TRANSFORM GEOMETRY WITH PLANE

[stevieboy]

Hello,

Is it possible to transform geometry with plane?

Or in other words... in some cases, I want my plane to move with my geometry. (I don't want to have to go back and move my plane to my geometry)

 

Thanks.

[MrFish]

Not as such. You can translate to a plane, or use dynamic transform to move geo to an already created plane. But as far as I know you can't move geo that is created on a plane with that plane.

[stevieboy]

Thank you MrFish.

[Colin Gilchrist]

Yes, this is 100% Possible. Create 2 lines, 90 degrees apart. One for the X Axis of your Plane, one for the Y Axis of your Plane. Do this for each Plane you create, put the Axis Lines on a separate level. (so you don't accidentally delete them.)

Now, when you create your new Plane, from the Planes Manager, use the 'from Geometry' option.

Pick the X Axis line first, then the Y Axis line.

In the dialog box that Pops up, there is an "Associative" checkbox. <- That checkbox is the "key". It is what "associates" the Plane you are creating, to the Lines you selected to generate the Plane the 1st time.

Now, when you Transform your part/stock, all the Planes that are Associated to the Geometry move with the Geometry.

Mr. Fish,

I think Stevieboy wants the Plane to travel with the part. The wording was a little hard to understand, but that's what I understood the request to be...

 

 

[MrFish]

4 hours ago, Colin Gilchrist said:

Yes, this is 100% Possible. Create 2 lines, 90 degrees apart. One for the X Axis of your Plane, one for the Y Axis of your Plane. Do this for each Plane you create, put the Axis Lines on a separate level. (so you don't accidentally delete them.)

Now, when you create your new Plane, from the Planes Manager, use the 'from Geometry' option.

Pick the X Axis line first, then the Y Axis line.

In the dialog box that Pops up, there is an "Associative" checkbox. <- That checkbox is the "key". It is what "associates" the Plane you are creating, to the Lines you selected to generate the Plane the 1st time.

Now, when you Transform your part/stock, all the Planes that are Associated to the Geometry move with the Geometry.

Mr. Fish,

I think Stevieboy wants the Plane to travel with the part. The wording was a little hard to understand, but that's what I understood the request to be...

 

Well there you go then, I thought I had read somewhere that you could turn on associative but as I use the dynamic plane creation for pretty much everything now that isn't available as an option so I guess Id never learnt about it. learn something most days  

Sorry Stevieboy gave you a bum steer, you can do it 

[Colin Gilchrist]

1 hour ago, MrFish said:

Well there you go then, I thought I had read somewhere that you could turn on associative but as I use the dynamic plane creation for pretty much everything now that isn't available as an option so I guess Id never learnt about it. learn something most days  

Sorry Stevieboy gave you a bum steer, you can do it 

It is true that it isn't an option if you use the Dynamic method of building the plane. This does take more work. The trade off is that your Plane becomes portable, and that, combined with always using the "incremental" depth settings, gives you ultimate freedom.

[stevieboy]

Thanks everybody!

[neurosis]

I've done this before.  Its nice because not only does the wcs move locations with the geometry, but it will rotate with it as well. 

[Colin Gilchrist]

1 hour ago, Neurosis said:

I've done this before.  Its nice because not only does the wcs move locations with the geometry, but it will rotate with it as well. 

Yep >>>>> Total. Freedom.