To add a new Plane to the Model-Editor, you must select a Plane. Then, the new Plane is offset from ( |+>| (parallel to)) the Plane that you select.

STEP 1: Begin this tutorial in the Model-Editor

1.Click the Model name-tab

STEP 2: Add a new Plane to the Model

1. Click Model Toolbar > Add Plane

The Plane dialog-box opens.

For information only:

This dialog-box shows:

The name of the new Plane at the top of the dialog (Plane6) .

The default Plane Definition is Offset from Plane.

When the Plane definition is Offset from Plane, the parameter name and default value is Distance to New Plane (100mm).

The Element box shows the Plane you select from which you will offset (Front Plane)

STEP 3: Explore the Assembly-Tree to find and select the Right Plane as the Element

1.Expand Model in the Assembly-Tree

2.Click the Plane named Right in the Assembly-Tree.

When you click the Right Plane, it will show as the Element in the Element box of the Plane dialog-box and also the Selection-Window.

OR...

1.Click a Plane in the graphic-area.

If you select more than one Plane, then they also show in the Selection-Window.

In the Selection-Window, click the Plane you want to select.

Again, make sure the correct Plane (Right in this example) is in the Element box of the Add Plane dialog

You can preview the new Plane in the graphic-area of the Model-Editor

You may need to View toolbar > Zoom-out (or use your Scroll-wheel on your mouse) see  below graphic-area

STEP 4: Edit the Distance to the New Plane.

In the Add-Plane dialog-box:

1.Use the spin-box tool

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1.Use your keyboard to enter a new value in the Distance to New Plane data-box

2.Press the ENTER key on your keyboard.

STEP 5: Click to close the Add Plane dialog-box

When the correct Plane is in the Command-Manager.

STEP 3: Click in the Command-Manager

You jump to the new Mechanism-Editor which has a new Mechanism name-tab.

In the Graphic-Area:

Mechanism1 name-tab shows next to Mechanism name-tab

In the Assembly-Tree

Mechanism1 element is a child to Plane4, which is the Plane we selected to add the new Mechanism.

To rename any Mechanism:

1.Right-Click the Mechanism element in the Assembly-Tree

2.Select Rename element in the contextual-menu

3.Use the Rename dialog-box to give a new name.

The Add Part command becomes active. The Add Part mouse-pointer is active.

STEP 3: Drag a Line in the graphic-area.

When you release you mouse-button, the new Part shows in the graphic-area.

In the graphic-area, the Part has an:

Oval Part-Outline

CAD-Line along the center of the Part

Origin, X-axis and Y-axis at the start-Point of the CAD-Line,

The Point at each end of the CAD-Line is its

ostart-Point at the Origin of the Part, and its

oend-Point.

To edit the length of a Part, you must edit the Part in the Part-Editor

To edit the Part, it is frequently easiest to:

STEP 1: Double-Click the Part-Outline of the Part

The Part-Editor Opens.

Note:

The X-axis and Y-axis are at the same angle in the graphic-area as they are in the Mechanism-Editor.

Optionally, Click View menu (or View toolbar) > View Align if you want to make the X-axis horizontal.

To edit a dimension, or, the length of the Part:

STEP 2: Double-Click the arrowhead of the dimension to open Dimension dialog-box

STEP 3: Enter a new dimension in the Dimension dialog-box

•Enter a new value with your keyboard

Press the Enter key to confirm the new value before you close the Dimension dialog-box.

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•Use the spin-box tool

Optionally: Right-click the Dimension Value and select Round

The Dimension changes to the nearest value that is exactly divisible by the Spin-Increment.

In this example, the new dimension will become '130'.

STEP 4: Close the Dimension dialog-box

STEP 5: Close the Part-Editor

There are many ways to close the Part-Editor. For example:

1.Double-click the Y-axis in the graphic-area

See Tutorial 1.1 to 1.4

Do this before STEP 1

Edit the Base-Part, add a Line, dimensions & constraints, close the Part-Editor.

Add a Pin-Joint between the sketch-element in the Base-Part and the new Part.

STEP 1: Kinematic-FB toolbar > Add Motion-Dimension

The Command-Manager needs you to select three elements from the graphic-area.

In this model, we select Pin-Joint as the first element - it is the only Joint in the model.

You must click the elements in the order of the selection-boxes. Do not click in the selection-box.

1.Click, in order, in the graphic-area, the:

a.Pin-Joint. See Step 1.4

b.Line in the Base-Part. See Step 1.3.

c.CAD-Line along the center of the Added-Part. See Step 1.2

Important Notes:

Line12 in the Base-Part is a Solved Line as the Base-Part is kinematically-defined.

CAD-Line17 in the Added-Part, is not a solved Part.

Line12 and CAD-Line17  radiate from Pin-Joint

2.Click in the Command-Manager

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2.Right-click , and the Motion-Dimension FB will be near to your pointer.

The Motion-Dimension FB in the Graphic-Area.

Each Motion-Dimension has two symbols in the graphic-area:

Motion-Dimension: the dimension with arrowheads, between the Lines in the Base-Part and the Added-Part.
CTRL + Drag the FB move the Motion-Dimension towards or away from the Pin-Joint.

Motion-Dimension FB icon:
You can drag the Motion-Dimension FB icon anywhere.

Notes:

The Part-Outline is now Green to indicate it is now kinematically-defined.

The icon-design of the Motion-Dimension FB helps you see it is an Angle.