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project-points-to-wf-in-view

 

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project-points-to-wf-in-view

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Description

Project selected points onto a wireframe surface that is lying directly behind the selected points, along the line of sight.

How to Use

  1. Select a point (or points) in any view.

  2. Run the Command.

  3. Points will be projected downwards onto the nearest wireframe currently in view. Note that the points will be project away from the line of sight, and wireframe surfaces should be positioned directly 'behind' the selected points for a valid surface to be found for projecting. For example, in the following image, 3 points are positioned above a wireframe surface, and were defined from a side (east-west) view.



    A plan view is selected:



    The command is run and the view is set to 'east-west' (for more information on setting the viewplane in the data window, see the View Orientation Dialog Help topic. You can activate this dialog by pressing '1' on your keyboard and clicking anywhere in the data window when it is not in a specific mode, or currently processing a command. The following view is then shown:

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