ModelData_Plane

Table of Contents

• Constructor
• Methods

Defines a plane.

A plane is defined by an axis placement.

A plane is parameterized as follows: S(u,v) = P + u * Dx + v * Dy, where

• P is an origin point,
• Dx and Dy are directions (unit vectors) of X and Y axes respectively,
• u, v belongs to (-infinity, +infinity).

Extends

• ModelData_ElementarySurface

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Constructor

new ModelData_Plane(thePlacement)

Creates a plane located in 3D space with an axis placement three axis.

Param	Type	Description
thePlacement	ModelData_Axis3Placement

Methods

fromEquationCoefficients(a, b, c, d) ⇒ ModelData_Planestatic

Creates a plane from coefficients of cartesian equation: a * x + b * y + c * z + d = 0.0

Parameters:

Param	Type	Description
a	number
b	number
c	number
d	number

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fromPointAndNormal(thePoint, theNormal) ⇒ ModelData_Planestatic

Creates a plane from origin point and the normal direction.

Parameters:

Param	Type	Description
thePoint	ModelData_Point	The plane point.
theNormal	ModelData_Direction	The plane normal.

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fromThreePoints(thePoint1, thePoint2, thePoint3) ⇒ ModelData_Planestatic

Creates a plane from tree points.

Parameters:

Param	Type	Description
thePoint1	ModelData_Point
thePoint2	ModelData_Point
thePoint3	ModelData_Point

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clone() ⇒ ModelData_Plane

Creates copy of the current object.

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copy(thePlane) ⇒ ModelData_Plane

Copies plane params from another plane.

Parameters:

Param	Type	Description
thePlane	ModelData_Plane	The plane to copy from.

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value(theParameterU, theParameterV, theTarget)

Calculates value at specific parameters values.

Parameters:

Param	Type	Description
theParameterU	number
theParameterV	number
theTarget	ModelData_Point