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We add Mechanism-Editors to Planes. Thus, it is important to understand how to add Planes to different elements, and also understand their hierarchy.
You can add a new Plane to a:
•Plane
•Line and CAD-Line
•X-axis and Y-axis (at the start-Point of a Part)
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Model-Editor New Plane to a fixed Plane or a Plane that you have added previously.
The new Plane The new Plane |
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Mechanism-Editor: New Plane to an existing Plane that is a child to the Mechanism-Editor. Note: to see Planes in the Mechanism-Editor, you must use Visibility toolbar > Show Solids in Mechanism. You cannot reference a Plane that is not a child to the active Mechanism-Editor.
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Mechanism-Editor New Plane to a CAD-Line
The Angle to the new Plane is set in the Add Plane dialog-box.
The new Plane's Origin is the same as the reference CAD-Line. The new Plane's +X-axis is the same as the X-axis of the CAD-Line - from its start-Point to its end-Point. |
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In the Mechanism-Editor Reference a Line
The new Plane's 0,0,0 is at the Line's start-Point. The new Plane's +X-axis is the same as the +X-axis of the Line - from its start-Point to its end-Point.
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In the Mechanism-Editor X-axis or Y-axis of a Part (or Base-Part)
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Fixed Planes Front, Top, Right Planes at the origin of the Model-Editor |
Moving Planes related to a Line in a Part The parent of Plane4 and Plane9 is CAD-Line, which is in a moving Part. |
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Fixed Planes: related to other Fixed Planes Plane10 is a child to the Right Plane, and a child to the Model-Editor. |