[Bf-committers] Python API Question

[Stephen Swaney]

On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 04:54:14PM -0400, Thomas H. Hendrick wrote:
> Looking through the source of CurNurb.c in python/api2_2x, it appears we 
> cannot access all of the control points of a nurbs surface through the 
> Python API, even though surfaces are represented using the same Curve 
> structure.  

One of our design principles for the BPy was the API should resemble
Blender.  Blender draws a distinction in its interface between Curves
and Surfaces.  Our thinking was the API should reflect that difference
even though, as you noticed, both Curves and Surfaces share a common
structure.

Work on a Surface module as never finished.  For a while, it looked as
though Nurbana would be integrated with Blender which would affect the
implementation of a Surface module.  This has not happened.

If you are interested in working on a Surface module, feel free to do
so.  Remember that the iterator protocol and tp_getset are your friends.

Further discussion is directed to the bpy mailing list where people have
more of an interest in this sort of thing.

-- 
Stephen Swaney			
sswaney at centurytel.net