MObject readNurbs(double iFrame, Alembic::AbcGeom::INuPatch & iNode,
    MObject & iObject)
{
    MStatus status;
    MObject obj;

    Alembic::AbcGeom::INuPatchSchema schema = iNode.getSchema();

    // no interpolation for now
    Alembic::AbcCoreAbstract::index_t index, ceilIndex;
    getWeightAndIndex(iFrame, schema.getTimeSampling(),
        schema.getNumSamples(), index, ceilIndex);

    Alembic::AbcGeom::INuPatchSchema::Sample samp;
    schema.get(samp, Alembic::Abc::ISampleSelector(index));

    Alembic::Abc::P3fArraySamplePtr pos = samp.getPositions();
    Alembic::Abc::FloatArraySamplePtr weights = samp.getPositionWeights();

    MString surfaceName(iNode.getName().c_str());

    unsigned int degreeU  = samp.getUOrder() - 1;
    unsigned int degreeV  = samp.getVOrder() - 1;
    unsigned int numCVInU = samp.getNumU();
    unsigned int numCVInV = samp.getNumV();

    // cv points
    unsigned int numCV = numCVInU*numCVInV;
    unsigned int curPos = 0;

    MPointArray controlVertices;
    controlVertices.setLength(numCV);

    for (unsigned int v = 0; v < numCVInV; ++v)
    {
        for (unsigned int u = 0; u < numCVInU; ++u, ++curPos)
        {
            unsigned int mayaIndex = u * numCVInV + (numCVInV - v - 1);
            MPoint pt((*pos)[curPos].x, (*pos)[curPos].y, (*pos)[curPos].z);

            if (weights)
            {
                pt.w = (*weights)[curPos];
            }

            // go from u,v order to reversed v, u order
            controlVertices.set(pt, mayaIndex);
        }
    }

    // Nurbs form
    // Alemblic file does not record the form of nurb surface, we get the form
    // by checking the CV data. If the first degree number CV overlap the last
    // degree number CV, then the form is kPeriodic. If only the first CV overlaps
    // the last CV, then the form is kClosed.
    MFnNurbsSurface::Form formU = MFnNurbsSurface::kPeriodic;
    MFnNurbsSurface::Form formV = MFnNurbsSurface::kPeriodic;
    // Check all curves
    bool notOpen = true;
    for (unsigned int v = 0; notOpen && v < numCVInV; v++) {
        for (unsigned int u = 0; u < degreeU; u++) {
            unsigned int firstIndex = u * numCVInV + (numCVInV - v - 1);
            unsigned int lastPeriodicIndex = (numCVInU - degreeU + u) * numCVInV + (numCVInV - v - 1);
            if (!controlVertices[firstIndex].isEquivalent(controlVertices[lastPeriodicIndex])) {
                formU = MFnNurbsSurface::kOpen;
                notOpen = false;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    if (formU == MFnNurbsSurface::kOpen) {
        formU = MFnNurbsSurface::kClosed;
        for (unsigned int v = 0; v < numCVInV; v++) {
            unsigned int lastUIndex = (numCVInU - 1) * numCVInV + (numCVInV - v - 1);
            if (! controlVertices[numCVInV-v-1].isEquivalent(controlVertices[lastUIndex])) {
                formU = MFnNurbsSurface::kOpen;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    notOpen = true;
    for (unsigned int u = 0; notOpen && u < numCVInU; u++) {
        for (unsigned int v = 0; v < degreeV; v++) {
            unsigned int firstIndex = u * numCVInV + (numCVInV - v - 1);
            unsigned int lastPeriodicIndex = u * numCVInV + (degreeV - v - 1); //numV - (numV - vDegree + v) - 1;
            if (!controlVertices[firstIndex].isEquivalent(controlVertices[lastPeriodicIndex])) {
                formV = MFnNurbsSurface::kOpen;
                notOpen = false;
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    if (formV == MFnNurbsSurface::kOpen) {
        formV = MFnNurbsSurface::kClosed;
        for (unsigned int u = 0; u < numCVInU; u++) {
            if (! controlVertices[u * numCVInV + (numCVInV-1)].isEquivalent(controlVertices[u * numCVInV])) {
                formV = MFnNurbsSurface::kOpen;
                break;
            }
        }
    }


    Alembic::Abc::FloatArraySamplePtr uKnot = samp.getUKnot();
    Alembic::Abc::FloatArraySamplePtr vKnot = samp.getVKnot();

    unsigned int numKnotsInU = static_cast<unsigned int>(uKnot->size() - 2);
    MDoubleArray uKnotSequences;
    uKnotSequences.setLength(numKnotsInU);
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < numKnotsInU; ++i)
    {
        uKnotSequences.set((*uKnot)[i+1], i);
    }

    unsigned int numKnotsInV = static_cast<unsigned int>(vKnot->size() - 2);
    MDoubleArray vKnotSequences;
    vKnotSequences.setLength(numKnotsInV);
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < numKnotsInV; i++)
    {
        vKnotSequences.set((*vKnot)[i+1], i);
    }

    // Node creation try the API first
    MFnNurbsSurface mFn;
    obj = mFn.create(controlVertices, uKnotSequences, vKnotSequences,
        degreeU, degreeV, formU, formV,
        true, iObject, &status);

    // something went wrong, try open/open create
    if (status != MS::kSuccess && (formU != MFnNurbsSurface::kOpen ||
        formV != MFnNurbsSurface::kOpen))
    {
        obj = mFn.create(controlVertices, uKnotSequences, vKnotSequences,
            degreeU, degreeV,  MFnNurbsSurface::kOpen,  MFnNurbsSurface::kOpen,
            true, iObject, &status);
    }

    if (status == MS::kSuccess)
    {
        mFn.setName(surfaceName);
    }
    else
    {
        MString errorMsg = "Could not create Nurbs Surface: ";
        errorMsg += surfaceName;
        MGlobal::displayError(errorMsg);
    }

    trimSurface(samp, mFn);

    return obj;
}