Draw mesh objects or create meshes from NURBS objects.
Because there are many modelers that use polygon meshes to represent geometry for rendering, animation, stereolithography, visualization, and finite element analysis, the Mesh command translates NURBS geometry into polygonal meshes for export. In addition, the Mesh creation commands MeshSphere, MeshBox, MeshCylinder, etc., draw mesh objects.
There is no easy way to convert a mesh model into a NURBS model. The information that defines the objects is completely different. However, Rhino has a few commands for drawing curves on meshes and extracting vertex points and other information from mesh objects to assist in using mesh information to create NURBS models.
Draw mesh objects directly.
3DFace
Draw a single mesh face.
MeshBox
Draw a mesh box.
MeshCone
Draw a mesh cone.
MeshCylinder
Draw a mesh cylinder.
MeshEllipsoid
Draw a mesh ellipsoid.
MeshPlane
Draw a rectangular mesh plane.
MeshPolyline
Create a mesh from a closed polyline.
MeshSphere
Draw a mesh sphere.
MeshTCone
Draw a mesh truncated cone.
MeshTorus
Draw a mesh torus.
Generate meshes based on curves and surfaces.
ApplyMesh
Fit a mesh that matches a source mesh onto a surface.
ApplyMeshUVN
Wrap meshes and points onto a surface.
Mesh
Create a mesh from a NURBS surface or polysurface.
MeshPatch
Create a mesh from curves and points.
MeshPolyline
Create a mesh from a closed polyline.
PlanarMesh
Create a planar mesh from closed curves.
MeshToNURB
Duplicate each mesh face with a NURBS surface.
Collapse mesh faces and vertices
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