Work planes – Best practices
When modeling in Inventor, the correct application of work planes and features is of great importance. When creating features within Inventor, the existing geometry may not possess the required reference to place a new feature or sketch. In this scenario, the creation of a plane is used to create the feature references required.
Several different types of work planes can be applied and having a fundamental knowledge of them is essential to master more advanced functionality.
The full list and an explanation of each one can be found in Inventor. Navigate to the 3D Model tab, and along the ribbon, you will find the Work Features area. Clicking on Plane will reveal the drop-down list of all work planes that can be created within Inventor. Hovering the cursor over each Plane option shows an explanation of how each one can be used:
Figure 1.12: List of planes from the Plane command
Work planes are non-solids and do not have...
