C# data types

Hi,

I have a question. I could not find the answer.

In one of the code example on the website, we have a line:
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Rhino.Geometry.Plane plane = doc.Views.ActiveView.ActiveViewport.ConstructionPlane();

But when I replace it to this I will get an error.

Rhino.Geometry.Plane plane = Rhino.Display.RhinoViewport.ConstructionPlane();

I am looking for the topic of this error. I just have not found it yet. I searched under “custom type access c#” , “accessing classes” keywords etc.

Is it the answer?

This method is instance, not static?

If you check the API documentation for RhinoViewport and scroll down to the method ConstructionPlane() you’ll find that it indeed is an instance method - most are. Mousing over the icon also tells you that:
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Static methods on a class overview are marked with a fat superscript s:
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ActiveViewport gives you an instance of RhinoViewport. If you want a different viewport than you’ll have to get the parent view from the views table doc.Views from the example and then use the ActiveViewport property.

Thanks jesterKing,