# PlaneXZ

The PlaneXZ function Functions are tools that are available in Spreadsheet for processing and analyzing acquisitions or other results. You can add functions to your Spreadsheet job to create tool chains and produce results for specific applications. is used to quickly construct a Plane3D structure, positioned at the origin and oriented towards the +Y axis.

Use this function to construct a plane if you cannot use any reliable features on the point cloud A point cloud is a 3D structure that consists of the data points collected by a 3D vision system during acquisition. to measure from along the Y-axis. For example, if the configured application is inspecting the front of a long object, and the opposite end of the object is outside the field of view of the vision system, you can use the PlaneXZ tool to measure length, as long as neither the vision system nor the object has any horizontal movement on the Y-axis.

Tip: You can construct additional parallel or perpendicular planes by using the fixed plane of this tool, with the ParallelPlane3D and PerpendicularPlane3D functions, respectively. This allows you to use the FOV features of the vision system to construct other geometric shapes.