates for a texture mapping with the specified Id.

GetNakedEdgePointStatus()

Returns an array of Boolean values equal in length to the number of vertices in this mesh. Each value corresponds to a mesh vertex and is set to True if the vertex is not completely surrounded by faces.

GetNakedEdges()

Returns all edges of a mesh that are considered "naked" in the sense that the edge only has one face.

GetNgonAndFacesCount()

Retrieves the count of items that GetNgonAndFacesEnumerable will provide.

GetNgonAndFacesEnumerable()

Retrieves a complete enumerable, i.e., one that provides an iterator over every face that is present, no matter if defined as a triangle, a quad, or a strictly over-four-sided ngon.

GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info,StreamingContext context)

Populates a System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo with the data needed to serialize the target object.

GetOutlines(RhinoViewport viewport)

Constructs the outlines of a mesh. The projection information in the viewport is used to determine how the outlines are projected.

GetOutlines(Plane plane)

Constructs the outlines of a mesh projected against a plane.

GetOutlines(ViewportInfo viewportInfo, Plane plane)

Constructs the outlines of a mesh.

GetPartition(int which)

Retrieves a partition. See CreatePartitions for details.

GetSelfIntersections(double tolerance, out Polyline[] perforations, bool overlapsPolylines, out Polyline[] overlapsPolylinesResult, bool overlapsMesh, out Mesh overlapsMeshResult,TextLog textLog,CancellationToken cancel, IProgress<double> progress)

Gets the intersections of this mesh with itself.

GetUnsafeLock(bool writable)

Allows to obtain unsafe pointers to the underlying unmanaged data structures of the mesh.

GetUserString(string key)

Gets user string from this geometry.

GetUserStrings()

Gets a copy of all (user key string, user value string) pairs attached to this geometry.

HealNakedEdges(double distance)

Attempts to "heal" naked edges in a mesh based on a given distance. First attempts to move vertices to neighboring vertices that are within that distance away. Then it finds edges that have a closest point to the vertex within the distance and splits the edge. When it finds one it splits the edge and makes two new edges using that point.

InvalidateCachedTextureCoordinates(bool bOnlyInvalidateCachedSurfaceParameterMapping)

Invalidates all cached texture coordinates. Call this function when you have made changes that will affect the texture coordinates on the mesh.

IsManifold()

Returns True if every mesh "edge" has at most two faces.

IsManifold(bool topologicalTest, out bool isOriented, out bool hasBoundary)

Gets a value indicating whether or not the mesh is manifold. A manifold mesh does not have any edge that borders more than two faces.

IsPointInside(Point3d point, double tolerance, bool strictlyIn)

Determines if a point is inside a solid mesh.

IsValidWithLog(out string log)

Determines if an object is valid. Also provides a report on errors if this object happens not to be valid.

MakeDeformable()

If possible, converts the object into a form that can be accurately modified with "squishy" transformations like projections, shears, an non-uniform scaling.

MatchEdges(double distance, bool rachet)

Moves face edges of an open mesh to meet adjacent face edges. The method will first try to match vertices, and then then it will try to split edges to make the edges match.

MemoryEstimate()

Computes an estimate of the number of bytes that this object is using in memory.

MergeAllCoplanarFaces(double tolerance, double angleTolerance)

Merges adjacent coplanar faces into single faces.

MergeAllCoplanarFaces(double tolerance)

Merges adjacent coplanar faces into single faces.

NonConstOperation()

Clear local cache on non constant calls

NonConstOperation()

For derived classes implementers.
Defines the necessary implementation to free the instance from being constant.

NonConstOperation()

Destroy cache handle

NormalAt(int faceIndex, double t0, double t1, double t2, double t3)

Evaluate a mesh normal at a set of barycentric coordinates. Barycentric coordinates must be assigned in accordance with the rules as defined by MeshPoint.T.

NormalAt(MeshPoint meshPoint)

Evaluate a mesh normal at a set of barycentric coordinates.

Offset(double distance, bool solidify, Vector3d direction, out List<int> wallFacesOut)

Makes a new mesh with vertices offset a distance along the direction parameter. Optionally, based on the value of solidify, adds the input mesh and a ribbon of faces along any naked edges. If solidify is False it acts exactly as the Offset(distance) function. Returns list of wall faces, i.e. the faces that connect original and offset mesh when solidified.

Offset(double distance, bool solidify, Vector3d direction)

Offset(double distance, bool solidify)

Makes a new mesh with vertices offset a distance in the opposite direction of the existing vertex normals. Optionally, based on the value of solidify, adds the input mesh and a ribbon of faces along any naked edges. If solidify is False it acts exactly as the Offset(distance) function.

Offset(double distance)

Makes a new mesh with vertices offset a distance in the opposite direction of the existing vertex normals. Same as Mesh.Offset(distance, false)

OnSwitchToNonConst()

Performs some memory cleanup if necessary

OnSwitchToNonConst()

Is called when a non-constant operation first occurs.

OnSwitchToNonConst()

Is called when a non-constant operation occurs.

