Surface

class compas.geometry.Surface(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Bases: Geometry

Class representing a general surface object.

Parameters

name (str, optional) – The name of the surface.

Attributes

• u_domain (tuple[float, float], read-only) – The parameter domain of the surface in the U direction.

• v_domain (tuple[float, float], read-only) – The parameter domain of the surface in the V direction.

• is_u_periodic (bool, read-only) – Flag indicating if the surface is periodic in the U direction.

• is_v_periodic (bool, read-only) – Flag indicating if the surface is periodic in the V direction.

Methods

aabb	Compute the axis aligned bounding box of the surface.
boundary	Compute the boundary curves of the surface.
closest_point	Compute the closest point on the curve to a given point.
curvature_at	Compute the curvature at a point on the surface.
frame_at	Compute the local frame at a point on the curve.
from_obj	Load a surface from an OBJ file.
from_step	Load a surface from a STP file.
intersections_with_line	Compute the intersections with a line.
obb	Compute the oriented bounding box of the surface.
point_at	Compute a point on the surface.
to_mesh	Convert the surface to a quad mesh.
to_step	Write the surface geometry to a STP file.
to_tesselation	Convert the surface to a triangle mesh.
to_triangles	Convert the surface to a list of triangles.
u_isocurve	Compute the isoparametric curve at parameter u.
u_space	Compute evenly spaced parameters over the surface domain in the U direction.
v_isocurve	Compute the isoparametric curve at parameter v.
v_space	Compute evenly spaced parameters over the surface domain in the V direction.
xyz	Compute point locations corresponding to evenly spaced parameters over the surface domain.

Inherited Methods

copy	Make an independent copy of the data object.
from_data	Construct an object of this type from the provided data.
from_json	Construct an object from serialized data contained in a JSON file.
from_jsonstring	Construct an object from serialized data contained in a JSON string.
to_data	Convert an object to its native data representation.
to_json	Serialize the data representation of an object to a JSON file.
to_jsonstring	Serialize the data representation of an object to a JSON string.
transform	Transform the geometry.
transformed	Returns a transformed copy of this geometry.
validate_data	Validate the object's data against its data schema.
validate_json	Validate the object's data against its json schema.