from_extrusion in OCCBrep does not support COMPAS core curves

[yiqiaowang-arch]

Feature Request

As a developer using COMPAS core geometry workflows, I want OCCBrep.from_extrusion to accept COMPAS core curves (e.g., Polyline, Line, or Curve) so that I can integrate OCC BREP modeling into existing COMPAS-based geometry pipelines without manually converting curves into OCC-specific types.

Details

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Yes. The OCCBrep.from_extrusion function currently requires an OCCBrepEdge as input, which in turn expects a curve in the OCC-specific format (e.g., from OCCCurve). However, OCCCurve does not directly accept core COMPAS curves like Polyline, and passing a list of COMPAS Point objects results in an argument mismatch in the BRepBuilderAPI_MakeEdge constructor.

example:

from compas.geometry import Vector
from compas_occ.brep import OCCBrep, OCCBrepEdge
from compas_occ.geometry import OCCCurve

curve = OCCCurve(floor_edge.points)  # floor_edge.points is a list of compas.geometry.Point
brep_edge = OCCBrepEdge.from_curve(curve)  # ❌ This fails with argument type error
brep_extrusion = OCCBrep.from_extrusion(brep_edge, Vector(0, 0, floor_to_floor_height))

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "c:\Users\wangy\.local\share\mamba\envs\cea_compas\lib\site-packages\compas_occ\brep\brepedge.py", line 548, in from_curve
    builder = BRepBuilderAPI.BRepBuilderAPI_MakeEdge(curve.occ_curve)
  File "c:\Users\wangy\.local\share\mamba\envs\cea_compas\lib\site-packages\OCC\Core\BRepBuilderAPI.py", line 2094, in __init__
    _BRepBuilderAPI.BRepBuilderAPI_MakeEdge_swiginit(self, _BRepBuilderAPI.new_BRepBuilderAPI_MakeEdge(*args))
TypeError: Wrong number or type of arguments for overloaded function 'new_BRepBuilderAPI_MakeEdge'.

Describe the solution you'd like

Allow OCCBrep.from_extrusion to accept COMPAS core curves (e.g., Polyline, Line, Curve, etc.) directly and internally handle their conversion to valid OCC curves for BREP construction.

Alternatively, provide a convenience function or automatic casting within OCCBrepEdge.from_curve or OCCCurve to handle COMPAS core geometries robustly.

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Manually converting COMPAS core geometry into OCC-compatible geometry (e.g., writing custom functions to create OCCCurve manually) is cumbersome and error-prone.
• Wrapping extrusion logic with intermediate OCC objects, but this breaks abstraction and compatibility between core COMPAS and compas_occ.

[yiqiaowang-arch]

I did not notice that compas_occ is now in 1.3.0, but my environment is stuck at python 3.8 so I cannot update it. I will try manually installing it via pip.

[yiqiaowang-arch]

a version higher than 1.0.2 does not work for me. I can successfully create OCCCurve from compas.geometry.Curve, but cannot create OCCBrepEdge from it. Do I need a higher version to realize it?