Before you can create docuplanes, you must define a docuplane set for them to belong to. The owner of the docuplane set must have the same ultimate owner of any annotations attached to docuplanes belonging to that set.
To create a new docuplane,
1. Click 3D Documentation and then, in the Setup group, click New Docuplane. The Create Docuplane dialog box opens.
2. To add the new docuplane to an existing docuplane set, specify the set (if necessary) by clicking DP Set and double-clicking the set in the browser. To add the new docuplane to a new docuplane set:
◦ Click New DP Set to see the New Docuplane Set area.
◦ Specify the Owner of the new set, which can be a part, assembly, or container.
◦ Enter a Name for the docuplane set.
◦ If necessary, specify the Front Dir and Up Dir directions for the set using the Direction 3D tool. These directions are used to determine the default orientation of standard docuplane types created in this docuplane set.
◦ Click Accept to create the docuplane set.
3. Specify the type of docuplane to create:
◦ One of the six standard types: Top, Front, Right, Bottom, Back, Left.
◦ A General docuplane: A non-standard plane that can be oriented independently of the docuplane set's direction. This is useful to create a plane measuring the model in a particular direction.
▪ When you create a general docuplane, you must also specify the Docuplane Directions. By default, the Direction 3D tool opens for you to specify the Normal of the plane. However, you can also specify the direction by clicking by Dim and then clicking an existing free annotation which gives the docuplane's direction. In both cases, you can also specify the Up Direction and the Rot Angle (rotation angle) of the plane.
◦ A Section docuplane shows a sectioned view of the model. You can define a section docuplane using any of the following options:
▪ Normal: Create a simple section along one plane.
▪ by Dim: Create a simple section along one plane by selecting a 3D annotation.
▪ Clip Feat: Create a simple section along one plane by selecting a clipping feature that contains a single plane. Alternatively, you can create a Z-section from a clipping feature that contains more than one plane:
To create a Z-section docuplane, the clipping feature must meet the following rules
1. The clipping feature must not include an undercut.
2. The clipping feature must conform to one of the following configurations of clipping combination and clipping planes:
Clipping combination
Z-section
exactly two non-parallel clipping planes
exactly two non-parallel clipping planes
one clipping plane for a simple section or more than one clipping plane for a Z-section
▪ Click Flip Normal to reverse the normal direction of the docuplane.
▪ Click Flip Up to rotate the up direction of the docuplane by 180 degrees.
▪ Click Other Side to make the docuplane parallel to the first or last plane of the clipping feature.
◦ Multi Section: A multi-section holds together two to six docuplanes. You can create a multi-section docuplane from a clipping feature that contains more than one plane. To create a multi-section docuplane, the clipping feature must conform to one of the following configurations of clipping combination and clipping planes:
Clipping combination
Multi Section
exactly two non-parallel clipping planes
exactly two non-parallel clipping planes
at least two clipping planes
▪ Click Flip Normal to reverse the normal direction of all the multi-section's docuplanes.
▪ Click Quarter Turn to rotate the up direction of all the multi-section's docuplanes by 90 degrees.
There is no associativity between clipping features and multi-section or Z-section docuplanes, that is, modifying a clipping feature does not influence its corresponding multi-section or Z-section docuplanes, and vice versa.
4. Specify the precise Position of the docuplane by clicking a point on the model. The position of the docuplane defines the depth (in the w-direction) to which docuplane is located within the part. The default position is to the nearest vertex on the model from the direction of the docuplane.
5. If required, enter an Offset from the specified position. Within the command Modify Docuplane, you can specify the offset by clicking any point on the model.
6. Optionally, you can specify other Properties for the docuplane:
◦ Enter a different Name for the docuplane. A name is generated automatically based on the type of docuplane, but you can change this if you wish.
◦ Specify the Origin, or zero-point, of the docuplane. Click the origin on the plane, or enter coordinates in the user input line.
◦ Enter a Scale factor for the docuplane. All annotations attached to this docuplane will be seen inversely proportional to the scale of the docuplane, that is, displayed text size = real text size / scale. For example, a docuplane with scale 3 will display annotations scaled 1/3 relative to annotations on unscaled docuplanes.
◦ For section and multi-section views, the menu will also display the Sec Parent box, in which you must specify the parent view docuplane for the section docuplane. This is necessary to transfer the section docuplane to the Creo Elements/Direct Annotation module, which requires a parent view for a section view. The section parent docuplane must be normal to the section docuplane, and must also belong to the same docuplane set.
◦ Config: You can assign a configuration that is activated when the docuplane is shown. Clear the Config check box to clear the assignment. A section docuplane with a parent inherits the configuration assigned to its parent, and must be modified for the parent docuplane.
7. Click Next to create the current docuplane and continue creating new docuplanes with the same menu settings.
8. Click to complete the operation.
The last-created docuplane becomes the active docuplane.
New Docuplane. The Create Docuplane dialog box opens.
to complete the operation.