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Plane along Path

kreatronik — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:42:29 GMT

Hello,
I tried to reproduce the steps in this video.
But when moving the plane to the center point of the cylinder it changes its orientation and is in this point parallel to the cylinders top and bottom and not longer perpendicular to the angled path.

Can you verify that and give guidance on how to solve this problem?

Best regards,
Hannes

Re: Plane along Path

jhackney1972 — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:00:08 GMT

I think the only thing you are not doing is to continue to drag the plane along the path. In you attached screen capture it shows you are only .59 "Proportional Distance" along the path which shows you can still drag the plane further. Take a look at the Animated GIF to see what I mean.

Re: Plane along Path

TheCADWhisperer — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:05:42 GMT

@kreatronik

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

Re: Plane along Path

KristianLaholm — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:25:37 GMT

You have included the center line of the cylinder in selection of the path.
And the plane will flip then the path change direction.
Only select the path you want the plane aligned to.

Re: Plane along Path

kreatronik — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:19:41 GMT

Thank you for pointing that out.
I had to uncheck the chaining in the plane dialogue: