planes by geometry

[k turk]

i have two perpendicular intersecting lines out of whack with the rest of the orthogonal world that i want to use as to set up a new plane. when i chose 'planes by geometry' and select my first line, i get the message 'selected entity is not flat.'

 

hmmmmmm . . . why?

(A) are lines not the right geometry?

( when is a line not flat?

 

thanks

k

[Hardmill]

2 lines should work fine.

Email it to me if you like

 

 

PEACE

[Jack Neelands™]

is it a line or a spline?

 

Did you create the lines?

 

 

I have had this happen before when i used geometry that came in thinking that they just that...but found out they were splines and had to redraw them

[k turk]

original file is from rhino where its first object properties are labeled 'valid curve.' in rhino the nomenclature runs similar to a tiered species call-out:

 

geometry

valid curve

line

(numerical data)

 

vs

 

geometry

valid curve

arc

(numerical data)

 

so you can see where an arc and a curve are at the beginning in the same set (at least in nomenclature). the line data is flat for whatever that is worth. think this is the problem?

[Jack Neelands™]

redraw the line and see if you can get it to pick up then....cause is looks like an arc

[k turk]

snapped new MC lines on different layer to end points of the rhino lines and used those for geometry to create a new plane no problem.