Here's an example screencap video - here I run the View > CPlane command, and snap a point onto the face, then right click to accept the default rotation around that surface normal.

Then I use a right click on View > CPlane to reset it, and then place it again this time dragging the x axis line during the 2nd step (that says "Adjust axis orientation") to make horizontal x axis line of the view to go through a specific point:



- Michael