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SpaceClaim2011

User'sGuide
SpaceClaim2011User'sGuide


TableofContents
Copyrightinformation.......................................................................................................................................11
Introduction......................................................................................................................................................12
User'sGuide............................................................................................................................................................12
Welcomewindow....................................................................................................................................................12
Tutorials...........................................................................................................................................................12
Texttutorials...........................................................................................................................................................12
Selfpacedtrainingtutorials....................................................................................................................................13
Bracketandknobtutorial........................................................................................................................................13
Convertingasolidtoasheetmetalparttutorial....................................................................................................36
SpaceClaimobjects...........................................................................................................................................40
Workingwithcomponents................................................................................................................................41
Internal,external,andindependentcomponents..................................................................................................43
Lightweightcomponents.........................................................................................................................................46
TheSpaceClaiminterface..................................................................................................................................46
Structuretree..........................................................................................................................................................48
Selectionpanel........................................................................................................................................................50
Workingwithlayers.................................................................................................................................................54
Workingwithgroups...............................................................................................................................................55
Customizingaview..................................................................................................................................................57
Statusbar................................................................................................................................................................59
Optionspanel..........................................................................................................................................................59
Properties................................................................................................................................................................60
Keyboardshortcuts.................................................................................................................................................62
Usingamultitouchscreen.......................................................................................................................................65
Mouseandtouchgestures......................................................................................................................................71
Usingtheradialmenu.............................................................................................................................................71
Selecting...........................................................................................................................................................72
Selectingbydrawingabox......................................................................................................................................76
Selectingbydrawingafreeformshape(lasso).......................................................................................................79
Selectingbypainting...............................................................................................................................................80
Selectingusingboundary........................................................................................................................................82
Designing..........................................................................................................................................................83
Designmodes..........................................................................................................................................................84
Editingincrosssection............................................................................................................................................85
Cutting,copying,andpasting..................................................................................................................................86
Dimensions..............................................................................................................................................................87
Detaching................................................................................................................................................................90
Undoandredo........................................................................................................................................................90
Checkinggeometry..................................................................................................................................................91

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Lockingandunlockingobjects.................................................................................................................................91
Workingwithsketchcurvesin3D...........................................................................................................................92
Sketching..........................................................................................................................................................92
Editingasketch.......................................................................................................................................................96
Copyingasketch......................................................................................................................................................98
Thesketchplane......................................................................................................................................................99
Movingthesketchgrid............................................................................................................................................99
Sketchingonplanes...............................................................................................................................................100
Movingintwodimensions....................................................................................................................................101
Dimensionalsketching..........................................................................................................................................102
Points.....................................................................................................................................................................102
Lines......................................................................................................................................................................103
Tangentlines.........................................................................................................................................................105
Constructionlines..................................................................................................................................................105
Rectangles.............................................................................................................................................................106
Threepointrectangles..........................................................................................................................................107
Circles....................................................................................................................................................................107
Threepointcircles.................................................................................................................................................108
Ellipses...................................................................................................................................................................109
Tangentarcs..........................................................................................................................................................109
Sweptarcs.............................................................................................................................................................110
Threepointarcs....................................................................................................................................................111
Polygons................................................................................................................................................................111
Creatingaspline....................................................................................................................................................112
Editingaspline......................................................................................................................................................114
Splittingcurves......................................................................................................................................................116
Trimminglines.......................................................................................................................................................117
Creatingcorners....................................................................................................................................................117
Creatingroundedcorners.....................................................................................................................................118
Offsettingcurves...................................................................................................................................................119
Projectingontothesketchgrid.............................................................................................................................120
Bending.................................................................................................................................................................121
Scalingsketches.....................................................................................................................................................122
ScalingsketcheswithPull......................................................................................................................................123
Editing............................................................................................................................................................124
Editingwithannotationdimensions.....................................................................................................................125
Mathematicalexpressions....................................................................................................................................127
Pulling............................................................................................................................................................128
Offsettingorextrudingfaces.................................................................................................................................136
Extendingorextrudingsurfaceedges...................................................................................................................137
Roundingedges.....................................................................................................................................................140
Roundingbetweenfacesandsurfaces..................................................................................................................144

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Chamferingedges..................................................................................................................................................146
Extrudingedges.....................................................................................................................................................149
Pivotingedges.......................................................................................................................................................150
Revolvingfaces......................................................................................................................................................151
Revolvingedges.....................................................................................................................................................153
Revolvinghelices...................................................................................................................................................155
Sweeping...............................................................................................................................................................156
Sweepingwithmultipletrajectories.....................................................................................................................158
Sweepingwithanaxis...........................................................................................................................................161
Draftingfaces........................................................................................................................................................162
Blending.................................................................................................................................................................165
Blendingbetweenfaces........................................................................................................................................166
Blendingbetweenedges.......................................................................................................................................169
Blendingbetweenpoints......................................................................................................................................173
Creatingslots.........................................................................................................................................................174
Scalingsolidsandsurfaces....................................................................................................................................178
Copyingedgesandfaces.......................................................................................................................................179
PullingwiththeSelecttool....................................................................................................................................181
PivotingwiththeSelecttool.................................................................................................................................181
Moving...........................................................................................................................................................182
TheMovehandle...................................................................................................................................................187
Movingsymmetrically...........................................................................................................................................188
Creatingapattern.................................................................................................................................................190
Explodinganassembly..........................................................................................................................................197
Pivotingandpullingsolids.....................................................................................................................................198
MovingwiththeSelecttool..................................................................................................................................198
MovingwiththeFulcrumtoolguide.....................................................................................................................199
Movingprotrusionsanddepressions....................................................................................................................200
Fill..................................................................................................................................................................201
Removingrounds..................................................................................................................................................212
Replacingfaces...............................................................................................................................................214
Tweakingaface..............................................................................................................................................216
Tweakfaceeditingmethods.................................................................................................................................218
Addacontrolcurve...............................................................................................................................................219
Tweakfacedisplayoptions...................................................................................................................................219
Inserting.........................................................................................................................................................220
Insertinganotherdesign.......................................................................................................................................220
DownloadingTraceParts.......................................................................................................................................221
Insertinganimage.................................................................................................................................................222
Insertingavideo....................................................................................................................................................224
Insertingaplane....................................................................................................................................................225
Insertinganaxis.....................................................................................................................................................227

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Insertinganorigin.................................................................................................................................................228
Creatingacylinder.................................................................................................................................................229
Creatingasphere..................................................................................................................................................231
Shellingasolid.......................................................................................................................................................232
Creatinganoffsetrelationship..............................................................................................................................234
Insertingafacecurve............................................................................................................................................234
Creatingmirrorrelationships................................................................................................................................236
Mirroringasolid,surface,orface.........................................................................................................................237
Setupamirrorrelationshipbetweentwofaces...................................................................................................238
Removeamirrorfaceorplane..............................................................................................................................238
Findsimilarfacesontheothersideofamirror....................................................................................................239
Insertingtemporarypoints,axes,andplanes.......................................................................................................239
Intersecting.....................................................................................................................................................243
Combiningandsplitting..................................................................................................................................244
Mergingsolidsandsurfaces..................................................................................................................................247
Mergingsolids.......................................................................................................................................................247
Mergingsurfaceprotrusions.................................................................................................................................247
Mergingsurfaces...................................................................................................................................................248
Cappingasurfacewithaplane.............................................................................................................................249
Splittingsolidsandsurfaces..................................................................................................................................249
Splittingasolidwithasurface,plane,oranothersolid........................................................................................250
UsingtheSplitSolidtool.......................................................................................................................................251
Splittingaface.......................................................................................................................................................252
Splittingasurface..................................................................................................................................................255
Removingmaterialfromasolid............................................................................................................................256
Projectingtoasolid...............................................................................................................................................256
Assigningassemblyconditions........................................................................................................................258
Aligningobjects.....................................................................................................................................................259
Anchoringcomponents.........................................................................................................................................261
Creatinggearconditions.......................................................................................................................................262
Orientingobjects...................................................................................................................................................262
Lockingtheorientationandpositionofcomponents...........................................................................................264
Makingobjectstangent.........................................................................................................................................264
Movingpartsinanassembly.................................................................................................................................265
Workingwithmeshobjects...................................................................................................................................266
Detailing.........................................................................................................................................................267
Annotation.....................................................................................................................................................268
Creatingnotes.......................................................................................................................................................268
Formattingnotetext.............................................................................................................................................270
Creatingnoteleaders............................................................................................................................................271
Creatingdimensionannotations...........................................................................................................................272
Dimensionbetweenvirtualpoints........................................................................................................................277

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Creatinggeometrictoleranceannotations...........................................................................................................280
Datumandsurfacefinishsymbols........................................................................................................................281
Surfacefinishsymbols...........................................................................................................................................281
Centermarksandlines..........................................................................................................................................282
Threads..................................................................................................................................................................283
BillsofMaterials(BOMs).......................................................................................................................................285
Tables....................................................................................................................................................................287
Balloon...................................................................................................................................................................288
Drawingsheets...............................................................................................................................................289
Settingupadrawingsheet....................................................................................................................................292
Formattingadrawingsheet..................................................................................................................................292
Editingonadrawingsheet....................................................................................................................................293
Workingwithdrawingsheetviews.......................................................................................................................293
Generalviews........................................................................................................................................................294
Projectedviews.....................................................................................................................................................295
Crosssectionviews...............................................................................................................................................296
Detailviews...........................................................................................................................................................299
Displayingamodulargrid......................................................................................................................................300
3Dmarkup......................................................................................................................................................301
Creating3Dmarkupslides.....................................................................................................................................303
Displayingchangeddimensions............................................................................................................................303
Coloringchangedfaces.........................................................................................................................................303
Customsymbols..............................................................................................................................................304
Creatingcustomsymbols......................................................................................................................................304
Usingcustomsymbols...........................................................................................................................................306
Changingyourdisplay.....................................................................................................................................308
Showingandhidingobjects...................................................................................................................................309
Orientingdesigns............................................................................................................................................309
Spinningyourdesign.............................................................................................................................................310
Panningyourdesign..............................................................................................................................................311
Zoominginandout...............................................................................................................................................311
Rotatingyourdesign.............................................................................................................................................312
TheHomeview......................................................................................................................................................312
Displayaheadonviewofthesketchgrid.............................................................................................................313
Selectingaview.....................................................................................................................................................313
Snappingtoaview................................................................................................................................................314
Applyingagraphicsstyle.................................................................................................................................315
Displayingedges....................................................................................................................................................316
Applyingcolors......................................................................................................................................................317
Changingobjecttransparency...............................................................................................................................318
Linestyles..............................................................................................................................................................319
Paintingdisplaypropertiesfromoneobjecttoanother.......................................................................................319

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Applyingarenderingstyle.....................................................................................................................................320
Displayingyourdesigninmultiplewindows.........................................................................................................320
Splittingtheworkspacewindow...........................................................................................................................321
Switchingbetweenwindowsintheworkspace....................................................................................................321
MaximizingtheDesignwindow............................................................................................................................322
Displayingworkspacetools...................................................................................................................................322
Sketchgridstyles...................................................................................................................................................322
Displayinglightweightcomponents......................................................................................................................323
Measuringandanalyzing.................................................................................................................................324
Checkingclearance................................................................................................................................................324
Displayinginterference.........................................................................................................................................325
Measuring......................................................................................................................................................326
Quickmeasurements............................................................................................................................................326
Displayingmass.....................................................................................................................................................327
Displayingmeasurements.....................................................................................................................................327
Measureaprojectedarea.....................................................................................................................................329
Analyzingquality............................................................................................................................................329
Displayingnormaldirection..................................................................................................................................330
Displayingcurvature..............................................................................................................................................331
Displayingdraftangles..........................................................................................................................................332
Displayingaface(UV)grid....................................................................................................................................334
Displayingadihedralgraph...................................................................................................................................335
Displayingstripes...................................................................................................................................................336
Repairingproblems.........................................................................................................................................337
Navigatethroughissues........................................................................................................................................337
Repairgaps............................................................................................................................................................337
Findandcorrectmissingfaces..............................................................................................................................338
Repairsplitedges..................................................................................................................................................340
Repairinexactedges.............................................................................................................................................341
Stitchadjacentfaces.............................................................................................................................................342
Mergefaces...........................................................................................................................................................342
Simplifyadesign....................................................................................................................................................343
Removesmallfaces...............................................................................................................................................344
Adjusttangency.....................................................................................................................................................345
Preparingdesignsforanalysis.........................................................................................................................346
Extractingvolume..................................................................................................................................................347
Creatingmidsurfacefaces.....................................................................................................................................348
Definingweldpoints..............................................................................................................................................351
Creatingenclosures...............................................................................................................................................354
Splittingbyplane...................................................................................................................................................356
Extendadjacentfaces............................................................................................................................................357
Imprinting..............................................................................................................................................................358

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Removerounds.....................................................................................................................................................359
Removefaces........................................................................................................................................................360
Removeinterference.............................................................................................................................................361
Beams.............................................................................................................................................................362
Creatingabeam....................................................................................................................................................364
Extractingabeamfromasolid..............................................................................................................................365
Beamproperties....................................................................................................................................................365
Changingbeamprofiles.........................................................................................................................................366
Changingbeamorientation...................................................................................................................................367
Movingbeams.......................................................................................................................................................368
Changingbeamdisplaystyle.................................................................................................................................369
Creatinganewbeamprofile.................................................................................................................................369
Creating,opening,andsavingdocuments........................................................................................................370
Importingandexporting.......................................................................................................................................371
Copyingandpastingfromotherapplications.......................................................................................................381
Printingdrawingsheetsanddesigns.....................................................................................................................381
Journalsandlogs...................................................................................................................................................383
SpaceClaimfileformat..........................................................................................................................................384
Workingwithsheetmetal...............................................................................................................................386
Creatingandeditingsheetmetal..........................................................................................................................387
Sketchingsheetmetalparts..................................................................................................................................388
Lines(SheetMetal)................................................................................................................................................390
Tangentlines(SheetMetal)..................................................................................................................................390
Rectangles(SheetMetal)......................................................................................................................................391
Threepointrectangles(SheetMetal)...................................................................................................................392
Polygons(SheetMetal).........................................................................................................................................392
Circles(SheetMetal).............................................................................................................................................393
Threepointcircles(SheetMetal)..........................................................................................................................394
Tangentarcs(SheetMetal)...................................................................................................................................394
Sweeparcs(SheetMetal)......................................................................................................................................395
Threepointarcs(SheetMetal).............................................................................................................................395
Ellipses(SheetMetal)............................................................................................................................................396
Splines(SheetMetal)............................................................................................................................................396
Selectingsheetmetalobjects................................................................................................................................397
Pullingsheetmetalparts.......................................................................................................................................397
Movingsheetmetalobjects..................................................................................................................................403
Rotatingsheetmetalwalls....................................................................................................................................404
Modifyingsheetmetalparts.................................................................................................................................405
Changingjunctiontypes........................................................................................................................................406
Creatingandchangingedgereliefs.......................................................................................................................408
Creatingandchangingcornerreliefs....................................................................................................................409
Creatingandchangingnotches.............................................................................................................................411

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Creatingandchanginghems.................................................................................................................................412
Makingwatertightcorners....................................................................................................................................414
Creatingapartialflangejunction..........................................................................................................................414
Addingsheetmetalforms.....................................................................................................................................415
Splittingasheetmetalface...................................................................................................................................419
Addingasheetmetalbead....................................................................................................................................420
Bendingasheetmetalwall...................................................................................................................................421
Addingengravedorcutouttextinsheetmetal...................................................................................................425
Creatingalightweightpattern..............................................................................................................................426
Changingsheetmetalpartproperties..................................................................................................................427
Convertingadesigntosheetmetal.................................................................................................................428
Identifyingsheetmetal.........................................................................................................................................429
Unfoldingsheetmetalcomponents.................................................................................................................431
Calculatingunfoldedlengths.................................................................................................................................434
Bendallowances....................................................................................................................................................435
Usingabenddeductiontable...............................................................................................................................436
Correctingasheetmetalcomponent....................................................................................................................437
CustomizingSpaceClaim..................................................................................................................................438
Popularoptions.....................................................................................................................................................439
Settinggeneraldetailingoptions..........................................................................................................................441
Drawingsheetsizeandformatoptions.................................................................................................................444
Modulargridoptions.............................................................................................................................................444
Fileimportandexportoptions..............................................................................................................................445
Appearanceoptions..............................................................................................................................................449
Snapoptions..........................................................................................................................................................450
Unitsoptions.........................................................................................................................................................452
Supportfileoptions...............................................................................................................................................453
Sheetmetaloptions..............................................................................................................................................454
Advancedoptions..................................................................................................................................................455
QuickAccesstoolbaroptions................................................................................................................................457
Navigationoptions................................................................................................................................................458
Licenseoptions......................................................................................................................................................459
Multitouchoptions................................................................................................................................................460
Configuringwindows.............................................................................................................................................461
CustomizingtheWelcomewindow.......................................................................................................................461
SpaceClaimaddins.........................................................................................................................................464
SpaceClaimAPI...............................................................................................................................................464
ANSYSaddin..................................................................................................................................................464
ANSYSdemosandtutorials...................................................................................................................................465
Spotweldstutorial................................................................................................................................................465
Midsurfacetutorial................................................................................................................................................474
Sharedtopologytutorial.......................................................................................................................................483

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UsinggroupsanddimensionsinANSYStutorial...................................................................................................489
SpaceClaimpartsandpropertiesinANSYS......................................................................................................495
UsinggroupstodrivechangesinANSYS...............................................................................................................496
UsingnamedselectionsinANSYS.........................................................................................................................497
SharedtopologyinANSYS.....................................................................................................................................497
ANSYSWorkbenchsettings...................................................................................................................................499
WorkingwithANSYS12and12.1....................................................................................................................501
ConfiguringSpaceClaimandANSYS12and12.1...................................................................................................501
ConnectingtoANSYS12and12.1.........................................................................................................................501
UpdatingdatawithANSYS12and12.1.................................................................................................................501
WorkingwithANSYS11..................................................................................................................................502
ConfiguringSpaceClaimandANSYS11.................................................................................................................502
ConnectingtoANSYS11........................................................................................................................................502
UpdatingdatawithANSYS11...............................................................................................................................503
WorkingwithANSYS13..................................................................................................................................503
ConfiguringSpaceClaimandANSYS13.................................................................................................................503
ConnectingtoANSYS13........................................................................................................................................505
UpdatingdatawithANSYS13...............................................................................................................................505

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Copyrightinformation
ProtectedbyUSPatents7,639,267,7,733,340,and7,830,377.
Copyright2011SpaceClaimCorporation.AllRightsReserved.SpaceClaimisaregisteredtrademarkofSpaceClaimCorporation.
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Introduction
SpaceClaim2011isthe3Dproductivitytoolforengineerswhoneedtofocusontheircorecompetencieswhilealso
benefitingfromworkingin3D.Thesoftwareprovidesahighlyflexibledesignenvironmentcoupledwithamodern
userexperiencethatspeedscontributionstotheproductdevelopmentprocess.SpaceClaimisforthosewho
collaborateinthedesignandmanufactureofmechanicalproductsacrossabroadrangeofindustries.
Theonlinehelp,tutorials,andtrainingmaterialsareprovidedtohelpyoubecomeproductivewithSpaceClaimas
quicklyaspossible.WestronglyrecommendthatyoureviewtheGettingStartedsectionandstepthroughthe
tutorialsprovidedintheonlinehelpbeforebeginningyourownwork.

User'sGuide
ThisUser'sGuidebeginswithafocusonthebasictoolsandonsimpleconcepts.SpaceClaimisallaboutaddingand
manipulatingthefacesofadesignmodel,primarilythroughpullandmoveoperations.Ifthereisaface,youcan
pullonit.Ifyouneedanewface,drawanedgeorcopyanexistingone.Designclutterisminimizedwherever
possible.Thisguidecommunicatesthesesimple,butpowerfulconceptssothatyoucanextrapolatethemtoyour
realworlddesigns.Thisguidealsoprovidesusefulshortcutstouseasyouprogress,aswellasanimationsoftools
inactiontohelpyouunderstandtheirfunction.
SpaceClaimisdifferent,andweencourageyoutoopenyourmindandenterintoaworldwhereyoucanfocuson
thedesign,notthesoftware.SpaceClaimappreciatesyourfeedback,soletusknowwherewehavesucceededand
whatwecandobetter.Thanksforyourpurchaseandwelookforwardtoworkingwithyou!

Welcomewindow
WhenyoustartSpaceClaim,aWelcomewindowappears.Fromthiswindow,youcanquicklygethelp,viewvideos
andtutorials,andopensampledesigns.SpaceClaimupdatesthewelcomecontenteachtimethewindowis
displayed.
WhenyoufinishwiththeWelcomewindow,clickCloseorpresstheEsckey.
YoucanhidetheWelcomewindowbyuncheckingtheShowatstartupbox.ToredisplaytheWelcomewindow,
checktheShowwelcomescreenboxontheSpaceClaimPopularoptionspage.
ThelayoutandcontentsoftheWelcomewindowcanbecustomizedbyeditingasingleXMLfile.Youcanaddor
removebuttons,edittheiconforabutton,controlthelayoutofbuttons,anddeterminetheactionexecutedwhen
abuttonispressed.Formoreinformation,seeCustomizingtheWelcomewindow.

Tutorials
TutorialsanddemosareavailableontheSpaceClaimwebsite.StepbysteptutorialsarealsoavailableinthisHelp
file.WorkingthrougheachofthetutorialswillallowyoutoquicklygraspthebasicsofusingSpaceClaim.We
stronglyrecommendthatnewcomersto3Ddesignrunthroughthetutorials.Youwillgaincompetencywiththe
functionalityfeaturedandtheexperiencewillhelpyoumastertheremainingfeaturesmoreeasily.

Texttutorials
ThefollowingtutorialsareavailableintheOnlineHelp:
Inthistutorial,youwill:
CreateabracketusingSpaceClaim's
sketchingand3Deditingtools.
Createanassemblybyimportingand
modifyingaknobtofitintoyourbracket.
Bracketandknob Createadrawingsheettodetailyour
design.

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Inthistutorial,youwill:
Createandshellasimplesolid.
Usetheselectionfilterandpower
selection.
Addcornerreliefstoasheetmetalpart.
Convertedgestosheetmetalbendsand
junctions.
Createripsinthepartsoitcanbe
unfolded.
SheetMetal Unfoldasheetmetalpart.

Selfpacedtrainingtutorials
Selfpaced,animatedtrainingtutorialsareavailableonMySpaceClaim.com,apersonalizedwebportalforeasy
accesstoeverythingSpaceClaim.OnMySpaceClaim.com,youcan:
Gainaccessthroughauniqueusernameandpassword
DirectlydownloadSpaceClaimsoftware,includingpurchasednewproducts,updates,andupgrades
Learnfromselfpacedtrainingtutorials
Submitanewidea
ToaccessMySpaceClaim.com,selecttheLoginlinkatthetopoftheSpaceClaim.comhomepage.

Bracketandknobtutorial

Bracketandknobassembly


Inthistutorial,youwill:
CreateabracketusingSpaceClaim'ssketchingand3Deditingtools
Createanassemblybyimportingandmodifyingaknobtofitintoyourbracket
Createadrawingsheettodetailyourdesign
Thistutorialillustratesmanyofthetoolsandtheircapabilitiesbyshowingjustonemethodofcreatinggeometry.
InSpaceClaim,thereareseveralotherwaystocreateidenticalgeometry.
Pleasenotethatasyoumovebackandforthbetweenwindows,youmayneedtoclickintheSpaceClaimwindow
toactivateit.
Thetutorialshouldtakeaboutanhourtocomplete.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step1

Createanewdesigndocument

1. SelectNew>NewDesignfromtheApplicationmenu tocreateanewdesign.

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AblankdesigncontainingthesketchgridisdisplayedinanewDesignwindow.ThemodeissettoSketch,
sincethatisusuallythefirststeptocreateanewdesign.
Thefollowingfigureshowssomeoftheinterfaceelementsreferredtointhistutorial.


2. SelectSavefromtheApplicationmenutonameandsaveyourdesign.
ThenameofyourdesignappearsasthetoplevelcomponentintheStructuretree.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step2

Spin,pan,andzoom
1. Experimentwiththevariousmethodsfororientingtheview:
Usethemiddlemousebutton.(Dragthemiddlemousebuttontospin,Shift+dragtopan,andCtrl+drag
ittozoombasedoncursorposition.)
UsetheSpin,Pan,andZoomtoolsintheOrientribbongroup.
UsetheSpin,Pan,andZoomtoolsatthebottomrightoftheSpaceClaimwindow.
UseaSpaceball(optional).
2. ClickHomeintheOrientribbongrouporpresstheHkeytorestoretheoriginalview.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step3

Setyourdesignpreferences

1. ClickSpaceClaimOptionsintheApplicationmenu .
2. ClickUnits.
3. SelectImperialfromtheTypedropdown.
InchesappearintheLengthdropdown,theminorgridspacingchangesfrom.1mmto1/8in,andthe
minorgridlinespermajorchangesfrom10to8.Thismeansthatyoucandimensionininches,andthat
thesketchgridlinesarenowspaced1/8inchapart,andthedarkergridlinesappeareveryinch.

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4. SeelectDecimalffromtheDecim
mal/fractiondrropdown.
5. CllickOK.

Bracketan
ndknobtutoriaal:Step4

Createtheebottomoftheebracket
1. Skketcharectangglethatwillbeecomethebotttompieceofth
hebracket.

1.
2. heRectangleto
Clickth ool intheSketchribbonggroupontheDesigntab.
ThegridindicatesthaatyouareinSkketchmode.
hatpressingth
Noteth heKkeyisashortcutforquiccklyreturningttoSketchmodee.
3. Clickto
osetthefirstcornerofthereectangle.(Starttattheupperleft.)
Asyoumoveyourmo
ouse,apreview
woftherectan
ngleisdrawn,aanddimension
nfieldsappear.
4. Type1.125,thenpressTabanddim
mensionthesecondsidebytyyping4.281.
5. PressEEntertocompleetetherectangle.

Note:Ifyoumakeam
mistake,clickaadimensiontoeditit,orclickktheSelecttoo
ol intheEd
dit
ribbongroupanddouubleclicktherrectangletoseelectit.ThenpressDeletetodeletethe
rectanggleandredraw
wit.YoucanalssouseCtrl+ZaandCtrl+Ytoundoandredossteps.
2. Pu
ulltherectanggleinto3Dtocreatethebotto
omofthebraccket.
1. Switchto3Dmodebyyclickingthe3
3Dmodetool intheModeeribbongroup.
nalsousetheDkeytoquickklyenter3Dmo
Youcan ode.

ThePulltool intheEditribbo
ongroupisactiivated,yourskketchedrectangglenowappeaarsas
arectangularsurfacee,andthesurfaaceappearsintheStructuretree.
2. ntherectangu
Clickon ularsurfacetosselectit.


Thefaintyellowcurso
orarrowsshow
wyouthedirecctionsinwhich
hyoucanpullttherectangle.
3. obeginaddingthicknesstoth
Dragto herectangle.

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Youcan ndragwithyourcursoranyw
whereintheDeesignwindow
youdonoth havetodragonnthe
Pullarrrowitself.Werecommendthhatyoumoveyyourmouseoffftothesidew
whenpullingtomake
iteasie
ertoseeyourcchanges.
4. Type.4
483andpressEEnter.


ThesurrfaceintheStrructuretreebeecomesasolid.(Pullingacurrvecreatesasu
urface,whilep
pulling
asurfacecreatesasoolid.)

3. PrressCtrl+SorsselectSavefromtheApplicattionmenu tosaveyourd
design.

Bracketan
ndknobtutoriaal:Step5

Createtheebackofthebrracket
1. Exxtrudeanedge
etoformasurrface.
1. Clickth
hebackedgeo
ofthesolidwith
hthePulltooltoselectit.
Theedgeishighlighteedandedgeop nitoolbar.Move
ptionsappearintheOptionsspanelandmin
mousecloserto
yourm otheminitoolb
bartomakeitmoreopaque..
Ifyoum
movedthemodelintheDesignwindow,cliicktheHomeb buttonintheO
Orientgroupon nthe
Designtab.YoucanaalsopressH.Th
hisorientsthemodeltoitsdefaultviewandsizesittofit
insidettheDesignwin
ndow,asshownintheimages.


2. Selectttheextrudeed
dgeoption intheOptionspanel.
(Youcaanhoveroveraanyoptiontod
displayatooltipthatexplainsstheoption.)
ThePullarrowschangetoindicatethetwodefaultdirectionsin
nwhichyoucan
nextrudetheeedge.
3. heedgeupwarrdtobegincreaatingasurfacee.
Dragth

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4. Whiledragging,pressandreleasethespacebartodisplayadimensionfield.
Youcanpressthespacebartoeditadimensionwheneveradimensionisdisplayed.
5. Type1.4.
6. PressEntertocompletethesurface.
Thissurfacenowappearsinthestructuretree,belowthesolid.
2. Pullthesurfaceintoasolid.
1. Clickthesurfaceyoujustcreatedanddragtowardthefrontofthesolidasshownbelow.


2. Enter.483tomatchthethicknessofyourfirstsolid.
3. PressEntertofinishpullingandcreatethesurface.


IntheStructuretree,thesurfacedisappearsandthisnewsolidisautomaticallymergedwiththe
first.
3. Saveyourwork.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step6

Roundthecorners
1. Roundtheinsidecornerofthebracket.
1. ClicktheedgeontheinsidecornerofthebracketwiththePulltool.

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2. SelecttheRoundEdgepulloption intheminitoolbarandtheOptionspanel.
3. Draginthedirectionofthearrowtoroundtheedge.
4. Whiledragging,pressandreleasethespacebartodisplayadimensionfield.
5. Type.2andpressEnter.


2. Roundtheoutsidecornerofthebracket.
1. TurnthebracketsoyoucanseethebottombyclickingtheSpintool intheOrientribbon
groupanddraggingtospinyourdesign.
Anotherwaytospinistomouseoveranedgeinyourdesign,thenpressAltanddragwiththe
middlemousebuttontospinyourdesignaroundthatedge.(ReleasetheAltkeyafteryoustart
spinningthemodel.)Spinninginthiswayletsyoukeepthecurrenttoolactive.
2. Repeatthepreviousstepstocreatea0.4"roundontheouteredge,asshownbelow.


3. ClickHome intheOrientribbongrouptoreturnthedesigntotrimetricview.
3. Saveyourwork.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step7

Tapertheendofthebracket(Part1)
1. Sketchadimensionedpointonthetopfaceofthelongarmofthebracket,asshowninthefigure.

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1. Clickth
heSelecttool intheEditribbongroupandselectthetopfaceoftheebottompieceeof
thebraacket.
Noteth
hatpressingth
heEsckeyseveeraltimesreturrnsyoutotheSelecttool.
2. Clickth
hePointtool intheSketchribbongroup.
enowinSketchmode.Thesketchgridapp
Youare pearsandtheSSketchmodeto ool isactiveein
theMooderibbongroup.Becauseyo ouenteredSkeetchmodewith hafaceselected,SpaceClaim
m
assumeesyouwantto
osketchonthaatface,andorientsthesketch
hgridalongthatface.
3. Click PlanViewintheOrientribbonorthemin
nitoolbartoviiewthesketchgridheadon.
4. Placethecursoroverrthebottomrightvertexofttheface(assho
ownbelow)an ndpressandreelease
Shift,thenmoveyourmousetowarrdthebackofthebracketalo ongtherighteedgewithout
pressinnganymousebbutton.Adimeensionfieldapppears.


ethod(oftencalled"Shift+to
Thisme ouch"dimensio
oning)allowsanyobjectinan
nytooltodimeension
fromth
hatreferenced
dobject.
5. dimensionthepointsdistanccefromthevertex(1.5"alongthe
Pressaandreleasetheespacebartod
edge).
Tabifyouneed
PressT dtoswitchdim
mensionfields.
6. PressEEntertocreatethepoint.
Ifthep
pointwascreattedatthewron ngplace,youccanpressCtrl++Zorclick intheQuickAccess
toolbarr(ontheleftsiideoftheSpacceClaimtitlebaar)totryagain
n.
2. Drawanangledline.
1. Clickth
heLinetool intheSketchribbongroup.
Youcan
nusetheLkeyyasashortcuttotheLinetoo
ol.
2. Clickth
hepointyoucrreatedinthepreviousstep(aasmallgreenb
ballappearswhhenthecursorris
overthhepoint)andthenmovethecursortocreattealinesimilaartotheimagee(edgeswill
highlightwhenthecu ursorisoverth
hemtoindicateecoincidence).
Twodimensionsappeear,onefortheline'slengthandoneforth
heangleformeedbetweenthee
sketchgridandtheline.
3. Pressaandreleasetheespacebartod
dimensiontheline.UsingtheeTabkey,switcchtotheanglee
dimenssionandtype1 103tochangetheangleofth
heline.

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4. PresstheEsckeytoendlinecreation.
YoucanalsorightclickandselectFinishLine.
3. Removematerialfromthebracket.
1. GotoHomeviewandpressPtoenterthePulltool.
Youarenowbackin3Dmode.The3Dmodetool isactiveintheModeribbongroup.
2. Clickthetriangularregioncreatedbythelineandtheedgeofthebracket.
Notethatthelineeffectivelysplitstheoriginalsurfaceintotwosurfaces.
3. Dragdownwarduntilallthematerialisremoved.


Notethatasyoupull,thePulltoolassumesthatyouwanttoremovematerial,andthecursor
changesto indicatethatthepullissubtractive.Ifyoupullintheoppositedirection,material
willbeadded.
4. Saveyourwork.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step8

Tapertheendofthebracket(Part2)
1. Copytheexistingedgetouseasapivotaxis.
1. UsetheViewsdropdownmenutoselecttheIsometricview,thenrotatethemodeltoviewthe
otherside(seefigure).
2. Selectthebottomleftedgeofthebracket,asshownbelow.

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3. IntheO
Optionspanelortheminitoo
olbar,selectth
heCopyEdge option.
Twoarrrowsappeartooindicatethedirectionstheedgecanbecopiedalongexxistingsurfacess.You
canTabbbetweentheedirections.
4. Dragth
heedgealongtthesurface1.5
5".


2. Reevolvetheface
etomatchtheeangledfaceontheothersid
deofthebrackket.
1. Selecttthenewlycreaatedsurfacebeetweenthenew
wlineandtheendofthebraacket.

2. Clickth
heRevolvetoolguide (
(locatedonthe
erightsideofttheDesignwin
ndow).
3. Clickth
helinecreatedinthepreviou
usstep.


dinblueandthePullarrowcchangestosho
Thelineishighlighted owthatpullinggwillrevolveth
he
edface.
selecte
4. Dragtoobeginrevolvingtheface.W bartodimension
Whiledragging,pressandreleeasethespaceb
therevvolve.
5. Enter13andpressEEntertofinishttherevolve.

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3. Saveyourwork.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step9

Roundthetaperedend
1. ClearyourpreviousselectionsbyclickinginwhitespaceintheDesignwindow.
Thismethodensuresthatyoustaywithinthesametool(Pullinthisexample).
2. SelectoneoftheedgesattheendofthebracketandCtrl+clicktheotheredgetoaddittoyourselection.


3. Clickthe RoundoptionintheOptionspanelortheminitoolbar.
4. Createafullroundontheendofthebracket:
1. Draginthedirectionofthearrowuntilbothedgesareslightlyrounded.
2. Slowlypullthemousebackasifyouwereremovingtheround.
3. Keepgoinguntiltheendisfullyrounded.


