Workplane size and placement

[torbjorn_heglum1]

The visual representation of a workplane can be moved or resized by the user. And workplanes defined inside a 3D sketch do not update according to  changes in the 3D sketch. Sometimes this can make it difficult to see where the workplane actually is defined.

With VBA the plane can be moved back by WorkPlane.SetSize or by redefining the plane (in our case normally line & point: WorkPlane.SetByNormalToCurve). However, this fails for workplanes defined inside a 3D sketch.

Workplanes inside 3D sketches are needed at line endpoints to ensure consistent dimensioning, but it can be hard to see where the planes belong when the visual representation no longer stays close to the line endpoints.

So, do anyone have a suggestion how to move the 'root point' of the visual representation of a workplane defined inside a 3D sketch?

Thanks,

Torbjørn (Inventor 2019.4)

[Sergio.D.Suárez]

Hi, If you create work plans outside the sketch, I think you will have no problems. Because they adapt to the references from where they were created.
If you work in VBA and create a 3d sketch, and in the sketch you create a plane, I think that every time you change any entity of the 3d sketch, you should redefine the work plane again to show a correct visual location.
I hope this helps. regards

[torbjorn_heglum1]

Thank you for the response.

Yes, this works for planes created outside a sketch. The issue is only for planes created inside a 3D sketch. As the planes are used to place directed dimensions inside the 3D sketch, they cannot be created outside the sketch. (One such plane is created based on references of the 3D sketch and the plane is again a reference for another object in the 3D sketch.)

VBA redefine on a plane created inside a 3D sketch also seems to fail.

You mentioned creating a plane inside a 3D sketch with VBA; do you happen to have any example of such code? I haven't been able to do that so far, but it might help me find a workaround for my issue.

Thanks,

Torbjørn