# I want to reorient these surfaces to the xy plane without them rotating

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**Category:** Grasshopper\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [February 28, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/i-want-to-reorient-these-surfaces-to-the-xy-plane-without-them-rotating/155622 "2023-02-28T17:09:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![amir\_kharrat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/amir_kharrat/32/767764_2.png) [@amir\_kharrat](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/amir_kharrat)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/i-want-to-reorient-these-surfaces-to-the-xy-plane-without-them-rotating/155622/1 "2023-02-28T17:09:12Z")

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[GRILLE (1).gh](https://discourse.mcneel.com/uploads/short-url/puwlzO5wnSxOJbe7LdsOP3Ibt1O.gh) (15.7 KB)  
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i basically want them like the 2nd picture

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_Oster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/joseph_oster/32/549124_2.png) [@Joseph\_Oster](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Joseph_Oster)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/i-want-to-reorient-these-surfaces-to-the-xy-plane-without-them-rotating/155622/2 "2023-02-28T17:15:18Z")

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**Author:** ![magicteddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@magicteddy](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/magicteddy)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/i-want-to-reorient-these-surfaces-to-the-xy-plane-without-them-rotating/155622/3 "2023-02-28T17:21:02Z")

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Hello,

Not sure this is what you want, but you can orient those surfaces in a grid like this. They won’t be attached though.  
Another way could be to unroll the entire polysurface, but each face is not strictly planar so this would cause a bit of deformation.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/0/7/c/07c8f4d6b5aa6b8738e0a1b91d65776ced6d41f8.png)

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**Author:** ![amir\_kharrat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/amir_kharrat/32/767764_2.png) [@amir\_kharrat](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/amir_kharrat)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/i-want-to-reorient-these-surfaces-to-the-xy-plane-without-them-rotating/155622/4 "2023-02-28T17:48:01Z")

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THATS EXACTLY WHAT I NEED ? TY ?,CAN I APPLY IT FOR THE FIRST BREP, ? the big one?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/7/3/c/73cb0c368649a09177ce8ce1d39f22cf52b51afb.jpeg)