5. Saveyourwork.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step10

Createahole
1. Createacircleattheendofthebracket.

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1. ClickCiircle intheSketchgroupaandthenclickthetopsurfaceofthelongaarmofthebraccket.
2. ClickPllanView in
ntheOrientgrrouptoviewth
hesketchgridh
headon.
Youcursorwillsnapttothecentero
ofthearccreattedbythefullround,anditismarkedwitha
cross.
3. hecenterofthearcandmovethecursorto
Clickth obeginsketchiingacircle,theenusethespaccebar
todimeensionthediammeterto0.3".


2. Pu
ullthecircleto
ocreateaholeintheendoftthebracket.

1. Clickth
hePulltool intheEditrribbongroupaandgotoHomeview.
2. Selecttthecircularreggionanddragd
downwardunttilallthematerialisremoved
d.


3. Dragw ntospinthebracketsoyouccanseethrougghthehole.
withthemiddleemousebutton
3. Saaveyourwork..

Bracketan
ndknobtutoriaal:Step11

Createaseecondhole
1. Co
opytheexistin
nghole.
1. Selecttthecylindricalinnersurfaceo
ofthehole.


2. Clickth
heMovetoolfrromtheEditriibbongroup.
3. Whileh
holdingdownttheCtrlkey,seelectanddragthearrow(vecctor)intheMo
ovehandle.

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Theholeiscopiedalongthearmofthebracket.Youcanseepreviewsoftheholeaslongasthe
geometryisvalid.
4. Stopdragginganywheretocompletethecopy.
2. Positiontheholeaccurately.
1. ClickonthesamearroworvectorintheMovehandle.
2. Inthesmalltoolbarthatappears,clickthe RulerDimensiontool.
Adimensionwillappearandsnaptogeometryasyouhoverovervariousentities.
3. Selectthepointcreatedearlieroreitheroftheedgesthatarecoincidentwithit.


Thedimensionfreezesandwaitsforanewvaluetobeentered.
4. Enteravalueofzerotoaligntheaxisoftheholewiththeseedges.


Youcanalsooffsetselectedgeometryfromareferencebyenteringavalueusingthesame
method.
3. Increasethesizeofthehole.
1. PressPtoselectthePulltoolandselectthecylindricalsurfaceofthehole.
2. Dragintheoppositedirectionofthearrowtoincreasethesizeoftheholetoadimensionofyour
choice.

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3. UseCtrl+Ztoundothepreviousoperationandreturntheholetoitsoriginalsize.Ifyougotoo
far,useCtrl+Ytoredosteps.
4. Saveyourwork.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step12

Createapatternofholes
1. CreateapatternwiththeMovetool.
1. PressMtoselecttheMovetool.
2. ChecktheCreatePatternsoptionintheOptionspanel.
3. ZoomintoyourdesignbyselectingZoomExtentsfromtheZoomtoolmenutomakethenext
stepeasier.
4. Clicktheinnercylindricalsurfaceoftheholethatyoujustcreated.
5. PressandholdtheCtrlkeywhiledraggingtheMovehandlealongthelongaxisofthebracketa
distanceof1.7".


YoucanreleasetheCtrlkeyafteryoubegindragging.
Apatterncountparameterisdisplayed,alongwiththedimensionfromtheoriginalholetothe
copiedhole.
2. Editthepattern.
1. UsetheTabkeytohighlightthecountentryandenteravalueof4.

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Fourid
dentical,equidiistantholesap
ppearonthebrracketsurface..Theseholesaarenowpartoffa
pattern
n.Thedimensionbetweeneaachholeintheepatternisnow wdisplayedaswellastheother
parame eters.
2. SelecttthePulltoolan
ndselectanaxxisofoneofyo
ourholes.


3. Dragto
ochangetheholestoslots.


madetooneholeaffectallth
Noticethatchangesm heothersinth
hepattern.
4. Ctrl+Ztoundoyourchange.
PressC
3. Saaveyourwork..

Bracketan
ndknobtutoriaal:Step13

Chamferth
hetopedge
1. Ch
hamferthetop
pedgeusingth
hePulltool.

1. Clickth
hePulltool intheEditribbongroup.
2. Double
eclickoneofth
hetopedgestoselecttheed
dgeloop.


Notethhatdoubleclicckingthesameedgemultipleetimesshowsyyoueachedgeeloopsettheeedgeis
partoff.Ifthewrongeedgeloopisseelected,doubleeclicktoselectanalternateloop.
3. Selecttthechamfered
dgeoption intheOptionsspanelorthem
minitoolbar.
4. Dragin
nthedirectionofthearrowtobeginchamfferingtheedgee.

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Notethatchamfersare45degreesbydefault,butyoucanchangethedistanceofeachside.
5. Whiledragging,usethespacebartoenteravalueof0.1"forthechamferssetback.
6. PressEntertofinishpullingandcreatethechamferededges.
2. Saveyourwork.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step14

Importtheknob
1. Gettheknobmodel.

1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenu .
2. ClickResources.
3. ClickGetModelstodisplaytheSpaceClaimModelLibraryontheSpaceClaimwebsite.
4. FindtheTutorialKnob.scdocfileandclickDownload.
5. PressCanceltoclosetheSpaceClaimOptionsdialogbox.
2. Inserttheknobcomponent.
1. ClickHometoorientyourbracket.

2. ClicktheInserttool intheInsertribbongrouptodisplaytheOpenDesignwindow.
3. NavigatetoandselectTutorialKnob.scdocandclickOpen.
TheknobappearsintheDesignwindowinsidetheoutlineofanorangeboxwiththeMovetool
activetomoveittoabetterposition.
3. Movetheknobsoitssmallendispointingatthebackofthebracket.
1. DragononeoftheMovehandlearrows(vectors)toseparatethesolidsandmakethemeasierto
workwith.
2. DragonthecurvedMovehandlearrows(vectors)toapproximatelypointthesmallendofthe
handletowardsthebackofthebracket.


4. Createandactivateacomponentforthebracket.
1. IntheStructurepanel,rightclickthebracket(namedSolid)selectMovetoNewComponent.

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Anewcomponent,Component1,appearsinthestructuretreeanditcontainsthebracketsolid.
Itsnameishighlightedsoyoucanrenameitimmediatelyafteritiscreated.
2. RenamethenewcomponenttoBracket.
3. IntheStructurepanel,rightclickDesign1andselectActivateComponent.


TheactivecomponentisdisplayedinboldintheStructurepanel.
Activatingcomponentsallowsyoutoselectwhetheryouareoperatinginthecontactofthe
assembly,subassembly,orpart.
5. Saveyourwork.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step15

Modifytheknob
1. Activatetheknobasacomponent,preparingtoworkonitbyitself.
1. IntheStructuretree,mouseovertheTutorialKnobcomponent.
Anorangeboxappearsaroundtheknob.
2. RightclickandselectActivateComponent.
Theknobcomponentappearsinboldtoindicatethatitisactive.
2. CreateapatternofgrooveswiththeMovetool.
1. TurntheknobsoyoucanseethewholegroovebyclickingtheSpintoolintheOrientribbon
groupanddraggingtospinyourdesign.
Tomakethiseasier,zoomintoyourdesignbyselectingZoomBoxInfromtheZoomtoolmenuin
theOrientgroup.

2. Click SelectintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
3. HoldCtrlandselectbothsurfacesofthegroove(theelongatedsurfaceandtheflatsurfaceatthe
end,asshownbelow).


ItisofteneasiertopreselectobjectsbeforeyoustarttheMovetool,becausetheMovehandle
canobscurefaces.

4. Click MoveintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.

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5. ClicktheAnchortoolguide(ontherightoftheDesignwindow),thenclickontheaxisinthe
centeroftheknob.
ThisanchorstheMovetoolsothepatternwillrotatearoundtheaxisofthepart.
6. SelecttheCreatePatternscheckboxintheOptionspanel.
7. PressCtrlanddragthebluerotationarrowslowly.


SpaceClaimgivesyouitsbestideaofwhatyouwouldlikeforapattern.Itsnapsat45.Ifyou
keptgoingitwouldsnaptoa60pattern.
3. RemoveunwantedspacewiththeFilltoolintheEditribbon.
1. Rotatetheknobsoyoucanseetheroundedcornerundertheheadoftheknob.
2. ClickontheSelecttoolintheEditribbongroupthenclickontheroundedcorner.

3. Click FillintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.


Theroundedcornerbecomesflat.
4. Saveyourwork.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step16

Fittheknobtothebracket
1. Measurethesmallcylinderontheendoftheknob.
1. ZoomoutofyourdesignbyselectingZoomOutfromtheZoomtoolmenu.

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2. Click Measurein
ntheInspectgroupontheM
Measuretab.
3. Selecttthesmallcylinder.


Youwillseemeasureementsincludin
ngthecirclediameter(0.375
5in).
notherpartso
Clickon ofthemodelto
oseetheirdim
mensions.
2. Ch
hangethedisp
playandmovethebracketso
oyoucanseew
whatyou'redo
oing.
1. RightcclickBracketintheStructuretreeandselecctActivateCom
mponentfromthedropdow
wn
menu.
AnorangeboxappeaarsaroundtheBracket.
2. Rotatethebracketso
oyoucanseeitsback.
3. hebackofthebracketthencclickSketchMo
Clickth ode intheM
Modegroup.TThegridappearrson
thebacckofthebrackket.
4. Clickth
heDisplaytab.
5. Gridgroup,selectClipScene
IntheG eAboveGrid.TTheknobtemp
porarilydisappeears.
YoumaayalsowanttooselectFadeSSceneUnderGrid.Thiswillfaadethebrackettandmakeiteeasier
toseetthesketchpro
ofilesyoudraw
w.
6. ReturntotheDesigntabandselecttBackfromtheeTrimetrictoo
olmenuintheOrientribbon..The
backoffthebracketn
nowfacesyou.
3. hebracketsoyyoucaninsertttheknobintoit.
Crreateaholeinthebackofth
1. ClickCo
onstructionLin
ne intheSkketchgroup.
2. Movetthecursoroverthetoplineo
ontheback.Th
hecursorsnapsstothecenterroftheline.


3. Clickto
ostarttheconsstructionline.Becarefultocclickonthetop
pofthebackan
ndnotonthettopof
thechaamfer.
4. odrawaconstructionlinetothebottomoffthesurface.
Dragto

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Thelinesnapstothecenterofthebottomedge.PressEsctoexxitthetool.
5. ClickCiircle intheSketchgroupaandpositionth
hemouseatth
hetopoftheco
onstructionlin
ne.(Do
notpreessamousebuutton.)
6. PressaandreleasetheeShiftkeytod
dimensionfrom
manotherpoint,thenmovetthemouseslow
wlyin
thedireectionyouwannttoplacetheecircle.
7. Inthed
dimensionboxx,typethevalu
uewhereyouw wanttolocatethecirclecentter(.742).Ifyo
ou
needtoo,pressTabto
oswitchdimensionfields.
8. ocenterofthehole.
PressEEnter.Thecursorismovedto


9. Movetthemouseslow wlyandaseconddimensionboxappearsin ntowhichyoucantypethe
diametterofthecirclee(.376).PressEnter.PressEssctoexittheto
ool.

10. ClickPuull intheeEditgroup(th


heviewreturnsto3D)andtthenclickonth
hecenterofthe
circlesothedirectionnarrowsareovverthecircle.
Youmaayneedtohideetheknobsoyyoucanseethebracket.Desselectthecheckboxnexttotthe
TutoriaalKnobcomponnenttohideit..
11. SelectttheUpTotoollguideontherightsideofth dow.Movethemousetotheside
heDesignwind
ofthem
modelandrollthemiddlebu uttontoselectthehiddensurface.Whenittishighlighted,,click.
Thecirclegoestotheesurfaceandb
becomesaholee.

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4. Crreateanassem
mbly.
1. Clickth
hecheckboxnexttotheTuto
orialKnobcomponentintheSStructuretreetomakeitreaappear
inthed
display.
2. Dragwwiththemiddleemousebutton
ntospinthem
modelsothekn
nobisontheriightandthebrracket
isonth
heleft.

3. ClickSe
elect inth
heEditgroup(o orpressS),sellectthesurfaceeofthesmallccylinderontheeend
ofthekknob,thenholldCtrlandseleecttheinsidessurfaceofthehhole.


4. ClickAlign intheA
Assemblygrou
up.
Theknobmovessoth
heaxisofitsendisalignedw
withtheaxisof
f thehole.
5. Selectttheflatsurfaceeoftheknobjustbehindtheesmallcylinderr.
6. Movetthemousetotthesideofthebracket,turntthescrollwheeeltohighlighttthebackofthee
brackett.HoldCtrland
dselectthebaackofthebracket.


7. ClickTaangent intheAssemblygroup.
Theknobslipsthrougghtheholeintthebracket.


Thesurrfacesthatmo
ovearethoseo
ofthemodelyo
oupickfirst.
8. Spinth
heassemblyaro
oundtoseeth
hatyouassemb
bledthebrackeetandtheknob.
5. Saaveyourwork..

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Bracketandknobtutorial:Step17

Createadrawingsheetforyourdesign
1. TurnoffthedisplayoftheknobbyuncheckingitintheStructuretree.
1. ClicktheApplicationMenuandselectNew>DrawingSheet.
Anewwindowappearswithadrawingsheetthatincludestop,front,andrightsideviewsofyour
model.Youcanmodifyviews,createandformatannotation,formatthedrawingsheet,and
createmarkupslides.
2. ClicktheDesigntab,clicktheSelecttool,andmovethepartsofthemodelsotheyareclosertogether.
3. Makethesheetsmaller.
1. ClickontheDetailingtababovetheribbon.
2. ClickontheFormattoolintheSheetSetupgroup.
3. SelectAPortraitsize.Thebracketdrawingsheetmovestothecenterofthewindowinportrait
form.


4. YoucantogglebetweenthemodelandthedrawingsheetbyusingthetabsbelowtheDesign
window.
4. Saveyourwork.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step18

Annotatethedesign
1. Enterthewidthofthebracketback.
1. Tomakethiseasier,zoomintothebracketcomponentsbyclickingontheDesigntababovethe
ribbonandselectingZoomInfromtheZoommenuintheOrientribbon.Ifnecessary,shiftdrag
tocentertheview.
2. ClickontheDetailingtabagain,andthenclickontheDimensiontoolintheAnnotationribbon.
3. Clickontheleftedgeofthewallofthebracket(bottomleftofdrawing)thenclickonitsright
edge.DonotusetheCtrlkey.

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Adimensionboxdisplaysthewidthofthewall.
4. Movethemouseup(nobuttonsshouldbepressed)untilthedimensionboxislocatedwhereyou
wantit,thenclick.


2. Enterthewidthofthebracketbase.
1. Clickonthetopedgeofthebracketbase(bottomrightofdrawing)thenclickonitsbottomedge.
DonotusetheCtrlkey.
Adimensionboxdisplaysthewidthofthebase.
2. Movethemouseover(nobuttonsshouldbepressed)untilthedimensionboxislocatedwhere
youwantit,thenclick.
Noticethedimensionisthesamethatyouusedtocreatethebracket.


3. Entertheheightofthebracketback.
1. Clickonthebottomedgebracketbase(bottomrightofdrawing)thenclickonthetopedgeofits
back.DonotusetheCtrlkey.
Adimensionboxdisplaystheheightofitsback.
2. Clickandmovethemouse(nobuttonsshouldbepressed)untilthedimensionboxislocated
whereyouwantitthenclickagain.


4. Enterdimensionsforthetopviewofthebracket(topofdrawing).
1. Clickontheedgeoftheholeattheendofthebracket.
Movethemouse(nobuttonsshouldbepressed)untilthediameteroftheholeislocatedwhere
youwantit,thenclick.Youmayneedtoclickonthearrowtomoveittotheedgeohthecircle.
2. Clickonthetopofthebackofthebracket.
Movethemouse(nobuttonsshouldbepressed)tothebottomoftheroundededge.Whenyou
movethemouse,manydimensionsappear,includingthetangentpointofthebottomedge.Click
andmovethedimensionuntilyouhaveplaceditwhereyouwantit.

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Noticethedimensionis4.281,whichiswhatyouenteredtocreatethesolid.

3.
5. Createanote.
1. ClickontheNotetoolintheAnnotationribbon.
Clickwhereyouwantthenotetobeonthedrawingandbegintotypeyournote.PressEscto
exitthetool.
2. ClickontheNoteLeadertool intheAnnotationribbon.
Mouseoverthenotetoseewhereyoucanattachtheleader.Clickononeoftheattachment
pointsanddrag.Whentheleaderreacheswhereyouwantittoend,releasethemouseand
pressEsctoexitthetool.
3. CreateaMaterialFinishSymbol.
SelecttheMaterialRemovalRequiredtoolfromtheSurfaceFinishlistintheAnnotationribbon.
Clickafaceinthedesigntoplacealeader,thenclickinanemptyareatoplacethesurfacefinish
symbol.Youcanentertextorsymbols.
4. Changethedesignfromthedrawing.
Youcanseethesolidmodelsinthedrawingbypressingthemiddlemousebuttonandspinning
thedrawing.
6. Saveyourwork.

Bracketandknobtutorial:Step19

Modifythedesignfromthedrawingsheet
1. Changethedesignfromthedrawing.
1. Changethesizeofthe.3diameterholeatthebottomofthebracket.
2. TurnthedrawingsoyoucanseeinsidetheholebyclickingtheSpintool intheOrientribbon
groupanddraggingtospinyourdesign.
3. ClickontheDesigntababovetheribbon.
4. EnlargetheviewbyselectingZoomBoxInfromtheZoommenuintheOrientribbonand
drawingaboxaroundthehole.
5. SelectthePulltoolintheEditribbongroupthenselecttheinsidediameterofthehole.Pressand
releasethespacebarandenteraradiusof.2.
6. Zoomout.Thedimensionhasbeenchangedto.4onthedrawing.
2. Twoviewsofthechangeddrawing.
1. Toseethedrawingview,rightclickandselectView>FlatView.

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2. Toview
wthewholedrrawing,rightcllickandselectView>Home..

Convertinggasolidtoasheetmetalparttutorial

Introductio
on
Sometimessitiseasiertostartwithaso
olidandconvertittocreateaasheetmetalp
part.Thistutorrialwillguideyyou
throughth
heprocessandteachyouhow wtousesomeofSpaceClaim m'spowerfultoolstomakeyo ourworkeasier,
whetheryoou'reworkingwithsheetmeetalpartsorsolids.


Inthistuto
orial,youwill
Createaandshellasim
mplesolid.
Usetheselectionfilterandpowerseelection.
Addcorrnerreliefstoaasheetmetalp
part.
Converttedgestoshee
etmetalbendssandjunctionss.
Createrripsintheparttsoitcanbeunfolded.
Unfoldaasheetmetalpart.

Convertinggasolidtoasheetmetalparttutorial:Ste
ep1

Createasiimplesolid

1. SeelectNew>Ne
ewDesignfrom
mtheApplicationmenu tocreateaneewdesign.
2. Drawarectangle.
1. Clickth
he RectanglletoolintheSSketchgroupontheDesigntaab.
2. Clickapointontheggridtosettheu
upperleftcorn
neroftherectaangle.
3. Movetthemousedow
wnandtotherrighttostartdrawingtherecctangle.
4. Type40
0forthefirstd
dimension(or1.5ifyouhaveeyourunitssetttoImperial).
5. PresstheTabkeyand
dtype35forth
heseconddim
mension(or1.3ifyouhaveyo
ourunitssetto
o
Imperiaal).

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6. PressEntertofinishdrawingtherectangle.
3. Pulltherectangleintoasolid.

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selecttherectangleandpullitupto20mm(or.75inches).Totypeadimensionlikeyoudid
whenyoudrewtherectangle,startthepullandreleasethemouse,thentypethedimension.


4. Nowisagoodtimetosaveyourdesign.
1. ClicktheApplicationmenuandclickSave,orjustclick SaveintheQuickaccesstoolbarnear
thetopleftcorneroftheSpaceClaimwindow.
2. Browsetothefolderwhereyouwanttosavethefile.
3. TypeafilenameandclickSave.

Convertingasolidtoasheetmetalparttutorial:Step2

Addanopening
Copythetopedgeoftheblocktocreatetheedgefortheopening:

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Doubleclickatopedgeoftherectangle.
3. Thiswillselectfourcontiguousedges.Youcandoubleclickagaintocyclethroughthepossibleselections.
Keepdoubleclickinguntilthetopfouredgesareselected,asshowninthesequencebelow.
4. SelecttheCopyEdgeoptionintheminitoolbarortheOptionspanel.Thisoptionisshowninthemini
toolbarhere:


5. Dragtheedgeabout7mm(or.3inches)towardthecenterofthetop.
Thiscreatesacopyoftheedgethatisoffsetfromtheoriginaledgebytheamountthatyoudragortype.

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Shelltheso
olid
1. Cllick ShellintheInsertgroupontheDesiigntab.
2. Cllickthefaceyo
oucreatedbyccopyingtheed
dge.
3. Ch
hangetheshelllthickness:
Ifyouarewo
orkinginMetriccunits,changeethethicknesssto1mmandp
pressEnter.
Ifyouarewo
orkinginImperrialunits,changgethethicknessto.04andp
pressEnter.
hesolidwillbe
Th eshelledandth
hefaceyouselectedwillberremoved.

Convertinggasolidtoasheetmetalparttutorial:Ste
ep3

Convertth
hesolidtoash
heetmetalpartt

1. Cllick ConvvertintheImp
portgrouponttheSheetMetaaltab.
Th
heSelectBodiestoolguidew
willbeactivebydefault.
2. Seelectthebodyyoucreated.
Walls,bends,an
W onlydefaultsizedjunctionsyoucreatedasssheetmetal,notimported
ndjunctions(o
ju
unctions)areautomaticallydetectedandid dentifiedbycolor:Greenshowsoneside,cyyantheothersside,
ju
unctionsarepu
urple,andpartialbendsareyyellow.
Yo
ouwillonlysee
ethecolorcod becauseyoudidn'tcreateanyyotherelemen
dingforwallsb ntsinyourdessign.
3. CllickSelectorp
pressStoexitttheConverttoo
ol.
Th
hebodyisdisp
playedinAzuree(blue)ifitwassuccessfullycconverted,assshowninthessequencebelow
w.


Convertinggasolidtoasheetmetalparttutorial:Ste
ep4

Splittheto
opfacetoadd
d rips
Youmustssplitthetopfacesothepartcanbeunfoldeed.
1. CllickSplitinthe
eCreatesectionontheSheettMetaltab.

2. Cllickthe SelectTwoCut
S olguideontheerightsideoftheDesignwind
tterPointstoo dow.
3. Seelectthetwoccornersshownhere:

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Thefaceissplitbetweenthetwopointsandcornerreliefsareautomaticallyadded.
4. Repeatthesestepsforeachcorner,soyourpartlookslikethis:


Convertingasolidtoasheetmetalparttutorial:Step5

Addverticaljunctions
Likesplittingthetopface,youmustalsoaddbendsandjunctionstounfoldandmanufacturethesheetmetalpart.
Startbyaddingjunctionsontheverticaledges:
1. Selectoneverticaledge.
2. ClicktheSelectiontabinthepanelwiththeStructuretree.
Thistabisthepowerselectiontool,andithelpsyoufindsimilargeometryinyourdesign.SeePower
selectionformoreinformation.
3. ClickEdgeswithsamelength.
Alloftheverticaledgeswillbeselected.
4. Click JunctionintheCreategroupontheSheetMetaltab.
5. SelectNoOverlapfromtheJunctiondropdownlist.
Reliefsareautomaticallycreatedoncornersthatdon'thavereliefs,asshownbelow.


Addbendsontheremaininghardedges
1. Drawaboxaroundtheentireparttoselectit.
2. ClickHardsheetmetaledgesintheSelectionpanel.
Alledgesthatdon'thaveajunctiontypesetareselected.Inthisexample,allhorizontaledgesonthe
outsideofthepartareselected.Weneedbendsonalloftheseedgessowecanunfoldthepart.
3. Click JunctionintheCreategroupontheSheetMetaltabagain.

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4. SeelectBendfrom
mtheJunction
ndropdownlisst.
Yo
ourpartnowh
hasjunctionsandbends,anditisreadytob
beunfolded:

Convertinggasolidtoasheetmetalparttutorial:Ste
ep6

Unfoldtheesheetmetalp
part
1. Seelectafaceofthesheetmetalcomponentthathasatleaastonebendju
unction.
Th
heselectedfaccesetstheorieentationoftheeunfoldeddesiign.

2. Cllick oldintheFlatggroupontheSSheetMetaltab.
Unfo
Yourunfoldedpartshouldlooksimilartothis:

SpaceCllaimobjeccts
TheSpaceC edescribesobjjectsslightlydiifferentlythanothermodelin
Claiminterface ngsoftwareyo
oumightbefam
miliar
with.

Documentt
ASpaceClaaim.scdocmayycontainanyccombinationoffdesignversions,associateddrawingsheetts,and3Dmarrkup
slides.

Design
odel,whichcontainsatleastonetoplevelcomponent.
Adesignissa2Dor3Dmo

Componen
nt
Acomponeentconsistsoffanynumbero hassolidsandsurfaces.Youcanthinkofacomponentassa
ofobjects,such
"part."Acomponentcannalsocontainaanynumberoffsubcomponeents.Youcanthhinkofahierarchyofcompo
onents
andsubcom mponentsasaan"assembly."

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Object
AnobjectisanythingrecognizablebySpaceClaimtools.Forexample,3Dobjectsincludevertices,edges,faces,
surfaces,solids,layouts,planes,axes,andorigins.2Dobjectsincludepointsandlines.
Examplesofsomeobjecttypesareshownbelow:

Vertex Edge Face

Surface Solid

Plane Axis Origin

Body
InSpaceClaim,abodyisasolidorsurface.

Assemblyconstraints
Componentsarealignedusingassemblyconstraints.SeeAssigningassemblyconditions.

Curve
AnimportedCurvefile.

Workingwithcomponents
ComponentsareshownintheStructuretreeontheStructurepanel.AlltheobjectsintheStructuretreeare
containedwithinatopleveldesigncomponent(Design1inthefigurebelow.)Thistoplevelcomponentiscreated
automaticallywhenyoufirstsaveyourdesign.
Youmustcreateanyothercomponentsyourself.Onceyouhavecreatedacomponent,theiconchangestoshow
thatthetopleveldesignisnowanassembly.

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Tocreateacomponent
YoucandoanyofthefollowingintheStructuretreetocreateacomponent:
RightclickanycomponentandselectNewComponentfromthecontextmenutocreateanewcomponent
withinthatcomponent.
RightclickanobjectandselectMovetoNewComponenttocreateacomponentwithintheactivecomponent
andmovetheobjectintoit.Iftheobjecthasacustomname,thenewcomponentwillhavethesamename.
Ctrl+clickmultipleobjects,thenrightclickandselectMoveEachtoNewComponentsfromthecontextmenu
tocreateanewcomponentforeachobjectwithintheactivecomponentandmovetheobjectsintothose
components.Iftheobjecthasacustomname,thenewcomponentwillhavethesamename.


Anannotationplanewithdimensionscannotbemovedtoacomponentbecausethereferenceswouldbe
lost.

Toactivateacomponent
Activatingacomponentallowsyoutoworkwiththeobjectswithinthatcomponent.
RightclickthecomponentthetheStructuretreeandselectActivateComponentfromthecontextmenu.
Ifthecomponentislightweight,itisalsoloaded.Asyoudesign,anynewobjectsyoucreatearecreatedwithinthis
component.

Tocut,copy,andpasteacomponent
1. Activatethecomponent
2. Cut,copy,orpastetheactivecomponentoranyofitssubcomponents:
Tocutacomponent,selectitandclicktheCuttoolintheClipboardgroupontheDesigntaborpress
Ctrl+X.
Tomakeanindependentcopy,selectacomponentandclicktheCopytoolorpressCtrl+C.
Tomakeadependentcopy,Ctrl+dragacomponent(evenaninactiveone)intoanothercomponent.
Nonmovementchangeswillbemadetoboththecopiedandoriginalcomponents.Makethecopy
independenttochangethisbehavior.
Topasteacomponent,selectthecomponentwithinwhichyouwanttopastethecutorcopied
component,andclickthePastetoolorpressCtrl+V.
Whenyouusethismethodtocreateacopy,thecopiedcomponentisindependent.

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Tosortobjectswithinacomponent
RightclickthecomponentandselectSort>SortAtoZorSort>ZtoAfromthecontextmenu.

Torenameacomponent
Componentshaveapartnameandacomponentname.ThepartnameisdisplayedintheStructuretreenextto
thecomponenticon.Thecomponentnameisshowninparenthesesnexttothepartname.
Tochangeacomponent'spartname,rightclickthecomponentintheStructuretreeandselectRenamefromthe
contextmenu.
Tochangeacomponent'scomponentname,selectthecomponentintheStructuretreeandmodifythe
ComponentNamevalueintheNamesectionofthePropertiespanel.
Tochangethetoplevelcomponent'sdisplayname,selectthetoplevelcomponentintheStructuretree
andmodifytheDisplayNameintheNamesectionofthePropertiespanel.

Todeleteacomponent
RightclickacomponentandselectDeleteEmptyComponentsfromthecontextmenutodeleteanyempty
subcomponentswithinthecomponent.Ifthecomponentitselfisempty,orcontainsonlyemptysubcomponents,
itisalsodeleted.

Internal,external,andindependentcomponents

Internalcomponents
ObjectsthatareinsideoftheSpaceClaimdocumentfileareinternalcomponents.Componentsyoucreateinthe
Structuretreeareinternalbydefault.
Youcanconvertaninternalcomponentintoanexternalcomponent.Thiscreatesaseparatefileforthe
componentandmakesitexternal.Seetheinstructionsbelow.
Youcancreateaninternalcopyofanexternalcomponent.Thisintegratesthecomponentintoyourdesign,and
removestheassociationtotheexternalcomponent.

Externalcomponents
ObjectsthatareoutsideoftheSpaceClaimdocumentfileareexternalcomponents.Designsthatyouloadusing
theFiletoolontheDesigntabareexternal.SeeInsertinganotherdesign.
Youcanmakeacopyofanexternalcomponentinternal.Thecopywillbeincludedinthe.scdocfilesoitcanbe
viewedandmodifiedinyourdesign.Theoriginalexternalcomponentwillnotbechanged.Seetheinstructions
below.
IfyouhavetheUselightweightassembliesoptionselectedintheFileimportandexportoptions,external
componentswillbeloadedaslightweightcomponents.SeeLightweightcomponents.

Dependentandindependentcomponents
Youcanloadmultipleinstancesofanexternalcomponent.Theseareknownasdependentcomponents.Changes
tooneinstancewillchangeallinstances.Thecopyexistsinthe.scdocfile,butitsgeometrycomesfromthe
externalfile.
Copiesofexternalcomponentsthathavebeenmadeindependentofothercopiesareknownasindependent
components.Changestotheindependentcopywillnotaffecttheoriginalandviceversa.
Youcanmakeaninstanceofanexternalcomponentindependent,sochangestothatinstancedontaffectother
instances.Ifyourdesignincludesmultiplecopiesofanexternalcomponent,makingoneoftheminternaldoesnot
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ofthesameinternalcomponent.YouwillbeaskedtosavethenewexternalcomponentwhenyouexitSpaceClaim
ifyouhaven'tsavedit.
Ifyourdesignconsistsofmultipleinstancesofthesameexternalcomponent,andthatexternalcomponentalso
containsmultipleinstancesofanotherexternalsubcomponent,makingthesubcomponentindependentmakes
boththesubcomponentanditsparentcomponentindependent.
Theindependentstatusispropagatedupthroughthestructureasfarasneededtodifferentiatethesubassembly
frompeerassemblies,andnamesarechangedaccordingly.Theindependentstatusisnotpropagateddown
throughthestructure.

Examples
Thestructureofadesignwithcopiedsubassembliesisshownbelow.CopiesofthewheelAxleAssembly
subassembly(highlighted)existinbothsuspensionassemblies:


Whenwemakethehighlightedsubassemblyindependent,thesubassemblynamesarechanged.Thenamesofthe
componentsarethetextnotintheparentheses.ThechangeaffectswheelAxleAssemblyanditsparent;both
nameshavea2appendedintheimagebelow:


Toinsertacomponentorassembly

1. SelecttheInsertFiletool intheInsertribbongroup.
2. Navigatetothecomponentanddoubleclicktoinsertit.
Thecomponentwillbeinsertedasanexternalcomponent.Thecomponentisplacedinthecenterofthe
workspaceanditssubcomponents(ifitisanassembly)appearintheStructurepanel.

Tomakeacomponentindependent
Rightclicktheinserted,dependentcomponentintheStructuretreeandselectMakeIndependentfromthe
contextmenu.YoucanholdtheShiftkeytoselectmultiplecomponentsandmakethemallindependentatonce.
TheiconintheStructuretreechanges,andthecomponentisrenamed<OriginalComponentName>2.

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Tomakeaninternalcomponentexternal
Ifyouwantthedocumentsavedinthesamefolderasitsparentanditsnametobethesameasthecomponent
name:
1. RightclickthecomponentintheStructuretreeandselectConverttoExternal.
Ifyouwanttosavethedocumentinadifferentfolderorwithadifferentname:
1. RightclickthecomponentandselectOpenComponentfromthecontextmenu.
TheselectedcomponentappearsinanewDesignwindow.
2. SelectSaveAsfromtheApplicationmenu.(DONOTchecktheSaveascopybox.)
3. Browsetoselectthefolderwhereyouwantthedocumentsavedorcreateanewfolder.
4. Typeafilename.
5. ClickOK.
Whichevermethodyouuse,thecomponentissavedasaseparatefileanditsiconintheStructuretreechangesto
reflectthatthecomponentisnowexternal.


Ifthedesignhasnotbeensaved,youwillbepromptedtochooseafoldernomatterwhichmethodyouuse.

Whenyouexternalizeasubcomponentofyourdesign,andyourdocumentincludesadrawingsheet,SpaceClaim
savesadrawingsheetinthenew,externaldocumentandmodifiesthedrawingsheetintheoriginaldocumentas
shownbelow:

Iftheoriginaldrawingsheet
Thenthenew,externaldocumenthas... Andtheoriginaldrawingsheet...
had...
Noviews Nodrawingsheet Hasnochanges
Viewsonlyoftheexternalized Adrawingsheetwithalltheviews Isdeleted
subcomponent
Views,butnoneofonlythe Nodrawingsheet Hasnochanges
externalizedsubcomponent
Someviewsoftheexternalized Adrawingsheetwithjusttheviewsofthe Hasnoviewsoftheexternalized
subcomponent externalizedsubcomponent subcomponent

Tomakeacopyofanexternalcomponentinternal
1. SelectoneormorecomponentsintheStructuretree.
2. RightclickselectUseInternalCopyfromthecontextmenu.
Theselectedcomponentiscopiedintoyourdesign.Anychangesyoumaketothecomponentdonot
affecttheoriginal,externalfile.

Tosaveacopyofanexternalcomponent
1. SelectoneormoreexternalcomponentsintheStructuretree.
2. ClickSaveAs.
3. SelectSaveascopy.
4. ClickReferences.
TheReferencedDesignsdialogwillopen.
5. ClickBrowseandselectafolderwherethecopiesoftheexternalcomponentswillbesaved.
6. Selecttheexternalcomponentsyouwanttosave.

