Line and Plane Methods
This guide provides an overview of the rhinoscriptsytntax Line and Plane methods.
Line and Plane Methods
The following methods are available for creating and manipulating lines and planes.
Lines are represented as zero-based, one-dimensional arrays containing two elements: the start point (3-D point) and the end point (3-D point).
Planes are represented as zero-based, one-dimensional arrays containing four elements: the plane’s origin (3-D point), the plane’s x-axis direction (3-D vector), the plane’s y-axis direction (3-D vector), and the plane’s z-axis direction (3-D vector).
For more information in RhinoScript Fundamentals.
| Method | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DistanceToPlane | Returns the distance from a plane to a point. | ||
| EvaluatePlane | Evaluates a point on a plane. | ||
| IntersectPlanes | Returns the point calculated by intersecting three planes. | ||
| LineArcIntersection | Intersects an infinite line and an arc. | ||
| LineBetweenCurves | Create a line perpendicular or tangent between two curves. | ||
| LineBoxIntersection | Intersects an infinite line and an axis aligned bounding box. | ||
| LineCircleIntersection | Intersects an infinite line and a circle. | ||
| LineClosestPoint | Finds the point on an infinite line that is closest to a test point. | ||
| LineCurveIntersection | Intersect an infinite line and a curve object. | ||
| LineCylinderIntersection | Calculates the intersection of a line and a cylinder. | ||
| LineIsFartherThan | Determines if the shortest distance from a line to a point or another line is greater than a specified distance. | ||
| LineLineIntersection | Returns the point calculated by intersecting two lines. | ||
| LineMaxDistanceTo | Finds the longest distance between the line, as a finite chord, and a point or another line. | ||
| LineMeshIntersection | Intersects an infinite line with a mesh object. | ||
| LineMinDistanceTo | Finds the shortest distance between the line, as a finite chord, and a point or another line. | ||
| LinePlane | Returns a plane that contains the line. | ||
| LinePlaneIntersection | Returns the point calculated by intersecting a line with a plane. | ||
| LineSphereIntersection | Calculates the intersection of a line and a sphere. | ||
| LineTransform | Transforms a line. | ||
| MovePlane | Moves the origin of a plane. | ||
| PlaneAngle | Calculates the angle between two points on a plane. | ||
| PlaneArcIntersection | Intersects a plane and an arc. | ||
| PlaneCircleIntersection | Intersects a plane and a circle. | ||
| PlaneClosestPoint | Returns the closest point on a plane from a point. | ||
| PlaneCurveIntersection | Intersects an infinite plane and a curve object. | ||
| PlaneEquation | Returns the equation of a plane. | ||
| PlaneFitFromPoints | Returns a plane through an array of points. | ||
| PlaneFromFrame | Creates a plane from an origin point, X axis direction, and Y axis direction. | ||
| PlaneFromNormal | Creates a plane from an origin point, and a normal direction. | ||
| PlaneFromPoints | Creates a plane from three non-colinear points. | ||
| PlanePlaneIntersection | Returns the line calculated by intersecting two planes. | ||
| PlaneSphereIntersection | Calculates the intersection of a plane and a sphere. | ||
| PlaneTransform | Transforms a plane. | ||
| RotatePlane | Rotates a plane. | ||
| WorldXYPlane | Returns Rhino’s world XY plane. | ||
| WorldYZPlane | Returns Rhino’s world YZ plane. | ||
| WorldZXPlane | Returns Rhino’s world ZX plane. | ||