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# ARPlaneAnchor.Alignment.vertical

The plane is parallel to gravity.

```
case vertical
```

## Discussion

The [`transform`](/documentation/ARKit/ARAnchor/transform) property for a vertical plane anchor includes a rotation component. That is, the transform matrix represents the result of rotating a horizontal plane to match the orientation of the detected surface.

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