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7. ClickOK.
8. ClickSave.
Filesareautomaticallyrenamedtoresolveconflicts.Youwillreceiveawarningmessageinthestatusline
whenthishappens.

Lightweightcomponents
IfyouhavetheUselightweightassembliesoptionselectedintheFileimportandexportoptions,external
componentswillbeloadedaslightweightcomponents.Onlythecomponent'sgraphicinformationisloaded.
Alightweightassemblycomponentuseslessmemorythananobjectthatisfullyloaded.Youcanquicklyviewthe
componentwiththeOrienttools.WhenyouarereadytoworkwithitinSpaceClaim,youcanloadthegeometry
information.
SeealsoDisplayinglightweightcomponentsandInternalandexternalcomponents.

Toloadalightweightcomponent
RightclickthecomponentintheStructuretreeandselectLoadComponentfromthecontextmenu.
Thecomponentandallitssubcomponents'geometryinformationisfullyloaded.Youcanmodifythecomponents
withanySpaceClaimtool.

Tomakeanexternalcomponentlightweight
RightclickthecomponentintheStructuretreeandselectMakeLightweightfromthecontextmenu.
Thecomponentbecomeslightweightanduseslessmemory.Youcannotmakeaninternalcomponentlightweight.

TheSpaceClaiminterface
SpaceClaimsgraphicaluserinterface(GUI)wasdesignedtoconform(withinreason)toMicrosoftVistastandards
andcontainsthetoolbars,buttons,andwindowsassociatedwithaVistacompliantgraphicalapplication.Asa
result,onlythosefeaturesoftheGUIthatrelatetoperformingSpaceClaimspecifictasksareexplainedinthis
guide.Weassume,forexample,thatyouarefamiliarwithstandardWindowsconventions,suchasdragginga
windowstitlebartomovethewindow,orclickingtheclosebuttontoclosethewindow.
TotakeadvantageofthefullrangeofSpaceClaimfeatures,werecommendusingSpaceClaimwithascrollwheel
mouseorwitha3DConnexionSpaceBallorSpaceNavigator.However,SpaceClaimisalsofullyoperationalwitha
laptop'stouchpadandintegratedmousebuttons.Youcanusethenubasascrollwheel,andconfigurethelaptop
sothatpressingbothbuttonssimultaneouslybehavesthesameaspressingamiddlemousebutton.
ThisimageshowsthemajorinterfaceelementsintheSpaceClaimapplication:

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Applicationmenu:ContainsfilerelatedcommandsandoptionstocustomizeSpaceClaim.
QuickAccesstoolbar:Canbecustomizedsothatitcontainsthefilerelatedshortcutsyouusemostoften.
Ribbon:Containsallthetoolsandmodesyouneedtodesign,detail,anddisplaymodels,drawingsheets,and
3Dmarkups.
Activetool:Theactivetoolishighlightedinorange.
Designwindow:Displaysyourmodel.Ifyouareinsketchorsectionmodes,italsocontainsthesketchgridto
showthe2Dplaneonwhichyouareworking.Thetoolguidesfortheselectedtoolappearontherightsideof
theDesignwindow.Thecursoralsochangestoindicatetheselectedtoolguide.Theminitoolbarplaces
commonlyusedoptionsandactionsclosetothecursor.
Minitoolbar:Containsfrequentlyusedoptionsforthecurrenttool.
Toolguides:Helpstepyouthroughusingthetoolandchangethewaythetoolbehaves.
Statusbar:Thestatusbardisplaysmessagesandprogressinformationaboutyouractionsonthecurrent
design.

Panels
Thepanelsinitiallyappearalongtheleftsideoftheapplicationwindow.Youcandockanddetachthesepanels.
Structurepanel:ContainstheStructuretree,whichshowsyoueachoftheobjectsinyourdesign.Youcan
quicklyshoworhideanyobjectusingthecheckboxnexttotheobject'sname.Youcanexpandorcollapsethe
nodesofthetree,renameobjects,create,modify,replace,anddeleteobjects,aswellasworkwith
components.
Layerspanel:TheLayerspanelallowsyoutogroupobjectsandsettheirvisualcharacteristics,suchasvisibility
andcolor.
Selectionpanel:TheSelectionpanelletsyouselectotherobjectsrelatedtotheonecurrentlyselected.
Groupspanel:TheGroupspanelstoresgroupsofselectedobjects.Selection,Alt+selection,andmove
anchoring,axis,andrulerdimensioninformationisallstoredwiththegroup.

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Viewspanel:TheViewspanelstoresstandardandcustomviews,andletsyouassignshortcutkeystocustom
views.
Optionspanel:TheOptionspanelallowsyoutomodifythefunctionsoftheSpaceClaimtools.Forexample,
whenyouusethePulltool,selectinganedgeandthenselectingtheChamferEdgeoptioncreatesachamfer
insteadofaroundwhenyoupulltheedge.
Propertiespanel:ThePropertiespaneldisplaysdetailsabouttheselectedobject.Youcanchangetheproperty
valuestochangetheobject.

Structuretree
TheStructurepanelcontainstheStructuretree,whichshowsyoueachoftheobjectsinyourdesign.Objectsare
displayedintheorderinwhichtheywerecreated,orintheorderinwhichtheywereimported.Thefigurebelow
showsalltheobjecttypesthatcanbedisplayedintheStructuretree.


YoucanusetheStructuretreetofindobjects,selectobjects,setobjectvisibility,expandorcollapsethenodesof
thetree,renameobjects,create,modify,move,replace,anddeleteobjects,aswellasworkwithcomponents
usingtheStructuretree.


Someobjects,suchassketchcurvesand3Dcurves,areautomaticallyplacedinCurvesgroupsintheStructure
tree.Youcanrenameacurve,butnotthecurvegroup.YoucanmovetheCurvesgroup,butyoucannotmove
acurveoutofthegroup.Deletingthegroupdeletesallthecurvesinthegroup.
YoucansetthevisibilityofaCurvesgrouporanindividualcurveinthegroup,eveniftheCurvegroupis
withinadependentcopyofacomponent.

Tofindobjects
TofindanobjectintheDesignwindow,hoveroveranobjectintheStructuretreetohighlightitintheDesign
window.HoveringoverahiddenobjectdisplaysittemporarilyintheDesignwindow.
TofindanobjectintheStructuretree:
HoveryourmouseoveranobjectintheDesignwindowtohighlightitintheStructuretree.(Itscomponentis
highlightedifitisnotexpanded.)
RightclickanobjectintheDesignwindowandselectLocateinStructureTreetohighlighttheobjectinthe
Structuretree.

Tomoveobjects
DraganobjectorcomponenttochangeitspositionintheStructuretree.

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RightclickanobjectandselectMovetoNewComponenttocreateacomponentwithintheactivecomponentand
movetheobjectintoit.Iftheobjecthasacustomname,thenewcomponentwillhavethesamename.
Ctrl+rightclickmultipleobjects,thenrightclickandselectMoveEachtoNewComponentstocreateanew
componentforeachobjectwithintheactivecomponentandmovetheobjectsintothecomponents.Iftheobject
hasacustomname,thenewcomponentwillhavethesamename.
YoucanmovetheviewofacomponentfromonedrawingsheettoanotherbydraggingtheviewintheStructure
panel.


Anannotationplanecannotbemovedtoasubcomponentafteryouadddimensionsbecausethereferences
wouldbelost.
Offset,mirror,andshellrelationshipsstaywithasolidwhenitismovedtoanothercomponent,unlessthe
relationshipwouldlinktwocomponentswhenitismoved.

TosetthevisibilityofobjectsusingtheStructuretree
ChecktheboxnexttotheobjectintheStructuretreetosetthevisibilityoftheobjecttothelayervisibility.
UnchecktheboxnexttotheobjecttohideitintheDesignwindowanddisplayitsiconingrayintheStructure
tree,likeComponent2inthefigureabove.YoucannotworkwithhiddenobjectsintheDesignwindow.
RightclickanobjectintheStructuretreeandselectAlwaysVisiblefromthecontextmenu.


SeeShowingandhidingobjectsformoreinformationaboutsettingvisibility.

Toexpandorcollapsecomponents
ThetoplevelobjectdisplayedintheStructuretree(calledDesign1intheimageabove)isacomponent.
Toexpandcomponents:
Click orpress+onthenumberpadtoexpandacomponent.Youcanalsorightclickthecomponentand
selectExpand.
Rightclickanycomponent(includingthetoplevelcomponent)andselectExpandAllorpress*onthenumber
padtoexpandthecomponentandallitssubcomponents.
ToseehiddenobjectsinaCurvesgroup,clickMorecurves.Thisisonlyvisiblewhenthegroupcontainsmany
curves.
Tocollapseacomponent,click orpressonthenumberpad.

Torenameobjects
RightclickanobjectintheStructuretreeandselectRenameorpressF2torenametheselectedobject.Youcan
alsoclicktheobject,pause,thenclickagaintorenameit.
Thetoplevelcomponentisautomaticallynamedwhenyoufirstsaveyourdesign,butyoucanrenameit.

Toconvertasolidtosurfaces
1. RightclickthesolidintheStructuretree.
2. SelectDetachall.
Allfacesonthesolidwillbedetachedfromeachotherandwillbecomesurfaces.

Tolockandunlockobjects
Lockingasolidorsurfacepreventsanychangesfrombeingmadetoit.
RightclicktheobjectandselectLockfromthecontextmenutolocktheobject.Ifyourightclickedacomponent,
alltheobjectsinthecomponentthatcanbelockedarelocked.

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SelectLockkagaintounlo
ocktheobject.

Selectionp
panel
UsetheSeelectionpanelttoselectobjectsinthesamepartthataressimilarorrelattedtotheobjectcurrently
selected.TTheresultslistisbasedontheegeometryyo
ouselectforthesearch.Foreexample,weseearchedbasedon
theroundfacehighlighte edintheimageebelow.Seeth
heexamplesbelowtoseewh hathappenswwhenyouclickoon
eachoftheesearchresultts.


objectssimilartothecurrenttlyselectedobjject
Toselecto
1. Seelectany3Dob
bject.
2. CllicktheSelectiontabtodispllaytheSelectio
onpanel.
Th
heSelectiontaabisinitiallyloccatedatthebo
ottomoftheStructurepanel.
3. (O
Optional)SeleccttheAllbodie
esoptiontosearchallbodiessintheactiveccomponent.
Th
hefollowingse
electioncatego
oriescanbeselectedonmorethanonebod
dy:
Edges:Samelength,Samelengthwithsameorientation
n,Equalorsmaallerradiusholle.
Faces:Equalrounds,Equalorsmallerrouunds,Equalorssmallerchamfeer,Equalorsm
mallerhole,Sam
me
place,Equalrad
area,Samep diuscylinder.
4. Optional)Selecctacategoryfrromthedropd
(O downlisttosho
owonlythoseobjectswiththeselected
reelationship.
SeelectAllTypesstodisplayalltthegeometryrrelatedtoyourrselection.

Selectionccategories

Category Description Examp


ple Selectiontype
es
Coaxial Objectswith
hthesameaxiss Coaxialhole
faces Coaxialprotru
usion

Coaxialcylindeer
Coaxialsurfaces

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Edges Edgesthataarelikethe Edgeswithsam


melength
currentlysellectededge Edgeswithsam
melengthand
sameorientattion


Edgeswithsam
melengthinsaame
face
Surfaceedgelloop
Hardsheetmeetaledges
Features Groupsoffaacesthatform Protrusion
protrusions,depressions, Depression
innerfaces,orthatenclosee
otherfaces
Innerfaces
Enclosedby
Offset Facesthathaveanoffset Alloffsetbaseelinefaces
faces relationship
pdefined Alloffsetfaces
Faceswithsam
meoffset

Allcoincidentfaces
Patterns Patternmemmbers,entire Patternmemb
ber
patterns,orrecognized Recognizedpaattern
patterns
Allpatternmeembers


Ifthepattterndoesnott
haveapatternrelationnship
inSpaceClaim,youmust
holdAltandselectthe

facethattcontainsthe
patternmmembersinorrder
toselecttarecognized
pattern.

Rounds Roundsandchamfers Equalradiusrounds


Equalorsmalllerradiusroun
nds
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size radiusorare
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Faceswiththeesamearea
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oorsmallerthaan
Surfaceholesequaltoorsm
maller
than

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Bodies Bodiesbasedonvolume Thispowerselectioncategory Allbodieswithvolume<=,=,or


comparedwiththecurrently isespeciallyusefulwhenyou >=thevolumeofthecurrently
selectedbody. needtofindanddelete selectedbody
multiple,smallitemsina
design,suchasfasteners.
YoumustselecttheAll
bodiesoptiontogeta
volumeresultinthe
selectionlist.

5. (Optional)IfyouturnoffAutomaticallycalculatepowerselectionresultsintheAdvancedoptions,then
youmustclick tosearchforrelatedobjectsinyourdesign.Otherwise,thesearchresultsare
automaticallydisplayed.
Relatedobjectsaredisplayedinthemainareaofthepanel.Mouseovertheobjectsinthelisttohighlight
thoseobjectsintheDesignwindow.
6. (Optional)Clickonabluelinktochangethatparameterinthesearch.
7. Clickanynumberoftherelatedobjectsinthelisttoaddthemtothecurrentselection.
YoucanCtrl+clicktoselectmultipleobjects.

Tofindalltheedgeloopsofasurface
1. Selectasurfacethatcontainsoneedgeloop.
2. SelectSurfaceEdgeLoopinthecategorylist.
ThisoptionisusefulwhenedgeloopsappearontopofeachotherintheDesignwindow.

Toselectandcreaterecognizedpatterns
1. Selectaprotrusionordepressionthatisamemberofthepattern.
2. HoldAltandselecttheplanarfacethatcontainsthepotentialpattern.
Youmustselectthisfaceinordertorecognizeapattern.
3. SelectRecognizedPatternfromtheRelatedlist.
4. RightclickthepotentialpatternandselectCreatePatternfromthecontextmenutoconverttheselected
protrusionsordepressionsintoapattern.
5. (Optional)Selectafaceofapatternmembertodisplaythecountanddimensionsforediting.

Toselectfacesthatsurroundaninternalvoid
1. Clickafaceofthesolidwithinternalfaces.
2. SelectInnerFacesfromthecategorylist.

Tofindallfaceswithintherangeofareasbetweentwofaces
1. Selecttwofaces.
2. Click intheSelectionpanel.
Thesearchresultsdisplayallfacesinyourdesignwithanareabetweenthetwofacesyouselected.

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Examples


Weselecteedtheroundfaacehighlighted
dabove.


Thefacesh
highlightedabo
oveareselecteedwhenyouclickAllroundssareequaltoo
orsmallerthan
n4.34mm.


Thefacesh
highlightedabo
oveareselecteedwhenyouclickDepression.


Thefacesh
highlightedabo
oveareselecteedwhenyouclickSurfaceed
dgeloop.

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Workingwithlayers
Alayercanbethoughtofasagroupingmechanismforvisualcharacteristics.Visualcharacteristicsincludevisibility
andcolor.LayerscanbemanagedintheLayerspanelandaccessedandmodifiedintheLayertoolintheStyle
ribbongroupontheDisplaytab.
Layersareespeciallyusefulwhenyouwanttohideannotationplanes.Anyobjectscreatedareautomatically
placedontheactivelayer.


Tocreatealayer
RightclickintheLayerspanelandselectNew.
Thislayerbecomestheactivatelayer.Anyobjectscreatedareautomaticallyplacedonthislayer.

Torenamealayer
RightclickthelayerintheLayerspanelandselectRenameorclickthelayernameandslowlydragtotheright.
Layer0cannotberenamed.

Todeletealayer
RightclickthelayerintheLayerspanelandselectDelete.
Layer0cannotbedeleted.

Todeleteemptylayers
RightclickintheLayerspanelandselectRemoveEmptyLayers.

Toplaceanobjectonalayer
1. Selectthesolid,surface,orcomponent.
TheLayertoolintheStyleribbongroupontheDisplaytabdisplaysthelayeroftheselectedobject.Ifno
objectisselected,itdisplaysthelayeronwhichnewobjectsareplaced.Itisblankifselectedobjectsare
ondifferentlayers.
2. SelectadifferentlayerfromthedropdownlistorclickalayerintheLayerspaneltoplacetheselected
object(s)onthatlayer.
Youcanalsocreateanewlayertoplacetheselectedobjectontothatlayer.

Tosetlayervisibility
1. SelectalayerintheLayerspanel.
2. Click toshowtheobjectsonthelayer.Click tohidethem.
Ifanobjectislocatedonalayerwiththevisibilityturnedoff,andtheobjectintheStructuretreeissetto
showvisibilitybylayer,theobjectisnotvisibleintheDesignwindow,andcannotbeactedonbythe
designtools.LayervisibilitycanbeoverriddenintheStructuretree.

Tosetthevisibilityoflayoutlinesandimported,DWGandDXFlines
SelectSolidorHiddenfromthelayer'slinedropdownintheLayerspanel.

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Tomodifythelayercolor
1. SelectalayerintheLayerspanel.
2. Selectacolorfromthe dropdown.
YoucanalsospecifyacustomcolorbyselectingCustomColorandusingtheColorwindow.
Youcanoverridethelayercolorforsolids,surfaces,faces,orcurves.SeeApplyingcolorstodesignelements.

Workingwithgroups
Youcancreateagroupfromanysetofselectedobjects.Selection,Alt+selection,sectionplanelocation,move
anchoring,axis,andrulerdimensioninformationisallstoredwiththegroup.Youcanusegroupsincombination
withtheSpaceClaimAPItochangetheseparameters,orusethemasawaytoindicatetoothersyourdesign
intentionsaboutwhichsortofchangesyouexpectthemtomaketoyourdesign.


Scope
Groupscanbesavedfortherootpartorforitschildren.Tochangethescopeatwhichgroupsaredisplayed,select
RootPartorActivePartinthedropdownlistnearthetopoftheGroupspanel.Thisallowsyoutoseegroupsthat
areinchildrencomponentswithoutopeningthecomponentinanotherwindow.
Ifanexternalparthasgroupsdefinedinit,youcanrightclickthecomponentandselectImportComponent
Groupstocopythegroupstothecurrentrootpart.Thismeansyoucanopenthecomponentinitsownwindowto
changethegroupsthereaswell.Becausethegroupsreflectgeometry,theywillchangethegeometryinoriginal
modelwheretheyweredefined;butyou'renotchangingthedefinitionofthegroups.Ifyouredefinethecopied
group,theoriginalgroupwillnotgetredefined.

Drivingdimensions
Whenyouselectanobjectwithadimensionpropertyandcreateagroup,adrivingdimensionisusuallycreated.
ThesegroupsareaddedtotheDrivingDimensionsfolder.Drivingdimensionsincludeoffsetdistance(faceswithan
offsetrelationship),roundradius,andrulerdimensions.Youcanchangethedimensioninthegroupspanel,and
thegeometrywillchange.ThesesavedgroupscanbeusedforAPIdrivenmodificationandcanbesenttoANSYS.
CreatingadrivingdimensionwithPull(offset)
CreatingadrivingdimensionwithMove(translationorrotation)
CreatingadrivingdimensionwiththeSelecttool(roundradiusanddistancebetweenoffsetfaces)

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Namedselections
Ifnodrivingdimensionisavailable,anamedselectioniscreated.Thisallowsyoutosaveselectionsetstoeasily
recallthem.
AroundgroupisalsocreatedeachtimeyoufillaroundandissavedintheFilledRoundsfolder.Youcanreattacha
groupofroundsaslongassomeportionoftheoriginaledges(orfacesthatborderedtheedges)stillexistsinyour
design.
DragagroupintheGroupspaneltochangeitspositioninthelist.Grouporderisimportantbecausetheyare
changedfromtoptobottomwhenthechangeisinitiatedinanexternalapplication.

Tocreateagroup
1. Selectanysetof3Dobjects.
2. ClickCreateGroupintheGroupspanelorpressCtrl+G.
Thegroupappearsinthelist.Mouseoverthegrouptohighlighttheobjectsinthegroupandclickthe
grouptoselectthem.Propertiesandotherinformation,suchastheselectedaxisforthelastMove
rotation,aresavedwiththegroup.

Tocreateacoaxialgroup
1. Selecttwocoaxialcylindricalfacesonasolid.
Thecylindricalfacesmustbeonthesamesolid.
2. RightclickandselectCreateCoaxialGroup.
ThegroupisaddedintheFaceGroupsfolderintheGroupspanel.Arelationshipiscreatedbetweenthe
cylindricalfaces,sothefacesremaincoaxialwhenyouchangethefaces.Ifyoumoveoneofthefaces,the
otherwillmovewithit.

Toeditadrivingdimension
1. SelectthedrivingdimensionfromtheGroupsPanel.ThecurrentvalueshouldappearnexttotheType.
2. Clickthevalue.Adimensionboxshouldappear.
3. TypethenewvalueforthedimensionandpressEnter.
ThedrivingdimensionisupdatedintheDesignwindow.Youcanfollowthesestepstochangeroundradii,
offsetdistance,andrulerdimensions.

Toreattacharound
1. RightclickoneormoreroundgroupintheGroupspanel.
2. SelectReattachRoundfromthecontextmenu.

Torenameanamedgroup
1. RightclickthegroupintheGroupspanel.
2. SelectRenamefromthecontextmenu.
3. EnterthenewnameforthegroupandpressEnter.


Clickthegroupandthenclickitagaintoenteranewname,likerenamingafileinWindowsExplorer.

Toreplaceanamedgroup
1. Selectanysetof3Dobjects.
2. RightclickagroupandselectReplaceGroup.

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Yo
oucanonlyrep
placegroupsin
nNamedSelecctions.

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anamedgroup
p
1. Seelectthegroup
pintheGroupsspanel.
2. CllickDeleteGro
oup.
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oucanalsorightclickthegro
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pfromtheconttextmenu.
Ifalloftheobjectsthatcomprriseagroupareremovedfro
omthedesign,thegroupisau
utomatically
deeleted.

Customizin
ngaview
Youcanchhangetheshortcutkeysforsttandardviewsandcreateyourowncustom
mviewstosaveesettingsforo
object
orientation
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notautoscalewhentheyareemoved.
Usercreattedviewswilln


Tochangeeviewshortcuttkeys
1. SeelecttheViewtabintheStru
ucturepanel.
2. Seelectashortcu
utkeycombinaationintheSho
ortcutdropdo
ownlistfortheviewyouwan
nttochange.

Toaddaccustomview
1. Po
ositiontheview
winthedesign
nwindowasyo
ouwantitsaveed.
2. SeelecttheViewtabintheStru
ucturepanel.
3. CllickCreateVie
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ofthepanel.
4. Seelectfromthefollowingoptions:
Name:Enterauniquenamefortheview.ThenamewilllappearintheeStructuretree.
binationfromtthedropdown
Shortcut:Selectakeycomb nlist.
Orientation:Selectifyouw ntorientationtobesavedintheview.
wantthecurren
Objectvisibillity:Selectifyo
ouwantthevisibilityofobjectsinthecurreentviewtobesavedinthevview.
Objectsthatarehiddenwh henyoucreatetheviewwillb behiddenwheenyouapplyth heview.Visibilityis
applicabletoalltypesofgeeometry,planees,andcurves.

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Visibilitybehaviorfornewobjects:Selectthevisibilitybehavioryouwanttoapplytoobjectsyou
createafteryoucreatetheview.
LeaveUnchanged:Newobjectswillretaintheirvisibilitywhenyouapplytheview.
Visible:Newobjectswillbevisiblewhenyouapplytheview.
Hidden:Newobjectswillbehiddenwhenyouapplytheview.
5. ClickOK.
YourcustomviewisaddedtotheViewtoolmenu.

Toapplyacustomview
Youcanchangethecurrentviewtoacustomviewinthefollowingways:
SelecttheViewtabintheStructurepanel,rightclicktheview,andselectApplyviewfromthecontextmenu.
Usetheshortcutkey(ifassigned).
SelecttheviewfromtheViewtoolmenu intheOrientribbongroup.

Toreplaceacustomview
1. Positiontheviewinthedesignwindowasyouwantitsaved.
2. SelecttheViewtabintheStructurepanel.
3. RightclickthecustomviewyouwanttoreplaceandselectReplacefromthecontextmenu.
Thecustomviewisreplacedwiththecurrentview.

Torenameacustomview
1. SelecttheViewtabintheStructurepanel.
2. RightclickthecustomviewyouwanttorenameandselectRenamefromthecontextmenu.
3. Enteranewnamefortheview.

Toeditcustomviewproperties
1. SelecttheViewtabintheStructurepanel.
2. RightclickthecustomviewyouwanttoeditandselectPropertiesfromthecontextmenu.
3. Edittheviewproperties.

Todeleteacustomview

1. SelecttheViewtabintheStructurepanel.
2. Selecttheviewyouwanttodelete.
3. ClickDeleteViewatthetopofthepanel.
Youcannotdeletestandardviews.

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Statusbar


message:Displlaysmessagesandprogressiinformationab
Statusm boutyouractio
onsinthecurreenttool.Youcaan
viewtheesemessagesinthetopleftoftheDesignw
windowbyseleectingShowsttatusmessage
esindesignwin ndow
inthePopularoptions.
Selectio bjectsyoucurreentlyhaveseleected.Hoverovverthelistareaonthestatusbar
onlist:Showsyyoualistofob
toseeaacompletelist..
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onfilter:Allow heDesignwindow.
wsyoutochoossewhatcanbeeselectedinth
Erroranndwarningme essages:Displaayserrormessaagesastheyocccur.Clicktheicontodisplayyallthemessages
currentlyrelevanttoyyourdesign.Clickamessagetohighlightth
heobjectrefereencedbythem message.Doub ble
messagetosele
clickam ecttheobject(s)referencedbythemessagge.
Quickm
measurement:Displayssimpllemeasurementsoftheselecctedobject(s),suchasthediistancebetweeen
twoobjectsortheX,YY,Zcoordinateeofapoint.SeeeQuickmeasu
urements.UseetheMeasuretoolforothertypes
ofmeassurements,succhasvolumeandmass.
Revertsselection:Reve
ertsyourselecctiontoyourprreviousselection.
Transpaarencycontrol:Changesthetransparencyo
ofLightweighttcomponents.
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undonmosttaabs.

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TheOption nspanelallowssyoutomodifyythefunctionssoftheSpaceC
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ndthenselectingtheChamfeerEdgeoption ncreatesachamferinsteado
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onsarealsodisplayedintheminitoolbar:
Someoptio

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Properties
ThePropertiespanelisontheleftsideoftheSpaceClaiminterface,belowtheStructuretreeandOptionspanel.
Whenyouselectacompletecomponent,surface,orsolidbytripleclickingitintheDesignwindoworselectingitin
theStructuretree,youwillseeitspropertiesinthePropertiespanel.
Inadditiontocomponents,surfaces,andsolids,youcanmodifypropertyvaluesforsketchedobjects,inserted
images,patterns,andsheetmetal.Thepropertysettingsfortheseobjectsaredescribedindetailintheirspecific
topics.
ItmaybehelpfultoconfigurethePropertiespanelsothatyoucanseeobjectpropertiesandtheStructurepanel
simultaneously.

Tomodifyanobject'sproperties
1. SelectanobjectintheStructuretreeorrightclicktheobjectintheDesignwindowandselectProperties.
2. Editthepropertyvalues.

Tomodifydocumentproperties
1. SelectthetopleveldesignoracomponentintheStructuretree.
YoucanholdCtrlandselectmorethanonecomponent.
2. InthePropertiespanel,expandDocumentpropertiestodisplayinformationsuchasthedateandtimeof
creationandmodification.
3. EnteradditionalinformationsuchasCreator,Description,Title,andVersion.
ThesepropertiescanbeincludedinBOMtables.
4. IntheNamesectionofthePropertiespanel,selectUseFileNameifyouwanttodisplaythefilenamefor
thetopleveldesigncomponentintheStructuretree.

Tocreateacustomdocumentproperty
1. SelectthetopleveldesignoracomponentintheStructuretree.Youcanselectmorethanone
component.
2. RightclickinthePropertiespanelandselectAddDocumentPropertytocreateacustomproperty.
3. Expandthepropertytodisplayitsvalue.
4. Enteranamefortheproperty,selectitstype(date,Boolean,number,orstring),andenteritsvalue.
DeleteacustompropertybyrightclickingthepropertyinthePropertiespanelandselectingDelete
DocumentProperty.

Tocreateacustomcomponentproperty
1. SelectacomponentintheStructuretree.
2. RightclickinthePropertiespanelandselectAddComponentPropertytocreateacustomproperty.
3. Expandthepropertytodisplayitsvalue.

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4. Enteranamefortheproperty,selectitstype(date,Boolean,number,orstring),andenteritsvalue.
CustomcomponentpropertiescanbeusedinBOMsandnotefields.Deleteacustompropertybyright
clickingthepropertyinthePropertiespanelandselectingDeleteComponentProperty.

Materialproperties
Youcanspecifymaterialpropertiesforacomponentinseveralways:

SelectamaterialfromtheMaterialsLibrary
1. SelectacomponentintheStructuretree.
2. InthePropertiespane,expandMaterialproperties.
3. Click intheMaterialNamefieldtodisplaytheMaterialsLibrary.
4. SelecttheLibrarytab.
5. SelectamaterialandclickOK.
ThematerialanditspropertiesaredisplayedandcanbeeditedinthePropertiespanel.Thematerialalso
appearsintheLocalMaterialstabandsaveswiththeSCDOCfile.
YoucandownloadmaterialsfromResourcesinSpaceClaimOptions.


SelectaMaterialfromthelocallibrary
1. SelectacomponentintheStructuretree.
2. InthePropertiespane,expandMaterialproperties.
3. Click intheMaterialNamefieldtodisplaytheMaterialsLibrary.
4. SelecttheLocalMaterialstab.
5. SelectamaterialandclickOK.
ThematerialanditspropertiesaredisplayedandcanbeeditedinthePropertiespanel.Thematerialalso
saveswiththeSCDOCfile.
Youcanrename,copy,anddeleteMaterialsfromtheLocalLibrary.YoucanalsocreatenewMaterials.

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Createamaterial
1. SelectacomponentintheStructuretree.
2. InthePropertiespane,expandMaterialproperties.
3. EnterthenameofthematerialintheMaterialNameproperty.
4. EnterthedensityofthematerialintheDensityproperty.
Ifyouspecifiedthedensityforthematerialelsewhereinthedesign,orspecifieditinthesame
SpaceClaimsession,SpaceClaimdisplaysthatvalueintheDensitypropertyforyou.
5. (Optional)Expandothermaterialpropertiesandentertheirvalueandunits.
ThematerialanditspropertiesappearintheLocalMaterialstabandsavewiththeSCDOCfile.
Toremoveamaterialfromacomponent,selectUnknownMaterialfromtheLocalLibrary.
YoucanonlychangetheDensityvalueformaterialproperties.Allothervaluesaredeterminedbythematerialyou
select.

Recognizingroundsandchamfers
RoundsandchamferscreatedinSpaceClaimareautomaticallyrecognized,buttheymaynotberecognizedon
importedmodels.
1. Selectaroundorchamferface.
2. ChangetheRoundorChamferpropertytoTrue.

Drawingsheetproperties
Youcanmodifypropertiesofthedrawingsheetviewsandotheraspectsofdrawingsheetssuchasannotations,
BOM,tables,andthreadsinthePropertiespanel.

Keyboardshortcuts
Youcanusethefollowingshortcutstoquicklyaccesstools,toolguides,andotherSpaceClaimcommands.
Blend B
Circle C
Combine I
Escape Esc
Measure E
Fill F
Home H

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Line L
Pull P
Rectangle R
Select S
3Dmode D
Planview V
Sectionmode X
Sketchmode K
UpTotoolguide U
Move M
TrimAway T
Spin Dragwithmiddlemousebutton
Pan Shift+dragwithmiddlemousebutton
Zoom Ctrl+dragupanddownwithmiddlemousebutton
ZoomExtents Z
Snapview Shift+doubleclickmiddlemousebutton
Previousview Leftarrow
Nextview Rightarrow
Applicationmenu Alt+F
Closedocument Ctrl+F4
Complete Enter
Copy Ctrl+C
CopySpecial Ctrl+Alt+C
CreateGroup Ctrl+G
Cut Ctrl+X
CutSpecial Ctrl+Alt+X
Delete Del
Detachface Ctrl+D
Exit Alt+F4
Font Ctrl+Shift+F
Fontsize Ctrl+Shift+P
Invertselection Ctrl+Shift+I
DisplaynextDesignwindow Ctrl+Tab
DisplaypreviousDesignwindow Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Movesketchgridin Ctrl+rightarrow

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Movesketchgridout Ctrl+leftarrow
Nudgeactivedimensionbynormal Alt+uparroworAlt+downarrow
distanceorangle
Nudgeactivedimensionbysmall Ctrl+Alt+uparroworCtrl+Alt+downarrow
distanceorangle
Nudgeactivedimensionbybig Shift+Alt+uparroworShift+Alt+downarrow
distanceorangle
Nudgesecondarydimensionby Alt+leftorAlt+rightarrow
normaldistanceorangle
Nudgesecondarydimensionby Ctrl+Alt+leftarroworCtrl+Alt+rightarrow
smalldistanceorangle
Nudgesecondarydimensionbybig Shift+leftarroworShift+rightarrow
distanceorangle
New Ctrl+N
Open Ctrl+O
Paste Ctrl+V
Print Ctrl+P
PrintPreview Ctrl+F2
Redo Ctrl+Y
Save Ctrl+S
SaveAs Shift+S
SaveAsNewVersion Ctrl+Alt+S
Selectallofsametypeasselected Ctrl+A
Boldtext Ctrl+B
Italicizetext Ctrl+I
Underlinetext Ctrl+U
Hideobject Ctrl+H
Undo Ctrl+Z
ZoomIn Ctrl++
ZoomOut Ctrl+
Setspincenter Ctrl+T
Locatespincenter Ctrl+L
Clearspincenter Ctrl+Q
ExpandentirenodeinStructure *onnumberpad
tree
ExpandselectednodeinStructure +onnumberpad
tree
CollapseselectednodeinStructure onnumberpad

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tree
ActivateobjectinStructuretree Ctrl+Shift+A
Togglequickrenderingmode Ctrl+Shift+R

Usingamultitouchscreen
SpaceClaimsupportsMicrosoftTouchtechnology.Itallowsyouinteractwithyourdesignsusingastylusor
multiplefingersonatouchscreen.Touchscreenswithmultitouchcapabilitiesimproveyourworkexperienceby
providing:
Userinterfacecontrolsthatarealwaysclosetoafinger,soyouuseyourmouselessoften.
3Dinteraction,suchaspanningandrotatingviews,thatoffersadifferentnavigationmechanismthanwith
modifierkeysorseparatetools.
Moreintuitiveselection,becauseyouputyourfingersdirectlyonthegeometryyouwanttomanipulate.
Modelinginamorehandsonenvironment,soitfeelsmorelikeworkingonarealpartthanavirtualpart.
Realtime,interactivedesignreviewsusinglargeformatmultitouchdisplays.
Whileasignificanteffortwasmadetooptimizethemultitouchfunctionalitytofit(andenhance)theSpaceClaim
usermodel,theintentionwasnevertoreplacethemouseentirely.Touchshouldbeusedwhenitfeelseasiertodo
so,andthemouseshouldbeusedalongsidethetouchscreen.Thesamephilosophyappliestokeyboardshortcuts
andeventopreciseselectiontechniques:theuserisencouragedtotryouttouchtoseewhereitimprovestheuser
experienceandfeedbackisverywelcome.
TouchisincorporatedintoSpaceClaiminmanyways:
Navigation(Spin/Pan/Zoom/Rotate)usesemergingMicrosoftstandardgestures(thosehavingbeenextended
from2Dto3D).
Preciseselectionoftoolbarbuttonsismadeeasierbyheadsupbubblenotes,thatappearovertheiconthata
fingermayobscure.
Radialmenushavebeenintroducedtoeasethechoiceofselectiontypes,asashortcuttogettomajortools,
andasamethodtoselectedgeloops.
Aflickgesturetakestheplaceofthemissingmousewheeltoselectobjectsthatliebehindotherobjects.
Wherepossible,difficultselectionshavebeenmadeeasierbyautomaticselection,suchastheoneaxisthatis
freetomoveintheMovetool(onassembledcomponents).

