geometry

Wrappers for Rhino objects that can be used to convert Rhino geometry and data to COMPAS objects.

import compas_rhino
from compas_rhino.geometry import RhinoMesh

guid = compas_rhino.select_mesh()
mesh = RhinoMesh.from_guid(guid).to_compas()

BaseRhinoGeometry

class compas_rhino.geometry.BaseRhinoGeometry[source]

Bases: object

Base class for Rhino geometry objects.

Attributes: name (str) – The name of the object.

abstract classmethod from_geometry(geometry)[source]

classmethod from_guid(guid)[source]

Construct a Rhino object wrapper from the GUID of an existing Rhino object.

Parameters: guid (str) – The GUID of the Rhino object.
Returns: compas_rhino.geometry.BaseRhinoGeometry – The Rhino object wrapper.

classmethod from_object(obj)[source]

Construct a Rhino object wrapper from an existing Rhino object.

Parameters: obj (Rhino.DocObjects.RhinoObject) – The Rhino object.
Returns: compas_rhino.geometry.BaseRhinoGeometry – The Rhino object wrapper.

abstract classmethod from_selection()[source]

to_compas(cls=None)[source]

transform(T)[source]

Transform the Rhino object.

Parameters: T (compas.geometry.Transformation or Rhino.Geomtry.Transform) – The transformation matrix.
Returns: None – The Rhino object is transformed in place.

RhinoPoint

class compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoPoint[source]

Wrapper for Rhino point objects.

Attributes

x (read-only) (float) – The X coordinate.
y (read-only) (float) – The Y coordinate.
z (read-only) (float) – The Z coordinate.
xyz (read-only) (list) – The XYZ coordinates.

classmethod from_geometry(geometry)[source]

Construct a point wrapper from an existing geometry object.

Parameters: geometry (point or Rhino.Geometry.Point3d) – The input geometry.
Returns: compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoPoint – The wrapped point.

classmethod from_selection()[source]

Construct as point wrapper from a selected point object.

Parameters: None
Returns: compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoPoint – The wrapped point.

to_compas()[source]

Convert the wrapper to a COMPAS point.

Returns: compas.geometry.Point – A COMPAS point.

RhinoVector

class compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoVector[source]

Wrapper for a Rhino vector objects.

Attributes

x (read-only) (float) – The X coordinate.
y (read-only) (float) – The Y coordinate.
z (read-only) (float) – The Z coordinate.
xyz (read-only) (list) – The XYZ coordinates.

classmethod from_geometry(geometry)[source]

Construct a vector wrapper from an existing geometry object.

Parameters: geometry (vector or Rhino.Geometry.Point3d or Rhino.Geometry.Vector3d) – The input geometry.
Returns: compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoVector – The wrapped vector.

classmethod from_selection()[source]

Construct as point wrapper from a selected point object.

Parameters: None
Returns: compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoPoint – The wrapped point.

to_compas()[source]

Convert the wrapper to a COMPAS object.

Returns: compas.geometry.Vector – The COMPAS vector.

RhinoLine

class compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoLine[source]

Wrapper for a Rhino line objects.

Attributes

start (read-only) (Rhino.Geometry.Point3d) – The starting point of the line.
end (read-only) (Rhino.Geometry.Point3d) – The end point of the line.

classmethod from_geometry(geometry)[source]

Construct a line from an existing Rhino line geometry object.

Parameters: geometry (two points or Rhino.Geometry.Line) – The input geometry.

classmethod from_selection()[source]

Construct a line wrapper by selecting an existing Rhino line object.

Parameters: None
Returns: compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoLine – The wrapped line.

to_compas()[source]

Convert the line to a COMPAS geometry object.

Returns: compas.geometry.Line – The equivalent COMPAS geometry line.

RhinoPlane

class compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoPlane[source]

Wrapper for a Rhino plane objects.

Attributes

point (read-only) (Rhino.Geometry.Point3d) – Base point of the plane.
normal (read-only) (Rhino.Geometry.Vector3d) – The normal vector of the plane.
xaxis (read-only) (Rhino.Geometry.Vector3d) – The X axis of the plane.
yaxis (read-only) (Rhino.Geometry.Vector3d) – The Y axis of the plane.

Notes

In Rhino, a plane and a frame are equivalent. Therefore, the COMPAS conversion function of this class returns a frame object instead of a plane.

classmethod from_geometry(geometry)[source]

Construct a plane wrapper from an existing geometry object.

Parameters: geometry (tuple of point and normal or Rhino.Geometry.Plane or compas.geometry.Plane or compas.geometry.Frame) – The geometry object defining a plane.
Returns: compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoPlane – The wrapped plane.

classmethod from_selection()[source]

to_compas()[source]

Convert to a COMPAS geometry object.

Returns: compas.geometry.Frame – A COMPAS frame object.

RhinoMesh

class compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoMesh[source]

Wrapper for Rhino mesh objects.

Attributes

vertices (read-only) (list of point) – The coordinates of the vertices of the mesh.
faces (read-only) (list of list of int) – Faces defined as lists of references into the list of vertices.
vertex_color (list) – The colors of the vertices. Setting this to None unsets the vertex colors.
border (read-only) (list) – The GUIDs of the border curves.

classmethod from_geometry(geometry)[source]

Construct a mesh wrapper from an existing Rhino geometry object.

Parameters: geometry (Rhino.Geometry.Mesh) – A Rhino mesh geometry.
Returns: compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoMesh – The wrapped line.

classmethod from_selection()[source]

Construct a mesh wrapper by selecting an existing Rhino mesh object.

Parameters: None
Returns: compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoMesh – The wrapped line.

to_compas(cls=None)[source]

Convert a Rhino mesh to a COMPAS mesh.

Parameters: cls (compas.datastructures.Mesh, optional) – The mesh type.
Returns: compas.datastructures.Mesh – The equivalent COMPAS mesh.

RhinoCurve

class compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoCurve[source]

Wrapper for Rhino curve objects.

Parameters

None

Attributes

start (read-only) (Rhino.Geometry.Point3d) – The start point of the curve.
end (read-only) (Rhino.Geometry.Point3d) – The end point of the curve.
points (read-only) (list of RhinoGeometry.Point3d) – List of points between start and end, defining the geometry of the curve.

Examples

>>> rhinocurve = RhinoCurve.from_guid(guid)
>>> curve = rhinocurve.to_compas()
>>> if rhinocurve.is_line():
...     isinstance(curve, compas.geometry.Line)
...
True
>>> if rhinocurve.is_polyline():
...     isinstance(curve, compas.geometry.Polyline)
...
True

classmethod from_geometry(geometry)[source]

classmethod from_selection()[source]

Construct a curve wrapper by selecting an existing Rhino curve object.

Parameters: None
Returns: compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoCurve – The wrapped curve.

to_compas()[source]

Convert the curve to an equivalent geometry object.

Returns

compas.geometry.Line – If the curve is a line (if it is a linear segment between two points).
compas.geometry.Polyline – If the curve is a polyline (if it is comprised of multiple line segments).
compas.geometry.Circle – If the curve is a circle.

RhinoSurface

class compas_rhino.geometry.RhinoSurface[source]

Wrapper for Rhino surface objects.

classmethod from_geometry()[source]

classmethod from_selection()[source]

to_compas(cls=None)[source]

Convert the surface b-rep loops to a COMPAS mesh.

Parameters: cls (compas.datastructures.Mesh, optional) – The type of COMPAS mesh.
Returns: compas.datastructures.Mesh – The resulting mesh.