shape binder for plane?

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garya
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shape binder for plane?

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Is there a reason one cannot use a shape-binder to reference a plane?
I need to mirror a feature in one body around a reference plane in another. I managed to do it without using a shape-binder by referencing the plane directly (I think that's how I did it), but I get messages saying "Links go out of scope".
If I attempt to create a shape-binder for the plane, I get the message "Error".

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Re: shape binder for plane?

Post by chrisb »

You can use a ShapeBinder of a DatumPlane, alas you cannot see it. So you have to select it from the tree when selecting the custom plane. You may need 0.19 to do so.
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garya
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Re: shape binder for plane?

Post by garya »

Thanks
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