Set Working Plane - 3D Sketch

When you set a sketch plane as a working plane, all of the geometry you add with the line drawing function is added to the working plane in question.

When the geometric constraints are resolved, the drawn lines remain aligned with the plane to which they have been added.

Add a 3D Sketch Plane

Setting a Sketch Plane as a Working Plane

  1. Select the sketch plane in the 3D sketch.
  2. Select the context-sensitive function Set Working Plane.

Selecting a Working Plane when Drawing a Line

If you select first the line darwing in the 3D sketch, select the working plane as follows:

  1. Select the line drawing function Polyline, for example.
  2. Select Working Plane (Sketch Plane).

  3. Select the sketch plane in the 3D sketch.
  4. Draw the lines in the selected plane.
Note:
  • You can also bind a line to a working plane at a later stage or, if necessary, release a line from a working plane.
    • Select the working plane and line, and click the context-sensitive function Bind to Plane.
    • Select the line and the context-sensitive function Release from Plane.

Release the Work Plane

Release a working plane, if you want to draw on a different plane, for example.

  1. Select the sketch plane that you have previously set as a working plane.
  2. Select the context-sensitive function Release Working Plane.
Note:
  • You can use the function Sketch Feature, together with the sketch planes, so that the feature is automatically targeted at the lines bound to the sketch plane, in so far as only the sketch plane is selected when the function is activated.

    Sketch Feature