Constructing a Plane Feature

This procedure describes how to construct a plane feature. A construct plane feature will appear as an activity of the process on the PPR tree.

To construct a plane feature, you must have a product loaded and at least two planes defined.

Select the parent process or preceding activity for the construct plane activity.

On the toolbar, click Construct Plane .

The Constructed Plane Feature dialog box appears.

The dialog boxes for constructed features vary according to the construction method selected. An explanation of the requirements for each method appears in the table below.

Method	Explanation
`Offset`	The constructed feature can be a line or a plane. Required for construction: 1 reference feature 3 point reducible features
`Middle Of`	Required for construction: Plane reducible feature Plane reducible feature
`Best Fit`	Select at least 3 points.
`Transform`	Signifies that the constructed feature is a copy of the previously measured or constructed feature except that the previously measured or constructed feature is transformed to the specified coordinate system or to the current coordinate system when no coordinate system has been specified. In an inspect context, the feature is just duplicated. To put this feature in a different alignment, the user will have to use the move after command and position the feature after an Activate Alignment activity Required for construction: Feature
`Perpendicular`	Required for construction: Point reducible feature Line reducible feature
`Parallel`	Required for construction: Point reducible feature Plane reducible feature
`Perpendicular Offset`	Required for construction: Plane to construct The plane to which the constructed plane is perpendicular Points used to construct the perpendicular offset plane. The Actual option is deactivated and set because only Actual (measured/constructed) points are allowed. A minimum of 3 points is required.