SurfaceArtist

class compas_blender.artists.SurfaceArtist(item, **kwargs)[source]

Bases: BlenderArtist, SurfaceArtist

Artist for drawing surfaces in Blender.

Parameters

surface (Surface) – A COMPAS surface.
collection (str | bpy.types.Collection) – The Blender scene collection the object(s) created by this artist belong to.
**kwargs (dict, optional) – Additional keyword arguments. For more info, see BlenderArtist and PrimitiveArtist.

Examples

Use the Blender artist explicitly.

from compas.geometry import NurbsSurface
from compas_blender.artists import SurfaceArtist

surface = NurbsSurface([[0, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 0], [1, 1, 1]])

artist = SurfaceArtist(surface)
artist.draw()

Or, use the artist through the plugin mechanism.

from compas.geometry import NurbsSurface
from compas.artists import Artist

surface = NurbsSurface([[0, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 0], [1, 1, 1]])

artist = Artist(surface)
artist.draw()

Methods

draw

Draw the surface.

Inherited Methods

`build`	Build an artist corresponding to the item type.
`build_as`	Build an artist with the given type.
`clear`	Clear all objects from the view.
`draw_collection`	Drawing method for drawing an entire collection of objects.
`redraw`	Redraw the view.
`register`	Register an artist type to a data type.

SurfaceArtist

COMPAS