Using Tools
The Wireframe and Surfaces workbench provides powerful tools to help you manage your surfaces and wireframe geometry.
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Display Parents and Children: Select the feature under study, the Tools -> Parent / Children... command and use the diverse contextual commands to display parents and children. |
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Update your design: select the element and click the icon or use the contextual menu |
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Define an axis-system: set the origin and X, Y, and Z directions |
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Work with a support: click the icon and select a plane or surface as support element. |
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Snap on a point: snap to the nearest intersection point when working with a support |
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Create Datums: click the icon to deactivate the History mode |
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Create constraints: select the element to be constrained, and set the specific options. |
| Edit geometry: double-click on the element in the tree and modify its parameters | |
| Create elements from an external file: key in space coordinates of elements into an Excel file containing macros, then run the macro. | |
| Select implicit elements: Press and hold the Shift key while clicking the element to which the implicit element belongs. | |
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Copy and paste: select the element(s) to be copied, click the Copy icon, select the target Open Body, then click the Paste icon. |
| Delete geometry: select the element, choose the Delete command, set the deletion options | |
| Manage open bodies: select an open body in the specification tree, use the Insert -> Open Body menu command, or Remove Open Body or Change body contextual menus. | |
| Show/Hide open bodies or their contents: right-click an open body and use the Hide/show contextual command, or use the Hide/Show contextual command on a specific element while another command is running. | |
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Check connections between surfaces: select the surfaces, and set the analysis type and parameters |
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Check connections between curves: select two curves, specify the type of analysis (distance, tangency, curvature) and set the analysis parameters. |
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Repeat objects: select an object, choose the Object Repetition...menu item and key in the number of object instances |
| Stacking commands: right-click an editable field, choose the contextual menu item allowing the creation of another element. | |
| Edit a list of elements: select several elements, enter a command and choose the Element list contextual menu from the adequate field in the dialog box. | |
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Apply a material: select an object, click the icon, and select a material. |
