Creating Planes Normal to View Orientation

You can create a reference plane parallel to the screen by setting an offset from a reference vertex.

1. Open install_dir\samples\whatsnew\parts\shoe.sldprt.
2. Click Plane (Reference Geometry toolbar) or Insert > Reference Geometry > Plane.
3. In the graphics area, select the vertex shown for First Reference .
   
   
4. In the PropertyManager, under First Reference:
   1. Click Parallel to screen .
   2. Set Distance to 0.
5. Click .
6. Rotate the model to see the plane created normal to the screen.
   
   
7. In the FeatureManager design tree, right-click Plane1 and click Edit Feature .
8. In the PropertyManager, under First Reference, click Update Plane to reorient the plane parallel to the screen.
9. Click .