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Glossary of EM.Cube's Basic File, Edit & View Operations

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#The Work Plane dialog opens up at the lower right corner of the screen.
#Use one of the following three methods to establish a new work plane.
##Hover the mouse over any object in the project workspace to highlight one of its faces. Click on the selected face snap point, <i>i.e.</i> the center of a highlighted planar face. A new work plane appears overlaid on the selected face.##Or while you are moving the mouse in one of the three principal XY, YZ or ZX work planes, click any blank point and drag the mouse. A semi-translucent plane perpendicular to the current principal work plane is drawn and displayed in the project workspace. The normal plane follows the movement of the mouse as you drag it. Once you reach the desired orientation, press the keyboard's' {{key|Enter}} key to finalize the new work plane.##Or click successively on any three distinct points in the project workspace (including other objects' snap points). A new work plane is established that passes through the three selected points.
In all the three cases above, a translucent plane appears showing the location and orientation of the new work plane. The transverse axes (local X and Y axes) of the new work plane are displayed in red and green colors, respectively. A new &quot;User Coordinate System (UCS)&quot; is established on the new work plane. In the work plane dialog, you can see the world coordinates of the center of the UCS and its rotation angles with respect to the project's world coordinate system (WCS). From this dialog, you can change both the center coordinates and the rotation angles of the new work plane. Note that the visible size of the work plane is purely for visualization purposes; otherwise, the work plane has infinite extents. You can also change the '''Color''' and '''Transparency''' level of the work plane.
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