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Activating a Ground Plane

You can have only one active ground plane. An arrow indicates the active ground plane.

To activate a ground plane:

In the FeatureManager design tree, expand the Ground Planes folder .
Double-click the ground plane that you want to activate, or right-click the ground plane and click Activate.

Search 'Activating a Ground Plane' in the SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base.

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