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Offset plane - strange behavior or user error

jon46XEC — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:01:42 GMT

Trying to create a simple offset plane at a vertex.

Am I doing this wrong or is it acting weird?

Thanks - JD

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g-andresen — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:54:38 GMT

Hi,

Please share a sample file.
Offset requires an existing plane or flat surface.

günther

Re: Offset plane - strange behavior or user error

jon46XEC — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:07:46 GMT

apologies - screencast not cooperating

Re: Offset plane - strange behavior or user error

g-andresen — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:28:20 GMT

Hi,

A plane requires 3 points.
This can be defined in different ways.
One is the plane at the path, where the path specifies the orientation of the Z-axis another is the reference to an existing directed plane surface.

Screencast

günther

Re: Offset plane - strange behavior or user error

HughesTooling — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:53:37 GMT

@jon46XEC wrote:

apologies - screencast not cooperating

I've seen some odd things like that when working with a moved component. Is the point on a component you've moved or positioned with a joint? Is this something you can share as I doubt you'll get far figuring this out without sharing the design.

Mark

Re: Offset plane - strange behavior or user error

jon46XEC — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:07:18 GMT

Yes - the component has been moved into position with the move tool.

https://screencast.autodesk.com/Embed/Timeline/1f7ecadc-efbb-4351-b8ae-fb96fb48ca39

Re: Offset plane - strange behavior or user error

HughesTooling — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:11:31 GMT

Using the move tool usually means you're doing it wrong! You should position components with a joint and not have any capture positions in the timeline. If you can replace the move with a joint, see if that fixes the problem. If not you'll need to either share the design here or create a support ticket from your account if you have a commercial license.

Mark

Re: Offset plane - strange behavior or user error

g-andresen — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:11:55 GMT

Hi,

Please share the file.

günther

Re: Offset plane - strange behavior or user error

jon46XEC — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:14:51 GMT

I have a commercial license - have done many tickets before

Just looking for a quick solution.

My history is turned off as it is way easier at the moment to work with surfaces.

Thanks for your input! - cheers

Re: Offset plane - strange behavior or user error

HughesTooling — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:19:55 GMT

One workaround, if the edge below is a straight line, you could use Plane at angle.

Re: Offset plane - strange behavior or user error

jon46XEC — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:22:13 GMT

true! - another way to skin that digital cat 😋 -

thanks Mark - JD