Face orthogonal to line?
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Is there a script that set a face orthogonal to a selected line?
If you have a line out of the axis and you want to set a face ( profile ) at startpoint for the follow me tool, it should be orthogonal to this line. Is there an easy way?
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You can do it manually if you plan ahead. Follow these steps before drawing your profile:
Grab the Protractor, click (and DO NOT release) on the end of your line where you want your profile and release the click on any other part of that same line segment. This will place your protractor in a plane orthogonal to your line. Hover your mouse until the protractor locks "on blue axis", click and release, move it 90 degrees from there, click and release again. Now you have a perfectly horizontal construction line perpendicular to your first segment. Repeat the process but this time start on the construction line and move 90 degrees from there. Now that you have these two construction lines, draw a line on one, copy it along the other line, complete the rectangle and draw your profile.
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Well, you can certainly do that, Miguel (and yes, I know things often sound to be much more complex when written down like this than doing them actually) but I'm pretty sure there is an easy way with ruby. Just think about TubeAlongPath for instance; it has already done it. In fact, if there's no separate script, you could even use this plugin to make a simple tube then erase everything BUT the face at the end and use that for a perpendicular/orthogonal alignment.
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