Function ICreateBsplineSurfaceDLL( _
   ByRef Properties As Integer, _
   ByRef UKnotArray As Double, _
   ByRef VKnotArray As Double, _
   ByRef ControlPointCoordArray As Double _
) As Surface

Dim instance As IBody2
Dim Properties As Integer
Dim UKnotArray As Double
Dim VKnotArray As Double
Dim ControlPointCoordArray As Double
Dim value As Surface
 
value = instance.ICreateBsplineSurfaceDLL(Properties, UKnotArray, VKnotArray, ControlPointCoordArray)

Surface ICreateBsplineSurfaceDLL( 
   ref int Properties,
   ref double UKnotArray,
   ref double VKnotArray,
   ref double ControlPointCoordArray
)

Surface^ ICreateBsplineSurfaceDLL( 
&   int% Properties,
&   double% UKnotArray,
&   double% VKnotArray,
&   double% ControlPointCoordArray
) 

Parameters

Properties

Contains 8 longs (see Remarks)

UKnotArray

Array of numUKnots doubles (see Remarks)

VKnotArray

Array of numVKnots doubles (see Remarks)

ControlPointCoordArray

Array of numCtrlPtCoord doubles (see Remarks)

Return Value

New B-spline surface

You can use this method with trimming curve creation routines (for example, ISurface::AddTrimmingLoop2) to construct a trimmed surface.

The Properties argument contains the following elements. These are integers packed into a double array in the Dispatch version.

• Uorder, Vorder

• numV_CtrlPoints, numU_CtrlPoints

• Uperiodicity, Vperiodicity

• DimensionControlPoints, UNUSED ( set = 0 )

The number of elements in UKnotArray is:

numUKnots = numU_CtrlPoints + Uorder

The number of elements in VKnotArray is:

numVKnots = numV_CtrlPoints + Vorder

The number of elements in ControlPointCoordArray is :

numCtrlPtCoord =( NumV_CtrlPoints * NumU_CtrlPoints * DimensionControlPoints )

NOTE: The order of the UV control points are reversed if you used ISurface::GetBSurfParams3 or ISurface::IGetBSurfParams to get the data. You do not need to reverse the UV control points; instead, you can switch the UV knots and related parameters.

For periodics, the first knot must have multiplicity = 1 and all excess multiplicity must be imposed on the last knot. Therefore, a valid periodic knot vector would be { 0, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3 } for a cubic curve. The control point on the seam of the closed curve cannot be replicated at both ends; it should occur only at the beginning.

To convert a clamped periodic curve (numKnots = numCtrlPts + Order, ctrlPts replicated, knot multiplicity = order at each end) to a SolidWorks periodic curve, remove all but one of the knots at the beginning of the vector and remove one at the end. Also, remove the last control point to avoid the point replication.

Any existing object created by this method is destroyed if you call this method again.