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-# container for images to be included in the docs
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diff --git a/examples/01_beams_from_geo.py b/examples/01_beams_from_geo.py
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+from compas.datastructures import Mesh
+from compas.geometry import Point
+from compas.geometry import Plane
+from compas.geometry import is_point_infrontof_plane
+from compas.geometry import Sphere
+from compas.geometry import Line
+from compas.scene import Scene
+
+from compas_timber.elements import Beam
+from compas_timber.model import TimberModel
+
+from compas_viewer.viewer import Viewer
+
+viewer = Viewer()
+viewer.renderer.camera.far = 100000.0
+viewer.renderer.camera.near = 0.1
+viewer.renderer.camera.position = [889.1, -1509.0, 561.0]
+viewer.renderer.camera.target = [5.662291496992111, -7.578788697719574, 117.4088716506958]
+
+# make a sphere
+sphere = Sphere.from_point_and_radius(Point(0, 0, 0), 3000)
+mesh = Mesh.from_shape(sphere, u=16, v=16)
+
+# vertices = sphere.vertices
+plane = Plane.worldXY()
+plane.point.z -= 1
+
+width = 60
+height = 120
+
+model = TimberModel()
+
+for edge in mesh.edges():
+    v1, v2 = edge
+    start = Point(**mesh.vertex[v1])
+    end = Point(**mesh.vertex[v2])
+    line = Line(start, end)
+    if not is_point_infrontof_plane(line.midpoint, plane):
+        continue
+    z_vector = mesh.vertex_normal(v1)
+    beam = Beam.from_centerline(line, width, height, z_vector)
+    model.add_element(beam)
+
+
+# scene = Scene(context="cadwork")
+
+viewer = Viewer()
+for beam in model.beams:
+    viewer.scene.add(beam.geometry)
+    # scene.add(beam)
+# scene.draw()
+viewer.show()