Dialog: Plane

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Dialog: Plane

Add / Edit Plane

See also: Model Editor > Add Plane and Mechanism-Editor > Add Plane

Why add a Plane? They define the layout of a Machine. You add Mechanism-Editors to Planes.

When you do Add Plane, the Plane dialog opens immediately to specify its parameter(s).

tog_minusHow to open the Plane dialog-box
Edit Plane

Edit Plane

The Plane dialog opens automatically when you do Add Plane. To open the Plane dialog at a different time:

1.Right-click a Plane in the Assembly-Tree.

2.Click Edit-element in the shortcut menu

OR

1.See How to Open a dialog

The Plane dialog is now open.

Plane dialog

The Plane dialog has two configurations - which we call the Plane Definitions.

Click to exapand /collapsePLANE DEFINITION 1: Offset from Plane
MD-Dialog-AddPlane-Offset

Red-14-1b New Plane: Plane6

Plane Parameters

Red-14-2 Plane Definition: Offset from Plane

Red-14-4 Element box- the element you select as the reference for the Plane Definition

Parameter to edit:

Red-14-3 Distance to New Plane

The offset dimension from the Plane in the Element boxRed-14-4 to the new PlaneRed-14-1b

 

Notes:

The new Plane is parallel to the selected Plane

The Origin of the new Plane is on the Z-axis of the selected Plane
Click to exapand /collapsePLANE DEFINITION 2: Angle from Line
MD-DIALOG-PLANE-LINE

Red-14-1b New Plane: Plane4

Plane Parameters

Red-14-2 Plane Definition: Angle from Line

Red-14-4 Element: The element(s) you select as the reference for the Plane Definition

Parameters to edit:

Red-14-5 Move Plane to end-Point check-box.

Enable to move the origin of the Plane from the start-Point to the end-Point of the Line that is in the Element boxRed-14-4

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

Red-14-3 Rotational Axes

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

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

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

Notes:

When you select a Line for a new Plane, the:

Default Origin of the new Plane is coincident the Line's start-Point.

Default +ve X-axis of the new Plane is in the direction from the Line's start-Point to the end-Point.

Related topics

Model toolbar > Add Plane (in the Model-Editor tab)

Model toolbar > Add Plane (in any Mechanism-Editor tab)

How to open a dialog

How to edit a parameter