Extend Surface

Demonstrates how to extend a user-specified edge of a surface.

partial class Examples
{
  public static Result ExtendSurface(RhinoDoc doc)
  {
    var go = new Rhino.Input.Custom.GetObject();
    go.SetCommandPrompt("Select edge of surface to extend");
    go.GeometryFilter = ObjectType.EdgeFilter;
    go.GeometryAttributeFilter = GeometryAttributeFilter.EdgeCurve;
    go.Get();
    if (go.CommandResult() != Result.Success)
      return go.CommandResult();
    var obj_ref = go.Object(0);

    var surface = obj_ref.Surface();
    if (surface == null)
    {
      RhinoApp.WriteLine("Unable to extend polysurfaces.");
      return Result.Failure;
    }

    var brep = obj_ref.Brep();
    var face = obj_ref.Face();
    if (brep == null || face == null)
      return Result.Failure;
    if (face.FaceIndex < 0)
      return Result.Failure;

    if( !brep.IsSurface)
    {
      RhinoApp.WriteLine("Unable to extend trimmed surfaces.");
      return Result.Nothing;
    }

    var curve = obj_ref.Curve();

    var trim = obj_ref.Trim();
    if (trim == null)
      return Result.Failure;

    if (trim.TrimType == BrepTrimType.Seam)
    {
      RhinoApp.WriteLine("Unable to extend surface at seam.");
      return Result.Nothing;
    }

    var extended_surface = surface.Extend(trim.IsoStatus, 5.0, true);
    if (extended_surface != null)
    {
      var mybrep = Brep.CreateFromSurface(extended_surface);
      doc.Objects.Replace(obj_ref.ObjectId, mybrep);
      doc.Views.Redraw();
    }
    return Result.Success;
  }
}
import Rhino
from Rhino.Input.Custom import GeometryAttributeFilter
from Rhino.DocObjects import ObjectType
from Rhino.Commands import Result
from Rhino.Geometry import Brep, BrepTrimType
from scriptcontext import doc

def RunCommand():
    go = Rhino.Input.Custom.GetObject()
    go.SetCommandPrompt("Select edge of surface to extend")
    go.GeometryFilter = ObjectType.EdgeFilter
    go.GeometryAttributeFilter = GeometryAttributeFilter.EdgeCurve
    go.Get()
    if go.CommandResult() != Result.Success:
        return go.CommandResult()
    obj_ref = go.Object(0)

    surface = obj_ref.Surface()
    if surface == None:
        print("Unable to extend polysurfaces.")
        return Result.Failure

    brep = obj_ref.Brep()
    face = obj_ref.Face()
    if brep == None or face == None:
        return Result.Failure
    if face.FaceIndex < 0:
        return Result.Failure

    if not brep.IsSurface:
        print("Unable to extend trimmed surfaces.")
        return Result.Nothing

    curve = obj_ref.Curve()

    trim = obj_ref.Trim()
    if trim == None:
        return Result.Failure

    if trim.TrimType == BrepTrimType.Seam:
        print("Unable to extend surface at seam.")
        return Result.Nothing

    extended_surface = surface.Extend(trim.IsoStatus, 5.0, True)
    if extended_surface != None:
        mybrep = Brep.CreateFromSurface(extended_surface)
        doc.Objects.Replace(obj_ref.ObjectId, mybrep)
        doc.Views.Redraw()
    return Result.Success

if __name__ == "__main__":
    RunCommand()