Plane creation with axes

May 17, 2005 3 Replies
M

HELP!!!! Am I missing something, or is Solidworks lacking in this area



I have a cylindrical part with a center hole, and another hole on the "rim" and I would like to create a plane that passes thru the center hole and the offset hole. I would have thought selecting both axes would have allowed that, since it would define a unique plane, but that will not work. Then I created a point on one of the axes, and attempted to select the point, and the other axis, with the same result.



What am I missing?



Thanks for any help you can provide



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M

you're missing the fact that two lines do not necessarily define a plane--SW is doing it correctly select one of the lines and the end or mid point of the other to get what you want

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T

Next best thing: use axis and point. If the hole feature has a sketch, make the sketch visible and select a sketch point and the cylinder axis.

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J

Since two axes will sometimes define a plane (but not always) SolidWorks doesn't support defining planes from two axes. If your two axes are parallel, they can be used to construct a plane in classic geometry. In SolidWorks, you will have to use just one of the axes and a point associated with the other axis. Any point on the second axis will suffice. Use the axis and point option in SolidWorks for creating the new plane.

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