/// <summary>
/// Create Rebar following a selected surface
/// </summary>
/// <param name="face">Surface</param>
/// <param name="numberOfCurves">Define number of curves or distance between bars</param>
/// <param name="distanceBetweenCurves">Define distance between curves or number of bars</param>
/// <param name="flip">Flip orientation</param>
/// <param name="offset">Offset</param>
/// <param name="idealize">Idealize surfaces to rectangles</param>
/// <returns>List of rebar</returns>
public static List<Curve> FollowingSurface(Surface face, int numberOfCurves, double distanceBetweenCurves = 0, bool flip = true, double offset = 0, bool idealize = true)
{
if (idealize)
{
return face.Follow(50, offset, distanceBetweenCurves, numberOfCurves, flip);
}
else
{
// Create return value collection
List<Curve> curves = new List<Curve>();
// Get a reference curve from the surface
UV p1 = UV.ByCoordinates(0, 0);
UV p2 = UV.ByCoordinates(1, 0);
double length = (!flip) ? face.DistanceBetweenPoints(p1, p2) : face.DistanceBetweenPoints(p1.Flip(), p2.Flip());
// If there is a distance applied use it to determine the number of lines to create
if (distanceBetweenCurves > 0) numberOfCurves = (int)(length / (distanceBetweenCurves));
numberOfCurves++;
Surface surface = face;
if (offset != 0) surface = (Surface)face.Offset(offset);
TrimmedSurface trimmedSurface = new TrimmedSurface(surface);
// Walk thru the amount of lines to create
for (int j = 1; j < numberOfCurves; j++)
{
// Create a set of points for createing a curve
List<Point> points = new List<Point>();
// Get the height parameter
double height = (double)j / (double)numberOfCurves;
curves.Add(trimmedSurface.GetCurveAtParameter(height, flip));
}
return curves;
}
}
