Function CreateBsplineSurface( _
   ByVal Props As Object, _
   ByVal UKnots As Object, _
   ByVal VKnots As Object, _
   ByVal CtrlPtCoords As Object _
) As Object

Dim instance As IBody2
Dim Props As Object
Dim UKnots As Object
Dim VKnots As Object
Dim CtrlPtCoords As Object
Dim value As Object
 
value = instance.CreateBsplineSurface(Props, UKnots, VKnots, CtrlPtCoords)

object CreateBsplineSurface( 
   object Props,
   object UKnots,
   object VKnots,
   object CtrlPtCoords
)

Object^ CreateBsplineSurface( 
&   Object^ Props,
&   Object^ UKnots,
&   Object^ VKnots,
&   Object^ CtrlPtCoords
) 

Parameters

Props

Array containing 8 integers packed as 4 double elements (see Remarks)

UKnots

Array of numUKnots (see Remarks)

VKnots

Array of numVKnots (see Remarks)

CtrlPtCoords

Array of numCtrlPtCoord (see Remarks)

Return Value

A new B-spline surface

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

The Props array 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 the UKnots array is given by:

numUKnots = numU_CtrlPoints + Uorder

The number of elements in the VKnots array is given by:

numVKnots = numV_CtrlPoints + Vorder

The number of elements in the ctrlPtCoords array is given by:

numCtrlPtCoord =( NumV_CtrlPoints * NumU_CtrlPoints * DimensionControlPoints )

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 from 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.