TimingbasedmodeandGizmobasedmode
TwomodeshavebeenaddedforinteractingwiththeSpaceClaimtouchinterface:
Timingbased:Thismodeautomaticallychoosestouchfunctionsbasedontheamountoftimeatouchsignalis
maintained.Forexample,usingtwofingersmovingtogethertoimmediatelydraginvokespanning,while
holdingtwofingersdownforawhile,thenmovingthem,invokeswhatarenormallyrightmousebuttondrag
mousegestures.
Gizmobased:ThismodeisintendedtotransitionexistingSpaceClaimuserstothetouchinterface.Existing
mousebuttonsandpopularkeyboardbuttonsareplacedinanonscreengizmo,toclearlymapexisting
functionsontothetouchinterface.ThebenefitsintermsofusabilityarenotasapparentwiththeGizmostyle,
butusersareencouragedtoexperimentwithit.Becausethegizmobuttonsactexactlylikethemouseand
keyboardbuttons,useofthegizmowillnotbeexplicitlydescribedhere.
Anexceptionisthatusingthegizmodoesnotallowforflicks,sotoselectobjectsthatareunderotherobjects,
youmustplacethegizmoovertheobject,thendragtheSelectgizmobuttonaroundthegizmocircle,anditacts
likerotatingawheel(andthusmoredirectlymapstothemousewheelfunction.)

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Themouseexperienceischaracterizedbyacursorthatisalwaysvisible,whosedefaultmodeistoinnocuously
movethecursoraroundthescreen.Nothinghappenswithamouseuntilabuttonispressed,oramovementis
madewithabuttonpressed.Conversely,withtouch,thereisalackofanalwaysvisiblecursor(anditwouldbe
obscuredbyafingeranyway.)AndsoinSpaceClaim,thedefaultmodeisinnocuouspreselection,untila
selectionismade(invariouswaysdescribedbelow.)Inthetimingbasedparadigm,onceaselectionismade,
thenfollowingtouchmovementsactasmousebuttondragactions.HeretheimportantdifferenceintheGizmo
isthemostapparenttotheuserasALLtouchmovementsareinterpretedaspreselectionactionsandonly
touchingthescreenusingthegizmobuttonlabeledLeftactsasadrag(sameastheleftmousebutton.)
Additionally,precisesketchingismadepossiblebythegizmo,sinceitisdifficulttodrawlineswhenthe
endpointofthelineisunderthefingertip(inthetimingbasedscheme.)

Basictouchgestures

Description Action
Tap Touchscreenbriefly
Doubletap Touchscreenbrieflytwice
Tripletap Touchscreenbrieflythreetimes
Touch Touchscreenandhold.Thismultitouchicon
popsuptoshowthedifferencebetweena
tapandatouch.


Drag Touchscreen,movefingerorpenacross
screen
Delayeddrag Touchscreen,waitbriefly,thenmovefinger
orpenacrossscreen.Thismultitouchicon
comesuptoshowthattheinputforthenext
selectionwillbeanAltreference(normally
highlightedinblue.)


Flick Touchscreen,movefingerorpenafew
inches,thenremovefingerorpenfrom
screen
Hover Movepenoverscreenwithouttouching
onlyworkswithapen
Radialmenu Touchthescreenwithonefingerandtap
withtwootherstoinvoketheradialmenu.
Switchbetweenradialmenuswith
successivetwofingertapsorafollowingtap
inthecenterofthemenu.
Radialmenusaredisabledwhenusingthe
gizmo.

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Pause Ananimationisdisplayedwhenyouusea
multitouchgesturewithapause,suchas
touchingwithtwofingers,waiting,andthen
draggingtoinvokegesturemode.The
animationshowsthewaittimeasthecircle
isdrawn.Whenthecircleiscomplete,then
thewaittimehasbeenreachedandthe
alternatebehaviorisinvoked.Ifyouliftor
moveyourfingerbeforethecircleis

complete,thenthealternatebehavioror
modeisnotinvoked.Sointhisexampleof
twofingerstouching,itwouldrevertto
panningtheview.

Navigation

Action Description
Pan Movetwofingerstogetheracrossthescreen.
Zoom Movetwofingersawayfromeachothertozoominortowardeachothertozoomout.
Rotate Holdonefingerontheaxisyouwanttorotatearoundandmovetheotherfingerinanarcthat
iscenteredonyourfirstfinger.
Spin Movethreefingerstogetheracrossthescreen.
Spinonanaxis Holdonefingerontheaxisyouwanttospinaroundanddragtwofingersonthescreen.
SnapView DoubletaptoactivatetheSnapViewtool.YoucanalsoactivatetheSnapViewtoolwitha
threefingerhold.Whilethetoolisactive,tapforaleftmouseclickandflickforaleftmouse
flick.Doubletapagaintoinactivatethetool.


Ifyouusemultiplescreens,thenthescreenthatisdesignatedasthetouchscreenattheoperatingsystem
levelistheoneforwhichSpaceClaimdetectstouchinput.IfaSpaceClaimsessionhaswindowsonmultiple
multitouchdisplays,youcansequentiallyuseoneortheotherdisplayformultitouchinteraction.

TouchgesturesinSelect,Pull,andMove

Action Touchorpengesture Mouse


Selectgeometry Finger:Tap Click
Pen:Hovertopreviewtheselection,taptoselect
Addorremove Ctrl+tap Ctrl+click
geometryfrom
selection,remove
queryselected
edgeloops
Addgeometryto Shift+tap Shift+click
selection InPullandSelect:Dragtoprehighlighttheobject(s),thenliftyour
finger.

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Addgeometryto Alt+tap Alt+click


alternatereference Ifyouarealreadydragginggeometry,thenalongtouchwitha
selection secondfingerchangestoanalternateselectiontool(shownon
screenwithabluetouchcircle)


Selectatangent Doubletaportouchanddoubletap Doubleclick(s)
chainofedges, Ifyouarepreselectinganedge,invoketheEdgeRadialmenuto
tangentially previewandselectoneoftheloopswiththemenu.
connectedfaces,
successiveedge IfyouareusingtheGizmo,usetheSelectgizmobuttontoscrollto
loops,etc. theotherloops.
Selectasolid Tripletaportouchandtripletap Tripleclick
Selectthenext Finger:Dragtopreselect,thenflickonefingerup Scrollthe
faceoredge(that YoucanchangethedirectionoftheflickinMultitouchoptions mousewheel
isbehindafaceor
edge) IfyouareusingtheGizmo,usetheSelectgizmobuttontoscrollto
theotherobjects.

Boxselect Fingerorpen:Touch,pause,anddragtotherightorleft Click,hold,and


thendragtothe
rightorleft

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Boxselectwith Therearetwomodes: n/a


fourfingers Quickselect:Touchwithfourfingersandlifttoselecteverything
insidethebox.
Previewselect:Touchwithfourfingersandpausetopreviewthe
selection.Moveyourfingerstochangetheselectionandyouwill
seeanewpreviewwhenyoupause.Theselectionisconfirmed
whenyouliftyourfingers.
Thisallowsyoutopreviewandchangeyourselectionbeforeit
becomesfinal,ratherthangettingonechancetoselecttheobjectsyou
want.Slightfingermovementswillnotinterruptthepreviewing.

Lassoselectfaces Invokelassoselectionwiththeradialmenu ClickSelect,


oredges thenclickUsing
Lasso
Paintselect Invokepaintselectionwiththeradialmenu ClickSelect,
thenclickUsing
Paint
Invokeacontext Fingerorpen:Touchlongenoughtoshowthemultitouchcircle,then Rightclick
sensitivemenu(a liftfingerorpen
rightmouse Pen:Tapwithpenbuttonpressed
buttonmenu)
Ifusingthegizmo,justclickthebuttonlabeledRightonthegizmo.
Usegesture Finger:Touchwithtwofingers,pause,thendraginthegesturepattern. Gesturewith
recognition(see Youwillknowwhenthegesturecanstartwhentwomultitouchcircles therightmouse
Mouseandtouch likethispopupunderyourfingers: button
gestures)


Pen:Touchanddraginthegesturepatternwiththepenbutton
pressed
Ifusingthegizmo,justdragthebuttonlabeledRightonthegizmo.
Resetallpenand Ctrl+Shift+F2 n/a
touchinput

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Selectmorewhile Whilesomethingisselectedandbeingpulledwithonedragaction, n/a


pulling pausethedragaction(keepthefingerdown),anduseafingerofthe
otherhandtoselectmoregeometrywiththestandardMTselection
methods.Continueddraggingofthefirstfingerwillnowpullthenew
(augmented)selection.
IfthesecondselectionisstartedwithaTouchHold,untilthe
multitouchiconturnsblue,andthencontinuedthroughtothe
selection,thenthatsecondselectionistreatedasanAltreference
andthePulltoolreactsaccordingly.

Navigatewhile Whilesomethingisselectedandbeingpulledwithonedragaction, n/a


pulling pausethedragaction(keepthefingerdown),andusetwoorthree
fingersoftheotherhandtoperformSpin/Pan/Rotate/Zoomactions.
Continueddraggingofthefirstfingerwillnowpulltheexisting
selectionatthesametimeasthemodelisbeingnavigatedvisually.

MultitouchwiththePulltool
Selectanddraggeometrytochangeit.
Immediatelydragtoprehighlightgeometry.Youcanalsotouchinwhitespaceanddragtoprehighlight.This
showsyouwhatwillbeselectedbeforeyouselectit.
Afteryouprehighlightgeometry,tapwithasecondfingerorraisethefirstfingertoselectthegeometry.
Pressthespacebartoenterdimensionsforanoffsetface,justlikeyoucanwhenyouuseamouseinsteadof
multitouch.
Startingonwhitespace,dragwithonefinger,thenhoveroveranedgeanddoubletapwithanotherfingerto
queryselectthroughtheavailableedgeloops.Thisbehavioristhesameasasimpledoubletap.
Startingonwhitespace,dragwithonefinger,thenhoveroverafaceandtripletapwithanotherfingertoselect
allthefacesofthebody.Thisbehavioristhesameasasimpletripletap

MultitouchwiththeMovetool
Selectfaces,bodies,orcomponentstomoveorrotate.
Selectsecondaryobjectstosetthedirection.
Reanchorthemovehandlebydraggingtheyellowballatitscenter.
Taptoactivatearotationorlinearaxis.Thisiseasiesttodousingapen,orifjustfingers,bydraggingalongthen
uptoselect.
Dragtomoveorrotategeometry.

MultitouchwithMicrosoftVista
MultitouchdevicesareautomaticallydetectedoncomputersrunningMicrosoftVista,andSpaceClaimcanberun
usingthesedevicesonVista.Youmayneedtoconfigureonedisplayatatimetoavoidcommonproblemswith

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multipledisplaysandmultitouchonVista(asymptomofthisisdraggingafingeracrossthemultitouchscreen's
desktop,onlytoseeaboxmadeontheotherscreen).Youshouldsetupthemultitouchscreenastheonlydisplay
devicefirst(makeittheprimarydisplay),thenconfigureyourseconddisplaydevice.Afterthis,thesettingis
rememberedandyoucandragtheSpaceClaimsessionfromonescreentotheother,usingmultitouchasitis
available.

Mouseandtouchgestures
UsegesturesintheDesignwindowasshortcutstocommonactionsandtools.Gestureinformationisdisplayedin
thestatusbarasyouusegestures.
Togesturewithamouse,holddowntherightmousebuttonanddraginthegesturepattern.
Togesturewithatouchscreenortouchpad,touchwithtwofingers,pause,thendraginthegesturepattern.
Withapen,touchanddraginthegesturepatternwiththepenbuttonpressed.
Tocancelagesture,pauseforonesecond.


IfyouhaveupgradedSpaceClaimfromapreviousversionandsomeofthesegesturesdon'tworkforyou,then
youmayneedtoremoveyourusersettingsfile.OnWindows7andVista,removethefilesandfoldersin
C:\Users\<YourUserName>\AppData\Local\SpaceClaim.

Usingtheradialmenu
Thismenugivesyouquickaccesstothemostcommonlyusedtoolsandmakesiteasytochooseaselectmode
whileanothertool,suchasthePulltool,isactive.Theradialmenusupportssecondaryselection.Forexample,you
canselectoneofthePulltoolguides,thenselectloopsofedgeswiththeradialmenu,whetherornotaprimary
referencewasselected.
Whentheradialmenuisdisplayedonamultitouchscreen,touchinputisprocessedonlywithinthemenuto
avoidaccidentaldismissalofthemenu.
YoucanchangeradialmenuoptionsinPopularoptions.

Tousetheradialmenu
1. Pressandholdtheleftmousebutton,thenrightclicktodisplaytheradialmenu.
YoucanalsopressNtoopentheradialmenu.
Ifyourmouseisoveranedgewhenyouopentheradialmenu,theradialmenuforedgesisshown.
2. Clickinthecenteroftheradialmenutotogglebetweenselectmodesandtools.
Theactivetoolishighlightedinorange.
3. Mouseoverorclickoneoftheselectmodesortoolstoactivateit.
Theradialmenudisappearsandthecursorchangestoindicatetheactiveselectmodeortool.
YoucanclickoutsideofthemenuorpressEsctoclosethemenuwithoutmakingaselection.

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Examples


Openingtheradialmenuforanedge

Selecting
Youcanselectvertices,edges,planes,axes,faces,surfaces,rounds,solids,andcomponentsin3D.In2D,youcan
selectpointsandlines.Youcanalsoselectcircleandellipsecenters,themidpointsoflinesandedges,andthe
internalpointsandendpointsofsplines.
YoucanselectcomponentsandotherobjectsintheStructuretreeandusetheSelectionpaneltoselectobjectsin
thesamepartthataresimilarorrelatedtotheobjectcurrentlyselected.
ObjectsthatcantbeselectedaredimmedintheDesignwindow.
YourselectionlistisshowninthestatusbaratthebottomoftheSpaceClaimwindow.Hoveroverthestatus
messageforadetailedlistofwhatyouhaveselected,includingprimaryandsecondary(Alt+selected)objects.

Selectmodes
YoucanclickthearrowontheSelecttooltousethefollowingoptionalmodes:
UsingBox:ClickandholdthemousebuttonwhiledrawingaboxintheDesignwindow.Ifyoudrawthebox
fromlefttoright,allobjectsfullyenclosedwithintheboxwillbeselected.Ifyoudrawtheboxfromrighttoleft,
allobjectstouchingtheboxwillbeselected.
UsingLasso:Clickandholdthemousebuttonwhiledrawingafreeformshape.Allobjectsfullyenclosedbythe
shapewillbeselected.
UsingPaint:Clickandholdthemousebuttonwhilehighlightingadjacentfacesandedges.Alledgesandfaces
thatyoumovethemouseoverwillbeselected.Releasethemousebuttontofinalizeyourselection.
UsingBoundary:Selectfacesoredgesthatdefineaboundary,clicktheSelectSeedtoolguide,andclickany
objectwithintheboundary.Allobjectsfromthatseedobjecttotheboundaryareselected.
Nomatterwhichmodeyouuse,theobjectsthatwillbeselectedarehighlightedtopreviewyourselection.Youcan
usetheSelectionfiltertocontrolwhatgetsselected.

Toselect
Themostcommonlyusedselectionmethodsare:
Clicktoselectanobject.
Doubleclicktoselectanedgeloop.(Doubleclickagaintocyclethroughalternateloops.)
Tripleclicktoselectasolid.
Drag(orselectUsingBoxfromtheSelecttoolmenu)tocreateaselectionbox.
PressCtrl+Atoselectallsimilarobjects,suchasfaces,edges,orpointsonthesamesolidorsurfacepart.For
example,ifyouhaveasketchcurveselectedwhenyoupressCtrl+A,thenonlysketchcurveswillbeselected.

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HoldCtrlorShiftandselecttoaddorremoveitemsfromtheselection.Ctrlwithboxselectiontogglesthe
selection;Shiftwithboxselectionaddstotheselection.
HoldAltandselecttocreateasecondaryselectionset.


Onlyvisibleobjectsareselectedwithdoubleortripleclick.ObjectshiddenintheStructuretreeare
notselected.

Examples

Clickoncetoselecta
face:

Doubleclicktoselect
andcyclethrough
chainsofsimilar,
connectedfaces(face
loops):

Tripleclicktoselecta
solid:

Clickoncetoselectan
edge:

Doubleclicktoselect
andcyclethrough
chainsofconnected
edges(edgeloops):

Detailedinstructions

1. SelecttheSelecttool fromtheEditribbongroup.
2. Mouseoverthevertices,edges,facesintheworkspacetopreviewtheselectableitemsinyourdesign.
Ifmultipleobjectsoccuratyourcursorlocation,usethescrollwheelorarrowkeystoprevieweachone.
Clicktoselectavertex,edge,orfacein3D;clicktoselectalineorpointin2D.

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Toselect: Dothis:
Alltheedgesaroundafaceor Doubleclickanedgeorline.Doubleclickagaintoselectthenext
closedloop loopofedges.Repeatasnecessary.Youcanalsorightclickthe
edgeorlineandchooseoneoftheloopoptionsintheSelectmenu.
Whenyourepeatedlydoubleclickoutsidesurfaceedges,the
selectioncyclesthroughopenloop,tangentchain,andfaceloop,
thenrepeatsthroughthatlist.
Alltangentfaces Doubleclickaface.(Tangentfacesarecreatedbyroundsorwhen
edgesaredrawnonaface.)
Contiguousedgesorfaces Clickonefaceoredge,thenShift+clickanotherfaceoredgeto
selectallthefacesoredgesbetweenthetwo.
Thesides(butnotthetopand TripleclickthesolidandCtrl+clickthetopandbottomtoremove
bottom)ofasolid themfromtheselection.
Asolidorsurfacebody Tripleclickthesolid,orrightclickonthesolidandselectSelect>
Body.
Anentiresketch Tripleclickthesketch.
Acomponent RightclickonthecomponentandselectSelect>Component.This
optionisavailableonlywhenyourightclickanobjectwithinthe
activecomponent.
Allobjectsofsametypeas SelectanobjectandpressCtrl+A.
selectedobject
Alltheobjectsintheactive ClickSelectAllintheSelecttoolmenu,orrightclickandselect
component(exceptlayout Select>SelectAllfromthecontextmenu.Thetypesofobjects
surfaces) selecteddependonwhetheryouareinSketch,Section,or3D
mode.
Layoutsurfaces ClicktheobjectintheStructuretree.
Anythingwithinaselection SeeBoxselecting.
box
Alightweightcomponent ChecktheLightweightComponentsboxintheOptionspanel.Then
rightclickandselectSelect>Component.
Theinverseofthecurrent RightclickaselectedobjectandselectSelect>InverseSelection.
selection(intheactive
component)
Aprotrusion RightclickonaprotrusionandselectSelect>Protrusion.
Adepression RightclickinsideadepressionandselectSelect>Depression.
Onememberofapattern RightclickapatternmemberandselectSelect>PatternMember.
Allmembersofapattern RightclickapatternmemberandselectSelect>AllPattern
Members.
Anythingpartiallyina Clickanddragfromthelowerrighttoupperleftwhendrawinga
selectionbox selectionbox.
Theinverseofthecurrentbox PressandholdCtrlwhileboxselectingtotoggletheselectedstate
selection oftheobjectswithintheselection.
Objectsthatarebehindother HoldtheCtrlkeyandturnthemousewheel.
objects("queryselection")

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Ifanyobjectwaspartofagroupselectionusedtoperformanaction,theotherpartsofthegroupare
highlightedwhenthatobjectisselected.Clickagaintoselecttheentirehighlightedgroup.
Whenselectingwithinaviewonadrawingsheet,youcanonlyselectthoseobjectsthatareonthecross
sectionplane,orthatarewithintheboundaryofadetailview.BoxselectinginSketchmodeselectsonly
sketchlines.BoxselectinginSectionmodeselectsonlysectionlines.
(Optional)Ctrl+clickandShift+clicktoaddorremoveitemsfromtheselectionset.
Ctrl+clicktoaddorremoveoneitemfromtheselectionset.Shift+clicktoaddeverythingbetweenyour
firstclickandtheShift+clicktotheselection.Youcanaddorremoveitemsbothintheworkspaceandon
theStructuretree.YoucanalsopressCtrlanddragtoaddtheitemswithintheselectionboxtothe
selection.
(Optional)Alt+clicktocreateasecondaryselectionset.
HolddowntheAltkeywhileperforminganyoftheotherselectiontechniques(doubleclick,tripleclick,
Ctrl,Shift)tocreatethesecondselectionset.Alternateselectionsareshowninblue,andareusedto
guidetheactionsofthePullandMovetools.

Toclearaselection
ClickanyemptyspaceintheDesignwindoworselectClearSelectionfromtheSelecttoolmenu.

Torevertyourselection
ClickRevertSelectioninthestatusbartogobacktoyourpreviousselection.
Thistoolisespeciallyusefulwhenyouaccidentallyclearyourselectionoraddthewrongobjectandwanttogo
backtoyourpreviousselection.YoucanfindthistoolnexttotheSelectionfilterinthestatusbar,asshownbelow.


Toselectbyturningthemousewheel
Coincidentobjects:Objectsoftenappearatthesamelocationin2D,suchasavertexandendpointofa
linethatarelocatedatthesamepointinspace.Whenselecting,checkthatyouhaveselectedthecorrectobject
byturningthemousewheelwithoutmovingthemouse.
Edgesharedbytwosurfacesorsolids:Mousingovertheedgeshadesthefacethatwillbeaffectedbyanaction
totheedgeifyouselectit.Turnthemousewheeltoswitchbetweenthetwofaces.
Vertexsharedbetweentwoedges:Mousingoveravertexshadestheedgethatwillbeaffectedbyanactionto
thevertexifyouselectit.Turnthemousewheeltoswitchbetweentheedges.
Faceofasolidwhenonlytheedgeisdisplayed(suchasinadrawingsheetview):Youcanselectthefaceby
turningthemousewheel.Theedgebecomesaslightlythickerlinewhenthefaceishighlighted.
Edgeloops:IfSelectedgeloopsusingthemousescrollwheelisselectedintheAdvancedSpaceClaimoptions,
scrollingthroughedgeloopchoicesprehighlightstheselection.Clickontheprehighlightededgelooptoselect
it.


Theupanddownarrowkeysworkthesameasthemousewheel.Mouseovertheelementyouwanttoselect,and
presstheupordownarrowkeysto"scroll"throughthepossibleselections.Thisisusefulifyouareonalaptopor
whenyouuseamousethatdoesn'thaveascrollwheel.

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Toolguides
WithintheSelecttool,thefollowingtoolguideisavailable:
TheSelecttoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolletsyouclick,doubleclick,tripleclick,Ctrl+click,Shift+click,

andAlt+clicktoselectitems.

Options
Thefollowingoptionsareavailableforsketches:
Maintainsketch Keeptheconnectionbetweenasketchcurveandothercurvesthatshareitsendpoints.
connectivity Ifyoudeselectthisoptionandmoveasketchcurve,thecurvewillmoveindependentof
othercurves.
Cartesiandimensions SelectapointinasketchandthenclickthisoptiontoseeCartesiandimensionsfromthe
point.CartesiandimensionsshowyoutheXandYdistancesfromthepointyouselect.If
youdon'thaveapointselected,itshowsyoutheXandYdistancesfromtheorigin.
Polardimensions SelectapointinasketchandthenclickthisoptiontoseePolardimensionsfromthe
point.Polardimensionsshowyouanangleandadistancefromthepointyouselect.If
youdon'thaveapointselected,itshowsyoutheangleanddistancefromtheorigin.
Snaptogrid Selectthisoptionturnsnappingonoroffwhilesketching.Thecursorwillsnaptothe
minorgridspacingincrementwhileyousketch.Thedefaultsare1mmforMetricand
0.125inforImperialunits.SeeUnitsoptionstochangetheminorgridspacing.
Snaptoangle Selectthisoptiontoturnanglesnappingonoroffwhilesketching.Thecursorwillsnapto
theangularsnapincrementwhileyousketch.Thedefaultis15degrees.SeeSnap
optionstochangetheangularincrementusedforsnapping.

Selectingbydrawingabox
TheUsingBoxmodeisfoundinthemenuundertheSelecttoolintheEditribbongroupontheDesigntab,and
alsointheradialmenu.Youcanaccessthismenuwhilealmostanytoolisactive.Forexample,ifyouwantto
changeselectionmodeswhilethePulltoolisactive,justclickthearrowunderSelect.ThePulltoolwillremain
active.
ThemodeenablesyoutodrawaboxintheDesignwindowtoselectobjectsformosttools.Asyoudrawa
selectionbox,objectsarehighlighted(afteraslightdelay)tohelpyouseeexactlywhatwillbeselected.
Drawtheboxfromlefttorighttoselectonlytheobjectsthatarefullycontainedwithinthebox.Theboxappears
asasolidline.
Drawtheboxfromrighttolefttoselecteverythingtheboxcrosses,evenifitisn'tfullyenclosedbythebox.The
boxappearsasadashedline.
Intheanimationbelow,boxmodeisusedtwicewiththeselectionfiltersettoSmart(thedefault)toselectthe
entirepart.Youcanseevertices,edges,andfaceshighlightedforselectionastheboxisdrawn.Firstthepartis
selectedbyfullyenclosingthepartwithaboxdrawnfromlefttoright.Thenthepartisselectedbydrawingabox
fromrighttoleftthatcrossesoverbutdoesnotencloseallfacesonthepart.Youcanreleasethemousebuttonat
anytimetoselectthehighlightedobjects.

Toselectobjectsbydrawingabox

1. Clickthearrowbeneaththe SelecttoolandclickUsingBox,orclickandholdintheDesignwindowto
activatetheradialmenuandthenselectLasso.
2. (Optional)UsetheSelectionFilterinthestatusbartochangethetypeofobjectsthatwillbeselected.

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Th heSmartoptio
onisenabledbbydefaultandwheneveryouswitchtoanothertool.SelectSmarttoselect
thhehighestchecckediteminth
helistthatisfo
oundintheboxxed,lassoed,o
orpaintedareaa.Drawingabo
oxor
frreeformshapeselectsobjectsinthefollowingorder:
Window:Face,Edge,Sketch,A
InaDesignW Annotation,Plane,Axis,Poin
nt
InaDrawingWindow:Anno
otation,Sketch
h,Face,Edge,P
Plane,Axis,Po
oint
DeselectSmarttoselectalltheselectedobjecttypes.Clickktoselectorclearthetypesofobjectsyou
uwant
oselect.
to
3. Sttartdrawingarectangleinth dow.Clickandholdtheleftm
heDesignwind mousebuttonaatonecornero
ofthe
arreayouwanttoboxselect.
4. ebuttonanddrrawarectangleintheDesign
Holdthemouse nwindow.
Drawtheboxxfromlefttorighttoselecto
onlytheobjecttsthatarefullyycontainedwitthinthebox.TThe
boxappearsasasolidline.
Drawtheboxxfromrighttolefttoselecteeverythinginth nclosedbythebox.
hebox,eveniffitisn'tfullyen
Theboxappe
earsasadasheedline.
Th
heobjectsthattwillbeselectedarehighligh
htedasyoudraawthebox.
5. Reeleasethemou
usebuttontoccompletetheb
box.
Th
heobjectsareselectedwhen
nyoureleasethemousebuttton.

Filteringyo
ourselection
FilterthesselectionusingtheSelectionFiltercontrolinthestatusbaar,asshownin
ntheimagebelow.TheSmarrt
optioncon ntrolshowobje ectsareselecteedwhenyouuusetheBox,Lasso,orPaintseelectionmodestoselectobjeectsin
thedesignarea:
urrentlyintheselectionarea.
Smartcheckedonwilllonlyselectthehighestchecckediteminthelistthatiscu
Smartcheckedoffwillselectallofth
hecheckediteemsinthelisttthatarecurren
ntlyintheselecctionarea.
Whenyouswitchtoanotthertool,theffilterselectionssareremembeeredbuttheSm
martoptionisenabled.Ifyou
u
disabletheeSmartoption,thepreviousllycheckedopttionswillbeselected.


Changingyyourselection
HoldingShhiftwhileboxsselectingaddstotheselectioon.Inthefirstimage,theblueeboxisselecteed.Afterholding
Shiftandb
boxselecting,aalloftheboxessareselected:

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HoldingCtrlwhileboxselectingtogglestheselection.Inthefirstimage,theblueboxisselected.AfterholdingCtrl
andboxselecting,theblueboxisdeselectedandthegreenboxesareselected:


Examples


Boxselectingfromlefttoright


Boxselectingfromrighttoleft


BoxselectingwithSmartenabledintheSelectionFilter

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BoxselectingwithSmartdisabledintheSelectionFilter


SelectingpointsbyturningoffSmart,Faces,andEdgesintheSelectionfilter,thendrawingaboxaroundtheobject
intheDesignwindow

Selectingbydrawingafreeformshape(lasso)
TheUsingLassomodeisfoundinthemenuundertheSelecttoolintheEditribbongroupontheDesigntab,and
alsointheradialmenu.Youcanaccessthismenuwhilealmostanytoolisactive.Forexample,ifyouwantto
changeselectionmodeswhilethePulltoolisactive,justclickthearrowunderSelect.ThePulltoolwillremain
active.
ThisselectmodeenablesyoutodrawafreeformshapeintheDesignwindowtoselectobjectsformosttools.As
youdraw,objectsarehighlighted(afteraslightdelay)tohelpyouseeexactlywhatwillbeselected.
Intheanimationbelow,lassomodeisusedwiththeselectionfiltersettoSmart(thedefault)toselecttheentire
part.Youcanseevertices,edges,andfaceshighlightedforselectionastheshapeisdrawn.Youcanreleasethe
mousebuttonatanytimeandastraightlineisdrawnfromthebeginningpointtothecurrentpointtocomplete
theshape,andeverythingwithintheshapewillbeselected.

Toselectbydrawingafreeformshape

1. Clickthearrowbeneaththe SelecttoolandclickUsingLasso,orclickandholdintheDesignwindow
toactivatetheradialmenuandthenselectLasso.
2. (Optional)UsetheSelectionFilterinthestatusbartochangethetypeofobjectsthatwillbeselected.
TheSmartoptionisenabledbydefaultandwheneveryouswitchtoanothertool.SelectSmarttoselect
thehighestcheckediteminthelistthatisfoundintheboxed,lassoed,orpaintedarea.Drawingaboxor
freeformshapeselectsobjectsinthefollowingorder:
InaDesignWindow:Face,Edge,Sketch,Annotation,Plane,Axis,Point
InaDrawingWindow:Annotation,Sketch,Face,Edge,Plane,Axis,Point
DeselectSmarttoselectalltheselectedobjecttypes.Clicktoselectorclearthetypesofobjectsyouwant
toselect.
3. StartdrawingashapeintheDesignwindow.Clickandholdtheleftmousebuttonatthespotwhereyou
wanttostartdrawingtheshape.
4. HoldthemousebuttonanddrawashapeintheDesignwindow.
Youcanmakemultipleloops,likedrawingafigure8.
5. Releasethemousebuttontocompletetheshape.

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Th
heshapewillb
beclosedbyasstraightlinebeetweenyoursttartingandend
dingpointswh
henyoureleaseethe
m
mousebutton.
Evverythingexceptinsertedimagesisselecteedwhenyoureeleasethemou
usebutton.


YoucaanactivateLasssomodebyho
oldingtheAltkkeywhiletheSSelecttoolisacctive.Thishotkkeyonlyworkss
whenyouareusingtheSelecttool,andnotwheenanothertoolisactive.

ourselection
Filteringyo
FilterthesselectionusingtheSelectionFiltercontrolinthestatusbaar,asshownin
ntheimagebelow.TheSmarrt
optioncon ntrolshowobje ectsareselecteedwhenyouuusetheBox,Lasso,orPaintseelectionmodestoselectobjeectsin
thedesignarea:
urrentlyintheselectionarea.
Smartcheckedonwilllonlyselectthehighestchecckediteminthelistthatiscu
Smartcheckedoffwillselectallofth
hecheckediteemsinthelisttthatarecurren
ntlyintheselecctionarea.
Whenyouswitchtoanotthertool,theffilterselectionssareremembeeredbuttheSm
martoptionisenabled.Ifyou
u
disabletheeSmartoption,thepreviousllycheckedopttionswillbeselected.


Examples


Selectingthreesurfacesbydrawingmu
ultipleloops

bypainting
Selectingb
TheUsingPaintmodeisfoundinthem menuundertheSelecttoolin ntheEditribboongrouponth heDesigntab,aandin
naccessthism
theradialmenu.Youcan menuwhilealm mostanytoolisactive.Forexaample,ifyouwwanttochangee
modeswhileth
selectionm hePulltoolisaactive,justclickkthearrowunderSelect.TheePulltoolwillremainactive..
Thisselectmodeenablessyoutoselectfaces,edges,aandsketchcurrvesintheDesignwindowbyy"painting"facces
andedgesthatareadjacenttoeachother.Asyoupaint,objectsareehighlightedtohelpyouseeeexactlywhatwill
beselectedd.

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Intheanim
mationbelow,paintmodeisusedwiththeselectionfilterrtoselectonlyytheedgesoftthelowerbox.
Edgesaresselectedasthe
emousemovesoverthem.YYoucanreleaseethemousebu uttonatanytimmetoselectth
he
highlighted
dfacesoredgees.

Toselectb
bypainting

1. Cllickthearrowbeneaththe SelecttoolandclickUsinggPaint,orclickandholdinttheDesignwindow
to
oactivatetherradialmenuan
ndthenselectP
Paint.
2. Optional)UsettheSelectionFFilterinthestaatusbartochangethetypeo
(O willbeselected.
ofobjectsthatw
Th heSmartoptio
onisenabledbbydefaultandwheneveryouswitchtoanothertool.SelectSmarttoselect
thhehighestchecckediteminth
helistthatisfo
oundintheboxxed,lassoed,o
orpaintedareaa.Drawingabo
oxor
frreeformshapeselectsobjectsinthefollowingorder:
Window:Face,Edge,Sketch,A
InaDesignW Annotation,Plane,Axis,Poin
nt
InaDrawingWindow:Anno
otation,Sketch
h,Face,Edge,P
Plane,Axis,Po
oint
DeselectSmarttoselectalltheselectedobjecttypes.Clickktoselectorclearthetypesofobjectsyou
uwant
oselect.
to
3. Cllickonthefirsttobjectyouwaanttoselectandholdthemo
ousebutton.
4. Dragthemouse
eontoadjacenttfacesoredgeesthatyouwan
nttoaddtotheselection.
heobjectsthattwillbeselectedarehighligh
Th htedasyoumo
oveoverthemwiththemousse.
IfyouholdCtrlyyoucanmovethemouseoveeranobjectwithoutselectingit,ormovethemouseovera
seelectedobjecttodeselectit.
5. Reeleasethemou
usebuttontoccompletethesselection.
Th
heobjectsareselectedwhen
nyoureleasethemousebuttton.

