Stupid Question on Translate Gnomon

[CNC_Newbie]

Can someone please explain why the translate Gnomon is different than my Part and world Gnomons

 

[Guest]

Yes, when you are creating and transforming geometry Mastercam uses the cplane in almost all cases.

cplane stands for construction plane, the gnomon position for translate should be at the center of your selection.

Dynamic Transform lets you put the gnomon anywhere on the part, but the result is the same.

 

[CNC_Newbie]

38 minutes ago, Thee Byte™ said:

Yes, when you are creating and transforming geometry Mastercam uses the cplane in almost all cases.

cplane stands for construction plane, the gnomon position for translate should be at the center of your selection.

Dynamic Transform lets you put the gnomon anywhere on the part, but the result is the same.

 

Is it possible to make the Cplane match the part gnomon and the world gnomon. These little things I stumble with and don’t fully understand are going to cause me great pain when Info to post this stuff. I just know it 

[Guest]

Yes, the planes manager lets you set this from the left pane, i can be made visible from the view tab.

You can also change it in the status bar at the bottom of the screen.

There is a recycling looking drop down on the planes manager, if you set cplane follows gview, it will automate your transitions

 

[CNC_Newbie]

Thanks, ill follow your information to a T and figure it out.  Better yet, the time has come for me to learn everything about the planes manager and all of its secrets

[gcode]

I think the Dynamic genom snaps to the center of gravity of a selected solid.

The active construction plane and 2D/3D contuction settings will also affect the genom's placement and orientation