Workplanes menu

Use the Workplanes menu to create and manage workplanes in the current project.

To display the menu, in the Explorer, right-click Workplanes.

Create Workplane — Select to create a new coordinate system. The Workplane Editor tab controls the location and orientation of the new workplane.

Create and Orientate Workplane — Select to create a new coordinate system and specify the location and orientation of the workplane. These options are also available on status bar.

Workplane Names — Select to specify the template used to name new workplanes.

This controls the naming convention used when creating multiple entities.

• Rename — Select to display the Enter Template dialog, which enables you to specify a new template.

  Enter the name of the template prefix you want to insert and click . This displays the prefixon the menu. New workplanes use this prefix.

  Workplane Names > Rename: None — When displayed, does not add a prefix to new workplane names.

  Workplane Names > Rename: prefix — When displayed, adds a prefix to new workplane names.

• Off — Select to remove the template so that all new workplanes do not use a template. Existing workplane names remain unchanged. Selecting this option changes the rename option to Workplane Names > Rename: None.

Folder Names — Select to specify the template used for all new folders.

These menu options control the naming convention used when creating multiple folders.

• Rename — Select to display the Enter Template dialog, which enables you to specify a new template.

  Enter the name of the template prefix you want to insert, and then click . This displays the prefixon the menu and all new folders use this prefix.

  Folder Names > Rename: None — When displayed, PowerMill does not add a prefix to new folder names.

  Folder Names > Rename: prefix— When displayed, PowerMill adds the prefix to new folder names.

• Off — Select to remove the template so that all new folders do not use a template. Existing folder names remain unchanged. Selecting this option changes the rename option to Folder Names > Rename: None.

Deactivate — Select to deactivate the workplane that is currently active.

Draw All — Select to draw all workplanes .

Undraw All — Select to undraw all workplanes .

Create Folder — Select to create a folder so you can organise entities in the Explorer. You can rename a folder in the normal way and drag and drop entities into it. See Explorer for more information.

Delete All — Select to delete all the workplanes.