Filteringyo
ourselection
FilterthesselectionusingtheSelectionFiltercontrolinthestatusbaar,asshownin
ntheimagebelow.TheSmarrt
optioncon ntrolshowobje ectsareselecteedwhenyouuusetheBox,Lasso,orPaintseelectionmodestoselectobjeectsin
thedesignarea:
urrentlyintheselectionarea.
Smartcheckedonwilllonlyselectthehighestchecckediteminthelistthatiscu
Smartcheckedoffwillselectallofth
hecheckediteemsinthelisttthatarecurren
ntlyintheselecctionarea.
Whenyouswitchtoanotthertool,theffilterselectionssareremembeeredbuttheSm
martoptionisenabled.Ifyou
u
disabletheeSmartoption,thepreviousllycheckedopttionswillbeselected.

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Selectingu
usingboundaryy
TheUsingBoundarymod deisfoundintthemenuundeertheSelectto
oolintheEditribbongroupo
ontheDesignttab.
Thismodeenablesyouto
oselectallobjectswithinab
boundary.

objectsusinga
Toselecto aboundary
1. SeelecttheUsinggBoundarytoo
olfromtheSellectdropdown
nmenuintheEditribbongro
oupontheDessign
taab.
Th
heSelectBoun
ndstoolguideisenabledbyd
default.
2. (O
Optional)UsettheSelectionFFilterinthestaatusbartochangethetypeo
ofobjectsthatw
willbeselected.
DeselectSmarttoselectalltheselectedobjecttypes.Clickktoselectorclearthetypesofobjectsyou
uwant
oselect.
to
3. Seelectthefacesoredgesyouw
wanttouseto
odefineaboun
ndary.
Yo
oucannotsele
ectacombinatiionoffacesandedges.
Th
heSelectBoun oudonothavetoholdtheCtrlkeytoaddto
ndstoolguideissticky,soyo oyourselectio
on.
Yo
oucanclickinwhitespaceto
oclearyoursellections.
Th mainselectedassecondaryreeferencesincaseyouneedto
heobjectsrem oaddorsubtraactfromthe
bo
oundary.
4. CllicktheSelectSeedtoolguid
de.
5. Cllickanyobjectwithinthebou
undarytouseastheseedob
bject.
Yooucanselectm
multipleseeds..Allobjectsfro
omtheseedob
bjecttotheboundaryarepreehighlightedffor
seelection.
6. CllicktheSelecttooltofinalizeetheselection..

Filteringyo
ourselection
FilterthesselectionusingtheSelectionFiltercontrolinthestatusbaar,asshownin
ntheimagebelow.TheSmarrt
optioncon ntrolshowobje ectsareselecteedwhenyouuusetheBox,Lasso,orPaintseelectionmodestoselectobjeectsin
thedesignarea:
urrentlyintheselectionarea.
Smartcheckedonwilllonlyselectthehighestchecckediteminthelistthatiscu
Smartcheckedoffwillselectallofth
hecheckediteemsinthelisttthatarecurren
ntlyintheselecctionarea.
Whenyouswitchtoanotthertool,theffilterselectionssareremembeeredbuttheSm
martoptionisenabled.Ifyou
u
disabletheeSmartoption,thepreviousllycheckedopttionswillbeselected.

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Example


Selectingfacestodefineaboundaryandthenselectingtheseedobject.Allobjectsfromtheseedobjecttothe
boundaryareselected.

Designing
Thetoolsyouusefor2Dand3DsketchingandeditingarefoundinSpaceClaim'sDesigntab.Withthedesigntools,
youcansketchin2D,generateandeditsolidsin3D,andworkwithassembliesofsolids.
InSpaceClaim,therearethreemodesyoucanusetodesign:Sketch,Section,and3Dmode.Youcanswitch
betweenthesemodesatanytime.
Whencreatingdesigns,youwillusethefollowingtoolsmostoften:
UsetheSelecttooltoselect2Dor3Dobjectsinyourdesignforediting.Youcanselectvertices,edges,
axes,faces,surfaces,solids,andcomponentsin3D.In2D,youcanselectpointsandlines.Youcanalsouse

thistooltochangethepropertiesofrecognizedorinferredobjects.
UsethePulltooltooffset,extrude,revolve,sweep,draft,andblendfaces;andtoroundorchamfercorner
edges.
UsetheMovetooltomoveanysingleface,surface,solid,orcomponent.ThebehavioroftheMovetool

changesbasedonwhatyouhaveselected.Ifyouselectaface,youcanpullordraftit.Ifyouselectasolid
orsurface,youcanrotateortranslateit.
UsetheCombinetooltomergeandsplitsolidsandsurfaces.


UseSectionmodetocreateandeditdesignsbysketchingonandeditinganycrosssectionthroughthe
design.
Designtoolsaregroupedintothefollowingribbongroups:
Clipboard Cut,copy,andpaste3Dobjects.

Orient Spin,pan,andzoomyourdesign.Youcanalsoselectorcreateaview.

Sketch Createandeditlines,arcs,splines,rectangles,circles,andpointsin

2D.
Mode Switchbetweensketchingin2D,editingacrosssection,andcreating

andeditingobjectsdirectlyin3D
Edit Edit2Dand3Dgeometry.

Intersect Mergeorsplitsolidsandfaces.

Insert Importothercomponentsandorientthemwithinyourdesign.

Assembly Createrelationshipsbetweenthecomponentsinyourdesign.

Ifanoperationrunsmorethanthreeseconds,theStopiconisactivatedinthestatusbar.Click tocancelthe
currentoperation.YoucanalsopressandholdEsctocanceloutofanydesignactionthatistakingtoolong.
Whenusinganytoolguide,youcanclickanemptypointintheDesignwindowtoclearthetoolguideselectionand
returntothepreviousactionwithinthetool.

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Designmo
odes
InSpaceClaaim,therearethreemodesyyoucanusetodesign:Sketch h,Section,and
d3D.Thesemoodesmakeitclear
whenyouareworkingin n2Dvs.3D,and
dclarifythediffferencebetweeenworkingin
ncrosssection(whereyoucaan
bjects)andske
alter3Dob etching(whereyoucannotaltter3Dobjects).

Toswitchm
modes
1. Cllickatoolinth
heModeribbongroup.
Yo
oucanalsorightclickanemptyareaoftheeDesignwindo
owandselectSSketchMode,SSectionMode,,or
3D
DModefromtthecontextmeenu,orpressK K(forSketchm
mode),X(forSeectionmode),o
orD(for3Dmode).
Ifyouaresketch
hing,youcanaalsoclickReturrnto3Dmode
e intheSkettchplaneminitoolbar.
2. Ifyouareswitchhingfrom3Dm
modetooneofftheothermo
odes,selectap
planetosketchonorcreatetthe
crrosssection.
WhenyouselecctanoriginobjectoritscenteerandclickSkeetchmode,theesketchplaneisalignedtoth
W he
orriginobject'sX
XYaxis.

Tofliptheviewwhileinsectionmode
RiightclickandsselectFlipView
wingDirection
nwhilesectionmodeisactivee.

Moderibb
bongroup
ollowingtools:
TheModeribbongroupccontainsthefo


Sketch
hmodedisplayysthesketchggrid,soyoucan
nuseanyofthesketchtoolstosketchin2D
D.


Sectio
onmodeletsyo oueditsolidsaandsurfacesbyyworkingwith
htheiredgesan
ndverticesinccrosssection.You
canalsouseallthessketchtoolsinSectionmodetocreateandeditsolidsand dsurfacesincrrosssection.


3Dmo
odeletsyouworkdirectlywithobjectsin3Dspace.

Examples


Adesignin
nsectionmode
e;theactiveco
omponentisdisplayedinthepartcolor(maagentainthiseexample)andtthe
inactiveco
omponentsareedisplayedinggray.


SwitchingffromSketchm
modeto3Dmod deautomaticaallyconvertsclo
osedsketchedcurvesintosu
urfaceobjectsaand
thesketchcurvesbecommeedges.Onlythesketchcurrvesthatcontributetotheclosedsurfaceaareconvertedtto
edges;leftovercurvesre
emaininthedeesignasfreecu
urves.

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Editingincrosssection
UseSectionmodetoeditsolidsbyworkingwiththeiredgesandverticesincrosssection.Youcanmodifyfaces,
edges,planes,cylinders,rounds,andchamfersinsectionmode.Youcaneditsolidsandsurfacebodies.
InSectionmode,linesrepresentfacesandpoints(orvertices)representedges.
Forexample,torotateafacearoundanedge,selectthelinethatrepresentstheface,Alt+clickthevertexthat
representstheedge,andpull.MovingasketchedlineinSectionmodedoesnotmovethesoliditissketchedon.
Youmustmoveasectionline(alinethatrepresentsaface)tomodifyasolidinSectionmode.
Hatchingisusedtoshowtheintersectionofthecrosssectionplaneandasolid.Arccentersareshownassmall
crossmarks.Hatchingappearsbolderinsidefacestoindicatewhatisshowninacrosssectionview.(SeeExamples,
below).
Youcanusethefollowingtools:Select,Pull,Move,Combine,SplitBody,Shell,Offset,Fill,andallsketchtools.Use
theSelecttooltoeditsplinefaces(representedbyasplineincrosssection).Youcanalsocut,copy,andpaste.We
recommendthatyouclipthesceneabovethegridtoenhancethevisibilityofthecrosssection.

Toeditincrosssection
1. Selectordeselectoptionsbasedonwhetheryouwanttomaintainandviewrelationshipswhileyouedit
incrosssection.
2. Selectthefaceyouwanttousetocreatethecrosssectionplane,orselectanyfaces,edges,orvertices
thatdefineaplane.
Ifyouareinadrawingsheetwithcrosssectionviews,youdonothavetochooseaface,astheplaneof
thedrawingsheetisautomaticallyusedasthesectionplane.
3. (Optional)MoveorrotatethecrosssectiongridandclicktheSectiontoolwhenyouarefinished.
4. Clickanddragtheedgesandverticesofthecrosssectiontoeditthem.
YoucanalsobendedgeswiththeBendtool,andpullsectionpoints(edges)andsectionlines(faces)with
thePulltool.IfyousettheAutoextrude/revolvesketchesinSectionmodeAdvancedSpaceClaim
option,sketchmadewiththesketchtoolsareautomaticallyextrudedorrevolvedtoformsurfacesand
solidswhenyoubeginthesketchontheedgeofanexistingsurfaceorsolid.Ifyoudonotbeginthesketch
onanexistingedge,youareswitchedtoSketchmode.
Werecommendzoomingintoyourdesignsothatitiseasiertoselectthecorrectentity.Forexample,if
youaretryingtoselectanedge,butyourdesignappearsverysmallintheDesignwindow,itispossibleto
accidentallyselectamidpointorendpointoftheedgeinstead.Movingthemidpointorendpointofan
edgewillnotbereflectedbyamirroredentity.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheSectiontool:
MaintainMirror Selectthisoptiontomaintaintheinfluenceofmirrorsinyourdesignwhileediting.
MaintainOffset Selectthisoptiontomaintaintheinfluenceofbaselinesinyourdesignwhileediting.Baseline
facesareshownasblueedgeswhenviewedincrosssection.

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Examples


Movingasplinepointinsectionmode


Boldhatchingindicatesthehatchingthatwouldbeshownonadrawingsheetcrosssectionview


ExtrudingwhilesketchinginSectionmode

Cutting,copying,andpasting
SelectatoolfromtheClipboardribbongrouptocut,copy,orpasteany2Dor3Dobject.Youcanusethesetools
anytime,evenwhenyouaredesigningwithother2Dor3Dtools.
Objectsarepastedintotheactivecomponent.Objectsthatcanbenamed(components,bodies,axes,orplanes)
willretaintheirnameswhenpasted.
Whenyoucutandpasteasolidorsurface,theobjectretainsitscolorandfacestyle.

Tocutanobject
1. Selecttheobject.
2. SelecttheCuttool fromtheClipboardribbongroup.
YoucanalsopressCtrl+XorrightclickintheDesignwindowandselectCutfromthecontextmenu.Ifyou
cutthefaceofasolid,itisconvertedtoasurface.

Tocopyanobject
1. Selecttheobject.

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2. SelecttheCopytool fromtheClipboardribbongroup.
YoucanalsopressCtrl+CorrightclickintheDesignwindowandselectCopyfromthecontextmenu.

TopasteanobjectintotheDesignwindow
1. Cutorcopytheobject.

2. SelectthePastetool fromtheClipboardribbongroup.
YoucanalsopressCtrl+VorrightclickintheDesignwindowandselectPastefromthecontextmenu.
Ifyoudonotspecifyalocationtopaste,thecopyisplacedinitsoriginallocationrelativetotheworld
origin.
WhenyoupasteanobjectanditislocatedoutsideofthevisibleareaintheDesignwindow,thezoomis
adjustedtomaketheobjectvisible.

Topasteanobjectontoaface
1. Selectallthefacesoftheobject.
2. (Optional)Alt+clickthefaceoftheobjectyouwanttoattachtotheface.
Thefaceishighlightedinblue.
3. Cutorcopytheselection.
4. Clickthefaceontowhichyouwanttopastetheobject.
5. Pastetheobject.
Theobjectispastedonthefaceatthelocationyouclicked.Thebluefaceisattachedtotheclickedface.

Topastearoundontoanotheredge
1. Selectthefaceoftheround.
2. Cutorcopytheface.
3. Clicktheedgeontowhichyouwanttopastetheround.
4. Pastetheround.

Todeleteanobject
1. Rightclicktheselectedobject(orsetofobjects).
2. PressDelete.
Ifyouwanttodeletesomethingandfillthegapwithneighboringgeometry,orcreatefacesinthegap,
youshouldusetheFilltool.
Ifyoudeletethefaceofasolid,itisconvertedtoasurface.

Dimensions
Youcandimensioneveryelementinyourdesign,fromlinesinsketchestofacesofsolids.InSpaceClaim,
dimensionsarenotconstraints.Rather,theyaretoolsforprecisecontrolduringthecreationormodificationofa
design.InSpaceClaim,ifyoudowanttosaveadimensionwithyourdesign,usetheRulerDimensionoptionwhen
pullingormoving.YoucansavetherulerdimensionsasGroupsforlateredits.
Wheneverdimensionfieldsappear,youcanpressthespacebarorclickonthemtoenteravalue,andpressTabto
switchbetweenfields.
Youcanusemathematicalexpressionsinadimension.

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Todimensionasketchlineduringcreation


1. Pressthespacebar(orjusttype)toenteravalueinthehighlightedfield.
2. PressTabtoswitchbetweendimensionfields.
3. Repeatstep2untilyouhaveenteredallthedimensions.
4. PressEntertoacceptthevaluesandreturntosketching.
Thedimensionspersistuntilyouselectanothertoolorbegindrawinganothersketchobject.

Todimensionthestart,end,ormiddlepointofasketchlinefromanotherpointinyoursketch


1. Hoverthemouseoverthepointfromwhichyouwanttodimension.
2. PressShift.
Asyoumoveyourmousearoundthesketchgrid,adimensionwillappearfromthepointyouindicatedto
themouselocation.
3. Pressthespacebar(orjusttype)toenteravalueinthehighlightedfield.
4. PressTabtoswitchbetweendimensionfields.
5. Repeatstep4untilyouhaveenteredallthedimensions.
6. PressEntertoacceptthevaluesandplacethepointthatbeginsorendsyourline.

Todimensionexistingsketchlines


1. ClicktheSelecttool.
2. Selectthesketchobjectyouwanttochange.
3. Dimensiontheitem'ssizeorlocationbydoingoneofthefollowing:
Pressthespacebar(orjusttype)toenteravalueinthehighlightedfield.

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Dragtheselecteditemtochangeitssizeorlocation.
HoveroverapointinyourdesignandpressShifttodimensionbetweentheselectedobjectandthat
point.
PressShiftwhiledraggingtodimensionfromthecurrentmouselocation.

Todimensionwhilemovingorpulling


1. Selectadirectionforthemoveorpull.
2. Pressthespacebar(orjusttype)toenteravalueinthehighlightedfield.
3. PressTabtoswitchbetweendimensionfields.
4. Repeatstep3untilyouhaveenteredallthedimensions.
5. PressEntertoacceptthevaluesandmoveorpulltheselectedobjectthedistanceyouentered.

Tocreatearulerdimension

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntaborpressP.
2. Selectthefacesoredgeswhoselocationyouwishtospecify.
3. Selectadirectionforthedimension.
4. SelectCreateRulerDimensionfromtheOptionspanelorrightclickandselectitfromtheminitoolbar.
ThestartpointofthedimensionissetasthelocationofthePullarroworMovehandle.
5. Clickanobjecttosettheendpointofthedimension.
UsethescrollwheelifmultipleobjectsappearatthesamepointintheDesignwindow.
6. Enteravalue.
7. PressEntertoacceptthevalueandcompletethemoveorpull.
PressEsctohidetherulerdimension.
Youcanmakemorethanonechangeperrulerdimension.

Tocreateanangularrulerdimension


1. SelecttheMovetoolandswitchtoSectionmode.
2. Selectthesectionline(thatrepresentsaface)thatyouwanttorotate.

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3. (Optional)AnchortheMovehandletotheobjectaroundwhichyouwanttorotatebydraggingthecenter
sphereorusingtheAnchortoolguide.
4. SelecttherotationalaxisoftheMovehandle.
5. SelectCreateRulerDimensionfromtheOptionspanelorrightclickandselectitfromtheminitoolbar.
AnangulardimensionindicatorappearsfromtheredlinearaxisoftheMovehandle.
6. Selecttheendreferencefortheangulardimension.
7. Enteravalueforthedimension.

Detaching
Youcandetachindividualpiecesofasketch,ordetachobjectsorfacesin3D.Youcandetachprotrusionstomove
themwiththeMovetool'sDetachFirstoption.

Todetachin2D
Alt+dragwiththeSelecttooltodetachtheselecteditemwhensketching.Usethe2DMovetooltodetachitems
andmovethem.

Todetachin3D
1. ClicktheSelecttoolintheEditribbongroup.
2. Ifyouwanttodetachanobject,Ctrl+clickallitsfacestoselectthem.
3. RightclicktheobjectandselectDetachfromthecontextmenu.

Undoandredo
SpaceClaimstoresallyouractionsfromthemomentyouopentheSpaceClaimapplicationuntilyoucloseit.This
includestheuseofalltoolsinalltabs,openingandclosingfiles,loadingandactivatingcomponents,andchanging
settings.Everyactionisrecordedandcanbeundoneandredone.
Theundolistissetto50stepsbydefault.Youcanmodifythisnumber,butwerecommendthatyoukeepthe
defaultsetting.

Toundoorredoatoolaction

ClicktheUndoandRedotools intheQuickAccesstoolbarorpressCtrl+ZtoundoandCtrl+Ytoredo.
Youcanundoandredoactionsuntilyouhaveundoneorredoneeveryactioninyoursession,oryoucanjumptoa
particularactionbyselectingthatactionfromtheUndoandRedomenus.Ifundoinganactionwillopenorclosea
documentorswitchtoanewDesignwindow,aconfirmationwindowisdisplayed.
Whenyouundoatoolaction,theviewisalsochangedtotheviewyouusedtoperformthataction.

Topurgeallactions
Select PurgefromfromtheUndomenu.
ThisclearsthememoryofallpreviousactionsfortheSpaceClaimsession.

Toundoorredoaview

ClickthePreviousViewandNextViewtools onthestatusbartoundoandredoyourdesignview
changes.

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Checkinggeometry
Youcancheckthegeometryforsolidsandsurfaces.ThegeometryischeckedforallpossibleACISerrors.Select
errorsandwarningsinthedialogtohighlighttheassociatedgeometryintheDesignwindow,asshownbelow.


Tocheckanobject'sgeometry
1. RightclickasolidorsurfaceintheStructuretree.
2. SelectCheckGeometry.
YoucanclickStopinthestatusbarorpressEsctocanceltheoperationifnecessary.
Adialogwillopenthatlistsanyerrorsorwarningsfound.
3. SelecterrorsandwarningsinthedialogtohighlighttheassociatedgeometryintheDesignwindow.
4. SelectZoomtofitselectiontoautomaticallyzoomintotheproblemareaintheDesignwindow.
5. ClickClosewhenyouarefinished.

Lockingandunlockingobjects
Youcanlocksolidsandsurfacessotheycannotbechanged.Whenanobjectislocked,youcanonlychangethat
object'svisibilitybyclickingitscheckmarkintheStructuretree.Youcannotchangetheobject'sgeometry,
location,name,color,orproperties.LockedobjectsdisplayalockiconintheStructuretree,asshownintheimage
below.


Youcan'tmodifylockedbodiesdirectlyorbygroupmodification,andtheAPIcannotmodifythemviagroup
values.
Lockedbodiescannotbepulledormoved,sothePullarroworMovehandleappearsgray.Theycanbecopied
byholdingCtrlwiththePullorMovetool.ThePullarroworMovehandlechangestocolorwhenyouholdCtrl.
YoucanusealockedbodyasacutterwiththeCombinetool,butyoucannotuseitastarget.
Youcanusealockedbodyasalocationorselectionreference,butitcannotbechangedasaresult.For
example,youcansketchonalockedbodybutthesketchlineswillnotimprintonthebody.

Tolockasolidorsurface
1. RightclickthesolidorsurfaceintheStructuretree.
Youcanlockallsolidsandsurfacepartsinacomponentbyrightclickingthecomponent.
2. SelectLock.

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Th
heobject'siconchangestoaalockedicon.

Tounlockasolidorsurfa
ace
1. RiightclickthesolidorsurfaceeintheStructu
uretree.
2. SeelectUnlock.

Workingw
withsketchcurrvesin3D
Youcanussethefollowingsketchtoolsin3Dmode:

Line ne
TangentLin

Spline TangentArcc

Point

Youcanussethefollowingtoolsfromth
heSketchgrouptochangecu
urvesin3Dmo
ode:

CreatteRoundedCo
ornercanbeussedoncurvesw
whentheyarecoplanar.

CreatteCornercanaalsobeusedon
ncoplanarcurves.

TrimAwaycanbeu
usedtotrimcu
urvesin3Dmode.

SplitLinecanbeusedtosplitcurvvesin3Dmodee.

Usingotheertoolstocrea
ateandeditskketchcurvesin3Dmode
Therearesseveralmethodsthatcancreeateoreditskeetchcurvesin3Dmode:
UsethePulltooltopu
ullapointintoalineorsweeepapointalongganedge.
UsetheMovetooltotranslateorro
otatecurvesin3Dmode.
ooltosketchon
UsetheFaceCurveto nafaceorsurfface.
nusetheExten
Youcan ndtoolonthePreparetabwithsketchcurvvesin3Dmodee.
Youcan
nchangetheraadiusofacircleeoranarcdireectlyin3Dbysselectingitwith
htheSelecttool.

Examples


Sketchingaapathandswe
eepingtocreatteapipe

Sketching
Sketchingiisusefulifyouwanttocreatearegionthattcanbepulled
dinto3D.Ifyou
uwanttocreatea2Dlayout,,and
havenoim
mmediateneed dtogenerate3
3Dobjectsfrommthelinesinthelayout,thennyoushouldcreatealayoutt.
Usethesketchtoolstosketchshapesin2D.Whenyoouexittheskettch,regionsarreformedbyin
ntersectinglinees.
onswillbecom
Theseregio mesolidsandlinesbecomeed
dgeswhenyou upullyoursketchinto3DwitththePulltool.

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Evenwhennpulledinto3DD,aregioncannbedecompossedbackintoittssketchedlineesforfurthereeditingaslongas
anyremnaantofthelinesisstillunusedin3D.
Touseanyyofthesketchtoolstosketch hin2D,youmustfirstdisplayythesketchgrrid.Ifyouhaveeaplanarsurfaace
highlighted
d,andpressassketchtoolsho ortcut(suchassLfortheLinetool),youcanmouseoverplanarsurfacesinthe
designtoh
highlightsurfaccesfortheskettchgrid.(PresssEscwhileintthisstatetoretturntotheSelecttoolin3D
mode.)You ucanadjustth
heunitsandsp pacingofthegrid,andwereccommendthattyoufadethesceneunderthe
gridtoenh
hancethevisibbilityofyourskketch.
Whileyouaresketching,youmayneed dtoorientyouurdesign.Ifyou
uusetheSpin,,Pan,orZoomtoolstoreorieent
thesketch,clickthenavigationtoolagaainorpressEsctocontinuessketchingwherreyouleftoff.
IfyouselecctAutoextrud
de/revolveskeetchesinSectio
onmodeintheeAdvancedop ptions,sketchinginSectionm
mode
willautomaticallyextruddeyoursketchto3D.Theextrusiondepthisssetto10timesthespacingofyoursketchhgrid.
Youcandimensionthisd depthforanyeextrudedsketchbyenteringaavalueinthatdimensionfielld.
Whenyoucopyandpasttesketchobjeccts,theyareplacedintheiro
originallocation
nrelativetoth
hecenteroftheegrid.
Theobjecttswillbehighlightedwhenyo
oupaste,soyo
oucaneasilym
movethemtoaadifferentposiition.
Sketchedo objectsareadd
dedtotheCurvvesfolderinth
heStructuretreeeasyoucreatethem.Iftheelistofsketch
curvesislo
ong,thenyouw
willseeMoreC
Curvesintheliist.ClickMoreCurvestodisp
playtheentirelist.

Tosketch
1. Seelectanysketcchtool.
2. Ch
hoosewhereyyouwanttoskeetch.
3. (O
Optional)Move
eorrotatethesketchgrid.
4. Drawwiththetool.
5. Reepeatsteps1tthrough4untilyouarefinish
hedsketching.

Detailedin
nstructions
1. Cllick SketchModeintheM
Modegroupon
ntheDesigntaab.
2. Ch
hoosewhereyyouwanttoskeetch.
Mouseoverthe
M eplanesandplanarfacesinyyourdesigntopreviewthelo
ocationandorieentationofthee
skketchgrid.
Thhesketchgridisplacedautomaticallyifyouupreselectan nobjectintheactivecompon nentbeforeyouclick
SkketchMode.Iffyoupreselecctanoriginobject,thesketch hgridwillbeallignedwithitsXandYaxesaand
th
hesketchoriginnwillbecenteeredontheorigginobject.Ifyo
oupreselectaaxesobjects,th hegridwillrun
n
th
hroughtheaxe es.
Ifyoupreviouslyyselectedaseetofreferencessthatdefineaaplane,theskeetchgridisplacedonthedeffined
pllane.Thesketcchgridminitoolbarallowsyooutoswitchfrromsketchingo ononeplanettosketchingonn
annotherwithouttleavingtheskketchtools.
1. Ifthesketchgridiscu
urrentlydisplayyed,clickSelecctNewSketch
hPlane inth
heminitoolbar,or
rightcllickandselectSelectNewSkketchPlanefro omthecontexttmenu.
2. Mouseoveranyexisttinggeometrytodisplayexisstingplanes.
3. Clickto
oselectthehigghlightedplaneeanddisplayth
hesketchgrid..Anyverticeso
oredgesonthee
planeaaredrawninth hecurrentlayeercolorandbo
olded.
4. (Optionnal)ClickPlanView intheeminitoolbarorintheOrien
ntribbongroup
ptoviewthessketch
gridhe
eadon.
3. (O
Optional)Move
eorrotatethesketchgrid.
1. (Option
nal)Selectanypoints,lines,o
orcurvesthatyouwanttom
movewiththessketchgrid.

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2. ClickMoveGrid intheminitoolbar.
3. UsetheMovehandletomoveorrotatethesketchgrid.Highlightedcurveswillbemovedwith
thegrid.
4. (Optional)UsetheOrientToObjecttoolguidetoorientthesketchgridtoanobjectintheDesign
window.Theobjectdoesnothavetolieinthesketchplane.
4. SelectanysketchtoolfromtheSketchribbongroup.
Youcandrawpoints,lines,tangentlines,constructionlines,rectangles,threepointrectangles,circles,
threepointcircles,ellipses,splines,tangentarcs,threepointarcs,sweeparcs,andpolygonsusingthe
sketchtools.Youcanalsocreatesketchlinesbyprojectingtheedgesof3Dsolidsontothesketchgrid.
SpaceClaim'ssketchtoolsalsoletyousplit,trim,andoffsetlines,aswellascreatecornersandrounded
corners.
5. Drawwiththetool.
Mousingoverthesketchgridsnapstopointsbasedonyoursnappingoptions.PressShifttoturn
snappingonandoff.
Whilemousing,SpaceClaimalsoprovidesextensionlineswhenyouareparalleltoanedgeor
perpendiculartoanendpoint.Forcertaindrawingtools,itdisplaysindicatorsoftangency,linemidpoint,
lineendpoint,squares,andgoldenrectangles.
Alltoolsletyouenterdimensionswhilesketching.Insometools,youcanpressShiftatareferencepoint
toseedimensionsfromthatpointtothecursor.
Whenyouaredonesketchingwiththetool,youcan:
Clickanothersketchingtool.
ClickReturnto3DMode intheminitoolbaror3DModeintheModegroupintheribbonbarto
pullyoursketchto3D.
PressEscorclicktheSelecttoolintheEditribbongrouptoeditthesketch.

Toeditasketch
1. ClicktheSelecttool.(YoucanalsopressEscifyouareinasketchingtool.)
2. Clickanddragthelineorpointyouwanttoedit.
Alt+clickanddragifyouwanttodetachthelineorpointbeforemovingit.
Ctrl+clickanddragtocreateacopy.
Enteravaluetodimensionthemove.
YoucanalsousetheMovetooltoeditasketch.

Totogglebetweenacurveandaconstructioncurve
RightclickthecurveandselectConstructionOn/Off.

TomirrorinSketchmode
1. Drawalineorconstructionline.
2. RightclickthelineandselectSetasMirrorLinefromthecontextmenu.
3. Sketchononesideofthelinetomirrorthesketchontheotherside.
Youcanonlymirrorgeometrydrawnafteryousetthemirrorline.Ifyouwanttomirrorexistinggeometry,
usetheMirrortool.

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Sketchribb
bongroup
Thetoolso
ontheleftside
eoftheribbongroupareuseedtocreateskeetchandconsttructioncurvess.Thetoolsframed
bythelighterareaonthe
erightareusedtoeditsketches.
hribbongroupcontainstheffollowingsketcchcreationtoo
TheSketch ols:


Useth
heLinetooltosketchlinesin
n2D.


Useth
heTangentLin
netooltosketcchlinestangen
nttoanycurvessinyourdesign.


Useth
heConstructio
onLinetooltodrawlinesthatthelpyoucreaateanaccurateesketch.Theseelinesbecomeeaxes
in3Dmode.


Useth
heRectangleto
ooltodrawarrectanglealonggtheaxesofth
hesketchgrid..


Useth
heThreePointtRectangletoo
oltoquicklyskketcharectanggleatanyangleein2D.


Useth
heEllipsetooltosketchanellipsein2D.


Useth
heCircletooltosketchacirclein2Dwhenyouknowthelocationoftheecircle'scenteerandradius,
diameeter,orapointtonthecircle'ssedge.


Useth
heThreePointtCircletoolwh henyoudontknowthecentterofthecirclee,butyouknowwwheretheed
dgeof
thecirrclemustbe.TThistoolworksswithanycombinationoffreeepoints,knowwnpoints,ortaangent
attach
hments.


Useth
hePolygontoo
oltosketchap
polygonwithup
pto32sides.


Useth
heTangentArcctooltosketch
hanarctangen
nttoanysingleecurveorlineinyourdesign
n.


Useth
heThreePointtArctooltocreateanarcbyspecifyingitssstartandendp
points,andtheeradiusorcho
ord
angle..


Useth
heSweepArcttooltocreateaanarcwithakknowncenteraandendpointss.


UsethheSplinetoolttosketchsplinesin2D.Aspliineisacontinu
uouslycurvedline,withoutsharpboundariies
(thatiis,withoutverttices).


Useth
hePointtoolto
osketchpointssin2D.
TheSketch
hribbongroupcontainstheffollowingsketccheditingtoolss:


UsethheCreateRounndedCornerto ooltotrimbacckorconnecttwointersectin
nglinesorarcssothattheym
meet
withaanarctangentatbothends.


UsetheOffsetCurvettooltocreatean neinthegridplaane.
noffsetofanylin


Useth
heProjecttoSketchtooltop
projectedgesffroma3Dobjeectontotheskeetchgrid.


Useth
heCreateCorn
nertooltotrim
mbackorexten
ndtwolinesso
othattheymeeetatacorner.


Useth
heTrimAwayttooltodeleteanylineportio
onboundedbyyanintersectio
onwithalineo
oredge.


Useth
heSplitCurvettooltospliton
nelinewithano
otherlineorpoint.


UsethheBendtooltoobendstraighttlinesandedggestoformanarc.YoucanalsousetheBen
ndtooltoadju
ustthe
radiussofarcsandarrcededges.Bendworksonsttraightlineswhenyouareskketchingandwwhenyouareediting
incrosssection.


Useth
heScaletoolto
odisplaycontrrolhandlesyou
ucanusetomaanipulatea2D
Dobject.

Sketchingtoolguides
hingtoolshave
Thesketch eseveraltoolguidesthatallowyoutochangethebehavio
orofthetool.TTheseguidesaare
activewheenappropriate:

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UseSelectReferenceCurvetod
dimensionaskeetchbasedonanexistingcurve.

UseMoveDimenssionBasePoin nttomovethebasepointfro
omyourstartin
ngpointtoadifferentlocatio
on.

Thissisusefulwhen
nyouwanttocontrolthedisstancebetweenyournewskeetchandexistiingobject.
UseChangeDimensionReferenceAngletodim
mensionaskettchbasedonaareferenceangglefromapoin
nton

aneexistingobject..

Sketchingminitoolbar
barprovidesquickaccesstothefollowingaactions:
Whileyouaresketching,theminitoolb


ClickR
Returnto3DM Modetoswitch htothePulltoolandpullyou
ursketchinto3
3D.Anyclosedloopswillform
m
surfaccesorfaces.Inttersectinglineswillsplitfacees.


ClickSSelectNewSke
etchPlanetosselectanewfaacetosketchon.


ClickM
MoveGridtom
moveorrotateethecurrentskketchgridwith
htheMovehan
ndle.


ClickP
PlanViewforaaheadonview
wofthesketchgrid.

