Developer: RhinoScript
Summary: Demonstrates how to use RhinoScript to select all curves that are of a specified degree.

The following example RhinoScript code demonstrates how to select all curves that are of a specified degree.

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' SelCrvDegree.rvb -- September 2011
' If this code works, it was written by Dale Fugier.
' If not, I don't know who wrote it.
' Works with Rhino 4.0.
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Option Explicit
 
' Declare global variable
Public g__nDegree
 
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' Selects curves of a user-specified degree
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Sub SelCrvDegree
 
  ' Declare local constants
  Const RH_CURVE = 4
  Const RH_MAX_DEGREE = 11
  Const RH_DEF_DEGREE = 3
 
  ' Declare local variables
  Dim nDegree, arrCurves, strCurve, nCount
 
  ' Make sure global variable is initialized
  If IsEmpty(g__nDegree) Or IsNull(g__nDegree) Then g__nDegree = RH_DEF_DEGREE
  nDegree = g__nDegree
 
  ' Get all curve objects
  Call Rhino.EnableRedraw(False)    
  arrCurves = Rhino.ObjectsByType(RH_CURVE)
  If IsNull(arrCurves) Then
    Call Rhino.Print("No curves to select.")
    Exit Sub
  End If
 
  ' Prompt for curve degree
  nDegree = Rhino.GetInteger("Degree of curves to select", nDegree, 1, RH_MAX_DEGREE)
  If IsNull(nDegree) Then Exit Sub
 
  ' Select curves of specified degree
  Call Rhino.EnableRedraw(False)
  nCount = 0
  For Each strCurve In arrCurves
    If nDegree = Rhino.CurveDegree(strCurve) Then
      If Not Rhino.IsObjectSelected(strCurve) Then
        Call Rhino.SelectObject(strCurve)
        nCount = nCount + 1
      End If        
    End If
  Next
  Call Rhino.EnableRedraw(True)
 
  ' Print results
  If 0 = nCount Then
    Call Rhino.Print("No degree=" & CStr(nDegree) & " curves added to selection.")
  ElseIf 1 = nCount Then
    Call Rhino.Print("1 degree=" & CStr(nDegree) & " curve added to selection.")
  Else
    Call Rhino.Print(CStr(nCount) & " degree=" & CStr(nDegree) & " curves added to selection.")
  End If  
 
  ' Remember curve degree 
  g__nDegree = nDegree
 
End Sub
 
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' Drag & drop support
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Rhino.AddStartUpScript Rhino.LastLoadedScriptFile
Rhino.AddAlias "SelCrvDegree", "_-RunScript (SelCrvDegree)"