Is there a way to create a tool, which is basically a plane that acts like a mirror to a straight line (or a point), so that the latter gets mirrored in the exact opposite direction; just like what happens on a real-life mirror? For example, if I create that blue line shown on the image and then set…

Hi @Rhino_Bulgaria Just making sure that you know about the Bounce command? It’s been in Rhino since forever, and does most of what you are asking - I think - using surfaces. And works with history. HTH, Jakob

Although it seems only surfaces update. @pascal , it would be nice to be able to update the ray vector using history as well, instead of having to draw a new one when moving the position of the (light) source. I see no way of doing that currently, but maybe a Use existing line option that could be hi…

Hi Jakob - [image] Normand: […] it would be nice to be able to update the ray vector using history as well […] I filed that feature request as RH-59765 . -wim

Wow, I have never bothered to try this command until now. It works exactly in the way you described! And is history enabled, too. The only thing that could be improved is to be able (as you mentioned) to move the input ray vector to update the output one. :slight_smile:

Raytrace-like mirror plane tool in Rhino 7?

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brian (Brian Gillespie) September 14, 2021, 10:54pm 6

RH-59765 is fixed in the latest WIP

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Raytrace-like mirror plane tool in Rhino 7?

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