Options
wingoptionsare
Thefollow eavailableforeverysketchttool:
Cartesiaandimensionss:Selectapointinasketchan
ndthenclickth
hisoptiontoseeeCartesiandimensionsfrommthe
point.C
Cartesiandimensionsshowyo outheXandYdistancesfrommthepointyouselect.Ifyouudon'thaveap
point
selectedd,itshowsyou
utheXandYdistancesfromttheorigin.
Polardiimensions:Selectapointinaasketchandth
henclickthiso
optiontoseePo nsfromthepoint.
olardimension
Polardimensionsshow wyouanangleeandadistanccefromthepointyouselect.Ifyoudon'thaaveapointseleected,
itshowssyoutheangle
eanddistancefromtheorigiin.
Snapto
ogrid:Selectth
hisoptionturnsnappingonooroffwhileskeetching.Thecu
ursorwillsnaptotheminorggrid
spacingincrementwh hileyousketch.Thedefaultsare1mmforM Metricand0.1225inforImperiialunits.SeeU
Units
optionsstochangetheeminorgridspacing.
Snapto
oangle:Selectthisoptiontotturnanglesnappingonorofffwhilesketchiing.Thecursorrwillsnaptoth
he
angularsnapincrementwhileyouskketch.Thedefaaultis15degreees.SeeSnapoptionstochaangetheangular
incremeentusedforsn
napping.
urves.SeeSkettchingonplanes.
Createllayoutcurves:Thesketchcurvesarecreateedaslayoutcu

Editingasketch
Youcanedditthedimensiionsofsketcheedlines,arcs,aandpointsusin
ngtheSelectto
ool.Tangencyiismaintainedw
when
youeditasketch.

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Toeditasketch
1. ClicktheSelecttool.(YoucanalsopressEscifyouareinasketchingtool.)
SelecttheSelectReferenceCurvetoolguidetodimensionfromanotherobject,similartotheShift+hover
functionalityinothertools.
2. Clickanddragthelineorpointyouwanttoedit.
Alt+clickanddragifyouwanttodetachthelineorpointbeforemovingit.
Ctrl+clickanddragtocreateacopy.
Enteravaluetodimensionthemove.

Toeditthelengthandangledimensionsofaline
1. Clicktheendpointofalineorarctoeditthelengthordiameterandangleorchordangledimensionsof
thelineorarc.
2. Mouseovertheoppositeendpointofthelineorarctodisplayabluecircle.
3. Dragtomovethereferencepointforthedimension'slength.
4. Enterthedimensionforthelengthfromtheendpointofthelinetothenewreferencepoint.
5. Mouseoverthelineshowingtheendoftheanglereferencetohighlightitinblue.
6. Dragthebluelinetomovethereferencefortheangledimension.
Ifyoumovetheangularreference360,theanglemeasurementischangedfromclockwiseto
counterclockwise.
7. Enterthedimensiontoadjusttheangleofthelinefromthenewreferenceline.

Toeditthedistancefromanotherpoint
1. Clickthemidpointofaline,thecenterofanarc,oranysketchedpointtodisplayadimensiontoa
referencepoint.
2. Mouseoverthereferencepoint,thendragthebluecirclestothelocationyouwanttodimensionfrom.
3. Clicktosetthenewreferencelocation.
ToskewtheXYlines,clicktheouterbluecircleandentertheskewangle.

Tochangethepropertiesofasketchobject
1. ClicktheSelecttool.(YoucanalsopressEscifyouareinasketchingtool.)
2. SelectthesketchobjecttodisplayitspropertiesinthePropertiespanel.
YoumayneedtoadjustthewidthofthePropertiespanelorthecolumnswithinthepropertiespanel.
Placeyourmouseovertheverticalcolumnlineanddragtowidenthecolumn.Placeyourmouseoverthe
borderofthepanelanddragtowidenthepanel.
3. Youcan:
SelectanewcolorfromtheColorpropertytocolortheobject.
SwitchbetweenlinesandconstructionlinesbyselectingavaluefromtheConstructionproperty.
SwitchbetweenstraightlinesandmirrorlinesbyselectingavaluefromtheMirrorproperty.
EnterthenumberofsidesforapolygonintheNumberofSidesproperty.

Toolguides
WheneditingsketchdimensionswiththeSelecttool,youcanusethefollowingtoolguidesafteryouselectanend
pointorarccenter:

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SelecttheSelectReferenceCurvetoolguideandclickanothersketchlinetoeditthedimensionsfromthe

selectedpointtothatsketchline.
UsetheMoveDimensionBasePointtoolguideandclickanypointtoeditthedimensionsfromthe

selectedpointtothatpoint.
UsetheChangeDimensionReferenceAngletoolguideandclicktosettheanglereferencefortheselected

point.

Examples


Editingaracetrackbydragginginternallines.Youcandragtoresize,rotate,lengthen,ormakeonesidelargerthan
theotherbydraggingdifferentlinesorpointsinthesketch.

Copyingasketch
YoucancopyasketchlineinSketchmodewiththeSelecttool.

Tocopyasketchline
Ctrl+drag(withtheSelecttool)whilesketchingtocopyasketchline.

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Pressthesspacebarwhile
eCtrl+dragginggasketchlinettodimensionthedistancebeetweenthefirsstlineandthe
second,co
opiedline.
Youcanalssoselectaskettchline,copyiit,andthenselectapointtopastethelineontothepointt.

Thesketch
hplane
Thesketch performingacttionsina2Dplane.Selection,sketching,creeatinglayouts,,
hgridindicatessthatyouarep
adjustingb
blendplanes,ccrosssectionediting,andannnotationalluseethesketchgrrid.Youcanad
djusttheunitsaand
spacingofthegrid,asweellashowsolid
dsaredisplaye
edwhentheggridappears.

Todisplayasketchplanee
1. SeelectSketchM
Mode oranyysketchingtool.
2. Cllickaface,plan
ne,axis,ordraawingsheet.
Yo
oucanalsoselectthecombin
nationsusedto
oinsertaplan
netodisplayassketchgridattthatlocation.
Ifyoudonotsee
ethegrid,makkesurethattheShowSketch
hGridboxisch
heckedintheD
Displaytab'sG
Grid
ribbongroup.

anewlocationforthesketch
Toselecta hplane
1. CllickSelectNew
wSketchPlane
e inthemin
nitoolbar,orrrightclickandselectSelectN
NewSketchPlaane
frromthecontexxtmenu.
2. M
Mouseoverany metrytodisplayyexistingplanes.
yexistinggeom
3. Cllicktoselectth
hehighlightedplaneanddisp
playthesketch
hgrid.

Tomoveth
hesketchplan
ne
1. (O
Optional)Selecctanypoints,liines,orcurvesthatyouwantttomovewith
hthesketchgriid.
2. CllickMoveGrid
d inthemin
nitoolbar.
ThheMovehandleisnowplaceedontheendp
pointofthelasstlineorcurveeyoudrew.Thismakesdraw
winga
trrajectoryin3Dspaceeasier.
3. UsetheMoveh
handletomoveeorrotatethesketchgrid.

hesketchplaneeheadon
Toviewth
ClickPlanV
View inthe
eminitoolbarorintheOrien
ntribbongrouptoviewthessketchgridheaadon.

Toswitchttothelastsketchplane
RightclicktheplaneandselectUseLasstSketchPlane
e.
mandisintheccontextmenufforalltoolsthaatcanbeusedinbothsketch
Thiscomm modes,suchasPull.
handsectionm
Allclosedssketchcurvesiinthecurrentp
planeareconvvertedtosurfaces.
ouusetheUseLast
Thelastplaaneusedforskketchingonissetasactive,aanddynamicplanemodeiseendedwhenyo
SketchPlanecommand.

Movingthesketchgrid
UsetheMoveGridtoolttomovetheskketchgrid.Makkesuccessivesketchesbymo ovingthegridaaftersketchingg
closedlineeregions.These
eclosedlinestturnintoregionswhenyoum
movethegrid.

Theiconattthecenteroffthesketchgrid indicateestheoriginoffthegridandm
moveswiththegridasyoum
move
thegrid.

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Tomovethesketchgrid
1. ClicktheMoveGridtool ontheminitoolbarorclicktheMovetoolandchecktheMoveGridoption.
2. (Optional)Selectanysketchentitiesthatyouwanttomovealongwiththesketchgrid.
3. SelectaMovehandleaxis.
4. DragalongtheaxisoftheMovehandletomoveorrotatethesketchgrid.
PressShiftwhiledraggingtosnapthemovetoangularandlinearincrementsbasedonyoursnapsettings
aswellastosnapthemoveparalleltoplanes,edges,andaxes.YoucanalsorightclickandselectUse
RulerDimension,andenteravalueorpressEntertodragthegrid.YoucanalsousethestandardMove
toolguideswhenmovingthegrid.
TheMovehandlecanbemovedaroundbydraggingthecenterballontoappropriateentitiesonthe
sketchgrid.

Tomovethecenterofthesketchgrid


1. Insertanorigin.
2. Selectanaxisoftheorigin.
3. SwitchtoSketchmode.
YoucanalsomovethecenterofthesketchgridwhilesketchingbyusingtheMoveGridorSelectNew
SketchPlanetoolsintheSketchminitoolbar.

Sketchingonplanes
Youcansketchonaplanewhenyouwanttodrawcurvesbuthavenoimmediateneedtogenerate3Dobjects.If
youwanttocreatearegionthatcanbepulledinto3Drightaway,createasketchinstead.
Youcanthinkofalayoutasapencildrawingmadeonyourdesign.Ifyoutrytopulllayoutlinesto3D,theydonot
behavethesamewaythatsketchedlinesdo.Closedlinesarenotconvertedtoregions,soifyoupullalayoutline,
itcreatesasurface,notasolid.Whenyouarereadytouseyourlayouttocreategeometry,projectthelayoutlines
toasketch.Projectingalayoutlinetoasketchislikeinkingtheline.
LayoutsalwaysappearonplanesintheStructuretree.
Westronglyencourageyoutouselayerswhenworkingwithlayoutstohelpyouorganizeyourdesign.For
example,youcancolorindividuallinesoneachlayout,showorhidethelines,orputtheboundingplanesona
separatelayerandturnthatlayer'svisibilityofftodeclutteryourdesign.(Whenyouimportfiles,theywillinitially
appearinonecolor.)

Tocreatealayout
1. Insertaplane.
2. RightclicktheplaneintheStructuretreeandselectEditLayout.
TheiconontheStructuretreechangestoreflectthattheplaneisalayout.
3. Sketchontheplane.

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Toconvertanexistingplanetoalayout
1. ClicktheEditLayouticon nexttotheplaneintheDesignwindow.
TheiconontheStructuretreechangestoreflectthattheplaneisalayout.
2. Sketchontheplane.

Toconvertasketchtoalayout
1. Selectthesketchentitiesthatyouwanttoappearonthelayout.
2. ClickthePlanetoolintheInsertribbongroup.
Alayoutplaneisdrawnaroundtheselectedsketchentities.
3. ClicktheEditLayouticon nexttotheplaneintheDesignwindowtocontinueeditingthesketch
objectsonthelayout.

Toimporta2DAutoCADDXForDWGfileasalayout
Youcanimporta2DAutoCADfileintoyourdesigninthefollowingways:
DraganddroptheDXForDWGfileintotheDesignwindowtocreatealayoutintheactivecomponent.
DragthefileontoaplaneintheStructuretreetoplacethedrawingonthatplaneandconvertittoalayout.

Editalayout
RightclicktheplaneintheStructuretreeandselectEditLayout,orclicktheEditLayouticon nexttotheplane
intheDesignwindow.
Alayoutplaneisdrawnaroundtheselectedsketchentities.

Movingintwodimensions
UsetheMovetooltomovelinesorpointswiththeMovehandle.Whenyoumovepointsorlineswiththistool,
theydonotmaintaintheirconnectionstootherlinesorpoints.Ifyouwanttomaintaintheconnectionsinyour
sketch,usetheSelecttooltoeditthesketch.

Tomovesketchentities

1. Click MoveintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selectthecurveorcurvesthatyouwanttomove.
3. Selectthefollowingoptions:
Movegrid:Selectthisoptiontomovethesketchgrid.
Ruler:Canbeusedtodimensionthemove.Seetheinstructionsbelow.
Createpatterns:Createapatternoftheselectedobjects.Patternrelationshipsofsketchcurvesand
pointsarelostwhenyougointoSectionor3Dmode.
Maintainsketchconnectivity:Keepstheconnectionsbetweenasketchcurveandothercurvesthat
shareitsendpoints.Ifyoudeselectthisoptionandmoveasketchcurve,thecurvewillmove
independentofothercurves.
OtheroptionsintheOptionspanelarenotrelevantwhenyoumovesketchentities.
4. (Optional)TochangetheanchorlocationoftheMovehandle
DragtheyellowcentersphereontheMovehandle.
ClicktheAnchortoolguideandselecttheface,edge,orvertexonwhichtoplacetheMovehandle.

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Theyellowce
enterspheretu
urnsintoabluecubewhenttheMovehand
dleisanchored
d.
5. (O
Optional)Toch
hangethedirecctionortrajecttoryforthemo
ove,
DragoneoftthesmallballsontherotationalaxistoreorienttheMoveehandle,ordimensionthe
orientationb
bytypingtherootationanglew
whileyouareddragging,thenpressingEnterr.
YoucanalsoAlt+clickapointorline,orclicktheMoveDirectiontoolguide,thencliickapointorliine,to
orientoneofftheMovehanndle'saxestow wardthatpointtoralongthatline.
IfyouAlt+clicckatrajectory,,youcanmoveealongthetrajectory.Ctrl+A
Alt+clicktoadd
dcontiguouslin
nesor
edgestothetrajectory.
IfyouAlt+clicckaplane,thedirectionofm
movementisseetperpendiculaartotheplanee.
6. Cllickanaxisand
ddraginthatd
directiontomo
ovetheselecteedobject.
AlineextendsfrromtheMovehandleaxisto
oindicatethed
directionyouselectedformo
ovement.
7. odimensionth
To hemove:
1.. ClickRu
ulerintheOpttionspanel.
2.. Clickan
nedgeorfacetoanchortheruler.
orientedalonggtheselectedM
Theruleriso Movehandleaaxis.
3.. Typeadistanceandp
pressEnter.

Dimension
nalsketching
SpaceClaim
mallowsyouto odoprecise,dimensionalskeetchinginternaaltothecurren
ntlineandrelaativetootherlines
andpointss.Ifadimensioncannotbeed dited,itdoesn
nothighlighton
nmouseover.

Todimensionthecurren
ntline
1. Prressthespaceb
bartoenteravalue.
2. PrressTabtohigghlightandedittasecondaryd
dimension.
3. PrressEntertoacceptthevalues.
Sp
paceClaimallowsyoutoenteermathematiccalexpressionssasdimension
nvalues.

Todimensionrelativeto
ootherlinesan
ndpoints
HoverthemouseoveralineorpointandpressShift tocreateadim mensionrelativvetothatlineorpoint.Ifyou
uclick
hedimensionissalwayscreateedfromthestaartpointofthaatspline.
aspline,th
Thedimennsionisdisplaye norPolarcoorrdinatesbasedonwhichcoordinatesystem
edasCartesian myouselectinthe
Optionspaanel.

Tocreatea
anoffsetangu
ulardimension
n
Iftheangu
ularreferenced
doesnottouch
hthearccenteer,parallelrefeerencelinesareecreated.

Points
UsethePoointtooltosketchpointsin22Dand3D.Poin nalreference,forsplitting,andfor
ntsareusefulaasadimension
creatingapointonaline
eorcurvethroughwhichyou uwanttodrawwathreepointtcircle.Youcan
nalsoproject
verticesin3Dtocreatep
pointsintheskketch.
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
Thesketch workspacebefo
oreyoucandrraw.

Todrawapoint
1. Cllick Pointin
ntheSketchgroupontheDesigntab.

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2. Ch
hooseamode:
Ifasketchplaaneisnotactivve,pressEscto
osketchin3Dorclickonano
objectorobjecctsintheDesiggn
windowtom makeasketchp plane.
Ifasketchplaaneisactive,cclick3DModeintheModegrrouporpressD
Dtosketchin3
3D.
3. Optional)Dime
(O ensionthepoin
ntrelativetoanotherobject..
4. Cllicktoplaceap
point:
Onafaceorsurface:clicko
onalocationo
onafaceorsurrface.
orcurve:clicko
Onanedgeo onalocationo
ontheedgeorcurve.
Onthemidpointofastraigghtlinebetweeentwopointssin2D:holdAlltandShiftand
dselecttwopo
oints,
thenclickonthetemporaryypointatthem
midpoint.
Onthemidpointofastraigghtlinebetwe
eentwopointssin3D:selectttwopoints.
ntoaface:selectapointandthenafacetoprojectonto.
Projectedon
Projectedon
ntoanedge:seelectapointan
ndthenanedggetoprojecton
nto.
InaUVdirecctionwithinafface/surface:sselectanexistingpointonaffaceandthenalocationontthe
facetospeciffythedirection
n.
Alonganedggefromanexisstingpointontheedge:seleectapointonaanedgeandalocationalongthe
edge.
etemporarypoints,axes,an
oucanalsouse
Yo ndplanestoheelpyoucreatepoints.

Toolguidees
Thefollow
wingtoolguidesshelpstepyou
uthroughthep
process:
oolguidetosellectalocationforthepoint.
UsetheSelectto

UsetheSelectDiirectiontoolguidetochangeethedirectionofthedimenssionforthepoint.

Lines
UsetheLin ortodrawlinesbetweenpointsonobjectsin3D.Theselineswillbecom
netooltosketcchlinesin2Do me
edgeswheenyoupullyouursketchintoaasolidwiththeePulltool.
Thesketch
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
workspacebefo
oreyoucandrraw.

Todrawlin
nesonasketch
hplane
1. Cllick LineintheSketchgro
ouporpressL..
2. eisnotactive,clickonanobjjectorobjectsintheDesignwindowtomaakeasketchplaane.
Ifasketchplane
3. Cllicktosettheffirstpointofth
heline.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
herobjects.
4. Co
ontinueselectingpointstodrawlinesegments.
Ifyouwantanysectionofthelinetobeanaarc,rightclickandselectSwiitchtoArc,theenclicktosettthe
raadius.RightclicckandselectSSwitchtoLinettoreturntodrrawingstraighttlinesbetween
npoints.Youm
must
crreateatleasto
onelinesegmeentbeforeusingthisoption.
5. En
ndtheline:
Doubleclicktosettheendpointoftheline.
ndselectFinish
Rightclickan hLine.

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PressEsc.
Connecttheendpointtoth
hestartpoint.
Clickanytool(excepttheC
ClipboardandO
Orienttools).


Clickaanddragtodraawonestraigh
htline.

Todrawlin
nesbetweenp
pointsin3D
1. Cllick LineintheSketchgro
ouporpressL..
2. (O
Optional)SelecctDefinelinefromcenterintheOptionspaaneltostartdrrawingthelineefromitscenteer
in
nsteadofanen
nd.
3. Sw
witchto3Dmo
ode:
Ifasketchplaaneisnotactivve,pressEsc.
Ifasketchplaaneisactive,cclick3DModeintheModegrrouporpressD
D.
4. Cllicktosettheffirstpointofth
heline.
Th
hiscanbeanypointonanob
bjectinyourdeesign.
5. Co
ontinueselectingpointstodrawlinesegments.
6. En
ndtheline:
Doubleclicktosettheendpointoftheline.
ndselectFinish
Rightclickan hLine.
PressEsc.
Connecttheendpointtoth
hestartpoint.
Clickanytool(excepttheC
ClipboardandO
Orienttools).

neasamirror
Tousealin
Rightclickthelineandse
electSetasMiirrorLine.

betweenalineeandaconstru
Totoggleb uctionline
Rightclickthelineandse
electConstrucctionOn/Off.

Options
wingoptionsare
Thefollow eavailableinttheOptionspanel:
Defineline
efrom Selecttthisoptiontossketchalinefrromthecenterr.Clicktodefin
nethecentero
oftheline,then
nclick
center againtosetthelengtth.Youcanalsodragtodraw wtheline.

Examples


Sketchingaalinebetween
ntwosolidsin3D

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Tangentlin
nes
UsetheTaangentLinetoo
oltosketchlineestangenttoaanycurvesinyyourdesign.
Thesketch
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
workspacebefo
oreyoucandrraw.

Todrawatangentlineo
onasketchpla
ane
1. Cllick Tangen
ntLineintheSSketchgroup.
Th
hetoolisdisab
blediftherearenocurvesorrlinesintheskketchplane.
2. Cllickthecurveyyouwanttodrrawtangentto.
3. Assyoumovethe
emouse,thesstartpointmovvessothattheelineremainsttangenttothecurve.
Th
hetangencyindicatorshowsyouhowthen
newlinewillbeetangentwith
hexistinggeom
metryifyouclicckon
th
hecurrentcurssorlocation.
4. (O
Optional)Dime
ensionthelinewithalength..
Yo
oucannotdimensionfroman
nothersketchobjectwhencreatingatangeentline.
5. Cllicktosetthee
endpointofth
heline.
Ifyoumoveyouurmouseoveranothercurve,thelinesnapssothatitistaangenttothessecondcurve.Hold
Alttostopyourrcursorfromsn
nappingtocurrves.

angentlinesbeetweenpointssin3D
Todrawta
1. Cllick Tangen
ntLineintheSSketchgroup.
2. Sw
witchto3Dmo
ode:
Ifasketchplaaneisnotactivve,pressEsc.
Ifasketchplaaneisactive,cclick3DModeintheModegrrouporpressD
D.
3. Cllicktosettheffirstpointofth
heline.
Th
hiscanbeanypointonanob
bjectinyourdeesign.
Th
hetangencyindicatorshowsyouhowthen
newlinewillbeetangentwith
hexistinggeom
metryifyouclicckon
th
hecurrentcurssorlocation.
4. Cllicktosetthee
endpointofth
heline.

Touseata
angentlineasamirror
Rightclickthelineandse
electSetasMiirrorLine.

betweenatan
Totoggleb ngentlineandaconstruction
nline
Rightclickthelineandse
electConstrucctionOn/Off.

Constructionlines
UsetheCoonstructionLinetooltodrawlinesthathelp pyoucreatean
naccurateskettch.Constructiionlinesbecom
me
axesin3D..Theyarealsousefulforcreaatingmirrors.
Thesketch
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
workspacebefo
oreyoucandrraw.

Todrawaconstructionlline
1. SeelecttheConsttructionLineto
ool fromth
heSketchribbo
ongroup.
2. (O
Optional)Dime
ensionthefirsttpointrelativeetoanothersketchobject.
3. Cllicktosettheffirstpointofth
heline.

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4. (O
Optional)Dime
ensiontheline.
5. CllickorpressEn
ntertoendtheeline.
Byydefault,thelineisdimensio
onedtoitsstarrtpoint,butyo
oucandimenssiontoanotherrsketchobjectt.

Touseaco
onstructionlin
neasamirror
Rightclickthelineandse
electSetasMiirrorLine.

betweenalineeandaconstru
Totoggleb uctionline
Rightclickthelineandse
electConstrucctionOn/Off.

Rectangless

UsetheReectangletool intheDesiggntaborpressRtodrawareectanglealongtheaxesoftheesketchgrid.W
When
youexitth
hesketch,anyrrectanglesbecomesurfaces,andthelinesb
becomeedgessofarectangularsolidwhenyou
pullyoursketchinto3DwwiththePullto
ool.
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
Thesketch workspacebefo
oreyoucandrraw.

Todrawarectangle
1. Cllick Rectan
ngleintheSkettchgrouporpressR.
2. (O
Optional)SelecctDefinerectanglefromcenterintheOptionspaneltosttartdrawingth
herectanglebyy
clickingthepoin
ntforitscenterinsteadofaccorner.
3. Cllicktosettheffirstcorner.
Moveyourmou
M useoverthesketchgridtoprreviewtherecttangle.Dashed
dlinesappearw
whenyoucreaatea
sq
quareorgoldenrectangle.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
hersketchobjeects.
4. Cllicktosettheo
oppositecorneeroftherectan
ngle.

Options
Thefollow eavailableinttheOptionspanel:
wingoptionsare
Define Selecttthisoptiontossketchrectangllesfromtheirccenters.Clickttodefinethecenterofthe
rectangleffrom rectanggle,thenclickaagaintosettheelengthofthesides.Youcan drawtherectangle.
nalsodragtod
center HoldtheAltkeywhileedrawingarecctangletotoggglethisoptiononthefly.

Examples


Sketchingaasquare

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Sketchingaarectanglefro
omitscenter

Threepoin
ntrectangles
UsetheTh
hreePointRecttangletooltoq
quicklysketcharectangleatanyangleontthesketchplan ne.Theselineswill
becomethheedgesofare
ectangularsolidwhenyoupu ullyoursketchinto3DwithtthePulltool.
Thesketch
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
workspacebefo
oreyoucandrraw.

Todrawathreepointreectangle
1. Cllick ThreeP
PointRectanglleintheSketch
hgroup.
2. Optional)SelecctDefinerectanglefromcenterintheOptionspaneltosttartdrawingth
(O herectanglebyy
clickingthepoin
ntforitscenterinsteadofaccorner.
3. Cllicktosettheffirstcornerofttherectangle.
Moveyourmou
M useoverthesketchgridtoprreviewtherecttangle.Dashed
dlinesappearw
whenyoucreaatea
sq
quareorgoldenrectangle.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
hersketchobjeects.
4. Cllicktosetthellengthofthesecondside.


Clickaanddragtodraawthefirstsid
de,thenclickto
osetthelength
hofthesecond
dside.

Options
wingoptionsare
Thefollow eavailableinttheOptionspanel:
DefineRecctanglefromC
CenterSelectth hisoptiontoskketchrectangleesfromtheirccenters.Clickto
odefinetheceenter
ofthereectangle,thenclickagaintossetthelengthofthesides.Yo
oucanalsodraagto
drawtheerectangle.Alt+dragorAlt+cclicktoreturntothestandarrdbehaviorwh hen
theoptionisselected.

Circles
UsetheCirrcletooltoske
etchacirclein2Dwhenyoukknowthelocattionofthecircle'scenterand
dapointonthe
circlesedgge,ortheradiu
usordiameterr.Thecirclecan
nbecomeacylinderorholewwhenyoupullitinto3Dwith
hthe
Pulltool,o
orasphereorttorusifyourottateorsweepiit.
Thesketch
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
workspacebefo
oreyoucandrraw.

Todrawacircle
1. Cllick Circlein
ntheSketchgrrouporpressC
C.
2. Cllicktosettheccirclescenter.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
hersketchobjeects.
3. Cllicktosettheccircle'sdiameter.
4. Th
hecirclewillsn
naptoexistingsketchesordeeterminedcircclesandarcsin
ntheplaneoftthesketch.

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Ifyousketchtwwocirclesthataaretangenttoeachother,an
ndthenchangeethediameterrofonecircleb
by
edditingitsdimen
nsion,tangenccywiththeothhercircleismaintained.
diusoftheotheercirclechangesto
Ifyoudragtheccenterofacircclethatistangeenttoanotherrcircle,therad
m
maintaintangen ncy.

Examples


Editingataangentcircleb
bydraggingtheecircle'scenterr;tangencyism
maintained

Threepoin
ntcircles
UsetheTh hreePointCircletoolwhenyoudontknowwthecenterofthecircle,butyouknowwheeretheedgeo ofthe
circlemusttbe.Thistoolw
workswithanyycombinationoffreepoints,,knownpointss,ortangentatttachments.Th he
circlewillb
becomeacylinnderorholewh
henyoupullitinto3DwiththePulltool.Yo
oucanalsorottatethecircleaabout
alinetom
makeasphereo ortorus.
Thesketch
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
workspacebefo
oreyoucandrraw.

Todrawathreepointciircle
1. Cllick ThreePointCircleintheSketchgro
oup.
2. (O
Optional)SelecctThreepointcirclesegmentintheOption
nspaneltocreateanarcthattisasegmentofa
th
hreepointcircle.
3. Cllicktosettheffirstpointonthecirclesedge.
Ifyouclickacurrveorline,thecirclewillbed
drawntangentttothecurveo
orline,unlessyyouclickthe
m
midpointorvert tex.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
hersketchobjeects.
4. Cllicktosetthessecondpointo
onthecircleseedge.
Ifthecircledisappearsasyoumoveyourmo ouseoverthessketchgrid,theenthecursorlocationcanno otbe
ncludedinanycircledrawnth
in hroughthefirssttwopointsandthecurrenttpoint.Ifyoucclickacurveorrline,
th
hecirclewillbe
edrawntangennttothecurveeorlineunlesssyouclickthem
midpointorveertex.
Ifyousketchtwwocirclesthataaretangenttoeachother,an
ndthenchangeethediameterrofonecircleb
by
edditingitsdimen
nsion,tangenccywiththeothhercircleismaintained.
5. Cllicktosetthellastpointonth
hecirclesedgee.
Ifyousketchtwwocirclesthataaretangenttoeachother,an
ndthenchangeethediameterrofonecircleb
by
edditingitsdimen
nsion,tangenccywiththeothhercircleismaintained.
diusoftheotheercirclechangesto
Ifyoudragtheccenterofacircclethatistangeenttoanotherrcircle,therad
m
maintaintangen ncy.

Options
wingoptionsare
Thefollow eavailableinttheOptionspanel:
Threepoin
nt Checkthisoptiontoccreateanarcth ntofathreepointcircle.Tocreateanarcw
hatisasegmen with

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circlesegm
ment thisopttion,clicktoseetthefirstpoin
nt,clicktosettthesecondpoint,thenenterthediameteror
clicktosetthefinalpo oint.

Examples


Editingataangentcircleb
bydraggingtheecircle'scenterr;tangencyism
maintained


withtheSelectttool)athreepointcircledrrawnthroughaarectanglesveertexmaintainstheconnection.
Dragging(w

Ellipses
UsetheEllipsetooltosketchanellipseein2D.Theelliipsecanbecom whenyoupullyour
meanellipticallsolidorholew
o3DwiththeP
sketchinto Pulltool.Youcanalsosweeptheellipsein33D,orrotateitt.
Thesketch
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
workspacebefo
oreyoucandrraw.

Todrawan
nellipse
1. Cllick EllipseintheSketchgroup.
2. Cllicktosettheccenteroftheeellipse.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
hersketchobjeects.
3. Cllicktosettheo
overalllengthaandangularorrientationofth
hefirstaxis.
4. Cllicktosetthellengthofthesecondaxis.

Tangentarrcs
UsetheTaangentArctoolltosketchanaarcthatistanggenttoacurveorlineinyourrdesign.Thisaarcwillbecomeean
edgewhen nyoupullyourrsketchinto3D
DwiththePulltool.
Thesketch
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
workspacebefo
oreyoucandrraw.

Todrawatangentarc
1. Cllick Tangen
ntArcintheSkketchgroup.
Th
hetoolisdisab
blediftherearenocurvesorrlinesintheskketchplane.
2. Cllickthelineorcurveyouwan
nttodrawtanggentto.
Th
hisisusuallydo
oneattheend
dpointofalinee,arc,orsplinee,butitcanbeeontheline.Ifftwolinessharrean
en
ndpoint,usethescrollwheeeltosettangenncytotheotheerline.

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3. (O
Optional)Dime
ensiontheradiiusandchordaangle.
4. Cllicktosetthee
endpointofth
hearc.
Th endonitsstarttpointtomakeacircleoren
hearccannote ndonthesameelineasitsstartpoint.

Todrawatangentarcbetweenpointssin3D
1. Cllick Tangen
ntArcintheSkketchgroup.
2. Sw
witchto3Dmo
ode:
Ifasketchplaaneisnotactivve,pressEsc.
Ifasketchplaaneisactive,cclick3DModeintheModegrrouporpressD
D.
3. Cllicktosettheffirstpointofth
hearc.
Th
hiscanbeanypointonanob
bjectinyourdeesign.
Th
hetangencyindicatorshowsyouhowthen
newarcwillbeetangentwithexistinggeometryifyouclickon
th
hecurrentcurssorlocation.
4. Cllicktosetthee
endpointofth
hearc.

Toeditata
angentarc
Dragthearctoeditit.W
Whenyoudragaatangentarc,itincreasesitssradiuswhilem
maintainingitschordangle.

Examples


Arcsketchedtangenttotwocircles


Editingataangentarcmaintainsitsconn
nections

Sweptarcss
weepArctoolttocreateanarcwithaknown
UsetheSw ncenterandendpoints.Tangencyisnotafactorinthe
creationoffthisarc.Theaarcwillbecomeanedgewheenyoupullyou
ursketchinto3
3DwiththePu
ulltool.
Thesketch
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
workspacebefo
oreyoucandrraw.

Todrawasweptarc
1. Cllick Sweep
pArcintheSkeetchgroup.

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2. Cllicktosettheccenteroftheaarc.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointrrelativetootheersketchobjeccts.
3. Cllicktosetthesstartpointand
dradiusofthesweepcircle.
Yo
oucandimenssionthechordangleoroffsetttheangulard
dimension.
4. Cllicktosetthee
endpointofth
hearc.

Threepoin
ntarcs
UsetheThhreePointArctooltocreateanarcbyspeccifyingitsstartandendpoints,andtheradiiusorchordan
ngle.
Thisarccanbecreatedtangenttoanottherarc,line,o
orsplineatitsstart.Thearcw
willbecomean
nedgewhenyou
withthePullto
pullyoursketchinto3Dw ool.
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
Thesketch workspacebefo
oreyoucandrraw.

Todrawathreepointarrc
1. Cllick ThreePointArcinth
heSketchgroup.
2. Cllicktosetthesstartpointofthearc.
pline,thentheearcwillinitiallybedrawntangenttothatlline,
Ifthestartpointtisonanotherrline,arc,orsp
arrc,orspline.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointrrelativetootheersketchobjeccts.
3. Cllicktosetthee
endpointofth
hearc.
4. Cllicktosettheaarc'sradius.
oucandimenssionthechordangleorradius.
Yo
Th
hearcwillsnap
ptotangentobjects.

Polygons
olygontooltod
UsethePo drawapolygon nwithbetween3and64sidees.Youcandimmensionthelocationoftheaaxis,
thelengthoftheradius,theorientationangle,andseetthenumberofsidesasyou
usketchthepo
olygon.
Thesidesoofasketchedp polygonmaintaaintheirrelatio
onshiptoeach
hother.Whenyyoupullapolyygoninto3D,faaces
withapolyygonrelationsh hiparedisplayedwithapatteernwhenyouselectthesolid
d.Changingonnefaceoredgee
affectsalltthefacesinthe
erelationship.

Todrawapolygon
1. Cllick Polygo
onintheSketch
hgroup.
2. (O
Optional)SelecctUseinternalradiusintheO
Optionspaneltodimensiontthepolygonbaasedonthe
diiameterofacircleinscribedw
withinthepolyygon.Uncheckktheoptiontodimensiontheepolygonbaseedon
acircumscribedcircle.
3. Cllicktosettheccenterofthep
polygon.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
hersketchobjeects.
4. Dragthemouse
etodrawthep
polygonandchangeitsorienttation.
heorientationisthepolygon
Th n'sanglerelativvetotheXand
dYaxis.
Yo
oucanpressTaabandtypeanumbertochaangethediameeter,orientatio
on,ornumberofsides.
5. Cllicktocomplettethepolygon.
Th epolygonareaallrelated,andactasoneobjject.Whenpulledin3D,theedgesandfaceesof
hesidesofthe
th
hepolygonalsoolidwillalsom
maintainthisrelationship.

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TiipIfyoutrimaapolygonsketcchwiththeTrim
mAwaytool,yyoucandragtheoriginalsideesofthepolyggon
w
withtheSelectt tooltorecreattethepolygon.

