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Align Workplane To Geometry With A Macro

danmic7JH66 — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 09:21:53 GMT

I came across this post and I made some use out of the solution. One thing I haven't been able to get to work though is aligning a workplane to the geometry of each selected surface. I use the code...

MODE WORKPLANE_CREATE ; SELECTION CENTRE

to get a workplane off the surface but I can't seem to get it aligned properly with the code

MODE WORKPLANE_EDIT ALIGN GEOMETRY

Is this even possible without user input?

Re: Align Workplane To Geometry With A Macro

5axes — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:01:41 GMT

It looks like similar to this post ?

Re: Align Workplane To Geometry With A Macro

danmic7JH66 — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 02:04:59 GMT

Never seen that one, Ill give it a whirl and report back, thanks!

Re: Align Workplane To Geometry With A Macro

danmic7JH66 — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 08:39:55 GMT

Pretty similar and it helps, I understand how it gets the i,j,k values but is there a way to rotate a workplane along those values?

Re: Align Workplane To Geometry With A Macro

5axes — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:22:43 GMT

Use the command

MODE WORKPLANE_EDIT DIRECTION Z
MODE DIRECTION COMPONENT I $VectI
MODE DIRECTION COMPONENT J $VectJ
MODE DIRECTION COMPONENT K $VectK

Re: Align Workplane To Geometry With A Macro

danmic7JH66 — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 04:53:06 GMT

You're a doll thanks a million.