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Status Future consideration
Categories 3D Modeling
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 10, 2025

Constraints: 3d Angle - Add ability to use ACS Coordinate Planes

Looking at this recent vid on how an axial Parametric Cell is created, it would be a great enhancement if the 3d Angle tool could recognise the ACS coordinate planes. Mstn 2023 introduced the ACS Manipulator widget, which already recognises the cursor when it hovers over one of its elements (arrow, arc).

It would be great to add planes between the axes to represent the xy, yz, zx planes.

When the 3D Angle tool is active and the user hovers over an ACS triad, the planes become visible to allow constraints to be applied.

The current lack of this ability results in a precarious workflow where the user will have build in reference planes or faces that would otherwise not be needed. Using existing faces is also confusing and difficult to use as the angle would not be linked to a coordinate system.