Thanks for your comment Marcus. Yes you could use the XZ plane directly, however learning to manipulate datum planes gives you more flexibility in the long run
Great video packed with lots of tricks I hadn't thought of. The only thing that was a little confusing is the coordinates of the off sets of the datum plane are not the body coordinates but the prospective plane coordinates. 🤔 Secondly, using object parameters overcomes complicated centering geometry and the symmetry constraint that is often frustrating. This is definitely worth a coffee.
A great video. Oddly enough I've been using the second option since day one and only because I accidentally got exactly what I was trying to achieve. I'll have to play around more with datum planes though as you lost me on much of that. So far I'm still in datum plane infancy it would seem. lol
You don't need to create the datum plane if the sketch is aligned with one of the base planes. You can just attach the sketch to the base plane itself, and pocket it "symmetric to plane".
Thanks for your comment James. Your're 100% correct when you align a sketch with a base plane, but the main principle of the video is that you can align the sketch in any direction when you use a datum plane.
WHAT a Improvement with the bigger RED pointer on the white background.
Thanks for your feedback. I'm glad to hear that I'm making useful improvements
Why would you need to create a datum plane? Why not use the XZ plane directly?
Thanks for your comment Marcus. Yes you could use the XZ plane directly, however learning to manipulate datum planes gives you more flexibility in the long run
Great video packed with lots of tricks I hadn't thought of. The only thing that was a little confusing is the coordinates of the off sets of the datum plane are not the body coordinates but the prospective plane coordinates. 🤔
Secondly, using object parameters overcomes complicated centering geometry and the symmetry constraint that is often frustrating. This is definitely worth a coffee.
Thanks for your feedback.
A great video. Oddly enough I've been using the second option since day one and only because I accidentally got exactly what I was trying to achieve. I'll have to play around more with datum planes though as you lost me on much of that. So far I'm still in datum plane infancy it would seem. lol
Thanks for your kind words.
You don't need to create the datum plane if the sketch is aligned with one of the base planes. You can just attach the sketch to the base plane itself, and pocket it "symmetric to plane".
Thanks for your comment James. Your're 100% correct when you align a sketch with a base plane, but the main principle of the video is that you can align the sketch in any direction when you use a datum plane.