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 # `Plane`

 Last update: 16.07.2025 

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#### *class* Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.ConstructionLines.Plane

Bases: [`object`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#object)

A 2D sketching planes in a ConstructionLine instance.

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## Overview

### Methods

NameDescription[`Equivalent`](#Plane.Equivalent)Checks to see if another plane is equivalent to this one.### Properties

NameDescription[`Definition`](#Plane.Definition)Definition property.[`IsRepresentation`](#Plane.IsRepresentation)Check to see if there is a valid entity that this instance represents.[`Normal`](#Plane.Normal)The plane’s normal vector (Z axis orientation) orientation.[`ObjectId`](#Plane.ObjectId)Get the ID of the represented entity.[`Origin`](#Plane.Origin)The global location of this plane’s origin.[`PrimaryAxisDirection`](#Plane.PrimaryAxisDirection)The orientation of the plane’s primary (X) axis orientation.[`SecondaryAxisDirection`](#Plane.SecondaryAxisDirection)The orientation of the plane’s secondary (Y) axis orientation.[`Type`](#Plane.Type)Type property.<a id="property-detail"></a>

## Property detail

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### *property* Plane.Definition *: Any | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Definition property.

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### *property* Plane.IsRepresentation *: [bool](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Check to see if there is a valid entity that this instance represents.

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### *property* Plane.Normal *: Ansys.ACT.Core.Math.Vector3D | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

The plane’s normal vector (Z axis orientation) orientation.

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### *property* Plane.ObjectId *: [int](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Get the ID of the represented entity.

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### *property* Plane.Origin *: Ansys.ACT.Core.Math.Point3D | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

The global location of this plane’s origin.

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### *property* Plane.PrimaryAxisDirection *: Ansys.ACT.Core.Math.Vector3D | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

The orientation of the plane’s primary (X) axis orientation.

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### *property* Plane.SecondaryAxisDirection *: Ansys.ACT.Core.Math.Vector3D | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

The orientation of the plane’s secondary (Y) axis orientation.

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### *property* Plane.Type *: [Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.ConstructionLines.PlaneType](PlaneType.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v241.Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.ConstructionLines.PlaneType) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Type property.

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## Method detail

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### Plane.Equivalent(other: [Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.ConstructionLines.Plane](#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v241.Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.ConstructionLines.Plane))

Checks to see if another plane is equivalent to this one.