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Creating Base Features | 267
The work plane is displayed as a planar rectangle. The Desktop Browser dis-
plays both a work axis and a work plane icon.
Save your file.
Defining Sketch Planes
Before you can sketch the next feature, you must define a new sketch plane,
an infinite XY plane that locates a 2D sketching surface in 3D space.
When you create sketched features, you determine the placement and orien-
tation of the sketch plane on a 2D plane. A 2D plane is
A flat part surface
The XY, YZ, or ZX axes of the World Coordinate System (WCS)
A previously defined work plane
The XY plane of the current user coordinate system (UCS)
Unlike a work feature, a sketch plane is a temporary object. Only one sketch
plane can exist at the same time.
NOTE Except for base features, you must specify a sketch plane before you can
draw a sketch. With base features, the sketch plane is automatically placed on
the current UCS.
work plane
work axis