Creating Offset Planes to the SOLIDWORKS Top Plane

Creating Offset Planes to the SOLIDWORKS Top Plane

Creating Offset Planes to the SOLIDWORKS Top Plane

 

An offset plane is parallel to a predefined SOLIDWORKS Plane. You do not have to pre-select a reference plane in order to create an offset plane from a SOLIDWORKS base plane.

To Create an Offset Plane to the SOLIDWORKS Top Plane

  1. From the RevWorks toolbar, select ,
    or from the RevWorks toolbar right click on any displayed Plane icon and choose Offset > Top,
    or select     Plane > Top Plane Offset from the RevWorks menu in SOLIDWORKS.

A prompt appears leading you through the data collection steps.

    Note: If you change the name of the Top Plane in SOLIDWORKS, the name used in the RevWorks menu automatically reflects the change.

  1. Digitize a point at the location through which you want the offset plane to pass.

RevWorks automatically creates a plane.

    Note: RevWorks automatically adds a distance relationship between the newly created plane and the Top plane. You can double mouse-click on the new plane to have SOLIDWORKS display the dimensional relationship.

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