NurbsPolygonizePatch

From K-3D

Description

Creates a Polyhedron representation of the selected NURBS patch

Plugin Status:	Experimental
Categories:	All Plugins, Experimental Plugins, NURBS Plugins

Metadata

Name	Value

Properties

Label	Description	Type	Script Name
Input Mesh	Input mesh	k3d::mesh*	input_mesh
Output Mesh	Output mesh	k3d::mesh*	output_mesh
Mesh Selection	Input Mesh Selection	k3d::selection::set	mesh_selection
U Samples	Samples per knot interval in the U direction. More is better	k3d::int32_t	u_samples
V Samples	Samples per knot interval in the V direction. More is better	k3d::int32_t	v_samples
Delete original?	Delete original NURBS curve?	k3d::bool_t	delete_orig

Description

This plugin creates a polygonal representation of the selected NURBS patch with the number of segments you specified.

Take care of the fact that polygons have a front (meaning visible) and a back face which is not rendered. So after NURBS patch tesselation you might end up only seeing the edges but not the faces. Just switch on "Flip?" and you should be able to see something.
If you need to see both sides of the NURBS patch, then the easiest way is to polygonize one side, do not delete the original patch, and apply a NurbsPolygonizePatch modifier again, this time flipped and removing the original.

You'll want to remove the original patch most of the time, so this is enabled by default.
Example