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algorithmic modeling for Rhino

angle of a planar surface (in Python)

Hi everybody!

I'm very new to Rhino Python, and this feels like a stupid question, so I apologize if the answer is obvious.

Is there an easy way to find the angle between a planar surface and a plane?  Or two planar surfaces?  The only solutions I could think of involve picking a point or vector on the surface and measuring its angle compared to some other point or vector, but that seems unnecessarily convoluted.  Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on July 9, 2012 at 2:39pm

Hi Adriana,

you'll need to get the normal vectors for both the surface and the plane (Z-Axis for the plane). The angle between these vectors equals the angle between the planes.

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Adriana on July 9, 2012 at 2:56pm

Ok.  Thank you very much!

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