I have created a Datum Plane offset from the Global XY Plane and I get offered these options.
https://wiki.freecadweb.org/PartDesign_Plane[/wiki].
Would someone please explain what these options do?
When I accept the default option I discover that I have two Datum Planes in the Tree.
(1) Why are there two?
(2) Which one do I use to build another body on?
(3) Just by way of tidying up, how do I get rid of the one I do not use?
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Create Datum Plane make two of them
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Re: Create Datum Plane make two of them
If you create a new datum plane with the xy plane selected, then the datum plane gets attached to that plane. The datum plane goes into the currently active body. If you select the xy plane of another body, then how does FreeCAD handle this? The datum plane cannot reference the xy plane of another body without a shapebinder, so one gets created for you. Now you have a datum plane and a shapebinder in the new body. What you should do instead is select the plane in the active body and create a datum plane instead of a plane from a different body.
Re: Create Datum Plane make two of them
Great! Thanks.
BTW: it would be nice if one of the Druids updated the Wiki to deal with these things.
I appreciate that you all have other priorities - but it would be nice.
BTW: it would be nice if one of the Druids updated the Wiki to deal with these things.
I appreciate that you all have other priorities - but it would be nice.
"It is much harder to simplify than to complicate."
Joseph Kimble
Joseph Kimble