Creating Points, Lines, Planes, and Axis Systems

You can create geometrical elements in a product context, such as points, lines, and planes, and also define new axis systems. To do that, you will either directly provide the new element coordinates as input or use existing objects as a basis.

Important: If you use an existing object as a basis, that object must be in design mode. If you wish to use an existing 3D Shape for the storage of the geometrical elements, that 3D Shape must fulfill two conditions:
  • It must be activated.
  • It must be in design mode.

  1. Optional: From the Review section of the action bar, click Create Datum to activate it.
    The geometrical elements created after activating this command will be created as independent datum features and recognized with mask in the tree.
    Note: A datum is a useful construction aid in the feature-based modeling process and is a feature itself. For an independent datum, no parent-child relationship exists between the datum and any feature used to create it.
  2. Click the required command:
    • Axis System
    • Point
    • Line
    • Plane

    The Geometry Creation dialog box appears.

  3. To use an existing 3D Shape for the storage of the geometrical elements, select a 3D Shape from the tree.
    The name of the selected 3D Shape appears in the Select an existing one box.
  4. To create a new 3D Shape for the storage of the geometrical elements, select Create a new 3D Shape under and then select a product from the tree.

    The new 3D shape is created under the selected product.

    The name of the selected product appears in the Create a new 3D Shape under box.
  5. Click OK to confirm.
    The dialog box of the geometrical element under creation appears.

Important: The geometrical elements you create are supported by configuration functionality.