Draws a single point object at a specified location.
Steps:
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Pick
a location for the point object.
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Main2 > Point Point > Single Point
Curve > Point Object > Single Point
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Draws multiple point objects.
Steps:
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Pick locations for the point objects.
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Press Enter
to end the command.
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Main2 > Multiple Points (Right click) Point > Multiple Points 3-D Digitizing > Multiple Points
Curve > Point Object > Multiple Points
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Creates point objects by dividing a curve into a number of equal length segments or segments of a specified length.
Steps:
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Select curves.
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Type the number of segments.
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The point objects this command creates are spaced evenly along the curve, with an additional point at each end of the curve.
Notes
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To split the curve at the point objects created by the Divide command, use the Split
command.
Options
Length
Creates point objects on a curve starting from the natural start of the curve. If you want points to start at the other end, use the Dir
command to flip the curve.
MarkEnds
Places a point at the ends of the curve.
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Point > Divide Curve by Number of Segments (Right click)
Curve > Point Object > Divide Curve by > Number of Segments
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Draws a rectangular grid of point objects from specified corner locations, two adjacent corners and a distance, perpendicular to the construction plane, or from a center.
Steps:
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Type the number of points in the x-direction.
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Type the number of points in the y-direction.
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Pick a corner for the grid.
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Pick for the other corner.
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A point cloud
object is created with points placed in a rectangular array.
Options
Note: Point grids are drawn with the same options as the Rectangle
command.
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Point > Point grid
None
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Creates a grid of point objects at the intersections of objects and points projected toward the construction plane in the current viewport.
Steps:
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Drag a rectangle over the objects to drape.
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A grid of points is created over the objects.
Options
See the Drape
command for option descriptions.
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Point > Drape Point Grid over Objects
Curve > Point Object > Drape Points
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Creates a point object at the closest point from a specified location to a selected object or on two objects where they are closest to each other.
Steps:
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Select the target objects.
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Pick
the base point for the closest point calculation.
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The distance is printed on the command line.
This command finds the location on an object you specify that is closest to the base point you previously picked, and it then creates a point object.
Options
Object
Point objects are created both of the selected objects at the points closest to each other.
Note: To select parts of objects, use sub-object selection
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CreateLine
If Yes, a line is drawn between the base point and the closest point on the object.
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Point > Closest Point
Curve > Point Object > Closest Point
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Places a point object at the end of a curve.
Steps:
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Select
the curves.
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Point > Mark Curve End (Right click)
Curve > Point Object > Mark Curve End
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Places a point object at the start of a curve.
Steps:
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Select
the curves.
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Point > Mark Curve Start
Curve > Point Object > Mark Curve Start
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Creates a single object from selected point objects for selection and faster display.
Steps:
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Select
point objects and point clouds.
The point cloud object type improves Rhino’s performance when handling a large number of point objects imported from external files.
You can use the point cloud object to group any number of individual points into a single object, minimizing the amount of storage in the 3DM file and maintaining performance. You can snap and select points in the cloud as if they were just point objects. A point cloud is similar to a mesh object that does not display any wires between vertices.
To free all points in a point cloud use the Explode
command.
Options
Add
Adds points and point clouds to an existing point cloud.
Remove
Removes selected points from a point cloud.
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Point > Point Cloud
Curve > Point Cloud > Create Point Cloud
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