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CurvePointAtLength Method

Gets a point at a certain length along the curve. The length must be non-negative and less than or equal to the length of the curve. Lengths will not be wrapped when the curve is closed or periodic.

Namespace:  Rhino.Geometry
Assembly:  RhinoCommon (in RhinoCommon.dll)
Since: 5.0
Syntax
public Point3d PointAtLength(
	double length
)

Parameters

length
Type: SystemDouble
Length along the curve between the start point and the returned point.

Return Value

Type: Point3d
Point on the curve at the specified length from the start point or Poin3d.Unset on failure.
Examples
partial class Examples
{
  public static Rhino.Commands.Result ArcLengthPoint(Rhino.RhinoDoc doc)
  {
    Rhino.DocObjects.ObjRef objref;
    Rhino.Commands.Result rc = Rhino.Input.RhinoGet.GetOneObject("Select curve",
      true, Rhino.DocObjects.ObjectType.Curve,out objref);
    if(rc!= Rhino.Commands.Result.Success)
      return rc;
    Rhino.Geometry.Curve crv = objref.Curve();
    if( crv==null )
      return Rhino.Commands.Result.Failure;

    double crv_length = crv.GetLength();
    double length = 0;
    rc = Rhino.Input.RhinoGet.GetNumber("Length from start", true, ref length, 0, crv_length);
    if(rc!= Rhino.Commands.Result.Success)
      return rc;

    Rhino.Geometry.Point3d pt = crv.PointAtLength(length);
    if (pt.IsValid)
    {
      doc.Objects.AddPoint(pt);
      doc.Views.Redraw();
    }
    return Rhino.Commands.Result.Success;
  }
}
Python
import Rhino
import scriptcontext

def ArcLengthPoint():
    rc, objref = Rhino.Input.RhinoGet.GetOneObject("Select curve", True, Rhino.DocObjects.ObjectType.Curve)
    if rc!=Rhino.Commands.Result.Success: return rc
    crv = objref.Curve()
    if not crv: return Rhino.Commands.Result.Failure
    crv_length = crv.GetLength()
    length = 0
    rc, length = Rhino.Input.RhinoGet.GetNumber("Length from start", True, length, 0, crv_length)
    if rc!=Rhino.Commands.Result.Success: return rc
    pt = crv.PointAtLength(length)
    if pt.IsValid:
        scriptcontext.doc.Objects.AddPoint(pt)
        scriptcontext.doc.Views.Redraw()
    return Rhino.Commands.Result.Success

if __name__=="__main__":
    ArcLengthPoint()
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