Mechanism | Add Plane

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Mechanism | Add Plane

What is a Plane?

A Plane is flat surface, defined by its XY-axes, onto which we can add new Mechanism-Editors.

See also: Add Plane in the Model-Editor.

Add Plane (Mechanism-Editor)

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Menu :

Add menu > Mechanism sub-menu > Model sub-menu > Add Plane

Model toolbar > Add Plane

STEP 1.Click Add Plane

The Add Plane dialog-box has two formats. Its format is a function of the element-type you select in STEP 2.

STEP 2.Click an element

Element type 1: Click a Plane or a Mechanism-Editor (in the Assembly-Tree)

- See Add Plane to Plane

Element type 2: Click a line, or the X-axis, or the Y-axis of a Part

- See Add Plane to Line or Part-Axis

Note : To show or hide Planes in Mechanism-Editors, do Visibility toolbar > Show Model in Mechanism.

Add Plane dialog format and parameters:

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The format of the Add Plane dialog-box when you select a Plane.

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

Red-14-2 Plane definition - Offset from Plane

Red-14-3 Parameters you can edit -  a function of the element you select - See STEP 2

Red-14-4 Element box : the element you select - a Plane

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

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btn_delkeywordAdd Plane to Line or Part-Axis

The format of the Add Plane dialog when you select a Line or Part-Axis

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 elements you select - a Line (or CAD-Line, or Part Axis) and the Plane on which the Line, CAD-Line, or Part-Axis is co-planar).

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

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

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

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Video:  Add Plane to a Line

How to...

Add a Plane to a Line