Constructing a Plane from an Alignment

You can construct a plane through the current origin and parallel to the current workplane. (Input features do not need to be provided.)

To construct an alignment plane:

  1. Open the Construct Plane dialog box (Insert | Feature | Constructed | Plane).

  2. From the Method list, select the Alignment option.

  3. Do not select any features from the Feature list.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Click the Create button.

The Edit window command line for this option would read:

CONSTR/PLANE,ALIGN

A - Plane constructed parallel to the top (XY+Z) workplane and through the origin
B - Origin (0,0,0)
C - Current workplane

Constructing a Plane from an Alignment