The Point on Plane Joint locates a point to a plane, controlling one DoF (one translation). The object point in this assembly can slide in any direction on the target plane and can rotate about all three directions while maintaining contact with that plane. Examples of a Point on Plane joint are a hard stop on a surface or a pin in a shallow slot.

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Common Parameters

Feature Specification

Object and target features can be any of the following combinations.

Object Features Target Features

One feature to define a point or One feature to define a plane or

One point to define a point Two features to define a slot/tab center-plane or

One point to define a plane

Move Parts Tab:

Parts should automatically be added to Move Parts based on the Tree structure of the model. Verify that these are the desired parts. Only two parts can be added to this list. The first part corresponds to the Object features and the second part corresponds to the Target features.

Settings Tab:

Update settings as desired.

Floating Tab:

Turn float on/off by checking the box after selecting the slot-tab pair from the drop-down list (if applicable).

Notes:

When the Point of the Object field is referenced as a circle, the circle diameter will touch or contact to the plane feature. Users can change how the point is defined in the Options tab.