Working with Active Workplane

Calling the command:

The mode of drawing on the active workplane is intended for placing 2D elements on a plane in the three-dimensional space and their further use in creation of the 3D model.

You can select the workplane as active in the 3D Model window or in the 3D model tree. Workplanes used to work in this mode must be located on separate pages of the drawing. Drawing on workplanes that do not meet this requirement is performed in the 2D view window, and then, using 3D commands, the necessary 3D elements are created. Any flat face can also be used as a workplane. A workplane will be created based on the selected face, along with the page to contain all elements belonging to the workplane.

You can switch to the mode of operation on the active workplane in one of the following ways.

•Call the Draw on Workplane command from the ribbon or from the contextual menu invoked by pressing on an empty space in the 3D scene in command standby mode. Then select a desired workplane or flat face in 3D scene, in model tree or in the list of workplanes existing in this document (the list is displayed in the Parameters window).

•Point the mouse to a workplane or a flat face and press . The selected workplane gets highlighted. At this moment, you can start creating elements, using 2D drawing commands. Activating a 2D command activates the selected workplane.

•Point the mouse to a workplane or a flat face and press . Then call the Draw on Workplane command from the ribbon.

•Point the mouse to a workplane and press . The selected plane gets highlighted. In the coming up contextual menu, select the Draw On Workplane command.

•Point the mouse to a flat face and press . The selected face gets highlighted. In the coming up contextual menu, select the Draw On Face command.

•Point the mouse to a flat face, which belongs to the fragment created using the Top-Down Assembly Design method, and press . In the coming up contextual menu, select the Draw on Face of Source Fragment command (see the detailed description in the Working in Context of Assembly section).

As you launch drawing on face, a workplane coinciding with the selected face gets created automatically and the drawing is started on such workplane. Contours of the source face are automatically projected onto the workplane using auxiliary lines. While working with 2D drawing commands, you can snap construction and graphic elements to the projected lines of the contour and their joint points.

•Point the mouse to a flat face, which was previously used for creating workplanes coinciding with the face or parallel to it., and press . In the coming up contextual menu, point the cursor to the Draw on Workplane item. The list of workplanes created by the selected face will appear. Select the desired workplane in the list.

 

Upon entering the mode of drawing on active WP, the ribbon switches to the Workplane tab, which contains 2D drawing commands, as well as following specific commands for working with active WP:

Exit

Cancel

Project Elements

Rotate Orthogonal

Activate Clipping Plane

Profile

Additionally, the Rotate Scene command appears in the View toolbar.

 

While working in the active workplane mode, you can use any 2D drawing commands.

 

Instead of drawing on active workplane you can draw on workplane's page in 2D window.

Topics in this section:

•Managing View when Drawing on Active WP

•Exiting Drawing on Active WP Mode

•Project Elements onto Active WP

•Selecting Profile on Active WP

•Drawing on Workplane's Page in 2D Window