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Through screen and Normal to Screen Options

Through screen and Normal to Screen Options

Through screen and Normal to Screen Options

(OP)
Sorry to rant here, but why is PTC so &*(%#*)(@?~! brain dead when it comes to something as simple and grade school as this:

In the attached image you can see that I have a horizontal datum plane, and I am looking at that datum plane edge on.  You can also notice that I was able to put in a datum point that passed through an edge of the part, and through the datum plane.  With those, I put in an axis that is normal to the plane and passes through the point.

Now, I know that ProE W4 has the ability to choose "Normal to Screen" as an orientation option, but why they brain fart and don't offer it in this case is beyond me and I'm tearing my hair out.  The reason is that I simply want a new datum plane that is normal to the plane I already created (remember, I am seeing it edge on), and that passes through the normal to that plane (the axis I created) AND IS NORMAL TO THE SCREEN!  Since ProE "knows" the orientation of the current view, then the viewplane is a momentary datum plane in its own right.  Why it won't accept that as a parameter is beyond me.

What do I do?!

HEEEELLLPPP! sad
 

RE: Through screen and Normal to Screen Options

(OP)
PLEASE SEE THE OTHER, DUPLICATE POST OF THIS THREAD.  UNFORTUNATELY, THIS FORUM WILL NOT ALLOW THE AUTHOR TO DELETE THEIR OWN THREADS.

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