Draw point objects
Point objects mark a single point in 3-D space. They are the simplest objects in Rhino. Points can be placed anywhere in space. Points are most often used as placeholders.
Draw points
![](../image/command_icons/point.png)
Point
Draw a single point object.
![](../image/command_icons/points.png)
Points
Draw multiple point objects.
![](../image/command_icons/pointgrid.png)
PointGrid
Draw a rectangular grid of point objects.
Create points from objects
![](../image/command_icons/closestpt.png)
ClosestPt
Create a point object on an object at the nearest location to a base location or to another object.
![](../image/command_icons/crvstart.png)
CrvStart
Place a point object at the start of a curve.
![](../image/command_icons/crvend_rt.png)
CrvEnd
Place a point object at the end of a curve.
![](../image/command_icons/crvseam.png)
CrvSeam
Change the seam (start/end) location on closed curves.
![](../image/command_icons/divide.png)
Divide
Create point objects along a curve by the number of equal length segments or segments of a specified length.
![](../image/command_icons/drapept.png)
DrapePt
Create a grid of points at the intersections of objects and points projected toward the construction plane.
![](../image/command_icons/pointcloud.png)
PointCloud
Create a set of vertices from point objects.
![](../image/command_icons/pointsfromuv.png)
PointsFromUV
Create point objects at specified surface u and v coordinates.
See also
![](../image/command_icons/pointson.png)
PointsOn
Display curve and surface control points.
![](../image/command_icons/editpton.png)
EditPtOn
Displays edit points on curves or SubDs.
![](../image/command_icons/solidpton.png)
SolidPtOn
Turn on pseudo control points for polysurfaces.