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Select Working Plane

In one sentence: Sets the active working plane — the plane on which all Draft geometry is created.

Overview

Workbench: Draft
Menu: Draft → Utilities → Select Working Plane
Command: Draft_SelectPlane

Presets

Preset Normal vector
Top (XY) +Z
Front (XZ) +Y
Side (YZ) +X
Custom From selected face or 3 points
Working Plane Proxy Restored from a saved proxy object

Setting from a face

  1. Select a face of an existing solid.
  2. Activate Select Working Plane.
  3. The working plane snaps to that face.

Setting from 3 points

Activate Select Working Plane with nothing selected, then click three non-collinear points in the 3-D view to define the plane.

Python API

import WorkingPlane

wp = WorkingPlane.get_working_plane()
wp.align_to_point_and_axis(
    App.Vector(0, 0, 0),
    App.Vector(0, 0, 1),
    0
)

Common mistakes and pitfalls

Working plane may reset after operations

Some operations (attaching to a face, switching workbenches) may reset the working plane to the default XY plane. Use a Working Plane Proxy to reliably restore a non-standard plane.

See also