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InfinitePlane
  • See Also
    • HalfPlane
    • Hyperplane
    • Polygon
    • InfiniteLine
    • HalfLine
    • ConicHullRegion
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    • Graphics Objects
    • Basic Geometric Regions
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    • See Also
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      • Hyperplane
      • Polygon
      • InfiniteLine
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InfinitePlane[{p1,p2,p3}]

represents the plane passing through the points p1, p2, and p3.

InfinitePlane[p,{v1,v2}]

represents the plane passing through the point p in the directions v1 and v2.

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BUILT-IN SYMBOL
  • See Also
    • HalfPlane
    • Hyperplane
    • Polygon
    • InfiniteLine
    • HalfLine
    • ConicHullRegion
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      • InfiniteLine
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InfinitePlane

InfinitePlane[{p1,p2,p3}]

represents the plane passing through the points p1, p2, and p3.

InfinitePlane[p,{v1,v2}]

represents the plane passing through the point p in the directions v1 and v2.

Details

  • InfinitePlane is also known as plane or hyperplane.
  • InfinitePlane can be used as a geometric region and graphics primitive.
  • InfinitePlane represents a plane or .
  • Hyperplane[n,p] is an alternative representation using a normal n in 3D.
  • InfinitePlane can be used in Graphics and Graphics3D.
  • InfinitePlane will be clipped by PlotRange when rendering.
  • In graphics, the points p, pi and vector v can be Dynamic expressions.
  • Graphics rendering is affected by directives such as FaceForm, Opacity, and color.
  • FaceForm[front,back] can be used to specify different styles for the front and back in 3D. The front is defined by the right-hand rule and the direction of the points pi or the vectors vi.
  • InfinitePlane can be used with functions such as RegionMeasure, RegionCentroid, etc.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

An InfinitePlane in 3D:

Different styles applied to an infinite plane:

Determine if points belong to a given infinite plane:

Scope  (17)

Graphics  (7)

Specification  (2)

Define an infinite plane in 3D using three points:

Define the same plane using a single point and two tangent vectors:

An infinite plane varying in direction:

Styling  (2)

Color directives specify the color of the infinite plane:

FaceForm and EdgeForm can be used to specify the styles of the faces and edges:

Coordinates  (3)

Specify coordinates by fractions of the plot range:

Specify scaled offsets from the ordinary coordinates:

Points and vectors can be Dynamic:

Regions  (10)

Embedding dimension is the dimension of the coordinates:

Geometric dimension is the dimension of the region itself:

Point membership test:

Get the conditions for membership:

An infinite plane has infinite measure and undefined centroid:

Distance from a point:

Signed distance from a point:

Nearest point in the region:

Nearest points:

An infinite plane is unbounded:

Find the region range:

Integrate over an infinite plane:

Optimize over an infinite plane:

Solve equations over an infinite plane:

Applications  (7)

Find the plane in which a triangle is embedded:

InfinitePlane can use the same parametrization as Triangle:

Find the plane in which a polygon is embedded:

To find the plane, take the first three points (or any three points not on a line):

The tangent plane to a parametric surface f[u,v] is given by InfinitePlane[f[u,v],{∂uf[u,v],∂vf[u,v]}]. Find the tangent plane to the parametric surface :

Find the tangent plane to the surface :

Find the intersection points of a sphere, a plane, and a surface defined by :

Visualize intersection points:

Partition space in a BubbleChart:

Combine the graphics:

Visualize a reflection plane:

Define a reflection plane:

Define a ReflectionTransform using a point on the plane and its normal vector:

Visualize the reflection of a unit cube about the plane:

Properties & Relations  (6)

InfinitePlane[{p1,p2,p3}] is equivalent to InfinitePlane[p1,{p2-p1,p3-p1}]:

InfinitePlane[p,{v1,v2}] is equivalent to Hyperplane[Cross[v1,v2],p] in 3D:

ParametricRegion can represent any InfinitePlane:

ImplicitRegion can represent any InfinitePlane:

InfinitePlane is a special case of ConicHullRegion:

Any InfinitePlane can be represented as a union of two HalfPlane regions:

Neat Examples  (2)

A random collection of planes:

Sweep an infinite plane around an axis:

See Also

HalfPlane  Hyperplane  Polygon  InfiniteLine  HalfLine  ConicHullRegion

Function Repository: HessianPlane

Related Guides

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  • Basic Geometric Regions
  • ▪
  • Solid Geometry
  • ▪
  • Plane Geometry

History

Introduced in 2014 (10.0) | Updated in 2016 (11.0)

Wolfram Research (2014), InfinitePlane, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InfinitePlane.html (updated 2016).

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), InfinitePlane, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InfinitePlane.html (updated 2016).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "InfinitePlane." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2016. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InfinitePlane.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). InfinitePlane. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InfinitePlane.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_infiniteplane, author="Wolfram Research", title="{InfinitePlane}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InfinitePlane.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-March-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_infiniteplane, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={InfinitePlane}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InfinitePlane.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-March-2026]}

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