Construct Plane

Constructs a plane with specified center, normal direction, and bounds.

 

Input Arguments

 

0

Collection Object Name

Plane Name

The name of the resulting plane.

1

Vector

Plane Center (in working coordinates)

The center of the resulting plane.

2

Vector

Plane Normal (in working

coordinates)

The normal direction of the resulting plane.

3

Double

Plane Edge Dimension

The length of each edge of the plane as depicted in the graphical view.

 

Return Arguments

None.

 

Returned Status

 

SUCCESS

The plane was created successfully.

FAILURE

A normal of zero length was specified.

 

Remarks

If the specified plane name already exists, the name will be incremented to avoid duplicates.

The plane normal cannot be a vector of zero length. While the plane edge dimension can be zero or negative, this could potentially cause problems with other calculations, so a positive edge dimension should always be specified.

The edge dimension is merely used to draw the plane in the graphical view. When used for analysis, a plane extends infinitely in two dimensions.