27.5.1 Planes in space
The
plane
command draws and returns a plane. It can take its arguments in three different ways.
Three points.
plane
takes three arguments:
P
,
Q
,
R
, three points.
plane(
P
,
Q
,
R
)
returns and draws the plane through
P
,
Q
and
R
.
A point and a line.
plane
takes two arguments:
P
, a point.
L
, a line.
plane(
P
,
L
)
returns and draws the plane through
P
and
L
.
An equation.
plane
takes
eqn
, the equation of a plane.
plane(
eqn
)
returns and draws the plane with the given equation.
Example
plane
(
point
(0,0,5),
point
(0,5,0),
point
(0,0,5))
or:
plane
(
point
(0,0,5),
line
(
point
(0,5,0),
point
(0,0,5)))
or:
plane
(
x
+
y
+
z
=5)