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Geometry Tab - Plane

Geometry Tab - Plane

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Geometry Tab - Plane

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Location: Advanced Joints panel - Geometry1/Geometry2 tab - Plane

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Advanced Joints panel – Geometry1 tab for a ConstraintMate joint with a Geometry 1 Plane type

Geometry1

Body 1

select the first body constrained by the constraint mate.

Point

the origin of the Plane axis (see note below).

Point|Vector

the Point or Vector that defines the axis of the Plane.
NoteThe marker on Body 1 (I Marker) is defined at the origin of the Plane and the Z axis of the marker is oriented along the direction defined by the Point|Vector that defines the Plane normal.  The same applies to marker on Body 2 (J Marker) in the case of the Geometry2 tab (below).

Geometry2

Body 2

select the second body constrained by the constraint mate.

Point

the origin of the Plane axis.

Point|Vector

the Point or Vector that defines the axis of the Plane.