Tosetthenumberofsid
des
PressTabaandtypeanum
mberwhileyou
udrawapolyggon.
or
1. nSketchmode,,selectthepollygonwiththeSelecttool.
In
2. Riightclickthep
polygonandselectPropertiess.
3. En
nteravaluefortheNumberOfSidespropeerty.
Po mof3sides,andamaximumof64sides.
olygonscanhaaveaminimum

Toremoveethepolygonrrelationshipfro
omthefaceso
ofapolygonso
olid
Rightclickafaceofthep
polygonandseelectRemoveA
Association.
Anychangesyoumaketo
othefaceofth
hepolygonwillaffectonlyth
hatface.

Options
wingoptionsare
Thefollow eavailableinttheOptionspanel:
Useintern optiontodimensionthepolygonbasedontthediametero
nalSelectthiso ofacircle
radius inscribedwiithinthepolyggon.Unchecktheoptiontodimensionthep polygon
basedonaccircumscribedcircle.Intheim
magebelow,thhebluecircleisinscribed
withintheppolygonandtheorangecircleeiscircumscrib
bedaroundit.

Examples


Apolygonpulledintoasolidmaintainsstherelationsh
hipsbetweenittssides.Inthissexample,pulllingonesidepulls
allsidesoffthepolygon.

Creatingaspline
UsetheSpplinetooltoske
etchsplinesin2Dortodraw
wsplinesbetweeenpointsono objectsin3D.A
Asplineisa
continuousslycurvedline,withoutsharp pboundaries(thatis,withou
utvertices).Splinescanbecomeedgeswheenyou
pullyoursketchinto3DwwiththePullto
ool.Sweepingalongasplinein3Dletsyoucreatesmooth h,curvyshapess.
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
Thesketch workspacebefo
oreyoucandrraw.

Todrawasplineonaskketchplane
1. Cllick SplineiintheSketchggroup.

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2. Ifasketchplane
eisnotactive,clickonanobjjectorobjectsintheDesignwindowtomaakeasketchplaane.
3. Cllicktosettheffirstpointofth
hespline.
HoldAltandcliccktosetthepo ntittobetangentwithanad
ointifyouwan djacentsketchoredge.When n
hiighlightingthevertex(whichisactuallyanendpointofoneoftheinterrsectingedgeswhichhasinflu
uence
attthetime)scro
ollthemousewwheeltoselecttotheradjacenntedgeswithwwhichtosetth
hetangentvector
diirection,aspre
eviewedbytheegreentangen ncysymbol.
4. Cllicktosetthen
nextpointsoftthespline.
Yo
oucanDimenssionsplinepointsbyenteringgthecoordinatedistancefro
omthestartpo
ointtoeachpo
oint,
orrdimensioneaachpointrelatiivetoanothersketchobject..
5. En
ndthespline:
Doubleclicktosettheendpointofthesp
pline.
HoldAltandclicktomakettheendpointttangentwithaanadjacentskeetchoredge.
ndselectFinish
Rightclickan hSpline.
PressEsc.
Connecttheendpointtoth
hestartpoint.
Clickanyothertool(exceptttheClipboard
dandOrientto
ools).

pline
Todrawacontinuoussp
1. Cllick SplineintheSketchggroup.
2. SeelectDrawcon efromtheSpliinesectionofttheSketchoptionspanel.
ntinuousspline
3. Cllickanddragto
odrawthespline.
4. Reeleasetofinish
hdrawing.

Todrawasplinebetweeenpointsin3D
D
1. Cllick SplineintheSketchggroup.
2. Sw
witchto3Dmo
ode:
Ifasketchplaaneisnotactivve,pressEsc.
Ifasketchplaaneisactive,cclick3DModeintheModegrrouporpressD
D.
3. Cllicktosettheffirstpointofth
hespline.
Th
hiscanbeanypointonanob
bjectinyourdeesign.
HoldAltandcliccktosetthepo
ointifyouwan
ntittobetangentwithanad
djacentsketchoredge.When n
hiighlightingthevertex(whichisactuallyanendpointofoneoftheinterrsectingedgeswhichhasinflu
uence
attthetime)scro
ollthemousewwheeltoselecttotheradjacenntedgeswithwwhichtosetth
hetangentvector
diirection,aspre
eviewedbytheegreentangen ncysymbol.
4. Co
ontinueselectingpointstodrawsplinepoints.
5. En
ndthespline:
Doubleclicktosettheendpointoftheline.
HoldAltandclicktomakettheendpointttangentwithaanadjacentskeetchoredge.
ndselectFinish
Rightclickan hLine.
PressEsc.
Connecttheendpointtoth
hestartpoint.

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Clickanytool(excepttheClipboardandOrienttools).

Tocreateaclosedspine
Youcancreateaclosedsplineinthefollowingways:
Whendrawingaspline,enditonthestartpoint.
Wheneditingthespline,dragoneendpointontopoftheotherpoint.
Onceyouhavecreatedaclosedspline,youcannotedititintoanopenspline.
Options

Examples


Sketchingasplinebetweenpointsin3D

Editingaspline
Youcandragaspline,itssplinepoints,oritscontrolpointswhiletheSelecttoolsisactive.Youcanbein2Dor3D
mode.
Splinepointsarethepointsalongthespinethatdefinethepositionofitscurves.Splinepointsaredisplayedas
circleswhenyouhoveroveraspline.
Controlpointsaredisplayedoutsideofthespline,anddefinethecurvatureofthesplinebetweenpoints.Control
pointsaredisplayedasdiamondsconnectedbyadottedlinewhenyouselectaspline.


Tomoveaspline
1. ClicktheSelecttoolintheEditgroupontheDesigntabwhilein2Dmode.
2. Mouseoverthesplinetohighlightthesplineanddisplayitsdefiningpoints.
3. Clickanywhereonthesplineexceptforthedefiningpoints,anddragittomoveit.

Toeditaspline
1. ClicktheSelecttoolintheEditribbongroupwhilein2Dmode.
2. Mouseoverthesplinetohighlightthesplineanddisplayitsdefiningpoints.
3. Clickanddragonanysplineorcontrolpointtomoveit,leavingtheothersplineandcontrolpointsfixedin
space.
Youcanboxselectsplinepoints.
4. (Optional)Editthedimensionsassociatedwiththatpoint.

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Tochangesplineendpoints
1. Selectthesplinetodisplayitsendpointcontrolhandle.
Theendpointcontrolhandleisalightbluepointattheendofadottedlineextendingoutwardsfromthe
endofthespline.Insomecases,theseendpointsmaybelocatedsomedistanceawayfromyoursketch.
Zoomoutfromthesketchuntilyoucanseetheendpointcontrolhandle.
Ifanotherline,arc,orsplinesharesthatendpoint,theendpointinfluencemaysnapintotangencywith
thatsketchentity.Toadjusttheendpointinfluenceinthiscase,movethemouseashortdistanceaway
fromtheendpointtodisplaytheendpointcontrolhandle.
Afteritismoved,theendpointwillsnaptoitsoriginaltangency.
2. (Optional)In3D,holdAltandselectaplanarorlinearobjectthatyouwantthesplinetobetangentwith.
YoucanholdAltandselectacurve,edgeorfaceifthecurve,edgeorfacepassesthroughthepoint.Ifyou
selectaface,thetangencyatthepointwherethepointintersectsthecurveorsurfaceisused.The
defaultisthetangencydirectionwiththeleastamountofcurvature.
3. Dragtheendpointcontrolhandlestochangetheinfluenceofthatendpointontheshapeofthespline.
Thecontrolhandlewillsnapbacktoitsinitialtangentdirection,whichisindicatedbyadottedline.
Theamountoftheendpoint'sinfluencecanbecontrolledbydraggingtheendpointcontrolhandlecloser
toorfurtherawayfromtheendpoint.

Toaddsplinepoints
1. ClicktheSelecttoolintheEditgroupontheDesigntabwhilein2Dmode.
2. Mouseoverthesplinetohighlightthesplineanddisplayitsdefiningpoints.
3. Rightclickanywhereonthesplineexceptonthedefiningpoints,andselectAddKnottocreateanother
splinepointatthatlocation.

Toremovesplinepoints
1. ClicktheSelecttoolintheEditgroupontheDesigntabwhilein2Dmode.
2. Clickthesplinetohighlightitanddisplayitsdefiningpoints.
3. RightclickthepointyouwanttoremoveandselectRemoveSplinePoint.
Thesplineadjuststoaccommodatetheremovalofthepoint.

Tochangetheendpointtangencyofaspline
1. ClicktheSelecttoolintheEditgroupontheDesigntabwhilein2Dmode.
2. SelectthesplineintheDesignwindow.
3. SetthevalueforPeriodicinthePropertiespanel:
True:IfyouchangethispropertytoTrue,thetangenciesofthebeginningandendofthesplinecurve
willmatchtocreateaclosedcurve.IfasplinecurveisopenandyousetthepropertytoTrue,thespline
willbeclosed,asshownhere:


False:IfyouchangethispropertytoFalse,theendtangenciesofaclosedcurvedontmatch.Ifaspline
curveisclosedandyousetthepropertytoFalse,thecurvewillbecometeardropshapedbecausethe
endpointswillnolongerbetangent,asshownhere:

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Toextendasplinebypulling
1. ClickthePulltoolintheEditgroupontheDesigntabwhilein3Dmode.
2. ClickanendpointofthesplineanddraginthedirectionofthePullarrow.
Youcanalsoclicktheendpoint,clicktheUpTotoolguide,thenclicktheobjectuptowhichyouwantto
pull.

Examples


Draggingasplinepoint


Draggingacontrolpoint


Draggingendpointcontrolhandlesin3D

Splittingcurves
UsetheSplitCurvetooltosplitonecurvewithanothercurveorpoint.Youcanalsousea3Dobjectthatintersects
thecurve,suchasaplaneorface.Thesegmentsofthesplitcurvecanthenbeselectedandeditedindependently.
Thesketchgridmustbevisibleintheworkspacebeforeyoucansplitcurves.

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Tosplitaccurve
1. Cllick SplitCurveintheSkeetchgroup.
2. Cllickthecurveyyouwanttosp
plit.
3. Cllickacurveorpointthatinteersectsthecurvveyouwantto
osplit.Thecurvewillbesplittattheintersection.

Trimminglines
UsetheTrimAwaytoolttodeleteanyliineportionboundedbyanin
ntersectionwitthalineoredgge.
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
Thesketch workspacebefo
oreyoucantriimlines.

Todeletea
aboundedlinee
1. Cllick TrimA
AwayintheSkeetchgrouporp
pressT.
2. M
Mouseoveralin
netopreviewthesectionthaatwillbedeletted.
3. Cllicktodeletethehighlightedlinesection.
Th
heportionofthelineyouclicckedisdeleted
duptoanyinteersectionwithanother2Dlin
neoredgeofaasolid.

Creatingco
orners
UsetheCreateCornerto
ooltotrimbackkorextendtw
wolinessothattheymeetataacorner.
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
Thesketch workspacebefo
oreyoucancreeatecorners.

Toconnectttwolineswitthacorner
1. Cllick Create
eCornerintheSketchgroup.
2. Cllickaline,arc,orspline.
3. M
Mouseoverano
otherlinetoprreviewthecorn
nerthatwillbeecreated.
Ifyoumouseovveralinethatisthecrosssecctionedgeofasolidorasilho
ouetteedge,ittwillnotchangge.
Onlyasketched
dlinewillchangge.
4. Cllickanintersecctinglinetotrimthelines,orranonintersectinglinetoexxtendtheliness.
5. Ifthelinesinterrsect,clickthepartoftheinteersectinglineyyouwanttokeeep.Ifthelinessdonotintersect,
yooucanclickanywhereontheelinetoextend dthelinestofoormacorner.

Options
wingoptionsare
Thefollow eavailableinttheCreateCorn
nertool:
Trim/Exten
ndcurve ne,thenclickaasecond,nonintersectinglin
Ifyouselectthisoptionandcclickthefirstlin ne,
youextendthe
y efirstline,butnotthesecond d.Ifthetwolin
nesintersect,tthefirstlineis
trimmedbythe
t esecondline.

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Examples


Creatingacornerbetwee
enarcs.


Extendingasplinetothe
eintersectionw
withanotherskketchcurve.

oundedcornerrs
Creatingro
UsetheCreateRoundedCornertoolto otrimbackorcconnecttwoinntersectinglineesorarcssoth
hattheymeetw
with
anarctanggentatbothen
nds.Youcanalsousethistoo
olwithcoplanaar3Dlines,succhaslinesyoucreatedby
blending.
Thesketchhgridmustbevisibleinthew
workspacebefo
oreyoucancreeateroundedccorners,which
harealsoknow
wnas
fillets.

Toconnectttwolineswittharoundedcorner
1. Cllick eRoundedCornerfromtheSSketchgroupontheDesigntaab.
Create
2. Seelectalineoraarc.
Th
hefirstlineorarcyouselectwillbeextend
ded,ifnecessarry.
3. M
Mouseoverano
otherlinetoprreviewtheroundthatwillbeecreated.
Ifyoumouseovveralinethatistheedgeofaasolid,thatedgewillnotchaange.Onlyaskketchedlinewiill
chhange.Therad
diusofthearciispreviewedasyoumovethemouse.Enteeraradiustodimensionit.
4. Seelectaninterse
ectinglinetotrimthelines,o
oranoninterssectinglinetocconnectthelin
nes.
Whereyouclickkontheinterseectinglinedefiinestheradiussofthetangentarc,oryoucaandimensiontthe
W
ro
ound(orchamffer)byenterin
ngitsdiameter.
Ifthelinesinterrsect,clickthepartoftheinteersectinglineyyouwanttokeeep.Ifthelinessdonotintersect,
yooucanclickanywhereontheelinetoextend dthefirstlinettoformaroun
ndedcorner.Ciirclesareneveer
trrimmed.

Toeditaro
oundedcornerr
Dragthero
oundedcornerrwiththeSeleccttooltochan
ngeitsradius.TTangencyismaaintained.

Options
wingoptionsare
Thefollow eavailablewiththeCreateR
RoundedCorneertool.

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ChamferM
Mode Createanequa
C lsidedchamfeerinsteadofan
narc.
DisableTriimming Leavetheundeerlyinglinesinssteadofremovvingthem.

Examples


RoundingaacornerwithttheChamferM
Modeoption


RoundingaacornerwithttheDisableTrim
mmingoption


ethefirstlineselectedisextended
Roundingaacornerwhere


Roundingccornersof3Dlines,thensweeepingtocreatteapipe

Offsettingcurves
UsetheOfffsetCurvetoo oltocreateano dplane.Ifyouarecreatinganoffsetsplinee,you
offsetofanycurveinthegrid
willgettheebestresultsw
withanoffsetd
distanceapproopriatetotheccurvatureofyo
ourspline.
Thesketch
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
workspacebefo
oreyoucancreeateoffsetcurrves.

Tooffseta
acurve
1. Cllick OffsetCurveintheSSketchgroupontheDesigntaab.

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2. Seelectthecurve
esyouwanttooffset.
Sttandardcurveselectiontechniquesapply,ssoyoucandou ubleclicktoseelectconnected dloopsofcurvves.
CttrlandShiftcanalsobeused
dtoextendorrreplacethesellecteditemsprriortooffsettin
ng.
Yo
oucanalsouse
ebox,lasso,an
ndpaintselectmodestoseleectmultipleskeetchcurves.SeeeUsingtheraadial
m
menutolearnhhowtoaccessttheseselectmodes.
Ifyouselectmo
orethanonecu
urve,thentheyywillbemergeedwhentheyaareoffset.
oclearthecurrentselection,,clickanemptyyspotintheD
To Designwindow.
3. Hoverthemousseoveralineo
orpointandpressShifttocreeateanoffsetffromthatcurvveorpoint.
Assyoumovethe ecursorawayfromtheselecctedcurve,you
ucanseeapreeviewoftheofffsetresult.Thee
offfsetdefaultsttoonegridsqu
uare.
4. (O
Optional)Selecctanoptiontospecifyhowin
ntersectingoffssetcurvesshouldmeet.
5. En
nteradimensiionorclicktossetthewidtho
oftheoffset.

Options
Thefollow eavailableinttheOffsetLinetool:
wingoptionsare
Closew
withcorner Closeintersectingoffsetlineswithacorner.
Closew
witharc Closeintersectingoffsetedgeswithanarc.

Closen
naturally Closeintersectingoffsetedgeswithacurve.

Offsetbothways ooffsetlineson
Createtwo neithersideofftheselectedline.

Examples


Highlighteddlineoffsetussingeachoptio
on.Shownfrom
mtoptobottom
m:Closenaturrally,Closewith
hcorner,andC
Close
witharc.

Projectingontothesketchgrid
UsetheProjecttoSketch htooltocopyaanedgeorvertexofasolidtoa2Dlineorppointthatyoucanmanipulatte
withtheskketchtools.Youcanalsoprojjectanoteonttothesketchggrid.Projectingganaxisontotthesketchgrid
createsacconstructionlin
ne.
Exceptwheenexplicitlyse
electinganewsketchplane,tthisistheonlyysketchtoolth
hatcanselectittemsthatarenot
ontheskettchgrid.Youcanalsoselectnotetextandprojectthetexxtontoyourskketch.
Thesketch
hgridmustbevisibleinthew
workspacebefo
oreyoucanprrojectedgeson
ntoit.
Youcanprrojectabodyo
ontoalayoutskketchplaneon
nadrawingsheeet.

Toprojectaface,edge,vvertex,ornoteeontotheskettchgrid
1. Cllick ProjectttoSketchinttheSketchgroupontheDesigntab.
M urdesigntohigghlighttheobjectsavailablefforprojection.
Mouseoveryou

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2. Cllicktheedge,e
edgechain,verrtex,ornoteteextyouwantto
oprojectintotthesketchplan
ne.
Sttandardedgesselectionmeth
hodsapply,soyyoucandoubleeclick,Ctrl+click,andShift+cclicktocreateo
or
m
modifyyourseleection.
oucanalsoclicckanddragtodrawaselectionboxenclosingtheobjectssyouwanttop
Yo project,including
silhouetteedges.
heedge,vertex,ortextappeearsasasketch
Th hedlinetosho
owthatitisnow
walineorpoin
ntinthesketch
h
pllane.
ontopofeachother)inthessketchareconsolidatedwheenyoureturnto3D
Duplicateedgess(thatappearo
m
mode.
difficultyseeingaprojectedlline,checkthatFadeSceneU
TiipIfyouhaved UnderGridissselectedonthee
Displaytab.

hesketchgrid
Toprojectasolidontoth
1. Cllick ProjectttoSketchinttheSketchgroupontheDesigntab.
2. CllickontheSele
ectBodiestoolguideifyouw
wanttoselectbodiesinthed
designwindow
w.
Yo
oudonotneed
dthetoolguidetoselectbod
diesintheStru
ucturetree.
3. Seelectoneofthefollowingop
ptions:
Allbodyedgesifyouwantalledgesprojeectedontotheesketchgrid.
wantonlythevvisible,orsilhouette,edgesprojectedontothesketchgrid
Visiblebodyedgesifyouw d.
4. SeelectabodyintheDesignwindoworStructuretree.

Examples


Projectingallbodyedgesstothesketchgrid

Bending
ndstraightlinesandedgesto
UsetheBeendtooltoben oformanarc.YYoucanalsoussetheBendto
ooltoadjustthe
radiusofarcsandarcededges.Bendw worksonstraigh
htlineswhenyyouaresketch
hingandwhenyouareeditin ngin
crosssectiion.
Youcaninssertapointcurvetextfiletomakeacomplicatedbend.

Tobendalineoredge
1. Cllick BendintheSketchgrouporpressB
B.
2. IfyouareworkinginSectionm
mode,selectth
hefacethatco
ontainstheedgge.
3. Cllickanddragalineorarctob
benditorchan
ngeitsradius.
En
nteravaluetodimensiontheeradius.

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Scalingske
etches
UsetheScaletooltodisp
playcontrolhaandlesthatyou
ucanusetomaanipulatea2D
Dobject.TheSccaletoolalsow
works
inSectionmodeonsolidswithonlyplaanarfaces.
oscalesketchessthatlieonmultipleplanes,see
TheScalettoolworksforsketchesthatlieonaplane.Ifyouneedto
Scalingske
etcheswithPuull.


Toscale,ro
otate,orpana
anobject
1. Cllick ScaleintheSketchgroupontheDeesigntab.
2. Seelectadrawinggorclippingplane.
3. Seelectany2Dob
bject(includinggarcsandsplin
nes)or3Dedgge.
Yo
oucanholdCtrlordrawabo nwindowtoseelectmultipleobjects.
oxintheDesign
Yo
oucanselectin
ndividualsplinepointstochaangepartofasplinecurve.
4. Sccale,rotate,orrpantheobjecctbydoingtheefollowing:
Scale:Dragth
hewhitecontrrolhandle.YouucanpressShiftwhiledraggiingtolocktheaspectratio.YYou
canalsoente
eradimension,,includingapeercentage(succhas50%).
Rotate:Dragthegreencon
ntrolhandle.
Changetheccenterofrotattionandscaling:Dragthepin
nkcircle.
Pan:Movethhemouseoverrthedashedbo
ordersoitchangestoasolidlinethendraggtheboxed
object(s).

Options
wingoptionisavailableintheScaletool:
Thefollow

Fixaspectratio Selectthisop
ptiontokeepth
heratiobetweeenthesidesthhesamewhenyoudragoren ntera
dimension.Yo oucanalsoShiift+dragtokeeeptheaspectratiowithoutseelectingthisop
ption.
Reorientth
hebox Moveandrottatethescaleb
boundingboxw
withoutaffectiingtheselecteedgeometry.
Keeptheconnectionbetweeenasketchcu urveandothercurvesthatsh hareitsendpoints.If
Maintainssketch
youdeselectthisoptionand
dscaleasketchcurve,thecu
urvewillscaleiindependento
of
connectivity
othercurves.

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Examples


TheScaletoolsdimensionsrefertotheextentsoftheselectedsketchobject


ScalinginSectionmode

ScalingsketcheswithPull
YoucanscalesketchcurveswiththeScaletool,oryoucanusethePulltool.
YoushouldusetheScaletoolwhenyouwanttoscalesketchcurvesthatlieonaplane.UsethePulltoolwhenyou
wanttoscalecurvesthatlieonmultipleplanes,asintheexamplebelow.


ToscalesketchcurveswiththePulltool

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selectthecurves.
3. ClicktheScaletoolguide.
4. Selectananchorpoint.

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5. IfBlendishighliightedinorangge,clicktoturn
nthisoptionoffintheOptionspanel.
Sccalingwon'tworkiftheBlendoptionisenaabled.
6. Draginthedirectionoftheyeellowguidearro
ow.

Editing
Usetheedditingtoolstoccreateandeditt2Dand3Dso
olids.Youcanselect,pull,mo
ove(in2Dand3D),editincro
oss
section,fill(heal),bendlinesandedgees,andtweakffaces.
InSpaceClaaim,thereislitttleneedforadistinctionbetweencreatinggandediting.TThereisnohieerarchicalfeatu
ure
tree,soyo
ouhaveconside erablefreedom mwhendesign ning.Createab
boxbypullingoonarectangularregion.Editthe
sizeoftheboxbypullinggononeofitsffaces.Drawarrectangletocreateapullablleregion.Draw
warectangleoona
facetocreeateanewfacee.
Ingeneral,,youareeithereditingorcreeatingwithoneeofthemainttools(Select,Pull,Move,Com mbine,orsketcching
andeditingginSectionmo ode),themanyysecondaryto ools,orinsertin
ngrelationshipsbetweenfaceesinthedesign
(Shell,Offsset,Mirror).Co
ombiningobjeccts(intersectin
ng,merging,cu utting,etc.)ish
handledbytheetoolsinthe
Intersectribbongroup.
Selectionissintegraltofaceandedgem manipulation.YYoucanextenddselectionswitthstandardcontrols(doubleclick,
Ctrl,Shift),,byrightclickingandselectin
ngfromtheSeelectmenu,orusingSpaceClaaim'spowerseelectionfunctions.
Aquicknoteaboutsolidssandsurfaces::SpaceClaimalwaysconvertssaclosedseto ofsurfacefacesintoasolid.
Similarly,ssketchedlinestthatclearlycreeateregionson
nfacesarerep
placedwithreaaledges.Thech
hangeinface
transparen ncyandedgelinesreflectsthistransformattion.
Youcancu
ut,copy,paste,anddetacho
objectsinmostttools.
Youcanalssonudgeobjecctsinmosttoools.HoldCtrl+A
Altandtheupoordownarrow
wtonudgeano object.Theup
arrowincreeasesthedime ensionandtheedownarrowd decreasesthedimension.Ifyyounudgemulltipletimestheen
clickUndo,,allthenudgeswillberevertted.YoucanviiewandchanggethenudgedistanceintheSSnapoptions.
InSpaceClaaim,therearethreemodesyyoucanusetoedityourdesigns:


hmodedisplayysthesketchgrid,soyoucan
Sketch nuseanyoftheesketchtoolstosketchin2D
D.


Sectio
onmodeletsyo
oueditsolidsb
byworkingwiththeiredgesaandverticesincrosssection.


3Dmo
odeletsyouwo
orkdirectlywitthobjectsin3Dspace.

Editribbon
ngroup
TheEditrib
bbongroupco
ontainsthefollo
owingtools:
UsetheSelecttoooltoselect2DDor3Dobjectssinyourdesignnforediting.YYoucanselectvvertices,edgess,

curves,planes,axes,faces,surffaces,rounds,solids,andcom mponentsin3D.In2D,youccanselectpointsand
lines.Youcanalssoselectcircleandellipsecenters,themidpointsoflinesandedges,andtheinternal
poointsandendp
pointsofsplinees.TheSelecttooolcanalsobeeusedtoeditaasketch.
UsethePulltooltooffset,extrrude,revolve,ssweep,draft,sscale,drape,an
ndblendfaces;useittoroun
nd,
chaamfer,orextru
udeedges.
UsetheMovetoooltomoveoneormorefacees,surfaces,so
olids,orcompo
onents.ThebehavioroftheM
Move

olchangesbassedonwhatyo
too ouhaveselecteed.
UsetheFilltoolttofillinthesellectedfaceswiththesurroun
ndingsurfaceo
orsolid.Thereegionmustbe

completelysurro oundedtobefiilled.YoucanaalsousetheFilltooltopatchnewsurfacesthroughloopssof
edges.
UsetheReplacetooltoreplaceeoneface(ormultiplefaces))withanotherface(orfaces)).Youcanalsouseit

nefacethatisverysimilarto
tosimplifyasplin oacylinderorp
plane,ortoalignasetofplanarfacesthatare

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almostaligned.
YoucaneditanyfaceorsurfacewithTweakFacetochangeitssurfacegeometry.Thistoolisavailablein
3Dmodeandindrawings.

Editingwithannotationdimensions
Youcanuse3DannotationdimensionstochangeyourdesignusingthePullandMovetools.Annotation
dimensionscanbeusedincombinationwithrulerdimensions.
Toviewavideotutorialonthistopic,seeTutorial:AnnotationDimensionsontheSpaceClaimwebsite.


Touse3DannotationdimensionswiththePullorMovetool

1. Click Pullor MoveintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.


2. Selecttheobjectsyouwanttopullormove.Youcanselectanedge,face,point,orsurface.
3. IfyouareusingtheMovetool,selectadirectionontheMovehandle.
4. Clickthesparkicon nexttothedimensionyouwanttousetodrivethechange.Theiconturnsyellow
whenyouhoveroveritwithyourmouse,asshownintheimageabove.
Thedimensionfieldcanbeeditedwhenyouclickonthesparkicon.
Theseiconsappearwhenyouuseatoolthatcanbeusedwithannotationdimensionstodrivechanges.
Theannotationdimensionmustbeassociatedwiththeface,edge,orpointyouwanttochange.
IfyouareusingtheMovetoolandyoudon'tseethesparkicons,youneedtoselectadirectiononthe
Movehandleoryoumustcreatearulerdimension.Yougetmorepredictableresultsifyoureanchorthe
Movehandletotheappropriateface,edge,orpoint.
5. TypeanewdimensionandpressEnter.
Theobjectsyouselectedwillchangebasedonthedimension.
Ifthedimensionyouchangeisn'tassociatedwiththeobjectsyouselected,nothingwillchangeandyou
willseeanerrormessageintheStatusareaonthelowerrightsideoftheSpaceClaimwindow.
Ifthetoolcan'tmakethechangeinthedirectionthatthePullorMovehandlepointstoward,thenitwill
trytomakethechangeintheoppositedirectiontoachievethedimensionyouenter.

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Examples


SelectingadimensionwiththePulltoolactive


SelectingadimensionwiththeMovetoolactive.YoumustselectadirectionontheMovehandlebeforeyoucan
selectadimension.


Changingthevalueofthedimensionfield


UsinganangulardimensiontoPullafacewitharevolveaxisset

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UsingalineardimensiontooffsetafacewithPull


UsingalineardimensiontochangetheangleofafacewithMove
Note:WereanchoredtheMovetooltothelower,horizontaledgeoftheface


Pullingwitharadialdimensiononafacethatisoffsetwithanothercylindricalface;alsoworkswhenyouselect
bothradialfaceswithoutanoffsetrelation

Mathematicalexpressions
Thefollowingexpressionelementsareavailable:
Infix(dyadic)operators:+*/^
Prefix(monadic)operators:+
Functions:sincostanasinacosatansqrtloglog10exp
Constants:pieroot2root3
Units:mcmmmydftin'"degrad
Normalprecedencerulesapply:
1+2*3^4=1+(2*(3^4))=163
Parenthesesarerequiredforexpressionargumentsandoptionalforsimplearguments:
sqrt2=sqrt(2)=1.4142...
sqrt2*2=(sqrt2)*2=2.8284...
sqrt(2*2)=2

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Missingoperatorsareinferred:
11/2=1+1/2
16=1+6
1ft6in17in=1ft+6in17in
12345=1+2+3+4+5=15
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)=(1)*(2)*(3)*(4)*(5)=120
2(1+2)=2*(1+2)=6
sqrt2sqrt2=sqrt2*sqrt2=2
4(4atan(1/5)atan(1/239))=4*(4*atan(1/5)atan(1/239))=pi
Unitsareappliedtoprevioustermsifunitswerenotspecifiedandareappliedtosubsequenttermsunlessyou
overridethem:
1+1cm=1cm+1cm
1cm+1=1cm+1cm
1cm+1+1mm=1cm+1mm+1mm
1cm+11/2mm=1cm+1mm+1mm/2
Trigonometryfunctionsworkinradiansbydefault,butyoucanenterdegrees:
sin(45deg)
Numberssupportstandardform,buteisabuiltinconstant:
2e2=200
2e2=2*e*2=10.873...
2e2=0.02
2e2=2*e2=3.436...
2e1=20
2e=2*e

Pulling
UsethePulltooltooffset,extrude,revolve,sweep,draft,andblendfaces;useittoround,chamfer,orextrude
edges.YoucanalsodragapointwiththePulltooltocreatealine.
Youcanselectaface,thenpull,dragginganywheretoact,oryoucanclick,drag,andreleaseahighlightedface.In
general,theresultofapullstaysselectedorhighlightedafterthepulloperation.
TheactionofthePulltooldependsonwhichfacesandedgesyouselecttoworkwith,andwhichfaces,planes,or
edgesyouselecttodrivethechange.Forexample,ifyouchoosetoworkwithaface,thenselectanedgeto"drive"
thepull,thePulltoolinfersthatyouwanttopivotthefacearoundthatedge.Whenmultipleactionscanbe
inferred,youcanusethetoolguidestocorrectthePulltool'sinference.ThePulltoolmaintainsanyoffset,mirror,
pattern,orcoaxialrelationships.
Whenyoupullaface,therearetwomaindecisionsyouneedtomake.Thefirstistodeterminethedirectionyou
wanttopullin.Adefaultdirectionisofferedtoyou,butitcanbeoverriddenusingtheDirectiontoolguide.The
secondistodeterminewhatisgoingtohappenattheedgesoftheface.Bydefault,theedgesofthefaceare
determinedbyitsneighbors,butyoucanoverridethisbehaviorbyincludingtheedgesinyourPullselectionto
createanextrusion.Whenyoupull,connectedchamfersareautomaticallyremovedandreplaced.

Tocreateandeditasolid

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntaborpressP.

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MouseoverfacesandedgesinyourdesigntopreviewthenaturalPulldirection.Ifyourmouseisover
multiplefacesoredges,usethescrollwheeltopreviewthePulldirectionforeachone.
2. Selectthefaces,edges,andpointsyouwanttopulltocreate3Dsolidsorsurfaces.
YoucanrightclickintheDesignwindowandselectAnchorPullHandle,thenclicktoanchorthePull
handleonanotherobject.ThiscommandisusefulwhenyouwanttodimensionaPullfromadifferent
locationthanthecenterofaface.
IfthePullarrowappearsgrayinsteadofyellow,thentheobjectislockedandcan'tbepulledunlessyou
unlockit.Tounlockanobject,rightclicktheobjectintheStructuretreeandselectUnlock.
3. (Optional)Alt+clicktoselectthefaceoredgethatwilldrivethechange.
Youcanalsoselecttheappropriatetoolguide,thenclicktheface,point,oredge.Thedrivingedgeorface
isshowninblue.IfyouselecttheShowcursorarrowsSpaceClaimoption,arrowsappeartoindicatethe
directionsyoucanmoveyourmousetoedittheselectedobject.
Ifyouwanttouseanannotationdimension,seeDrivingmodificationwithannotationdimensions.
4. (Optional)SelectoptionsfromtheOptionspanel,orrightclickandselectthemfromtheminitoolbar.
5. ClickanddraginthedirectionofthePullarrowtocreateoreditasolid.
6. Ifthecorrectpullarrowisnothighlighted,pressTaborclickthePullarrowyouwanttouse.
PressShifttosnapwhilepulling.
Pressthespacebarorclickonadimensiontoenteravalue.
Todimensionthepull,typethedistanceyouwanttopullandpressEnter.Youcanalsotypeadimension
inthedimensionboxintheminitoolbar.
Youdonothavetoclickanddragon(orevennear)thePullarrow.Infact,werecommendthatyoumove
yourcursorawayfromthearrowformoreprecisecontrolofthepull.TheonlyimportantinputtothePull
toolisthedirectioninwhichyouaremovingthecursor.Whenyoupull,contiguoussolidsare
automaticallycombined.
Ifyouwanttopullinaheadonview,usetheruleratthebottomrightcorneroftheDesignwindowto
pullinsteadofthePullarrow.Slidethegraybartothelefttosubtractmaterial,andtotherighttoadd
material.
YoucanalsoclicktheUpTotoolguide,thenclicktheobjectthatsetstheplaneuptowhichyouwantto
pull.(Whenpullinganedge,thefacedoesnotneedtointersecttheedgeyouarepulling.)
Ifyoupullthroughanotherobjectinthesamecomponent,thesmallerobjectismergedintothelarger
one,andreceivesthelargerobject'sproperties.Ifyoupullmultiple,touchingsurfaces,thesmaller
surfacesaremergedintothelargestone.SelecttheNoMergeoptionifyoudon'twantobjectsmerged.
HoldtheCtrlkeywhilepullingtocreateacopyoftheobjectthatisoffsetbythedistanceyoupull.You
canalsoholdCtrlwhilerevolvingtocreateacopyofasurface.Theinfluenceofneighboringfacesistaken
intoaccounttotrimorextendtheedgesofthecopiedface,whenappropriate.YoucanusetheUpTotool
guidewithCtrltomakeacopy,andyoucanusetheBothSidesoptiontomaketwocopiesthatareoffset
inoppositedirectionsfromtheoriginal.
PressEsctocancelthePull.
SeethetopicsintheTableofContentsunderDesigning>Editing>Pullingforthelistofactionsyoucan
performwiththePulltool.

