Alibre Design

Chapter 5 - 3D Sketching‣ To change the sketch plane:1. Select the Cycle Sketch Plane tool from the Sketching toolbar; or from the3D Sketch menu, select Cycle Sketch Plane.2. The sketch plane cycles to the next primary plane each time the tool is clicked. Ifthe grid is turned on, it is displayed on the current base plane.Notes:This command can be issued during other commands.You can also cycle the sketch plane by pressing the Tab or “F” key on thekeyboard. If you press one of these keys while in a figure creation command, thecursor will remain in the same position in space, rather than moving to anelevation of zero on the new sketch plane.Elevation is controlled in two ways. The first method is to drag the mouse while inelevate mode. The second method is to use the Elevation Dialog.‣ To control elevation in Elevate mode:1. Select the Elevate tool from the sketching toolbar; or from the 3D Sketchmenu, select Elevate. This puts you into Elevate mode.2. While in Elevate mode, the coordinates on the base plane remain constant.3. Click and drag the cursor to the desired height from the base plane.4. To exit Elevate mode, select the Elevate tool again from the sketching toolbar, orfrom the 3D Sketch menu, select Elevate.Notes:To change the elevation of an existing figure, click and drag the figure while inElevate mode.Elevate can be issued during other commands.124