Find point on curve at distance
Demonstrates how find a point on a curve given a specified length from the start of the curve.
partial class Examples
{
public static Rhino.Commands.Result ArcLengthPoint(Rhino.RhinoDoc doc)
{
Rhino.DocObjects.ObjRef objref;
Rhino.Commands.Result rc = Rhino.Input.RhinoGet.GetOneObject("Select curve",
true, Rhino.DocObjects.ObjectType.Curve,out objref);
if(rc!= Rhino.Commands.Result.Success)
return rc;
Rhino.Geometry.Curve crv = objref.Curve();
if( crv==null )
return Rhino.Commands.Result.Failure;
double crv_length = crv.GetLength();
double length = 0;
rc = Rhino.Input.RhinoGet.GetNumber("Length from start", true, ref length, 0, crv_length);
if(rc!= Rhino.Commands.Result.Success)
return rc;
Rhino.Geometry.Point3d pt = crv.PointAtLength(length);
if (pt.IsValid)
{
doc.Objects.AddPoint(pt);
doc.Views.Redraw();
}
return Rhino.Commands.Result.Success;
}
}
import Rhino
import scriptcontext
def ArcLengthPoint():
rc, objref = Rhino.Input.RhinoGet.GetOneObject("Select curve", True, Rhino.DocObjects.ObjectType.Curve)
if rc!=Rhino.Commands.Result.Success: return rc
crv = objref.Curve()
if not crv: return Rhino.Commands.Result.Failure
crv_length = crv.GetLength()
length = 0
rc, length = Rhino.Input.RhinoGet.GetNumber("Length from start", True, length, 0, crv_length)
if rc!=Rhino.Commands.Result.Success: return rc
pt = crv.PointAtLength(length)
if pt.IsValid:
scriptcontext.doc.Objects.AddPoint(pt)
scriptcontext.doc.Views.Redraw()
return Rhino.Commands.Result.Success
if __name__=="__main__":
ArcLengthPoint()
