Moving Through Defined Intersection Planes

The commands described in this section move the Current Element (CE) along a given direction until it intersects with a fixed Reference Plane.

Any p-point on the CE may be used for the maneuver, although the default is the origin. This point is moved to the Reference Plane which is specified by the 3D position through which it passes. The orientation of the Reference Plane defaults to perpendicular to the movement direction.

In no case is the volumetric geometry of any of the Design model considered. Although the user does not need to know the actual distance moved, the user must provide ‘point-to-point’ dimensions in these commands. In other words, these commands cannot calculate physical clearances (refer to Moving In Front of or Behind Items and Moving to a Specified Clearance between Items for such commands).