Model Submenu - Creating Storable Plane

This function lets you name and store a plane for later use. The storable plane object is simply a temporary plane (see below) with a user-defined name. If any planes are selected when the function is invoked, these are used. Otherwise, you will be prompted for a plane definition. Next, the following form will be displayed:

Figure 2:16 Form for creation and modification of storable planes.

The Name field: The name of the plane. Storable planes may be given an arbitrary name.

The Auto Name check box: This button is visible only when the select list contains more than one plane. If the box is checked then all the planes after the first one are automatically numbered (in steps of 1). The Name field then contains the name of the first plane. This name must have a numerical part surrounded by the characters "<" and ">" to define what to increment. If this is not the case, an ordinal number will be added at the end of the name as given in the Name field, starting with 1 for the first plane. For examples, please refer to the description of the Create Hull Curve function.

The Modify Plane button: Lets you change the definition of the plane.

The Ok button: When you press this button, a plane with the given name is created. If a plane with the given name should already exist, you will have a question whether it is OK to override the existing plane. You have the following options:

• Press the Yes button to create the plane with the name as given. The old plane will be lost.

• Press the No or Cancel button to give the plane another name.

The Cancel button: Exit the function without creating a plane.