SolidWorks 2014 Sneak Peek: Reference Plane Normal Condition

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SolidWorks 2014 will be officially unveiled on September 9, and while you’re waiting for the big reveal, we’re going to give you a few peeks at some of the new features.

When creating or editing planes in SolidWorks, you will now have the opportunity to specify the direction of the plane’s “normal.”  This setting controls the orientation of any other feature or sketch created using this plane.  Control over this new capability is a simple checkbox found in the Property Manager for a Reference Plane.

Control Normal of Reference Planes

With the ability to readily change the plane normal direction in SolidWorks 2014, you will have significantly more control over edits to your designs and updates to downstream features.

Be sure to bookmark our new SolidWorks 2014 website and check back on September 9 to see all of the new features and enhancements.

Matthew West

SolidWorks alumnus. I like plate reverb, Rat pedals, Thai curry, New Weird fiction, my kids, Vespas, Jazzmasters, my wife & Raiders of the Lost Ark. Not necessarily in that order.