Rectangle

The Plane command draws a rectangular planar NURBS surface.

Steps

• Pick two points for the opposite corners of a rectangle.

  Or, select one of the options to draw the rectangle in a different way.

Command-line options

(Default) Draws the rectangle using two opposite corners.

3Point Draws the rectangle using two adjacent corner locations and a location on the opposite side.

EdgeMidpoint Draws the rectangle from the midpoint of the first edge, an end of the edge, and a location on the opposite side.

Vertical Draws the rectangle perpendicular to the construction plane.

Center Draws the rectangle from the center point and a corner.

AroundCurve Draws a rectangle perpendicular to a curve.

Steps

• Select a curve and pick the center of the rectangle on the curve.

Deformable

Sets the degree in the u and v directions and the point count in the u and v directions.

UDegree/VDegree Sets the degree of the surface in the u and v directions.

UPointCount/VPointCount The number of control points in the u and v directions.

To watch the video example, please refer to the Rhino documentation.