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Creates new grid planes that are perpendicular to the X-axis of the coordinate system. You can also modify existing X-Planes.

Grid X-Plane Settings

You cannot use the Grid Wizard to modify these options after initial placement.

Reference CS

Select the coordinate system to reference for the location of the Start Plane. The name of the coordinate system set in the Create Coordinate System dialog box of the Grid Wizard displays by default.

Start plane

Specify the location of the first grid plane. The location is relative to the East (X) / X coordinate of the reference coordinate system. If grid planes already exist, you can select one from the list. The Start plane list allows you to type the text for plane name along with the location information. For example, you can do the following:

  • Specify the plane position as 20.00 m

  • Type the text for plane name as 'XPlane1'

  • Type the text for plane name along with the plane position as 'GPX1' + 20.00 m

Copies

Type the number of grid plane copies to create.

Spacing

Type the spacing between the grid planes along the X-axis.

End plane

Displays the location of the last grid plane. You cannot edit this value.

Name rule

Select the Grids Naming Rules that you want to use to name the grid planes that you are creating.

Nesting level

Defines the nesting level for the grid plane. You can select Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary. Between two adjacent grid planes, a difference of only one level is allowed. Therefore, secondary grid planes are only allowed between two primary grid planes. Similarly, tertiary grid planes are only allowed between two secondary grid planes.

Type

Specifies the type of grid plane. Examples of grid plane types are: E-W Grid Plane, N-S Grid Plane, and Expansion Joint Plane. Examples of Ship plane types are as follows: MidShip or Centerline. You can define grid plane types in the reference data.

Add

Adds the defined grid plane settings to the Grid X- Plane Locations list.

Grid X-Plane Locations

If you are editing an existing coordinate system, the Grid X-Plane Locations grid displays existing planes in blue and new planes in black.

Location

Displays the location of the grid plane relative to its parent coordinate system.

Type

Specifies the type of grid plane. You can change the grid plane type if necessary.

Name

Displays the name of the grid plane. You can edit the name by selecting the box and typing a new name.

Nesting level

Displays the nesting level of the grid plane.

Global Location

Displays the location of the grid plane relative to the global coordinate system.

Spacing

Specifies the spacing between planes for a project to monitor the relative location of these planes. The first plane is always set to 0.00. For each subsequent plane, the Spacing value is its relative distance from the previous plane. This is a read-only value when creating a new coordinate system but can be modified in an existing coordinate system.

If you edit the Spacing value of an existing plane, the plane shifts to the new location as required. In addition, the remaining planes along that axis will also re-locate relative to the new location of the edited plane to maintain their existing Spacing values.

Delete

Deletes the selected grid plane from the list of planes to be created. You cannot delete grid planes that have already been placed in the model using the Grid Wizard.