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IntersectionProjectPointsToBreps Method

Projects points onto breps.

Namespace:  Rhino.Geometry.Intersect
Assembly:  RhinoCommon (in RhinoCommon.dll)
Since: 5.0
Syntax
public static Point3d[] ProjectPointsToBreps(
	IEnumerable<Brep> breps,
	IEnumerable<Point3d> points,
	Vector3d direction,
	double tolerance
)

Parameters

breps
Type: System.Collections.GenericIEnumerableBrep
The breps projection targets.
points
Type: System.Collections.GenericIEnumerablePoint3d
The points to project.
direction
Type: Rhino.GeometryVector3d
The direction to project.
tolerance
Type: SystemDouble
The tolerance used for intersections.

Return Value

Type: Point3d
Array of projected points, or null in case of any error or invalid input.
Examples
using Rhino;
using Rhino.DocObjects;
using Rhino.Input.Custom;
using Rhino.Commands;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Rhino.Geometry;
using Rhino.Geometry.Intersect;

namespace examples_cs
{
  public class ProjectPointsToBrepsCommand : Command
  {
    public override string EnglishName { get { return "csProjectPtointsToBreps"; } }

    protected override Result RunCommand(RhinoDoc doc, RunMode mode)
    {
      var gs = new GetObject();
      gs.SetCommandPrompt("select surface");
      gs.GeometryFilter = ObjectType.Surface | ObjectType.PolysrfFilter;
      gs.DisablePreSelect();
      gs.SubObjectSelect = false;
      gs.Get();
      if (gs.CommandResult() != Result.Success)
        return gs.CommandResult();
      var brep = gs.Object(0).Brep();
      if (brep == null)
        return Result.Failure;

      var points = Intersection.ProjectPointsToBreps(
                   new List<Brep> {brep}, // brep on which to project
                   new List<Point3d> {new Point3d(0, 0, 0), new Point3d(3,0,3), new Point3d(-2,0,-2)}, // some random points to project
                   new Vector3d(0, 1, 0), // project on Y axis
                   doc.ModelAbsoluteTolerance);

      if (points != null && points.Length > 0)
      {
        foreach (var point in points)
        {
          doc.Objects.AddPoint(point);
        }
      }
      doc.Views.Redraw();
      return Result.Success;
    }
  }
}
Python
import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
from scriptcontext import *
from Rhino.Geometry import *

def RunCommand():
  srfid = rs.GetObject("select surface", rs.filter.surface | rs.filter.polysurface)
  if not srfid: return
  brep = rs.coercebrep(srfid)
  if not brep: return

  pts = Intersect.Intersection.ProjectPointsToBreps(
      [brep], # brep on which to project
      [Point3d(0, 0, 0), Point3d(3,0,3), Point3d(-2,0,-2)], # points to project
      Vector3d(0, 1, 0), # project on Y axis
      doc.ModelAbsoluteTolerance)

  if pts != None and pts.Length > 0:
    for pt in pts:
      doc.Objects.AddPoint(pt)

  doc.Views.Redraw()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    RunCommand()
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