Plane Geometry
Under a Plane Geometry node () you define and create the geometry sequence for a work plane. The Plane Geometry node also contains some settings for the visualization of the work plane’s geometry.
Click the Plane Geometry node to open the Work Plane Modal Toolbar.
In the settings for the 2D geometry objects under a Plane Geometry nodes, the Selections of Resulting Entities section is only applicable in the geometry sequence, and the Show in physics list is therefore not available.
Visualization
Select the View work plane geometry in 3D check box to create the work plane geometry on the work plane in a 3D view (see Drawing on a 2D Work Plane in 3D). The default setting is to display the work plane in the Graphics window as a separate 2D geometry.
Under In-plane visualization of 3D geometry, specify how to visualize 3D objects in the work plane (as blue curves and points) by selecting one or more of the following check boxes (all of them are selected by default):
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Coincident entities (blue) — Show edges and points (in a pure blue color) that lie in the work plane.
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Intersection (cyan) — Show the intersection of 3D geometry and the work plane (in cyan).
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Projection (light blue) — Show the projection of all edges and points onto the work plane (in light blue).
Geometry objects created in the work plane’s plane geometry (and are embedded in the 3D geometry) are not visualized using blue curves or points.
To update the visualization, click the Build Preceding 3D State button to show the effect of he 3D state preceding this work plane. Then, any in-plane visualization of other 3D objects, built using an extrusion from the work plane, for example, that appear below the work plane no longer appears.