Define normal direction

Several commands inside the software need a direction to work. In this case a vertical ribbon is displayed next to the dialog box. This ribbon can be used to define a direction in many different ways:

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Use X axis as normal direction

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Use Y axis as normal direction

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Use Z axis as normal direction

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Click one point; the normal direction will be the vector defined by the origin of the coordinate system and the clicked point

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Click two points to define the vector and use the vector as normal direction

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Click three points to define a plane and use the plane normal as normal direction

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Click an object and use the local normal of the object as normal direction

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Click an object and use the direction of the object as normal direction (main axis for a cylinder)

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Use the screen normal as normal direction

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Click a point to extract a local plane and use the plane normal as normal direction

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Click an object to compute a best plane and use the plane normal as normal direction

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Click an object to compute a vertical best plane and use the plane normal as normal direction

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Reverse the normal direction