Working plane commands
The working plane commands can select and manipulate the working plane. Some commands have equivalents in the Working Planes palette or when editing the working plane directly.
Command |
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[Working plane command] |
Modify > Working Plane |
To access the working plane commands:
Select the desired command.
The same commands are available from the context menu of the working plane.
Command |
Description |
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) |
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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 on the View bar. |
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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. Alternatively, select New from the Working Planes palette's Utility menu or context menu to save the active working plane. |
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Cycles through the next ten unsaved palette positions |
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Cycles through the last ten unsaved palette positions |
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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. |
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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. |
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Aligns all working plane axes to the corresponding layer plane axes. The working plane origin is unchanged. |
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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 bar. |
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Rotates the working plane to the left about its X axis by 90 degrees |
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Rotates the working plane to the right about its X axis by 90 degrees |
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Rotates the working plane to the left about its Y axis by 90 degrees |
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Rotates the working plane to the right about its Y axis by 90 degrees |
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Rotates the working plane to the left about its Z axis by 90 degrees |
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Rotates the working plane to the right about its Z axis by 90 degrees |
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Flips the working plane about its X axis |
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Flips the working plane about its Y axis |
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Flips the working plane about its Z axis |
When using the rotate commands, left indicates counterclockwise when viewing the working plane origin from the positive X axis.
The working plane can be moved, but not rotated, when in rotated Top/Plan view (Vectorworks Design Suite product required). See Rotating the plan.