Planar Booleans

Planar boolean operations combine planar surfaces.

Planar union

Where can I find this command?
PlanarUnion
Icon:
Planar Union left click
RhinoLands:

The PlanarUnion command merges overlapped planar surfaces into a single surface.

Steps:

  1. Select coplanar surfaces to merge and press Enter to end the command.
Planar Union Planar union

Planar Difference

Where can I find this command?
PlanarDifference
Icon:
Planar Difference left click
RhinoLands Toolbar:

The PlanarDifference command selects two overlapped planar surfaces and creates a surface from the first surface with the overlapped area trimmed off.

Steps:

  1. Select the surface to subtract from.
  2. Select coplanar surface to subtract
Planar Difference Planar difference

Planar intersection

Where can I find this command?
PlanarIntersection
Icon:
Planar Intersection left click
RhinoLands Toolbar:

The PlanarIntersection command creates a surface from the overlapped area of two planar surfaces.

Steps:

  1. Select two planar surfaces to intersect.
Planar Intersection Planar intersection