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I am trying to insert a point at the intersection of an axis and a plane.  does any one have a way to do this?   or  am I missing somthing and its straight forward.  please help

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Use two constraints. Place the point coincident on the axis, and then with the plane.

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If you're referring to creating a reference point at the intersection of an axis and a plane, I have found this to fail 100% of the time.

The workaround is as CBL says - create a sketch and use constraints.

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(OP)
I am refereing to creating a reference point.  There should be a way.  "Other CAD systems do it"

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Ah, I see what you mean. I've never used that before so I don't know if that's ever worked.

What does your VAR have to say about it. I would submit it as a bug.

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Is this what you mean?

Pierce
 A sketch point and an axis, edge, line, or spline.
 The sketch point is coincident to where the axis, edge, or curve pierces the sketch plane. The pierce relation is used in Sweeps with Guide Curves.
  

SW 2009 SP1.0
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It appears that the Reference Point under Insert > Reference Geometry > Point can not use a Reference Plane in the Intersection option.

Check the Help > Index for points and read both topics offered.

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In fact,  you can not use any plane.  I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.  Apparently not.  Thank you all for all of your help.  
I used a sketch and created a tooling ball (in space) to illustrate the distances in a drawing.  This method worked fine but it caused some frustration as well as cost time.

Merry Christmas
 

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