https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/how-to-find-a-normal-direction-e-g-90-or-120-etc/m-p/9851828#M14359 <P>Are you referring to a surface or curve?&nbsp; I know definitely for a surface, you have pointOnSurfaceInfo for nurbs and pointOnMeshInfo for meshes.&nbsp; For nurbsCurves, there's pointOnCurveInfo.&nbsp; This might have normal information on it.&nbsp; I've never paid attention to that.</P> Sat, 07 Nov 2020 02:20:01 GMT mcw0 2020-11-07T02:20:01Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/how-to-find-a-normal-direction-e-g-90-or-120-etc/m-p/9847137#M14358 <P>Hi!</P><P>Is there a way to find a Normal Direction?&nbsp;</P> Thu, 05 Nov 2020 07:28:44 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/how-to-find-a-normal-direction-e-g-90-or-120-etc/m-p/9847137#M14358 Anonymous 2020-11-05T07:28:44Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/how-to-find-a-normal-direction-e-g-90-or-120-etc/m-p/9851828#M14359 <P>Are you referring to a surface or curve?&nbsp; I know definitely for a surface, you have pointOnSurfaceInfo for nurbs and pointOnMeshInfo for meshes.&nbsp; For nurbsCurves, there's pointOnCurveInfo.&nbsp; This might have normal information on it.&nbsp; I've never paid attention to that.</P> Sat, 07 Nov 2020 02:20:01 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/how-to-find-a-normal-direction-e-g-90-or-120-etc/m-p/9851828#M14359 mcw0 2020-11-07T02:20:01Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/how-to-find-a-normal-direction-e-g-90-or-120-etc/m-p/9852800#M14360 <P>can you please explain a bit, are these script names or what?&nbsp;</P> Sat, 07 Nov 2020 17:22:43 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/how-to-find-a-normal-direction-e-g-90-or-120-etc/m-p/9852800#M14360 Anonymous 2020-11-07T17:22:43Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/how-to-find-a-normal-direction-e-g-90-or-120-etc/m-p/9852802#M14361 <P>These are nodes.&nbsp; "createNode pointOnSurfaceInfo".</P> Sat, 07 Nov 2020 17:24:34 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/how-to-find-a-normal-direction-e-g-90-or-120-etc/m-p/9852802#M14361 mcw0 2020-11-07T17:24:34Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/how-to-find-a-normal-direction-e-g-90-or-120-etc/m-p/9852811#M14362 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Capture30.PNG" style="width: 149px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/841582iA9BC43716C517659/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Capture30.PNG" alt="Capture30.PNG" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So it appears "pointOnMeshInfo" is part of the BonusTools.&nbsp; I have been using these for so long I don't even remember where they come from.</P> Sat, 07 Nov 2020 17:27:01 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/how-to-find-a-normal-direction-e-g-90-or-120-etc/m-p/9852811#M14362 mcw0 2020-11-07T17:27:01Z