Creating Lines - Creating a Sketch Line Using Two Planes
Creating a Sketch Line Using Two Planes
RevWorks constructs a plane-derived line by calculating the intersection of two individually digitized planes. The two planes used must not be parallel. The resulting line feature is projected to the active sketch plane. This is an important consideration since unless one of the planes digitized corresponds to the active sketch plane the calculated intersection of the two digitized planes is not likely to lie perfectly in the sketch plane. If you wish to collect the line at the true intersection of the two planes instead of its projection to the current sketch plane Create a 3D Line Using Two Planes. The calculated planes are not added to the document.
To Create a Sketch Line Using Two Planes
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From the RevWorks toolbar, select
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or from the RevWorks toolbar right click on any displayed Line icon and choose Sketch Line > 2 Planes,
or select Line > Sketch Line > 2 Planes from the RevWorks menu in SOLIDWORKS.
RevWorks prompts you to begin digitizing the first plane.
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Digitize a minimum of three points, or digitize more points to generate a greater precision plane.
Note: RevWorks automatically calculates the plane feature once you digitize the maximum number of points.
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If you collect more than three points, but less than the maximum number of points for a plane, select
or another completion option to calculate the feature.
RevWorks prompts you to digitize a second plane.
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Digitize points for a second plane, as in Step 2.
RevWorks calculates the two planes and creates a line feature at the intersection of the two planes and projects it to the sketch plane. The line feature is the only item that RevWorks displays on the SOLIDWORKS sketch plane.
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Note: RevWorks creates beginning and end points for a line created from two planes. The beginning and end points are the most distant points along both planes. |
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Note: The direction of the line (important when using lines to create a custom datum) is from the first point towards the last point collected on the first plane. |
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Warning: RevWorks always projects the line to the active SOLIDWORKS sketch plane. This may cause unexpected results if the calculated line is a significant distance from the sketch plane or at an angle to the plane. |
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