The Plane dialog opens when you start the Add Plane command.

To open the Plane dialog at a different time:

When you select a Plane, the Plane Definition is Offset from Plane.

New Plane: Plane6

Plane Parameters

Plane Definition: Offset from Plane

The new Plane is offset along the Z-axis of the Plane you select.

Element box- the element you select as the reference for the Plane Definition

Parameter to edit:

Distance to New Plane

The offset dimension from the Plane you select, in the Element box, to the new Plane.

Notes:

In the image, the new Plane is offset along the Z-axis of the Plane you select by the length of the arrow. The length of the arrow is Distance to new Plane.

When you select a Line, the X-axis, or the Y-axis of a Part, the Plane Definition is Angle from Plane.

New Plane: Plane5

Plane Parameters

Plane Definition: Angle from Line

Element box: The element(s) you select as the reference(s) for the Plane Definition

Parameters to edit:

Move Plane to end-Point.

Enable to move the origin of the new Plane from the start-Point to the end-Point of the Line that is in Element box.

The default X-axis of the new Plane is now from the end-Point to the start-Point of the Line.

Note: You must enable Move Plane to End-Point to add a Bevel Gear-Pair.

Rotational Axes

•Rotate around X-axis : Rotate the new Plane around the X-axis direction of the Line

•Rotate around Y-axis : Rotate the new Plane around the Y-axis direction of the Line

•Rotate around Z-axis : Rotate the new Plane around the Z-axis direction of the Line

Notes:

When you select a Line (Format 2) :

The Origin of the new Plane is coincident with :

•the Start-Point of the Line, or

•the end-Point of the Line, if you enable Move Plane to end-Point.

The +ve X-axis of the new Plane is in the direction

•from the start-Point to the end-Point of the Line, or

•from the end-Point to the start-Point of the Line, if you enable Move Plane to end-Point.