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##  nurbface.py v1.0  by Andrew Osiow (c) 2009
##
##  Builds a Nurb Patch for every selected face
##
##  To be used freely with the author's permission.  Please contact the author
##  if you wish upload or post this script to another site.
##
##  usage: import nurbface.py
##         nurbface.nurbface()
##
##  ver 1.0  create 3rd Nurb faces from selected polyfaces
##  ver 1.1  uses the boundary tool instead of Lofting
##
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import maya.cmds as cmds

def nurbface():
  selectedFaces = cmds.ls( sl=True, fl=True )
  faceString = selectedFaces[0]
  print faceString
  shapeName = faceString[0:faceString.find('.')]
  print shapeName
  for face in selectedFaces:
    resultString = cmds.polyInfo( face, fe=True )[0]
    edgeArray = [str(s) for s in resultString.split()][2:] 
    print edgeArray
    for edge in edgeArray:
      if edge == edgeArray[0]:
        cmds.select( shapeName + '.e[' + edge +  ']', r=True  )
      else:
        cmds.select( shapeName + '.e[' + edge +  ']', add=True  ) 
    cmds.Boundary()
    nurbSurface = cmds.ls( sl=True, fl=True )[0]
    cmds.rebuildSurface( nurbSurface, ch=1, rpo=1, su=1, du=3, sv=1, dv=3, tol=0.01 )
    cmds.delete( ch=1 )
#end