About Creating OmniPlanes

You can use different input entities to define an OmniPlane.

Different to other ICEM Design Experience commands using selector panels, it is recommended to first activate the OmniPlane command which opens the OmniPlane selector panel and then select the input entities.

In the selector panel, the following solutions are offered, depending on the selected input entities:


Type	Selection	Origin and orientation
One point plane	arbitrary point	origin	selected point
One point plane	arbitrary point	normal	normal of previous current plane
Two points plane	2 arbitrary points	origin	1 ^st point
Two points plane	2 arbitrary points	normal	direction vector from point 1 to 2
Three points plane	3 arbitrary points	origin	1 ^st point
Three points plane	3 arbitrary points	x-axis	direction vector from point 1 to 2
One point+direction plane	point on curve or surface	origin	point on curve or surface
One point+direction plane	point on curve or surface	normal	on curve: tangent in the curve point on surface: normal in the surface point
(Point+direction)+point plane	point on curve or surface arbitrary point	origin	1 ^st point on curve or surface
		normal	on curve: tangent in the curve point on surface: normal in the surface point
		x-axis	direction vector from point 1 to 2
Point+(point+direction) plane	arbitrary point point on curve or surface	origin	1 ^st point on curve or surface
		normal	on curve: tangent in the curve point on surface: normal in the surface point
		x-axis	direction vector from point 1 to 2
Trace plane	2 arbitrary points	origin	1 ^st point
Trace plane	2 arbitrary points	normal	parallel to view plane
Symmetry plane	1 ^st point on 1 ^st curve or surface 2 ^nd point on 2 ^nd curve or surface	origin	centrally at the shortest distance between point 1 and 2
Symmetry plane		origin	centrally at the shortest distance between point 1 and 2
Plane from two lines	1 ^st point on 1 ^st curve or surface 2 ^nd point on 2 ^nd curve or surface	origin	Centrally at the shortest distance between 2 non-parallel and non-coplanar running lines. In case of curves, the tangents in the selected points are virtually extended.
Plane from two lines		normal	direction vector between point 1 and 2 with the shortest distance