Working plane commands

Select Working Plane

Selects the working plane (alternatively, click the plane with the Selection tool, select Edit > Select Working Plane, or select the working plane from the Working Planes palette’s Utility menu or context menu)

Look at Working Plane

Changes the view to be perpendicular to the working plane; similar to the Top view under the View menu, in that you are looking straight at the working plane. This command is also available from the View menu and the View bar.

Save Working Plane

Opens the New Working Plane dialog box. Enter a name to save the working plane position; if desired, change the origin and rotation values. Once a working plane position has been saved, it can be accessed through the Working Planes palette and the Planes list on the View bar.

Working planes can also be saved by selecting New from the Working Planes palette’s Utility menu or context menu.

Next Working Plane

Cycles through the next ten unsaved palette positions

Previous Working Plane

Cycles through the last ten unsaved palette positions

Set Working Plane

If selected while an automatic working plane is highlighted, sets the working plane to match the automatic working plane. Otherwise, sets the working plane to the next clicked planar face, similar to the Planar Face mode of the Set Working Plane tool (see Setting the working plane to a planar face)

Align Working Plane X Axis with Layer Plane

Rotates the working plane coordinates about the Z axis until the X axis is parallel to the active layer plane and the Y axis is pointing up. The working plane origin is unchanged.

Align Working Plane with Layer Plane

Aligns all working plane axes to the corresponding layer plane axes. The working plane origin is unchanged.

Align Working Plane with Current View

Aligns the working plane Z axis toward the viewer; the X axis is aligned horizontally and the Y axis vertically, on the screen. The working plane origin is unchanged. This command is also available from the View menu and the View bar.

Rotate About X’ Left 90°

Rotates the working plane to the left about its X axis by 90 degrees

Rotate About X’ Right 90°

Rotates the working plane to the right about its X axis by 90 degrees

Rotate About Y’ Left 90°

Rotates the working plane to the left about its Y axis by 90 degrees

Rotate About Y’ Right 90°

Rotates the working plane to the right about its Y axis by 90 degrees

Rotate About Z’ Left 90°

Rotates the working plane to the left about its Z axis by 90 degrees

Rotate About Z’ Right 90°

Rotates the working plane to the right about its Z axis by 90 degrees

Flip X’

Flips the working plane about its X axis

Flip Y’

Flips the working plane about its Y axis

Flip Z’

Flips the working plane about its Z axis