Insert Plane 'normal' to 2D/3D curve or edge
The ability to insert a Reference Plane 'normal' to the direction of a 2D/3D curve or edge at any specified point.
Amongst other uses this Plane creation option is needed for placing intermediate profiles on a guide curve for Lofting etc.
Currently, we only have the ability to place a Plane at the end-node of a 3D curve.
There doesn't appear to be any workaround for this..
Miles Hellon
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Lonnie Smith
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Agreed. This is a basic and necessary construction technique useful for many things besides lofting. A related concept is the notion of a "pierce point", which is that point where a 2D or 3D curve pierces a plane. Being able to find this point and then use it as the basis for further construction is very, very useful.
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Maxim
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I just bumped into the same problem. While attempting to insert planes onto a wireframe of an icosahedron I cannot find a way to use the 3d sketch points and lines to generate a plane. Are there any workarounds?
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Allan Belcher
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Another cad prg I was using allowed you to click on a 3d cylinder and a tangent plane was created. this plane could then be set at any angle around the circumference simply by entering an angle.
