Extracting Isoparametric Curves from Surfaces
Windows only

Demonstrates how to extract isoparametric curves from surfaces.

CRhinoCommand::result CCommandTest::RunCommand( const CRhinoCommandContext& context )
{
  // Select the surface to extract isocurve
  CRhinoGetObject go;
  go.SetCommandPrompt( L"Select surface" );
  go.SetGeometryFilter( CRhinoGetObject::surface_object );
  go.GetObjects( 1, 1 );
  if( go.CommandResult() != success )
    return go.CommandResult();

  // Validate selection
  const CRhinoObjRef& ref = go.Object(0);
  const ON_Surface* srf = ref.Surface();
  if( !srf )
    return failure;

  ON_3dPoint pt( ON_UNSET_POINT );
  BOOL dir = FALSE;

  // Pick a point on the surface
  CRhinoGetPoint gp;
  gp.SetCommandPrompt( L"Point on surface" );
  gp.AddCommandOptionToggle(
            RHCMDOPTNAME(L"Direction"),
            RHCMDOPTVALUE(L"U"),
            RHCMDOPTVALUE(L"V"),
            dir, &dir );
  gp.Constrain( *srf );
  for(;;)
  {
    CRhinoGet::result res = gp.GetPoint();
    if( res == CRhinoGet::point )
    {
      pt = gp.Point();
      break;
    }
    else if( res == CRhinoGet::option )
      continue;
    else
      return cancel;
  }

  // Get the parameters of the point on
  // the surface that is closest to pt.
  double u, v;
  if( srf->GetClosestPoint(pt, &u, &v) )
  {
    // Get the isoparametric curve. ON_Surface::IsoCurve
    // allocates memory for the resulting curve that we
    // will be responsible for.
    ON_Curve* crv = srf->IsoCurve( dir, dir ? u : v );
    if( crv )
    {
      context.m_doc.AddCurveObject( *crv );

      // CRhinoDoc::AddCurveObject make a copy of the input curve.
      // So, we need to delete crv otherwise we will leak memory.
      delete crv;
      crv = 0;

      context.m_doc.Redraw();
    }
  }

  return success;
}