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extract parametric curve on surface?
adamohern
Member, OS Professional Posts: 216 PRO
Can I extract an isoparametric curve from a surface? Put another a way, a curve that follows the U or V direction of the surface perfectly at a specific parameter? Something like evFaceTangentPlane() except grabbing a curve instead of a plane.
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Until we do, I can imagine building an approximation by sampling points on the isoparametric curve with evFaceTangentPlane(), building a short line segment that extends in both directions along the normal at each sample point, lofting between them, and intersecting the original surface with the loft surface (say, by splitting the loft surface with the original and using the resulting edge). That should give a very good approximation with a relatively small number of sample points.
I'll work around it.