Surface Paneling Based on UV lines

Geometry
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I have this overall surface that has a UV grid. I am trying to split the surface based on the UV lines so that I have control of the panels in terms of labeling and assigning different colors to them.

Surface Panels UV Lines
Surface Panels UV Lines2167×1241 242 KB

Construction Sequence.rfa (336 KB)
Construction.dyn (210.2 KB)

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It looks like the LunchBox does what I need, so far

Panel.PanelQuad
Panel.PanelQuad2165×1242 121 KB

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You can try something like this if you want the curvature of the panels to match the base surface

panels_2020-08-13_09-20-22
panels_2020-08-13_09-20-221410×1152 179 KB

panels.dyn (14.9 KB)

pt1 = srf.PointAtParameter((0..1..#u+1)<1>,(0..1..#v+1)<2>);
pt2 = List.DropItems(List.Sublists(pt1<1>,0..1,1)<1>,-1);
pt3 = List.DropItems(List.Sublists(pt2,0..1,1),-1);
pr1 = Surface.UVParameterAtPoint(srf,List.Transpose(pt3<1>));
pr2 = List.Transpose(pr1<1><2>);
cr1 = Curve.ByParameterLineOnSurface(srf,List.FirstItem(pr1<1><2>),List.LastItem(pr1<1><2>));
cr2 = Curve.ByParameterLineOnSurface(srf,List.FirstItem(pr2<1><2>),List.LastItem(pr2<1><2>));
pn1 = Surface.ByLoft(cr1,cr2);
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For comparison - Panel Quads with Design Script

quads_2020-08-13_10-04-21
quads_2020-08-13_10-04-211418×1106 123 KB

quads.dyn (14.0 KB)

pt1 = srf.PointAtParameter((0..1..#u+1)<1>,(0..1..#v+1)<2>);
pt2 = List.DropItems(List.Sublists(pt1<1>,0..1,1)<1>,-1);
pt3 = List.DropItems(List.Sublists(pt2,0..1,1),-1);
pt4 = List.Flatten(List.Transpose(pt3<1>)<1><2>,-1);
pt5 = Surface.ByPerimeterPoints(List.Reorder(pt4<1><2>,[0,1,3,2]));
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Yes, thank you!
That’s exactly what I was trying to do.

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