PatchSingleFace(IEnumerable<ComponentIndex> components)

Creates a single mesh face from the given input. The new mesh will be apppended to this mesh.

PointAt(int faceIndex, double t0, double t1, double t2, double t3)

Evaluates a mesh at a set of barycentric coordinates. Barycentric coordinates must be assigned in accordance with the rules as defined by MeshPoint.T.

PointAt(MeshPoint meshPoint)

Evaluate a mesh at a set of barycentric coordinates.

PullCurve(Curve curve, double tolerance)

Gets a polyline approximation of the input curve and then moves its control points to the closest point on the mesh. Then it "connects the points" over edges so that a polyline on the mesh is formed.

PullPointsToMesh(IEnumerable<Point3d> points)

Pulls a collection of points to a mesh.

QuadRemesh(QuadRemeshParameters parameters, IEnumerable<Curve> guideCurves)

Quad remesh this mesh.

QuadRemesh(QuadRemeshParameters parameters)

Quad remesh this mesh.

QuadRemeshAsync(IEnumerable<int> faceBlocks, QuadRemeshParameters parameters, IEnumerable<Curve> guideCurves, IProgress<int> progress,CancellationToken cancelToken)

Quad remesh this mesh asynchronously.

QuadRemeshAsync(QuadRemeshParameters parameters, IEnumerable<Curve> guideCurves, IProgress<int> progress,CancellationToken cancelToken)

Quad remesh this mesh asynchronously.

QuadRemeshAsync(QuadRemeshParameters parameters, IProgress<int> progress,CancellationToken cancelToken)

Quad remesh this mesh asynchronously.

QuadRemeshBrep(Brep brep, QuadRemeshParameters parameters, IEnumerable<Curve> guideCurves)

Create Quad Remesh from a Brep

QuadRemeshBrep(Brep brep, QuadRemeshParameters parameters)

Create QuadRemesh from a Brep Set Brep Face Mode by setting QuadRemeshParameters.PreserveMeshArrayEdgesMode

QuadRemeshBrepAsync(Brep brep, QuadRemeshParameters parameters, IEnumerable<Curve> guideCurves, IProgress<int> progress,CancellationToken cancelToken)

Quad remesh this Brep asynchronously.

QuadRemeshBrepAsync(Brep brep, QuadRemeshParameters parameters, IProgress<int> progress,CancellationToken cancelToken)

Quad remesh this Brep asynchronously.

RebuildNormals()

Removes mesh normals and reconstructs the face and vertex normals based on the orientation of the faces.

Reduce(int desiredPolygonCount, bool allowDistortion, int accuracy, bool normalizeSize, bool threaded)

Reduce polygon count

Reduce(int desiredPolygonCount, bool allowDistortion, int accuracy, bool normalizeSize,CancellationToken cancelToken, IProgress<double> progress, out string problemDescription, bool threaded)

Reduce polygon count

Reduce(int desiredPolygonCount, bool allowDistortion, int accuracy, bool normalizeSize,CancellationToken cancelToken, IProgress<double> progress, out string problemDescription)

Reduce polygon count

Reduce(int desiredPolygonCount, bool allowDistortion, int accuracy, bool normalizeSize)

Reduce polygon count

Reduce(ReduceMeshParameters parameters, bool threaded)

Reduce polygon count

Reduce(ReduceMeshParameters parameters)

Reduce polygon count

ReleaseUnsafeLock(MeshUnsafeLock meshData)

Updates the Mesh data with the information that was stored via the MeshUnsafeLock .

RequireIterativeCleanup(IEnumerable<Mesh> meshes, double tolerance)

Analyzes some meshes, and determines if a pass of CreateFromIterativeCleanup would change the array.
All available cleanup steps are used. Currently available cleanup steps are:
- mending of single precision coincidence even though double precision vertices differ.
- union of nearly identical vertices, irrespectively of their origin.
- removal of t-joints along edges.

Rotate(double angleRadians, Vector3d rotationAxis, Point3d rotationCenter)

Rotates the object about the specified axis. A positive rotation angle results in a counter-clockwise rotation about the axis (right hand rule).

Scale(double scaleFactor)

Scales the object by the specified factor. The scale is centered at the origin.

SetCachedTextureCoordinates(TextureMapping tm, ref Transform xf)

Set cached texture coordinates using the specified mapping.

SetCachedTextureCoordinatesFromMaterial(RhinoObject rhinoObject,Material material)

Sets up cached texture coordinate set for each texture in the material. Textures in the Material define which mapping channels are used and the RhinoObject defines what texture mapping is used for each mapping channel. After this method is called all necessary texture coordinate sets are cached and correct texture coordinates for each texture can be fetched using GetCachedTextureCoordinates(RhinoObject rhinoObject, Rhino.DocObjects.Texture texture) If any texture coordinates are already cached they will not be re-computed.

SetSurfaceParametersFromTextureCoordinates()

If the mesh does not have surface evaluation parameters, has texture coordinates, and the surface parameters can be set in a way so the existing texture coordinates can be computed from the surface parameters, then this function sets the surface parameters. This is useful when meshes that have texture coordinates and do not have surface parameters want to set the surface parameters in a way so that the texture mapping of type TextureMappingType.SurfaceParameters will restore the texture coordinates.

