Moving a View

This task will show you how to move one or more views by dragging them.

Before You Begin, make sure you customized the following settings:

Grid:
De-activate the Grid icon from the Tools toolbar (bottom right).

View names and scaling factors:
Go to Tools->Options (Mechanical Design -> Drafting optionat the left of the dialog box, Layout tab) and check the View name and Scaling factor options.

Moving One View

You can move one view by selecting or more views (implicitly) by dragging the parent view.

Open the GenDrafting_part_Move_View.CATDrawing document.

1. Click the view to be moved.

2. Drag the clicked view to the new location.

3. Release the mouse button when you want to position the view.

The view is newly positioned.

Moving More Than One View Explicitly

You can move more than one view explicitly (generative and interactive views). These views can be:

	child views that are linked to a single parent view (and constrained to this parent view)
	child views that are linked to different parent views (be careful: constrained views remain so by default ; not constrained views move in accordance with the position of the cursor)

Open the GenDrafting_part_Move_View02.CATDrawing document.

1. Multi-select the views to be moved.

2. Drag the selected views to the new location.

3. Release the mouse button when you want to position the views.

CASES:

	You multi-select views that are independent (not linked to a parent view) When you move the views with the cursor, all these views are translated into the same direction.
	You multi-select views that are linked to different parent views which are not selected When you move the views with the cursor, all these views are translated into a direction that depends on the constraints between the parent and the child views. In other words, two child views may be moved into two new locations which are not synchronized (for example, one according to x, the other according to y).
	You multi-select views that are linked to different parent views which are also selected When you move the views with the cursor, all these views are translated into a direction that depends on the constraints between the parent and the child views. As a result, all the child views (with an active link), be they selected or not,are translated into the same direction as the parent views.