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Synopsis
nurbsPlane [flags]
The nurbsPlane command creates a new NURBS Plane and return the name
of the new surface. It creates an unit plane with center at origin by
default.
Return value
[string[]] (object name and node name)
Related commands
cone, cylinder, torus, sphere, nurbsPlaneFlags
axis, axisX, axisY, axisZ, constructionHistory, curveOnSurface, degree, lengthRatio, name, object, patchesU, patchesV, pivot, pivotX, pivotY, pivotZ, polygon, range, rebuild, replaceOriginal, width
| Long name (short name) | [argument types] | Properties |
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-pivot
(-p)
| float float float |   |
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The primitive's pivot point
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-pivotX
(-px)
| linear | |
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X of the pivot
Default: 0
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-pivotY
(-py)
| linear | |
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Y of the pivot
Default: 0
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-pivotZ
(-pz)
| linear | |
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Z of the pivot
Default: 0
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-axis
(-ax)
| float float float | |
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-axisX
(-axx)
| linear | |
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-axisY
(-axy)
| linear | |
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-axisZ
(-axz)
| linear | |
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-width
(-w)
| linear | |
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The width of the plane
Default: 1.0
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-lengthRatio
(-lr)
| float | |
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The ratio of "length" to "width" of the plane.
Default: 1.0
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-patchesU
(-u)
| integer | |
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The number of spans in the U direction.
Default: 1
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-patchesV
(-v)
| integer | |
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The number of spans in the V direction.
Default: 1
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-degree
(-d)
| integer | |
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The degree of the resulting surface
1 - linear,
2 - quadratic,
3 - cubic,
5 - quintic,
7 - heptic
Default: 3
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-name
(-n)
| string |  |
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Name the resulting object
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-constructionHistory
(-ch)
| boolean | |
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Turn the construction history on or off (not available in all commands)
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-object
(-o)
| boolean | |
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Create the result, or just the dependency node (not available in all commands)
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-replaceOriginal
(-rpo)
| boolean | |
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Create "in place" (i.e., replace) (not available in all commands)
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-curveOnSurface
(-cos)
| boolean | |
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If possible, create 2D curve as a result (not available in all commands)
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-polygon
(-po)
| integer | |
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The value of this argument controls the type of the object
created by this operation (not available in all commands)
- 0: nurbs surface
- 1: polygon (use nurbsToPolygonsPref to set the parameters for the conversion)
- 2: subdivision surface (use nurbsToSubdivPref to set the parameters for the conversion)
- 3: Bezier surface
- 4: subdivision surface solid (use nurbsToSubdivPref to set the parameters for the conversion)
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-range
(-rn)
| boolean | |
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Force a curve range on complete input curve (not available in all commands)
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-rebuild
(-rb)
| boolean | |
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Rebuild the input curve(s) before using them in the operation. Use nurbsCurveRebuildPref to set the parameters for the conversion. (not available in all commands)
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Flag can appear in Create mode of command
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Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
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Flag can appear in Query mode of command
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Flag can be used more than once in a command
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Examples
// Create default plane
nurbsPlane;
// Create a degree 3 plane with 4 spans in each direction
nurbsPlane -d 3 -u 4 -v 4;
// Create plane that is twice as long as it is wide
nurbsPlane -w 3 -lr 2;