SetTextureCoordinates(TextureMapping tm, Transform xf, bool lazy, bool seamCheck)

Set texture coordinates using given mapping and applying given transform. Set lazy to False to generate texture coordinates right away.

SetTextureCoordinates(TextureMapping tm, Transform xf, bool lazy)

Set texture coordinates using given mapping and applying given transform. Set lazy to False to generate texture coordinates right away.

SetUserString(string key, string value)

Attach a user string (key,value combination) to this geometry.

ShrinkWrap(IEnumerable<GeometryBase> geometryBases, ShrinkWrapParameters parameters, MeshingParameters meshingParameters)

Creates a unified ShrinkWrap mesh from a collection of GeometryBase objects. returns None or error on failure

ShrinkWrap(IEnumerable<Mesh> meshes, ShrinkWrapParameters parameters)

Creates a unified ShrinkWrap mesh from a collection of input meshes. Returns None on error or failure.

ShrinkWrap(PointCloud pointCloud, ShrinkWrapParameters parameters)

Creates a unified ShrinkWrap mesh from a point cloud returns None on error or failure

ShrinkWrap(ShrinkWrapParameters parameters,CancellationToken token)

Returns a ShrinkWrapped mesh or None when a mesh was not created or error.

ShrinkWrap(ShrinkWrapParameters parameters)

Returns a ShrinkWrapped mesh or None when a mesh was not created or error.

Smooth(double smoothFactor, bool bXSmooth, bool bYSmooth, bool bZSmooth, bool bFixBoundaries, SmoothingCoordinateSystem coordinateSystem, Plane plane)

Smooths a mesh by averaging the positions of mesh vertices in a specified region.

Smooth(double smoothFactor, bool bXSmooth, bool bYSmooth, bool bZSmooth, bool bFixBoundaries, SmoothingCoordinateSystem coordinateSystem)

Smooths a mesh by averaging the positions of mesh vertices in a specified region.

Smooth(double smoothFactor, int numSteps, bool bXSmooth, bool bYSmooth, bool bZSmooth, bool bFixBoundaries, SmoothingCoordinateSystem coordinateSystem, Plane plane)

Smooths a mesh by averaging the positions of mesh vertices in a specified region.

Smooth(IEnumerable<int> vertexIndices, double smoothFactor, bool bXSmooth, bool bYSmooth, bool bZSmooth, bool bFixBoundaries, SmoothingCoordinateSystem coordinateSystem, Plane plane)

Smooths part of a mesh by averaging the positions of mesh vertices in a specified region.

Smooth(IEnumerable<int> vertexIndices, double smoothFactor, int numSteps, bool bXSmooth, bool bYSmooth, bool bZSmooth, bool bFixBoundaries, SmoothingCoordinateSystem coordinateSystem, Plane plane)

Smooths part of a mesh by averaging the positions of mesh vertices in a specified region.

SolidOrientation()

Determines orientation of a "solid" mesh.

Split(IEnumerable<Mesh> meshes, double tolerance, bool splitAtCoplanar, bool createNgons, TextLog textLog,CancellationToken cancel, IProgress<double> progress)

Split a mesh with a collection of meshes.

Split(IEnumerable<Mesh> meshes, double tolerance, bool splitAtCoplanar, TextLog textLog,CancellationToken cancel, IProgress<double> progress)

Split a mesh with a collection of meshes.

Split(IEnumerable<Mesh> meshes)

Split a mesh with a collection of meshes. Suggestion: upgrade to overload with tolerance. Does not split at coplanar intersections.

Split(Mesh mesh)

Split a mesh with another mesh. Suggestion: upgrade to overload with tolerance.

Split(Plane plane)

Split a mesh by an infinite plane.

SplitDisjointPieces()

Splits up the mesh into its unconnected pieces.

SplitWithProjectedPolylines(IEnumerable<PolylineCurve> curves, double tolerance, TextLog textLog,CancellationToken cancel, IProgress<double> progress)

Splits a mesh by adding edges in correspondence with input polylines, and divides the mesh at partitioned areas. Polyline segments that are measured not to be on the mesh will be ignored.

SplitWithProjectedPolylines(IEnumerable<PolylineCurve> curves, double tolerance)

Splits a mesh by adding edges in correspondence with input polylines, and divides the mesh at partitioned areas. Polyline segments that are measured not to be on the mesh will be ignored.

Subdivide()

Subdivides the faces of the mesh.

Subdivide(IEnumerable<int> faceIndices)

Subdivides specific faces of the mesh.

ToJSON(SerializationOptions options)

Create a JSON string representation of this object

Transform(Transform xform)

Transforms the geometry. If the input Transform has a SimilarityType of OrientationReversing, you may want to consider flipping the transformed geometry after calling this function when it makes sense. For example, you may want to call Flip() on a Brep after transforming it.

Translate(double x, double y, double z)