Create New Processing Plane - Further Functions

Perpendicular to line/direction

Use this function to create a new processing plane running perpendicular to a specified line.

After calling the function, HiCAD prompts you to specify the origin or to select a line in Z-direction.

Possibility 1:

• You specify the origin by selecting a point.
• You specify the Z-direction by selecting a line or two points.
• You specify the X-direction by selecting a line or a point.

Possibility 2:

• You specify the Z-direction by selecting a line.
• You specify the X-direction by selecting a line or a point.

Tangential to surface with direction

With this function, you can place the processing plane tangentially to a surface. However, the direction must first be selected. This can be done by selecting two points, a straight line, a surface or a processing plane. Furthermore, in the context menu (right mouse button) you can select the origin of the coordinate system as the first point or one of the coordinate axes instead of a line.

The direction is visualised in the drawing. Once the direction has been determined, select the surface to which the processing plane is to run tangentially. Only analytical surfaces are permitted.

(1) Direction, (2) Selected surface

Screen plane

Places a new processing plane into the screen plane.

Plane perpendicular to screen plane

This function creates a plane perpendicular to the screen plane. The Z-direction of the plane is determined by selecting two points or by selecting a line, and depends on the order in which the points are selected or on which line end is closer to the cursor during the selection.

From point cloud

With this function a processing plane can be placed directly into a point cloud. The desired area of the point cloud is selected. HiCAD automatically derives the processing plane from this.

From point cloud, with X-axis

A processing plane is also placed in a point cloud. Here, however, you define the plane by entering two further points - the origin and a point on the X axis.

XY-plane, World CS

Places the processing plane into the XY-plane of the World CS.

XZ-plane, World CS

Places the processing plane into the XZ-plane of the World CS.

YZ-plane, World CS

Places the processing plane into the YZ-plane of the World CS.

XY-plane, active CS

Places the processing plane into the XY-plane of the active CS.

XZ-plane, active CS

Places the processing plane into the XZ-plane of the active CS.

YZ-plane, active CS

Places the processing plane into the YZ-plane of the active CS.

Origin

The selection of this option corresponds to the selection of the point with the coordinates (0,0,0) in the active coordinate system. This point will only be the local zero point of the new processing plane during the selection of the first element. If you first select an edge, and then the Origin option, the edge determines the local zero point and the X-direction of the processing plane; the Y-direction will be determined by the point with the coordinates (0,0,0) in the active coordinate system.

Step back

If you want to correct your input, select this function (multiple times if required).

Cancel (ESC)

Cancels the function. No processing plane will be created.