Planes

Menu: Explorer / Objects / Planes

Planes can be generated in two ways:

Batch Detection – Uses the Plane Batch Detection tool found under Menu: Analyze / Planes.
Manual Creation – Created individually using the button. This method offers four different ways to define a plane:
- By Three Points – Creates a plane passing through three selected points.
- By Two Points – Generates a vertical plane passing through two selected points.
- Horizontal – Creates a horizontal plane by selecting a single point.
- Detect from Point – Detects the average plane around a selected point.

The Planes Toolbar provides several tools for managing planes:

Icon	Description
	Deletes all selected planes
	Add a new plane
	Click on a plane in the 3D view to highlight it in the list.
	Displays only specific plane types (horizontal, vertical, or custom-named planes).
	Exports selected planes to external formats.

Right-clicking on a plane opens a contextual menu with additional tools:

Check All / Uncheck All – Select or deselect all planes.
Merge Planes – Merges selected planes based on a user-defined tolerance (set in the settings).
Regularize Outline – Calculates and displays a regularized outline for selected planes.
Draw Outline – Highlights the outline of selected planes.
Erase Outline – Hides the outline of selected planes.
Remove Current – Deletes the selected plane.
Set as Reference Plane – Marks the selected plane as the reference plane.

Select Points – Selects points within a defined distance interval from the plane.
- Single Value (e.g., 0.5) → Selects points within a symmetric range (-0.5 to 0.5).
- Two Values (e.g., -0.2 : 0.4) → Selects points within an asymmetric range (-0.2 to 0.4).

Activating this tool opens the Selection Window, allowing users to refine the point selection further. (See Selection Tools for more details.)

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