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- PLANE allows you to define the desired construction plane.
- This option is also assigned an Immediate Mode command.
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- Define a new construction plane by choosing from the
- following options:
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- 3 PTS - to indicate three points on the screen. The
- positive direction for the x axis passes from the first
- point to the second point. The position of the third point
- relative to the other two points determines the direction
- of the y axis (and consequently the z axis).
-
- PT/LINE- to select a point (or position) in space and the
- two endpoints of a selected line entity.
-
- 2 LINES - to select the endpoints of two lines, and the
- 3-D intersection (or potential 3-D intersection) of the
- lines.
-
- VPORT - to assign the plane associated with a particular
- viewport's view.
-
- ENTITY - to define a plane by selecting an existing
- planar arc, conic, or 2-D spline entity.
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- KEY-IN - to define a plane by assigning a concatenated
- series of rotations.
-
- CP = DV - to automatically set the construction plane to
- the display view assignments.
-
- SAVE - to store the defined construction plane in the
- database. The next available number in the database is
- assigned to this new plane.
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