is there a tool that reorganizes control points to make the curve or surface control points planar? as in this video [image] Autodesk Alias 2012 Planarize Hull Indepth Overview of the updated Planarize Hull tool inside Autodesk Alias 2012 if there is not it …

Yeah, Auto just finds a best fit plane through the entire row of points. BTW, in general, if I did it right, the points should get to whatever plane they use via their control polygons, not the shortest path - that way points in the first and second rows move without affecting the tangent direction …

This should be in default Rhino :innocent:

Ouch, discovered that your script doesn’t leave the end points in place… which has the potential to ruin G0 alignment: [planarize] Any chance for an option to only adjust internal control points unless you explicitly select an edge control point?

If there are 3 points in a row script should not do anything right?

Hello - I’m not sure what I am looking at there - can you post the surface? OK, I see - right, it moves the entire row…using the 2pt option and snapping to the edge point may be one way out. With the Auto plane I can make it anchor on the ends too, I suppose… -Pascal

Hello - this one does what you’re asking, I think - it just does it - should it be optional? Finds a best fit plane through the row points Finds an average location of all the points except the end ones Pulls that average point to the plane Makes a plane through the two ends and the point on the f…

Yes! Only did a brief test, but this seems perfect. 100% fulfills my needs. Thank you so very much! :sparkling_heart:

Hi, I have just found the oportunity to test the latest “PlanarizeSurfacePoints.py” but my test showed me the old script “smoothsurfacepoints.rhp” has one or two things that can be added to the new one which is: -point option : for an irregular point that would change the auto fit plane drasticcal…

Found an interesting “bug” on a surface where the U direction seems to be the same as the V direction: [bild] uv.3dm (791.0 KB) The script still works fine, the indicators are just drawn wrong, so it’s a minor thing.

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Looking forward to this anchor option, if you get the time to do it!

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