Datum Plane Grid

Use the Datum Plane Grid command to place a grid directly on a datum plane or a plane of a datum CSYS. A datum plane grid is a localized grid that helps you work on an object in your model. Grids typically provide the context of location and size to objects.

You can create or edit a datum plane grid in any application where you can create a datum plane, such as Modeling.

The grid's boundaries can be expanded beyond the datum plane to make the grid labels more readable.

You can:

• Create multiple datum plane grids in your model, which lets you optimize each grid for the object it belongs to.
• Rotate a datum plane grid within the plane it is located on.
• Create section curves where the grid intersects the model after you rotate the grid to the orientation you want.
• Use the model's work plane grid even when datum plane grids are visible.

The parent-child relationship between the datum plane grid and its parent datum plane / datum coordinate system is displayed in the Dependencies panel of the Part Navigator (e.g. a Datum Plane has a child Datum Plane Grid, and is itself a child of a Datum Coordinate System).

Where do I find it?

Application	Modeling and other applications where you can create a datum plane
Command	Datum Plane Grid
Graphics window	Right-click a datum plane → Datum Plane Grid

How do I

• Create a datum plane grid

Look up more details

• Datum Plane Grid options

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