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Commands

Orient Curve

Orient On Curve

The OrientOnCrv command moves or copies and rotates objects along a curve using the curve direction for orientation.

Steps

  1. Select objects.
  2. Pick a base point.
  3. Select the orientation curve.
  4. Pick a new base point on the curve

Command-line options

OnCurve

Pick a base point on the curve. This allows moving the object along the curve while maintaining its orientation to the curve.

Copy: Specifies whether or not the objects are copied. A plus sign appears at the cursor when copy mode is on.

The RememberCopyOptions command determines whether the selected option is used as the default.

Flip: Flips the direction of the oriented object on the target curve.

By default, the curve direction is used to orient the object.

Perpendicular: Orients the object perpendicular to the curve. The perpendicular plane is determined by the current construction plane when the base point is picked.

  • XFlip/YFlip: Reverses the orientation relative to the original orientation to the construction plane.
  • Rotate: Enter an angle or pick two reference points to rotate the object.

SubCrv: Type subcrv to select part of a curve as input.

For more information, please refer to the Rhino documentation.