Inserting Planes

You can define a plane by selecting various faces, edges, axes, or lines in your design. You can select any combination of coplanar axes, curves, edges, and coordinate axes.

The plane will extend a small amount beyond the edges of the face to make it easier to work with. The plane will maintain this margin around all the objects in your design, extending and trimming itself as you add, remove, or move solids within your design.

Datum planes adjust their extent based on zoom level and objects within the plane, including curves. The Include Curves property, set to true by default, is especially useful for beam-centric models with many curves.