A tsx plugin for the display of NURBS curves and patch information.
It also includes widgets for changing the direction of the NURBS. This is useful when combined with the weld curves and patches tools.
Click the button to activate the dialog and widgets. Click again
to deactivate. The direction of the NURBS is indicated by
the red, green and white widgets. White is the origin of NURBS
curve/patch, red is the U direction and green indicates the V direction.
The dialog shows zeros for non-NURBS objects and only the U Direction
is populated for curves.
Red Widget - click to reverse the NURBS curve or patch in
the U Direction, drag to control the size of the widgets
Green Widget - click to reverse the NURBS patch in the V
direction, drag to control the size of the widgets
White Widget - click to swap the U and V directions of a
patch or reverse a curve direction, drag to control the size of the widgets, right drag to control the distance in the u and v direction
Scale % - control the size of the widgets, values range from 10 to 500
Distance - how far along the curve direction to place the indicators for u and v. the origin is at 0 and the end is at 100
Update Hack - when checked the plugin will update the 3D view by setting the animation timeline to frame 0, the view can be updated manually by nudging the view when this is not enabled
Notes:
If the curve or patch is deleted the widgets will remain.
The plugin is not compatible with curves point edit mode. It makes the handles disappear
Pressing ctrl to hide the selection cage can make it easier to select the nurbsinfo widgets.
July 3 2012 - fixed
bug on right click dialog, buffer was too small.
July 5, 2012 - change
widget appearance so overlaps can be seen, a python script for generating
widget code from mesh geometry can be found on the utilities page and is included with the source code below
