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Returns the type of a face.
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Filename:
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kern/kern_scm/qfac_scm.cxx
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Syntax:
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(face:type face1)
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Arg Types:
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face1
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entity
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Returns:
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string
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Description:
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This returns a string that tells what type of face has been produced. Output strings include "Plane", "Cylinder", "Cone", "Sphere", "Torus", "Spline", and "Unknown type". When the face is a spline, it also returns the subtype for the spline.
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face1 specifies a face entity.
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Example:
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; face:type
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; Create a face.
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(define face1 (face:law "vec (cos (x), y, x)"
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-20 (law:eval "10*pi") -10 10))
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;; face1
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(face:type face1)
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;; "Spline surface (lawsur-spline)"
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