Creating Planes

You can create planes using context toolbar commands.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Working with Context Toolbars
Creating Planes

Create Planes

You can create planes of the following types:

Parallel to a Plane and through a Point

Before you begin: Open a 3D Shape containing a plane and a point.
  1. Press Ctrl and select a plane and a point.
  2. Click Plane parallel through point in the context toolbar.
    A plane parallel to the reference plane and passing through the selected point is created.

Through Three Points

Before you begin: Open a 3D Shape containing three points.
  1. Press Ctrl and select the three points.
  2. Click Plane through three points in the context toolbar.
    A plane passing through the three points is created.

Through two lines

Before you begin: Open a 3D Shape containing lines.
  1. Press Ctrl and select two lines.
  2. Click Plane through two lines in the context toolbar.
    A plane defined by the direction vectors of the selected lines is created on the line selected first.

Through point and line

Before you begin: Open a 3D Shape containing points and lines.
  1. Press Ctrl and select a line and a point.
  2. Click Plane through point and line in the context toolbar.
    A plane passing through the point and the line is created.

Through planar curve

Before you begin: Open a 3D Shape containing a planar curve.
  1. Select the planar curve.
  2. Click Plane through planar curve in the context toolbar.
    A plane lying in the curve plane is created.

Normal to curve

Before you begin: Open a 3D Shape containing a curve and a point.
  1. Select the curve and the point.
  2. Click Plane normal to curve in the context toolbar.
    A plane lying normal to the curve is created.

Tangent to surface

Before you begin: Open a 3D Shape containing surfaces and points.
  1. Press Ctrl and select a surface and a point.
  2. Click Plane tangent to surface in the context toolbar.
    A plane tangent to the surface at the specified point is created.