A - Plane constructed perpendicular to a cylinder feature (CYL1) and through a High Point feature (PNT1). Note that CYL1 contains an axis element.
A plane can be constructed between supported features. PC-DMIS creates a plane perpendicular to the first input feature and passing through the centroid of the second input feature.
To construct a perpendicular plane:
Open the Construct Plane dialog box (Insert | Feature | Constructed | Plane).
From the Method list, select the Perpendicular option.
From the Feature list, select the first feature type. This must be a plane, line, or axis element.
From the Feature list, select a second feature of any type.
From the Display area, select how you want PC-DMIS to display the constructed plane. For details, see the "Using the Display Area" topic in this documentation.
If you want to change the feature theoretical values, select the Feature theoreticals check box and type in the values. For details, see the "Specifying Feature Theoreticals" topic in the PC-DMIS Core documentation.
Click the Create button.
The Edit window command line for this option reads:
CONSTR/PLANE,PRTO,feat_1,feat_2
A - Plane constructed perpendicular to a cylinder
feature (CYL1) and through a High Point feature (PNT1). Note that CYL1
contains an axis element.
Constructing a Perpendicular Plane
By default, PC-DMIS calculates the vector of the constructed plane based on the vector from the first feature to the second feature. You may not always want this. The Coplaner with line check box lets you specify how PC-DMIS calculates the vector of the resulting plane. PC-DMIS enables this check box only when these conditions are met:
The first feature is a plane-type feature (Plane, Circle, or Slot).
The second feature is a line-type feature (Line, Cylinder, or Cone).
The vectors of the two features are not parallel.
If you mark this check box, PC-DMIS constructs the resulting plane to be coplaner with the second feature.