PlaneFromPoints does not return a plane in Rhinoscript

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Hi all,

Any idea why when I am creating a plane within RhinoScript the plane is not drawn? Drawing it manually in Rhino works perfect though…

I am using the simplest way to create a point as in here: PlaneFromPoints

I have tried many different ways, but I only get a plane drawn if I ask for a cutting plane.

Thanks!

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A plane in Rhinoscript is not a planar surface, it is a plane object, which is composed of an origin and X,Y and Z directional axis vectors.

If you want to create a surface, you will need to use the plane object returned by PlaneFromPoints together with a magnitude (length/width) in U and V to create a plane surface with AddPlaneSurface.

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Oh. Thanks! Any idea where I can find the information describing that “A plane in Rhinoscript is not a planar surface”.

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Maybe here is a good place to start:

Specifically for planes:

https://developer.rhino3d.com/guides/rhinoscript/primer-101/7-geometry/#75-planes

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Thanks :pray:t2: