Can I extract the faces or edges of VisualARQ objects?

Since VisualARQ objects are actually blocks, some Rhino commands don’t apply directly on them, in the same way they don’t work on Rhino blocks directly. This happens with the _DupBorder or the _ExtractSrf commands.

Some other commands, like the _DupEdge, do work on VisualARQ objects (although edges are not highlighted after the selection).

For those that do not work, there is a workaround to sort this problem out.

1. Make a copy “in place” of the VisualARQ object you want to extract a border or a face from. (Run the _Copy command and select the “InPlace” option in the command line).
2. Hide one of the two copies, or lock it.
3. Explode the visible (or unlocked) object so that it becomes a regular polysurface.
4. On this polysurface you can now apply the _DupBorder or the _ExtractSrf commands, for example.
5. Once you have duplicated the faces or face borders, delete the polysurface.
6. Show (or unlock) the original object you had hidden (or locked).