Inserting a Plane

Select one of the following:


Select a:	To insert a plane:
Planar face	That contains the face
Planar face and point	Through the point and parallel to the face
Planar face and edge	Through the edge and perpendicular to the face (useful when creating a sweep path)
Two parallel planar faces	At the midpoint between the two faces
Axial or cylindrical face	Tangent to the face at the selection point
Two axial faces with parallel axes	Tangent to both faces as close as possible to the selection points
Planar edges	That contains the edges
Axis	That contains the axis
Two axes	That contains the axes
Two origin axes	That contains the axes
An origin	Three orthogonal planes
Axis (or line) and one point	That contains the axis (or line) and the point
End point of any line	Through the end point and normal to the line at the end point
Control point of a spline	Through the selected point and perpendicular to the plane that contains the spline
Three points	That contains those three points
Line sketched on a plane	Through the line and normal to the plane
Line and point on the line	Through the line and the point
Two planar lines	That contains those two lines
Two points	Through the two points
Two points and a Plane or planar face	Through the two points and perpendicular to selected plane or planar face

(Optional) Click the Build Plane tool guide to select reference objects, then select a temporary (dotted) plane to create the one that you want from the possible planes. See Inserting temporary points, axes, and planes for detailed information about creating temporary planes.

An error message is displayed in the status bar if your selection does not define a plane.

To insert a plane tangent to a cylinder and parallel to a plane, select a plane, Ctrl+click a cylinder, then click the Plane tool.
To insert a plane tangent to a cylinder and perpendicular to a plane, select a cylinder, Ctrl+click a plane, then click the Plane tool.