Point

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Draws a single point object at a specified location.

Steps:

  • Pick

    a location for the point object.

Rhinoceros Point Drawing

Main2 > Point

Point > Single Point

Rhinoceros Menu2 Drawing

Curve > Point Object > Single Point

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Points

Draws multiple point objects.

Steps:

  1. Pick locations for the point objects.

  2. Press Enter

    to end the command.

Rhinoceros points Drawing

Main2 > Multiple Points (Right click)

Point > Multiple Points

3-D Digitizing > Multiple Points

Rhinoceros Menu2 Drawing

Curve > Point Object > Multiple Points

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Divide

Rhinoceros divide 001 Drawing

Creates point objects by dividing a curve into a number of equal length segments or segments of a specified length.

Steps:

  1. Select

    curves.

  2. Type the number of segments.

  3. The point objects this command creates are spaced evenly along the curve, with an additional point at each end of the curve.

Notes

  • 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.

Rhinoceros HistoryEnabledCommand Drawing

History enabled…

Changing the input objects changes the output objects.

Rhinoceros Divide Drawing

Point > Divide Curve by Number of Segments (Right click)

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Curve > Point Object > Divide Curve by > Number of Segments

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PointGrid

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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:

  1. Type the number of points in the x-direction.

  2. Type the number of points in the y-direction.

  3. Pick a corner for the grid.

  4. Pick for the other corner.

  5. 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.

3Point

Vertical

Center

Rhinoceros PointGrid Drawing

Point > Point grid

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None

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DrapePt

Creates a grid of point objects at the intersections of objects and points projected toward the construction plane in the current viewport.

Steps:

  • Drag a rectangle over the objects to drape.

  • A grid of points is created over the objects.

Options

See the Drape
command for option descriptions.

Rhinoceros DrapePt Drawing

Point > Drape Point Grid over Objects

Rhinoceros Menu2 Drawing

Curve > Point Object > Drape Points

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ClosestPt

Rhinoceros closestpt 001 Drawing

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:

  1. Select

    the target objects.

  2. Pick

    the base point for the closest point calculation.

  3. 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.

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Note: To select parts of objects, use sub-object selection
.

CreateLine

If Yes, a line is drawn between the base point and the closest point on the object.

Rhinoceros ClosestPt Drawing

Point > Closest Point

Rhinoceros Menu2 Drawing

Curve > Point Object > Closest Point

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CrvEnd

Places a point object at the end of a curve.

Steps:

  • Select

    the curves.

Rhinoceros crvend Drawing

Point > Mark Curve End (Right click)

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Curve > Point Object > Mark Curve End

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CrvStart

Places a point object at the start of a curve.

Steps:

  • Select

    the curves.

Rhinoceros crvstart Drawing

Point > Mark Curve Start

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Curve > Point Object > Mark Curve Start

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PointCloud

Creates a single object from selected point objects for selection and faster display.

Steps:

  • 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.

Rhinoceros PointCloud Drawing

Point > Point Cloud

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Curve > Point Cloud > Create Point Cloud

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