Complete Maya Programming Volume II

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The tube is composed of four separate NURBS surfaces: the inner side, outer side,

top cap, and bottom cap.

enum Part { INNER_SIDE, OUTER_SIDE,

TOP_CAP, BOTTOM_CAP,

// ... add other parts here

N_PARTS }"

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The

createPart

function creates the individual NURBS surfaces that make up the

tube. Given the part, the function can create the cylinders forming the outer and

inner sides as well as the disc forming the top and bottom caps.

MObject TubeCmd-'createPart( const Part part )

{

Depending on which part is requested, the various variables are initialized. The

uSpans and vSpans