Moving In Front of or Behind Items

The commands described in this section move the Current Element (CE) to the intersection with a Reference Plane, a specified distance from the surface of a fixed geometric object.

Any p-point on the CE may be specified as the positioning datum, although the default is the origin. In no case is the geometry of the CE considered. However, the full geometry of the fixed element is taken into account. Although the designer does not need to know the actual distance moved, he must provide a ‘point-to-surface’ dimension.