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Plane

A flat quad-mesh patch with a chosen center, direction, size and resolution. The direction can be typed in the local spherical basis at the center, or wired in as a 3-element array.

Inputs

None.

Parameter ports

Added from the Parameters pane (⊕). While connected, each drives its parameter.

Port	Accepts	Mode	Description
`center` Center	primitive(array) dataset(stack) dataset(surface)	opt-in	center position; overrides the center parameter while connected
`direction` Direction	primitive(array)	opt-in	Direction as a 3-element array, read in the current direction frame; overrides the Direction row while connected
`i_size`	primitive(number)	opt-in drives `i_size`	Drives the I Size parameter while connected
`j_size`	primitive(number)	opt-in drives `j_size`	Drives the J Size parameter while connected
`i_resolution`	primitive(number)	opt-in drives `i_resolution`	Drives the I Resolution parameter while connected
`j_resolution`	primitive(number)	opt-in drives `j_resolution`	Drives the J Resolution parameter while connected

Outputs

dataset(surface)

Parameters

The Parameters pane shows only the parameters relevant to the current settings.

Parameter	Kind	Default	Choices / range	Unit	Notes
Center `center`	vector	`(0, 0, 0)`
Direction frame `direction_frame`	choice	`cartesian`	cartesian \| spherical
Direction `direction`	vector	`(0, 0, 1)`
Direction `direction_sph`	vector	`(1, 0, 0)`
I Size `i_size`	float	`1`		R_sun	⇄ port
J Size `j_size`	float	`1`		R_sun	⇄ port
I Resolution `i_resolution`	int	`10`			⇄ port
J Resolution `j_resolution`	int	`10`			⇄ port

Used by

Geometry Sampling

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