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Plane By Three Points
To specify a plane defined by three points, a user should select three points on this plane, enter the plane size and set the plotting style of the plane.
The dialog contains three tabs:
Note: After creating a plane, any changing of the original point(s) coordinates does not change the plane position.
- General tab - to create a new plane and select three initial points which will define a plane position:
- In the Name field enter a desired name of the plane. The software-defined name is offered by default.
- From the Layer drop-down list select a layer for the plane. Click
to edit the layers. More...
- In the Points on Plane panel, enter original points of the plane: Point 1 (Point 1 is the initial point for the plane), Point 2, and Point 3. Enter point names to the corresponding fields manually, or select from the map
or from the list
of the job points. Clicking the
button for GNSS survey opens the Topo dialog, or clicking the
button for optical survey opens the Sideshot dialog. There you can save the measured point to a current job and instantly enter this point to the corresponding field.
- In the Mainfall panel, orientate the plane by three points along to the plane direction:
- Check
the Calculate Automatically box to let MAGNET Field set the orientation of the plane by three points in the horizontal plane.
- To manually orientate the plane by three points, clear
the Calculate Automatically box and enter the Azimuth value for the plane's orientation in the horizontal plane. Zero value means plane orientation to the North.
- Boundary tab - to specify the size of the plane and style of the boundary:
- In the Boundary Size and Style panel, select a style for the boundary lines and a width of these lines in points from the corresponding drop-down lists.
- Click Color to select a color for the boundary lines.
- In the Away / Toward fields, set the horizontal distances from the initial point back / along to the plane direction.
- In the Left / Right fields, set the horizontal distances from the initial point to the left or to the right on line that is perpendicular to the plane direction.
- Style tab - to review and edit the plotting style of the plane and parallel / perpendicular lines to the plane direction:
- In the Fill Style
panel:
- From the Fill Style drop-down list, select a style for the plane filling.
- Click Color to select a color for plane filling.
- In the Mainfall Lines panel:
- Select a style of lines to be parallel to the plane direction and a width of these lines in points from the corresponding drop-down lists.
- Click Color to select a color for these lines.
- In the Interval field, enter the interval between lines to be parallel to the plane direction.
- In the Crossfall Lines panel:
- Select a style of lines to be perpendicular to the plane direction and a width of these lines in points from the corresponding drop-down lists.
- Click Color to select a color for these lines.
- In the Interval field, enter the interval between lines to be perpendicular to the plane direction.
Note: All three original points will define the plane position, but the second point and / or the third point may not lie on the plane (depending on the plane boundary and the distance between the first and second points and / or the first and third points).
The Map displays the created plane by three points with the original points:

Click
to create the new plane using entered parameters and close the dialog.
Click
to cancel a new plane creation and close the dialog.
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