polyProjectCurve node

Project a curve onto a poly mesh.

Node name	Parents	Classification	MFn type	Compatible function sets
polyProjectCurve	abstractBaseCreate	geometry	kPolyProjectCurve	kBase kNamedObject kDependencyNode kMidModifier kPolyProjectCurve

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Long name (short name) Type Default Flags

automatic (as) bool true

If true, automatically determine the number of sample points using chordal deviation. If false, use aCurveSamples.

curveSamples (cs) integer 50

How many points to sample the input curve at. Used if aAutoSample is false.

direction (d) double3

Direction of projection.

directionX (dx) distance (double) 0.0cm

X direction of projection.

directionY (dy) distance (double) 0.0cm

Y direction of projection.

directionZ (dz) distance (double) 1.0cm

Z direction of projection.

inputCurve (ic) nurbsCurve NULL

The input curve to project.

inputMatrix (imt) matrix identity

Input world transformation matrix. Also a multi-attribute. Each input poly object must have a corresponding inputMatrix.

inputMesh (ims) mesh NULL

The input surface to project onto.

outputCurve (oc) nurbsCurve NULL

Output curve(s) on surface (2 dimensional.)

pointsOnEdges (poe) bool false

If true, the projected curve will be created using points that project to edges of the input mesh.

curvePoints (cps) compound n/a

Lists of projected points that were used to create the output curves.

projectedPoint (pp) compound n/a

contains a face id, triangle within the face, and the barycentric coordinates within the triangle of a point from the curve projected onto the mesh.

face (f) integer 0

face id

triangle (t) integer 0

which triangle within the face

baryCoord (bc) double3

barycentric coordinate

baryCoord1 (bc1) distance (double) 0.0cm

First barycentric coordinate

baryCoord2 (bc2) distance (double) 0.0cm

Second barycentric coordinate

baryCoord3 (bc3) distance (double) 0.0cm

Third barycentric coordinate

tolerance (tol) distance (double) 0.0001cm

Tolerance to fit to.