Planes On - Selected

Overview

Planes On shows the primary work planes (1, 2, and 3) for the selected component occurrence(s) in an assembly. Use it when you need coordinate/reference planes visible for constraints, alignment, or inspection.

If the component document includes a user parameter named ShowPlanes, this command sets it to True. You can use that parameter in component rules to control visibility of additional custom work planes.

How It Works

Prompts you to pick one or more component occurrences (selection set allowed).
For each selected component document:
- Sets the ShowPlanes user parameter to True (if present).
- Sets work planes 1, 2, and 3 visibility to True.
Updates the affected documents after applying visibility changes.

Usage Instructions

Select the component(s) in your assembly for which you want to show planes.
Click Planes On in the Configure panel.
Confirm work planes 1–3 are visible in the selected components.
If you use a ShowPlanes-driven rule, verify custom planes respond as expected.

Troubleshooting

Some planes remain hidden: A design view representation or a rule may be overriding visibility.
Custom planes did not show: Ensure a ShowPlanes user parameter exists and that your rule uses it to control additional plane visibility.
Nothing changed: Confirm you selected the intended component occurrence(s) and that they are not suppressed/read-only.

Examples

Show all planes in a component: Select the component and run Planes On to show all coordinate system planes.
Toggle custom work planes: Add a rule to your component to toggle visibility for specific named planes using the ShowPlanes parameter.
Example rule to toggle work plane visibility. Each time you run Planes On/Planes Off, these work planes along with the standard coordinate system planes will be toggled according to your rules.
- ThisDoc.Document.ComponentDefinition.WorkPlanes(1).Visible = ShowPlanes
- ThisDoc.Document.ComponentDefinition.WorkPlanes("Top of Fitting").Visible = ShowPlanes
- ThisDoc.Document.ComponentDefinition.WorkPlanes("Bottom of Fitting").Visible = ShowPlanes
- ThisDoc.Document.ComponentDefinition.WorkPlanes("Middle of Fitting").Visible = ShowPlanes