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Hi all, I really missed the way ("red plane icons") worked in Mastercam pre-2017 because they were a lot faster to create and especially to set common planes. In 2017, theses commands have been 'simplified' (according to developpers...) and now it automatically opens plane creation window (you still can select a previously created plane in a combobox). It clearly needs much more clicks, or mouse travel to go in view manager (which is often on another screen) and mental strain to look for your plane among others... Well, i had a little free time so i made a NetHook to rewrite theses commands the way they worked before. However, I improved them to suit my needs : - There are 2 commands for create/set BACK plane : one for VMC which creates a plane rotating around X axis and one for HMC which creates a plane rotating around Z axis (this one is the same matrix as the standard Mastercam back plane). VMC plane is different from the standard Mastercam back plane, so pay attention with your post if you usually need standard Mastercam back plane. - Bottom plane command creates a plane rotating around X axis (for VMC machine/useless on HMC). Again, plane matrix is different from standard Mastercam bottom plane. So pay attention. If anyone find this Nethook useful and needs standard Mastercam bottom plane i can add it, just ask. NetHook is attached to the post and I made a video to show you commands in action here. I almost forgot: Thanks to Roger Martin who helped me to start this NetHook ! PlanesRelativeNethook.zip
