Hi Peer,

re:
> Is there a reason that View > Image > Add places the image on the active cplane, but
> make2D and File > Import place on the x-y plane of world coordinates regardless of
> the active cplane?

I guess the main reason is that View > Image > Add is an interactive drawing command where you pick inside a specific viewport with the mouse and so at that point it picks up not just the active cplane but also a particular view.

Neither Make2D nor File > Import involve picking a point so the difference stems primarily from that.

For import if you right click on the File > Import button it will launch the "ImportPart" command instead of regular Import and ImportPart lets you pick a placement and orientation of the imported object so that will adapt to the current cplane.

- Michael