Drawing in planes other than XY

[kvom]

Is there a way to tell CB that the drawing plane is the same as the view plane?

If I view XZ plane and draw, the drawn lines/arcs are still in the XY plane.  I did figure that I could draw everything in the XY plane, select all, and then rotate on the X axis.  However, that's awkward.

My goal in this is to be able to mill a semi-circular surface whose center is along the Y axis.  Is this something realistic to be drawn in CB?

[atwooddon]

If I understand what you want correctly, you could accomplish this using the 'extrude function.  Draw a semi-circle diameter you want, draw a line across the base, join the 2 lines into a single polyline.  Leave the semicircle selected and then use Draw>Surface>Extrude.  Enter the length you want, then select how many surfaces you want it to use.  I chose 50 as a test.  Now if you rotate your drawing, you will see a semicircular tube of the length you selected.  Select that surface and rotate it -90 degrees on the X axis and you have a semi-circular entity laying along the Y axis with the base at zero Z.

Don