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Maxim-CADman77
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Inconsistency of Construction WorkPlane concept (user can change position of the entity he/she cannot even see)

I believe to have discovered some kind of inconsistency of Construction WorkPlane concept.

 

I love the fact that using API I can create some auxiliary work entities (WorkPlanes) that are not available to end-user in Model Browser.

But I find it a bit strange that user still can modify position of those entities by editing some parameters.

 

For example if create new IPT and run the iLogic code like:

 

Dim oPCD As ComponentDefinition = ThisDoc.Document.ComponentDefinition
oPCD.WorkPlanes.AddByPlaneAndOffset(oPCD.WorkPlanes(1), 0, True)

 

A new Construction (invisible in Model browser) WorkPlane would be added (which is great).

...but then user can modify position of this WorkPlane by editing the value of offset parameter (which seems not reasonable).

 

I'd like to know whether it is possible to hide that offset parameter from user?

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