Plane

In the Create Features toolbar, click Plane to expand the drop-down list, where you can select Pick on CAD Model, Fit and From Features creation methods.

Pick on CAD Model

Create plane features by directly clicking on the geometric features shaped as planes of the CAD model.

Note

• Before creating plane features using the CAD auto creation method, please import a reference model.
• This method supports specifying features as reference features or measured features.
• If you Define the Feature as Reference Feature, then you can extract the measured feature to generate feature pairs before importing at least one measured model.
• You can also use the CAD Auto Create method in the Assisted Feature Creation toolbar to automatically create features.

The steps for creating plane features through picking on CAD model as well as extracting measured features are as follows:

1. Select Pick on CAD Model > Single Plane / Multiple Plane in the drop-down list of Plane to open the corresponding window.
2. Click on the highlighted plane feature of the model in the 3D scene to create, and define the feature as Reference Feature in the window of Pick on CAD Model.

3. Click Confirm to save the reference plane feature, and the reference plane object will be displayed in the feature module in the left-side tree view.

   Note

   If you check Extract Measured Feature (you can enable Auto Extract Measured Features in Setting > Feature), then the corresponding measured feature will be the automatically extracted after you create a reference feature.

4. Right-click on that plane feature group in the left-side tree view, select Extract Measured Feature and determine the measured model on which the feature will be extracted.

5. In the pop-up Plane window, select an align mode, edit parameters including max distance, boundary exclusion distance and so on, as well as set eliminate noise, and click Confirm to create the corresponding measured plane feature.
6. The measured plane object will be displayed in the corresponding plane feature group in the left-side tree view.

Fit

Create plane features by fitting geometric features shaped as planes through selecting points on the mesh model.

Note

• Before creating plane features using the fit method, please import a reference model or a measured model (meshed).
• This method supports specifying features as reference features or measured features.
• If you Define the Feature as Reference Feature, then you can extract the measured feature to generate feature pairs before importing at least one measured model.

The steps for creating plane features through fit are as follows:

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1. Select Fit in the drop-down list of Plane to open the corresponding window.
2. Edit parameters including eliminate noise, as well as define the feature as reference feature or measured feature.

3. After completing relevant settings, you can select tools in the toolbar under the 3D scene, and select areas to be fitted on the model; then click Confirm to save the plane feature, which will be displayed in the feature module in the left-side tree view.

   Note

   If you check Extract Measured Feature (you can enable Auto Extract Measured Features in Setting > Feature), then the corresponding measured feature will be the automatically extracted after you create a reference plane feature.

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The introduction to toolbar as well as shortcuts is as follows:

Icon	Name	Description
	Sphere	Select mesh vertices on the surface of the mesh model to choose the fitting region. Note After enabling this function, other selection tools or the select through function can not be used.
	Magic Wand	Automatically select adjacent regions on the surface of the mesh model based on curvature. Note After enabling this function, other selection tools or the select through function can not be used.
	Select Through	Disabled by default, which means only visible surfaces can be selected; It can be enabled to select both the front and back regions of the model.
	Rectangle	Select / Deselect the data area in the form of rectangle.
	Polygon	Select / Deselect the data area in the form of polygon.
	Lasso	Select / Deselect the data area in the form of lasso.
	Brush	Use brush (support brush adjusting) to select / deselect the data area.

Function	Shortcut
Select	Shift+left-button
Deselect	Ctrl+left-button
Adjust the size brush	Shift+left-button

Note

For more shortcuts, please refer to > Shortcut Instructions in the top right corner of the interface.

From Features

Create new plane features based on the axis of existing cones or cylinders.

Note

• Before creating plane features using this method, please import a reference model or a measured model, and ensure that there exists at least one created circle or sphere feature.
• This method does not support defining features: If the selected feature is a reference / measured feature, the created new feature can only be a reference / measured feature.
• If a reference feature is created, then you can extract the measured feature to generate feature pairs before importing at least one measured model.

The steps for creating plane features from features as well as extracting measured features are as follows:

1. Select From Features > Average in the drop-down list of Plane to open the corresponding window.
2. Select the corresponding created reference feature, and click Confirm to save the feature, which will be displayed in the feature module in the left-side tree view ( indicates the feature group created through this method).
3. Right-click on that plane feature group in the left-side tree view, select Extract Measured Feature to create the corresponding measured plane feature.
4. The measured plane object will be displayed in the corresponding plane feature group in the left-side tree view.