Add Plane

<< Click to Display Table of Contents >>

Navigation:  MechDesigner Reference & User Interface > 2.2 Mechanism-Editor: > Model elements >

Add Plane

What is a Plane?

A Plane is flat surface, defined by its XY-axes.

We add Mechanism-Editors to Planes.

Note: Use Visibility toolbar > Show Solids in Mechanisms to see Planes in Mechanism-Editors.

See also: Add Plane in the Model-Editor

Add Plane (Mechanism-Editor)

Add-Plane in Mechanism-Editor

Add-Plane in Mechanism-Editor

 

Add menu > Add Plane

OR

<<< Model elements toolbar > Add Plane

STEP 1.Click Add Plane

STEP 2.Click an element-type ...

The format of the Add Plane dialog-box is a function of the element-type:

Element-type 1: A Plane

See FORMAT 1: Add Plane to Plane

Element-type 2: A line, a CAD-Line, the X-axis, or the Y-axis of a Part

See FORMAT 2: Add Plane to Line or Part-Axis

Add Plane dialog-box - two formats:

btn_delkeywordFORMAT 1: Add Plane to a Plane

The format of the dialog-box is:

Red-14-1 New Element Name - the new Plane

Red-14-2 Plane definition - Offset from Plane

Red-14-3 Parameters you can edit - see STEP 3 - below

Red-14-4 Element box : the element you select- see Add Plane STEP 2 - above
MD-Dialog-AddPlane-Offset

STEP 3.Edit the parameter Red-14-3

Red-14-3 Distance to New Plane from the Plane Red-14-4

STEP 4.Click OK-tiny-13-17 to close the Add Plane dialog-box

MD-GA-PlanetoPlane-small
btn_delkeywordFORMAT 2: Add Plane to a Line, CAD-Line, X-axis, or Y-axis of a Part

The format of the dialog-box is:

Red-14-1 New Element Name - the new Plane

Red-14-2 Plane definition - Angle from Line

Red-14-3Red-14-5 Parameters you can edit - see STEP 3 - below

Red-14-4 Element box : the element you select- see Add Plane STEP 2 - above
MD-Dialog-AddPlane-LineAxis

STEP 3.Edit the parameters Red-14-3Red-14-5

Red-14-3 Angle - rotate the new Plane around its active X–axis

and

Red-14-3 Angle - rotate the new Plane around its active Y–axis

and

Red-14-3 Angle - rotate the new Plane around its active Z–Axis

Optional (for Bevel Gearboxes)

Red-14-5 Move to the end-Point - move the new Plane to the end of the Line in the Element box

STEP 4.Click OK-tiny-13-17 to close the Add Plane dialog-box

The new Plane is now in the graphic-area and the Assembly-Tree.

MD-GA-PlaneinME-small

Videos:

Video: Add Plane to a Line, CAD-Line, or the X- or Y-axis of a Part