In any view other than Top/Plan, the ground plane is represented in gray. When the working plane and the ground plane are located in the same position, only the ground plane is shown. However, once the location of the working plane changes, it is represented on the screen as a pink grid. Dotted gray lines indicate the intersection of the ground and working planes.
If the grid lines are not visible, select Show Grid Lines in the Set Grid dialog box (see Snap and Reference Grids).
The working plane is displayed with five control points, or handles. These handles are used for rotating and repositioning the plane. The center handle is located at the plane origin, while the remaining four handles are at the center of each of the four edges of the plane. See Moving and Rotating the Working Plane for more details.
Both the working plane and ground plane also include a darker, thicker set of lines representing the X and Y or I and J axes. These lines allow you to easily keep track of the location of the axes regardless of the orientation of the plane.
To label the axes, select Show 3D axis labels on the 3D tab of the VectorWorks Preferences dialog box.