Hi Danny,

Yeah in general there aren't any XYZ values inside of command options, anything that needs an XYZ value uses the common XYZ input on the bottom command bar (next to the view tabs).

If you want to place the cplane at a specific XYZ coordinate, then you can enter that coordinate using that control at the first "Pick CPlane origin" prompt.

You can also enter a displacement then, by using the "Relative" point input - that's when you input a point value prefixed by "r", for example if you enter:

r5,5 <enter>

Then when you move the mouse around, you'll see that the point is offset by 5,5 from where it would normally be, so you can move your mouse to the cplane origin to get a snap there and you will then have a displacement from the current origin.


This displacement method for relative point input was a new function I added at some point in v2, it works in a general way when picking points in any command. Previously in MoI v1 you could only enter relative coordinates on a second pick, when a base point had been defined. But now in MoI v2 you can enter them when there is no base point to get this displacement/offset type behavior.


There's also another slightly different method - at the first "Pick CPlane origin" prompt, you can push Done or right-click there without actually picking a new point, which will place the cplane adjustment widget at the current cplane's location. Then when in the adjustment stage, you can either drag or click the cplane origin to a new location. To do a relative placement, click the origin point, so that you will now be placing the second point without the mouse held down. Then the current origin will be the base point for the point pick and you can enter in relative coordinates here as well, which in this case will displace from that base point.


Let me know if any of that doesn't make sense.


re: Construction lines during CPlane positioning - I had thought I fixed that up but it looks like I somehow made it worse or something, I'll take another look at that.


- Michael