Beta

These docs cover RhinoArtisan 7.0, which is still in beta. The contents are provisional: features and pages can still be added, changed or removed before the final release.

Show Direction

The ShowDir command opens the Direction Analysis control and displays the direction of curves, surfaces, and polysurfaces.

Steps

Select objects: Direction arrows will be displayed on the object.

Direction Analysis options

Parameters

Show

Direction: Displays the object’s normal direction.
U (Surfaces only): Displays the u direction.
V (Surfaces only): Displays the v direction.

Flip Direction: Reverses the direction.

Reverse U: Reverses the surface u direction.

Reverse V: Reverses the surface v direction.

Swap UV: Switches the u and v directions.

Direction color: Set the display color for the direction arrows.

The u and v direction colors are determined by the Options > Appearance > Colors settings for the X axis and Y axis lines.

Add Objects: Add objects to the Direction Analysis display.

Remove Objects: Remove objects from the Direction Analysis display.

For more information, please refer to the Rhino documentation.