Doitfaster
1. Selectthefaces,edges,andpointsyouwanttoworkwith.
Ingeneral,pullingafaceincreasesthesizeofthesolid,pullinganedgecreatesasurface,andpullinga
pointcreatesalineorcurve.

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2. (Optional)Alt+clickthefaceoredgethatwilldrivethepull.
3. DraginthedirectionofthePullarrow.

Pullingacurve
WhenyouselectacurvewiththePulltool,thedirectionoftheextrusionisdeterminedbytheplaneofthecurve:
Thedefaultdirectiontopullacurveis
alongtheZaxis.

IfacurveliesontheZaxis,thepull
arrowpointsintheYdirection.

Ifyouselecttwocurvesonthesame
plane,thepullarrowpointsinthe
directionthatisperpendiculartothe
planeofthecurves.

Ifyouselectacurvethattouches
anothercurve,thepullarrowpointsin
thedirectionperpendiculartothe
planeofthetwocurves.

Toolguides
WithinthePulltool,thereareseveraltoolguidesthatletyouspecifythebehaviorofthePulltool:
TheSelecttoolguideisactivebydefault.Whenthistoolguideisactive,youcanperformstandardselection

tasks,andcreatenaturaloffsetsandrounds.Selectaface,parallelfaces,orsurfaceedgestooffsetthem.
Selectasolidedgetoroundit.Alt+clicktoselectthedrivingfaceoredgeforrevolves,directedextrusions,
sweeps,anddrafts.Alt+doubleclickanedgetoselectanedgeloop.Alt+doubleclickagaintocyclethrough
alternateedgeloops.Youcanselectobjectsacrossmultiplecomponentstopull.
UsetheDirectiontoolguidetoselectastraightline,edge,axis,originaxis,plane,orplanarfacetosetthe

pulldirection.
Selectafacetopivotorselectafaceandedgetorevolve.ThenusetheRotatetoolguidetoselectthe

straightline,edge,oraxisaroundwhichyouwanttopivotorrevolve.
Selectanynumberofcontiguousfacesonthesamebody,thenusetheDrafttoolguidetoselecttheplane,

planarface,oredgearoundwhichyouwanttopivot.Noneofthecontiguousfacescanbeparalleltothe
neutralplane,faceoredgearoundwhichyouwanttopivot.


UsetheSweeptoolguidetoselectthestraightorcurvedlinesoredgesalongwhichyouwanttosweep.
Facesandedgescanbeswept,andthesweeptrajectorycannotbeinthesameplaneastheface.

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UsetheScaleBod
dytoolguideto
oscaleobjectsin3D.SeeScaalingsolidsand
dsurfaces.

UsetheUpTotooolguidetoseleecttheobjectthatyouwantttopullto.Thepulledobject'ssfaceoredgewill

mattewiththesurffaceoftheseleectedbodyorbepulleduptoaplanethroughtheselectiion.Theobjecttwill
beccopiedifyouholdCtrl.

PullOption
ns
Thefollow
wingoptionsare
eavailableintthePulltool.O
Onceyouselectttheedgeorfaacetopull,seleecttheseoptio
ons
fromtheO
Optionspaneloortheminitooolbar:
Add Onlyaddmaterialwhenyyoupull.Ifyoupullinasubtraactivedirection,nochangew
willoccur.Youcan
combinethisoptionwithotherPulloptiions.
Cut Onlyremovvematerialwheenyoupull.Ifyyoupullinanaadditivedirecttion,nochangeewilloccur.Yo
oucan
combinethisoptionwithotherPulloptiions.

No utmerginginto
Pullswithou ootherobjectssevenwhenth withanexisting
heobjectpulleedintersectsw
Merge object.

PullBothSelectasinggle,detachedeedge,imprinteededge,orsurfface,thenclickkthisoptionto
opullbothsideesof
Sides theedgeor rsurfaceatonc
ce.

Ruler Selectthiso
option,thencliicktoconnectaruler,orientedalongthep
pullaxis,toanaanchoredgeorface.
Youcanuse etherulertodimensiontheppull.Thedirecttionmustbespecifiedtosucccessfullycreattea
rulerdimennsion.PressEscctocanceltherulerdimensio on.
FullPull Extendsanedgeorfaceto othenearestfface.Thisoptio
onworkssimilaartotheUpTo
otoolguide,exxcept
youdon'tse
electthefacettoextendto.
Youcanuseethisoptiontooautomaticallyypulledgesup
ptotheclosesttfacesthatinteersectwiththee
object.TheedgesyouseleectareextendedinthedirecctionofthePulllhandleuptothenextseto of
facesoredggesthatfullyb
boundtheextension.Theorigginalsurfacestthattheedgesbelongtoare
extendedan ndnewedgesmaybecreateed;however,newfacesaren notcreated.
Maintain Selectthiso
optiontomaintaintheoffsettrelationshipw
whenpulling.
Offset
Thicken Whenthisooptionisselecttedandyoupu ullasurface,th
hesurfaceisexxtrudedintoassolid.Thisisth
he
surfaces defaultbehavior.Whenth heoptionisdeeselectedandyyoupullasurfaace,thesurfaceisoffsettoanew
location,changingtheorigginalsurface.W
Whenyouhold dCtrlanddraggasurfacewith
htheoption
selectedordeselected,thhesurfaceisco
opiedandthenoffset.

PullModess
Thefollow
wingmodesare
eavailableinth
hePulltooldep
pendingontheeobjectsyouh
haveselected:

Upto Pu
ullstheelemenntsoitmatesw
withthesurfaceoftheselecttedbodyorbepulleduptoa
plaanethroughth
heselection.Yo
oucanfindthisoptionintheeminitoolbaraanditisthesameas
theUpTotoolguide.

d
Round Whenyouarepu ullinganedge,,selectthisopttiontocreatearoundedcorner,whichisalso
nownasafillet.
kn

Chamffer Whenyouarepu
ullinganedge,,selectthisopttiontocreateachamfer.

Extrud
deEdge Whenyouarepu
ullinganedge,,selectthisopttiontoextrudeetheedgeinto
oasurface.

CopyEdge Whenyouarepu
ullinganedge,,selectthisopttiontocreateacopyoftheeedge.
Th
hetypeofoffseetisdetermineedbywhetherornotOffsete
edgesbygeod
desiccalculatio
onis

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selectedinAdvaancedoptions.Thisoptionisselectedbydeefault.Whenth hisoptionis
selected,allthepointsontheooffsetedgeareethesamedisttancefromtheeinitialedge.Inthe
exxamplesbelow,,theoriginaleedgeishighligh
htedingreen,ttheregularoffssetisshownin
n
orange,andthegeodesicoffseetisshowninb blue.

PivotEEdge Whenyouarepu
ullinganedge,,selectthisopttiontopivotth
heedgealongttheselectedPull
arrow.
electthisoptiontocreateab
Se blendbetweentheselectedfaces,surfaces,,oredgeswheenyou
Blend
d pu
ull.
Rotationallblend electthisoptiontocreatecylindersandcon
Se possibleduringgthecreationofa
neswheneverp
ble
end.
Periodicbllend electthisoptiontogoallthewayaroundw
Se whenblending.
Ruledsecttions Se
electthisoptiontocreatestraaightedgeswh
henyoupullbeetweenthreeo ormoresurfaccesor
facces.Whenyouublendbetweeenfaces,thisooptionhasthessameaffectassselectingtheface
an
nditsedges.
Sweptblen
nd Se
electthisoptionwhenyoudeefineoneormo
oretrajectorieestosweeptheeblendalong.
ShowTakeeOff Se
electthisoptiontoshowthevectorscreateedbymaintainiingtangencyo
ofneighboringfaces
Vectors an
ndedgeswhenblending.Thissoptionisespeeciallyusefulw
whenblendingbetweenedgees.
elix
RevolveHe Se
electthisoptiontocreateah
helix.
RightHand
dedHelix Se
electthisoptiontodetermineethedirectioninwhichtheh
helixisrevolvedarounditsaxxis.
RotationallRib Se
electthisoptiononceyouhavveselectedarrotationaxisto
opullaribinarotationaldireection.
NormaltoTrajectory Se
electthisoptiontokeepeverryportionofth
hesweptgeom
metrynormalto
othesweep
traajectory.

BothSides Se
DraftB ppositesideofthereferencefaceaswellassthe
electthisoptiontopivottheffaceontheop
selectedface.

Examples


Pullingtheeedgeofasurffacefirstsimplifiestheedge,thenitsneigh
hboringedgesaareextended(ortrimmed)

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PullingtheedgeofasurfacewhileholdingCtrlmakesanewsurfacethatistangenttotheedge.


PullingedgesuptootheredgeswiththeUpTotoolguide


PullingapointonasurfacetowardsanAlt+clickedvertex

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PullingedgeswiththeFullPulloption.Ifyouselecttheloweredgeofthegreensurfaceshownabove,youwill
receiveanerrorbecausetheneighboringsurfacedoesnotextendpasttheendoftheselectededge.Theedgeon
therightsideofthefacecanbepulledwiththeoption,becausetheneighboringfaceextendsbeyonditslength.A
newedgeiscreated,whichismarkedinredintheillustrationontheright.


PullingedgestotheirnearestneighborwiththeFullPulloption


Pullingasketchedlineonaplanarfacecreatesasurfaceinthesameplaneastheface


Pullingtheedgeofatoroidalsurface.Threedirectionsareavailableforpulling.


HoldingCtrlwhilepullingasurfacewiththeBothSidesoptioncreatescopiesofasurface.

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PullingtwoedgeswiththeExtrude(2a),Pivot(2b),andCopyedge(2c)options.


Pullingafaceoffsetsit,anditsedgesareinfluencedbyneighboringfaces.


Pullingafacewithitsedgesselectedextrudesthefacewithoutinfluencefromneighboringfaces.


PullingaconicalfaceUpToaparallelcylindricalfacereplacestheconewiththecylinderiftheaxesareclose
together.Otherwise,theconicalfaceisreplacedwithacylindricalfacethatiscoaxialtotheconeandhasthesame
radiusasthecylinder.


Pullingapocketwithroundededgesdownthroughthebottomofasolidtransferstheroundstotheresultinghole.

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Offsettingorextrudingfaces

Tooffsetorextrudeaface

1. Selectthe PulltoolintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.TheSelecttoolguideontherightsideofthe
Designwindowshouldbeactive.
2. Selectthefaceorsurfaceyouwanttooffsetorextrude.
Youcanselectmultiplesurfacesandfacesofsolidstooffsetorextrudethemsimultaneously.
3. (Optional)Addedgestoyourselection.
Selecttheedgesofthefacethatyouwanttoextrudewhenyoupull.(Anyunselectededgesaredefined
bytheneighboringgeometryduringthepull,creatinganoffsetinsteadofanextrusion.)

4. (Optional)SelecttheDirectiontoolguide ,thenclickthestraightline,axis,oredgeifyouwantto
offsetorextrudeinadifferentdirection.
YoucanalsoAlt+clickastraightline,axis,plane,originaxis,oredge.SometimesSpaceClaimguessesyour
intentincorrectlywhenyouAlt+clickthedirectionline.Ifthishappens,justusetheDirectiontoolguideto
correctit.
Thepulldirectionisshowninblueandthepullarrowisreoriented.
5. ClickanddragthefaceinthedirectionofthePullarrow.

Dragginga: Doesthis:
Solidface Offsetsthefaceinitsnaturaloffsetdirection
Solidfaceandallitsedges Createsanextrusion
Surfaceface Thickensorthinstheface
Corneredgeofasolid Createsaround,chamfer,orextrusion,dependingontheselected
option
Roundorchamfer Offsetstheroundorchamfer
Variableround Uniformlyoffsetsthevariableround
Cylinder,torus,orcone Offsetsthecylinder,torus,orcone
6. Todimensiontheoffset,typethedistanceyouwanttopullandpressEnter.
7. PressandholdCtrltooffsetacopyofthefaceasasurface.
8. Neighboringfacesautomaticallyextendtoboundtheoffsetface.
9. YoucanalsousetheUpTotoolguidetopulluptoanyedge,plane,surface,orfaceinyourdesign.Ifyou
pullaround,chamfer,orcylinderwiththeUpTotoolguide,andpulluptosimilargeometry,theradiusor
offsetischangedtothedimensionoftheUpTofaceyouselect.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableinthePulltool.Onceyouselecttheedgeorfacetopull,selecttheseoptions
fromtheOptionspanel,orrightclickandselectthemfromtheminitoolbar:
Add SelecttheAddoptiontoonlyaddmaterial.Ifyoupullinasubtractivedirection,nochangewill
occur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.
Cut SelecttheCutoptiontoonlyremovematerial.Ifyoupullinanadditivedirection,nochangewill
occur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.

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NoMerge Pullswithoutmergingintootherobjectsevenwhentheobjectpulledintersectswithanexisting
object.

PullBothSidesSelectasingle,detachededge,imprintededge,orsurface,thenclickthisoptiontopullboth
sidesoftheedgeorsurfaceatonce.

Ruler Selectthisoption,thenclicktoconnectaruler,orientedalongthepullaxis,toananchoredge
orface.Youcanusetherulertodimensionthepull.Thedirectionmustbespecifiedto
successfullycreatearulerdimension.PressEsctocanceltherulerdimension.

Upto Pullstheelementsoitmateswiththesurfaceoftheselectedbodyorbepulleduptoaplane
throughtheselection.YoucanfindthisoptionintheminitoolbaranditisthesameastheUp
Totoolguide.

Examples


Selectingafacetooffset


Selectingafaceandedgestoextrude


Selectingafaceandedges,andsettingadirectiontoextrudeinadirection


Pullinganinnercylindricalsurfaceuptoanoutersurfacetocreateasolidring

Extendingorextrudingsurfaceedges
YoucanextendorextrudetheedgesofanysurfacewiththePulltool.Whenyouextendanedge,thepullextends
theneighboringfaceswithoutcreatinganewedge.Extrudinganedgecreatesedges.

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Toextendorextrudetheedgeofasurface

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.TheSelecttoolguideontherightsideoftheDesign
windowshouldbeactive.
2. Selecttheoutsideedgeofasurface.
Ctrl+clicktoselectmultipleedges.
3. ClickthePullarroworientedalongthesurfacetoextendtheedge.PressTaborclicktheotherPullarrow
toextrudetheedgeinanotherdirection.
4. (Optional)Ctrl+clickthevertexofoneorbothneighboringedgestoignoretheirinfluence.
5. DraginthedirectionofthePullarrowtoextendtheedgeorcreateanewsurfaceperpendiculartotheold
one.
Ifthecorrectpullarrowisnothighlighted,pressTaborclickthePullarrowyouwanttouse.
Thenaturaldirectionofasurfaceedgeisintheplaneofthesurface.
YoucanusetheUpTotoolguidetopullalinearedgeuptoaface,surface,edge,orpoint.Ifthefaceor
surfacedoesnotintersecttheedgeyouarepulling,theedgewillbepulledparalleltotheselectedobject.
Todimensiontheextension,typethedistanceyouwanttoextendthesurfacewhileyouarepullingand
pressEnter.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableinthePulltool.Onceyouselecttheedgeorfacetopull,selecttheseoptions
fromtheOptionspanel,orrightclickandselectthemfromtheminitoolbar:
Add SelecttheAddoptiontoonlyaddmaterial.Ifyoupullinasubtractivedirection,nochangewill
occur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.
Cut SelecttheCutoptiontoonlyremovematerial.Ifyoupullinanadditivedirection,nochangewill
occur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.

NoMerge Pullswithoutmergingintootherobjectsevenwhentheobjectpulledintersectswithanexisting
object.
FullPull Extendsanedgeorfacetothenearestface.ThisoptionworkssimilartotheUpTotoolguide,
exceptyoudon'tselectthefacetoextendto.Ifusedtorevolveorsweep,clickthisoptionto
revolve360degreesortothenextface,sweepthroughthefulltrajectory,orblendthrough
selectedfaces.

PullBothSides Selectasingle,detachededge,imprintededge,orsurface,thenclickthisoptiontopullboth
sidesoftheedgeorsurfaceatonce.

Ruler Selectthisoption,thenclicktoconnectaruler,orientedalongthepullaxis,toananchoredge
orface.Youcanusetherulertodimensionthepull.Thedirectionmustbespecifiedto
successfullycreatearulerdimension.PressEsctocanceltherulerdimension.

Upto Pullstheelementsoitmateswiththesurfaceoftheselectedbodyorbepulleduptoaplane

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throu
ughtheselectio
on.Youcanfin
ndthisoptionintheminitoo
olbar anditisth
hesameastheeUp
Totoolguide.

eEdge When
Extrude nyouarepullin
nganedge,sellectthisoption
ntoextrudeth
heedgeintoassurface.

CopyEd
dge When
nyouarepullin
nganedge,sellectthisoption
ntocreateaco
opyoftheedgee.

PivotEd
dge Whennyouarepullin
nganedge,sellectthisoption
ntopivottheeedgealongtheeselectedPull
arrow
w.

Examples

Pullingtheeedgeofasurffaceuptoanottheredgeform
msasolidifitcclosesthebodyy


Pullingtheeedgeofacylin
ndricalsurfaceeextendsthessurfacealongaacylindricalpatth(A)unlessyo
ouholdCtrl(B
B).


Pullingtheeedgeofacylin
ndricalsurfaceewiththeNoM
Mergeoptionsselectedcreateesanewedge..

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PullingtheedgeofacylindricalsurfacewiththeBothSidesoptionandholdingCtrlcreatesanewsurfacetangent
tothecylinderandextendsinbothdirectionsfromtheedge.


PullinganedgewiththePivotEdgeoption


PullinganedgewiththeCopyEdgeoption

Roundingedges

UsethePulltool's Roundoptiontoroundtheedgesofanysolid.Youcanalsoroundaninsideoroutside
cornerofasurface.Tocreatearoundedfacebetweentwofaces,seeRoundingbetweenfacesandsurfaces.
Roundsarerecognizedasafacetype,withtheirownoptionsinthePropertiespanel.YoucanchangetheRound
value(trueorfalse)andtheRadiusvalue.TheRoundvalueforavariableradiusroundisVaries.
YoucanchangeaconstantorvariableradiusroundwiththePulltoolinsectionmode.

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Toroundanedge

1. Clickthe PulltoolintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selecttheedgeoredgesyouwanttoround.Doubleclicktoselectatangentchain.
Youcanalsoselectthevertexofaninsideoranoutsidecornerofasurface.

3. SelecttheRoundoption intheOptionspanelorfromtheminitoolbar.Thisoptionisautomatically
selectedforedgesthatcanberounded.
4. ClickanddragtheedgeinthedirectionofthePullarrow.
Todimensiontheround,presstheSpacebar,typetheradius,andpressEnter.
Whenyoupullanedgetocreatearound,thePulltooldetermineswhetheritshouldbeaconstantradius
oravariableradiusroundbasedonthegeometry.
Onceyoucreatearound,pullinganadjacentfacealsopullstheround.
Whenyouroundmorethanoneedgeatthesametime,andoneormoreoftheroundscannotbe
created,onlythesuccessfulroundsarecreated.


Thefacehiddenbytheroundisremembered,sothatifyoufilltherounditcanbedisplayed.Ifyoumovea
round,thefacehiddenbyitisalsomoved.

Examples


Roundingtheinsideandoutsidecorneroftwosurfaces.


Pullingedgesongeometrythatautomaticallydeterminesroundswillbevariableradius.


Whencreatingsurfacetosurfacerounds,theexpansiondirectiondependsontheorderinwhichyouselectthe
edges.Intheexampleabove,theroundsexpandtowardtheleftbecausetheupperedgewasselectedfirst.

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Roundingtheedgecreatedbytworoundswithoneedgenottangent.


Pullingroundsinatangentchain.Pullingtheselectedtangentchaindoesnotchangetheroundshowninblue.


Addingandchangingaroundededgeonashelledoroffsetpartchangestheinsidefaces.


Roundingellipticaledges.

Tocreateafullroundbyselectingedges
1. ClickthePulltool.
2. Selectthetwoedgesonoppositesidesofthefaceyouwanttobecomeafullround,orselectthecircular
edgeontheendofacylinder.
Youcanselectmorethanonepairofedges,andcreatefullroundsbetweenthepairs.
3. Pulltheedgesdownsotheyarejustrounded.
4. Slowlypullthemouseintheoppositedirection,untilthefacesarenolongerround,andcontinuepulling
untilthefullroundappears.

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Tocreatea
afullroundbyyselectingfacees
1. CllickthePulltool.
2. Seelectthefacew
whereyouwan
ntthefullroun
nd.
3. HoldCtrlandse
electthetwosiidefacesthatw
willbetangentttothefullrou
und.
4. RiightclickandsselectFullRound.


Example


Creatingafullroundbysselectingthreeefaces

Toconverttaconstantra
adiusroundtoavariablerad
diusround
1. CllickthePulltool.
2. RiightclicktheroundfaceandselectEditasVariableRadiu
usRound.

Toeditavvariableradiussround
ClicktheePullarrowon
nanendoftheeroundfacean
nddragtoward
dorawayfrom
mthefacetoad
djusttheradiu
usat
theedgeoftheround d.
ClicktheePullarrowpo
ointingtowardthecenterofthefaceandddragitalongtheface(orenteeralengthor
percentt)tosetanotheerpointwhereeyoucanadjussttheround'srradius.
HoldCtrlanddragtoccopyacontrolpoint.
PressTaabtoswitcham
mongandeditthedimension
nsbytypingan
number.
Tworouundsthatinterrsectatashareededgecanbeemadevariableetogetherbysselectingthesharedsharped
dge
formoddification.Both
hroundsbecom mevariableatthatpoint.Theeycanbemadevariableindeependentlyby
selectingthesharpenndedgethatisnotsharedbytherounds.

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Examples


Editingavariableradiusround


otherpointforradjustingavaariableround'ssradius
Settingano


multipleedgestocreateavariableroundaccrossthoseedges
Selectingm

Toremoveearoundeded
dge

Toremoveearoundeded
dgewiththePu
ulltool
Thismetho
odcompletelyremovestherroundededge.
1. CllickthePulltool.
2. Seelecttheround
dededge.
3. SeelecttheRoun
ndoption in
ntheOptionsp
panelorfromttheminitoolbaar.
Th
heroundisrem
moved.

Toremoveearoundeded
dgewiththeFiilltool
Thismetho
odremovesthe eroundededggeandcreatesaroundgroup
pintheGroupsspanel.Youcaanrightclickth
he
groupandselectReattacchRoundtoreestoretheroun
ndededge.

1. Cllickthe FilltoolintheEditgroupontheDesigntab
b.
2. Seelecttheround
dededge.
3. CllicktheCompletetoolguide.
Th
heroundisrem
movedandaro
oundgroupiscreated.

Roundingbetweenfacessandsurfaces
Youcancreatearounded
dedgeacrosstthegapbetweeentwofaceso
orsurfacesthatwouldmeetatacorner.To
o
oundedfaceon
createaro nanedge,seeRoundingedgges.

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Whenyouroundbetweenfacesoftwosolids,thesolidsmustextendintotheareawheretheroundedfaceis
created.


Toroundbetweenfacesorsurfaces

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selectthefacesyouwanttocreatearoundbetween.

3. SelecttheRoundoption intheOptionspanel.
Thepullarrowchangestoindicatethataroundwillbecreatedbetweenthefacesandacurveisdisplayed
toshowyouthedirectionoftheround.Yellowcursorarrowsshowyouthedirectionsyoucanpullto
createtheroundifyouhavecursorarrowsenabled.
4. PressTabtocyclethroughallofthepossibleroundsthatcanbecreatedbetweentwofacesorsurfaces.
Ifthetwofacesyouareroundingbetweenarerounds,thenTabletsyouchooseeitherroundingbetween
orchangingtheradiusofbothexistingrounds.
5. ClickanddraginthedirectionofthePullarrow.
Todimensiontheround,presstheSpacebar,typetheradius,andpressEnter.
Whenyoupullanedgetocreatearound,thePulltooldetermineswhetheritshouldbeaconstantradius
oravariableradiusroundbasedonthegeometry.
Onceyoucreatearound,pullinganadjacentfacealsopullstheround.
Whenyouroundmorethanoneedgeatthesametime,andoneormoreoftheroundscannotbe
created,onlythesuccessfulroundsarecreated.


Unlikeroundsmadeonedges,thefaceshiddenbytheroundarenotremembered.Ifyoufilltherounditwill
bereplacedbyanedge.

Examples


Roundingbetweenfacesontwoparts.Materialexistsintheareawheretheroundedfaceiscreated,sothis
operationwillsucceed.

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Aroundedfacecannotbecreatedbetweenthesefacesbecausematerialdoesn'texistintheareabetweenthe
partswheretheroundwillbecreated.


Thissequenceshowscreatingaroundbetweenfaces,thenusingtheFilltooltoremovetheround.TheFillreplaces
theroundwithanedgeandnotwiththeoriginalgeometry.


Roundingbetweentwosurfacescreatesaroundedsurface.

Chamferingedges
YoucanchamfertheedgesofanysolidbyselectingthePulltool'sChamferoption.Sketchedchamfersthatyou
makeusingtheCreateRoundedCornertoolwiththeChamferoptionarerecognizedaschamferswhentheyare
extrudedintoasolid.
Chamfersarerecognizedasafacetype,withtheirownoptionsinthePropertiespanel.Youcanchangethe
Chamfer(trueorfalse)andDistancevalues.
Afteryoucreatethechamfer,youcanadjustthesetbackdistanceofbothsidesandyoucanchangeitsoffset.Drag
thearrowsaboveorbelowthechamfertochangethedistance,ordragthearrowthatisperpendiculartothe
chamfertochangeitsoffset.Youcanalsopivottheedgesandthechamfer'sdistancepropertieswillbeupdated
withthenewvalues.


Whenyoumakeaholeinachamferedface,thefaceisnolongerachamfer.Youcanstillpulltheface,orthe
hole,butyoucannotchangethechamfertoaroundordimensionthechamfer.

Tochamferanedge

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selecttheedgeoredgesyouwanttochamfer.Doubleclicktoselectatangentchain.

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3. Seelectthe C
Chamferoption
nintheOption
nspanelorfrom
mtheminitoo
olbar.
4. Cllickanddragth
heedgeinthedirectionofth
hePullarrows.
Pu
ullingthearrowwthatisnormaltothecham
mferfacechanggestheoffsetddistancefortheewholechamffer.
Pu
ullingeitheroffthesidearrow
wschangestheesetbackdistanceofthatsid
de.YoucanpreessTabtomovve
am
mongthearrow ws.
To
odimensionth hechamfer,rigghtclickanden
nterasetbackdistanceintheeminitoolbar,,orpressthesspace
baar,typethesetbackdistancee,andpressEnter.
To
ocreateacham
mferwiththessamesetbackd distanceandsizeasanexistingchamfer,ussetheUptoto
ool
gu
uideandselecttanexistingch
hamferface.Yo
oucanalsoselectanedgewithUpTotoseetthesetback
diistance.

Tomodifyachamferedeedge
1. Seelectachamferededgeoracchainofchamfferededges.
Tochangethesetbackdistaanceofonesid
deofthechammfer,pullthearrrowaboveorbelowthechaamfer,
asshownbelow.Pressthespacebarwhillepullingtotypeadistancevvalue.Youcanalsochangeboth
setbackdistaancesinthePro
opertiespanelandinthemin
nitoolbar.


Tochangetheoffsetdistan
nceofthecham
mfer,pulltheaarrowthatispeerpendicularto
othechamfer,,as
shownbeloww.Pressthespaacebarwhilep
pullingtotypeaadistancevalu
ue.


Toconvertth
hechamfertoaanormalface,selectFalsein
ntheChamferfieldoftheProopertiespanel.You
canselectTru
uetoconvertaafacetoachamfer;however,faceswithhoolescannotbeemodifiedas
chamfers.Chhangingthisproopertydoesno otchangetheggeometry.Seetheinstructionsbelowtoreemove
achamferfroomanedge.


HoldttheShiftkeyw
whilepullingacchamfersetbacckoroffsettosnaptoexistin
ngedges.

Toconverttbetweenroun
ndededgesan
ndchamferedeedges

1. Cllick PullintheEditgroupontheDesiigntab.
2. Seelecttheedgeoredgesyouw
wanttoconverrttochamfersorroundeded
dges.
Doubleclicktosselectatangen
ntchain.
oucan'tconvertachamfered
Yo dedgeifyouh
havechangedtthesetbackdisstance(s).

3. Seelectthe C
Chamferoption
northe Ro
oundoptionintheOptionspaanelorfromth
heminitoolbar.
Th
heroundeded
dgeisconvertedtoachamferrededge.

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Youcaannotconvertachamfertoaaroundifyouhavechangeditssetbackdistance(s).

Tomakea
achamferwith
hthesamesetb
backandoffseetasanothercchamfer

1. Cllick PullintheEditgroupontheDesiigntab.
2. Seelectanedgeo
oranexistingcchamferthatyouwanttochaange.
3. CllicktheUpTotoolguide.
4. Seelectthecham
mferwhosevalu
uesyouwantttocopy.
Th erwillbechanggedsoitsoffseetandsetbackdistancesarethesameasth
hefirstchamfe hesecondcham
mfer.

ToremoveeachamferwiiththePulltoo
ol
Thismetho
odcompletelyremovesthecchamferededgge.

1. Cllick PullintheEditgroupontheDesiigntab.
2. Seelectthecham
mferededge.
3. SeelecttheCham
mferoption intheOptionsspanelorfrom
mtheminitoollbar.
Th
hechamferisrremoved.

ToremoveeachamferwiiththeFilltooll
Thismetho
odremovesthe echamferedeedgeandcreateesachamferggroupintheGrroupspanel.Yo
oucanrightcliick
thegroupandselectReaattachChamfertorestorethechamferedeedge.

1. Cllick FillintheEditgrou
upontheDesiggntab.
2. Seelectthecham
mferededge.
3. CllicktheCompletetoolguide.
Th
hechamferisrremovedandaachamfergrou
upiscreated.

Examples


Pullingtoeenlargeanexisstingchamferw oanedge.Youcanonlysnaptoanedgeinthis
whileholdingSShifttosnapto
casewhenyoupullanexxistingchamferr.

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UsingtheU
Uptotoolguid
detochangeth
heoffsetandssetbackdistanccesofachamfeertomatchan
nexistingcham
mfer.


Creatingachamferonm
multipleedgesaatthesametim
me.

Extrudingedges
Youcanexxtrudetheedge byselectingthePulltool'sExxtrudeEdgeop
eofanysolidb ption.Youcanaalsoextendan
nd
extrudesu
urfaceedges.


Toextrudeeanedge

1. Cllick PullintheEditgroupontheDesiigntab.TheSeelecttoolguideeontherightssideoftheDessign
w
windowshouldbeactive.
2. Seelecttheedgeoredgesyouw
wanttoextrud
de.
Cttrl+clicktosele
ectmultipleed
dges.Doubleclicktoselectatangentchain.
3. SeelecttheExtrudeEdgeoption
n intheOp
ptionswindow
w,orfromthem
minitoolbar.
Th
hePullarrowcchangestosho
owthetwodireectionsinwhicchyoucanextrrudetheedge.Onearrowis
hiighlightedtosh
howtheprimaarydirection.
4. highlighted,clickthearrowo
Ifthearrowpointingthedirecctionyouwantttopullisnoth orpressTabto
o
chhangethedirection.
5. Cllickanddragth
heedgeinthedirectionofth
hePullarrow.
To
odimensionthheextrusion,riightclickandeenteradistancceintheminittoolbar,ortypeethedistance while
yo
ouarepullingaandpressEnte
er.
PrressCtrltocop
pytheedges.
PrressCtrl+C,the
enCtrl+Vtoqu
uicklycopyand
dpasteaselecttedsetofedgeesinplace.
Yo
oucanclickthe
eUpTotoolguuideandclickaaface,edge,o
orpointtopullupto.Ifthefaacedoesnot
in
ntersecttheedgeyouarepullling,theedgewillbepulledparalleltotheface.Ifyoupu ulltheedgeofa
su
urfaceuptoannotherobject,ttheresultisau
utomaticallyso
olidifiedifitcreeatesaclosedvolume.

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Options
wingoptionsare
Thefollow eavailableintthePulltool.O
Onceyouselectttheedgeorfaacetopull,seleecttheseoptio
ons
fromtheO
Optionspanel,orrightclickandselectthem mfromtheminnitoolbar:
Add SeleccttheAddoptiontoonlyadd
dmaterial.Ifyo
oupullinasub
btractivedirecttion,nochangeewill
occur.Youcancommbinethisoptio
onwithotherP Pulloptions.
Cut SeleccttheCutoptio
ontoonlyremovematerial.Ifyoupullinan
nadditivedirection,nochan
nge
willo
occur.Youcancombinethisooptionwithoth
herPulloptionns.

NoMerge Pullswithoutmergingintootherobjectsevenw
whentheobjecctpulledinterssectswithan
existiingobject.

PullBothSides Selecctasingle,detaachededge,im
mprintededge,orsurface,thenclickthisop
ptiontopullbo
oth
sidessoftheedgeorsurfaceatonnce.

Ruler onnectaruler,orientedalonggthepullaxis,toananchoreedge
Selecctthisoption,tthenclicktoco
orfacce.Youcanuseetherulertoddimensionthepull.Thedirecctionmustbesspecifiedto
succeessfullycreatearulerdimenssion.PressEsc tocanceltherulerdimensio on.

Upto Pullstheelementsoitmateswithhthesurfaceo
oftheselectedbodyorbepu ulleduptoaplane
throuughtheselection.Youcanfin
ndthisoptioniintheminitoo
olbaranditistthesameastheeUp
Toto
oolguide.

eEdge Whenyouarepullinganedge,seelectthisoptiontoextrudeth
Extrude heedgeintoasurface.

CopyEd
dge Whenyouarepullinganedge,seelectthisoptiontocreateacopyoftheedgge.

PivotEd
dge Whenyouarepullinganedge,seelectthisoptiontopivottheeedgealongtheeselectedPull
arrow
w.

Pivotinged
dges
ofanysolidwiththePulltool'sPivotEdgeo
Youcanpivvottheedgeo option.
Toturnaccylinderintoacone,selectth hePulltooland
dthePivotEdggeoption.Thennclicktheedgeeofthecylindeerand
pullituntillitformsapoint.Toturnatrruncatedconeintoacylinder,clickthesmaalledgeandpu
ullitout.


Topivotan
nedge

1. Seelectthe Pulltoolinth
heEditgroupo
ontheDesigntab.
Th
heSelecttoolgguideisenableedbydefault.
2. wanttopivot.Doubleclickto
Seelecttheedgeoredgesyouw oselectatangentchainored
dgeloop.
3. SeelectthePivotEdgeoption intheOptio
onspanel,orfrromtheminito
oolbar.
Th owthetwodireectionsinwhicchyoucanmovvetheedgetopivotthe
hePullarrowcchangestosho
co
onnectedfacess.Onearrowisshighlightedto
oshowtheprimmarydirection
n.
4. Ifthearrowpointinginthedirrectionyouwaanttopullisno
othighlighted,clickthearrow
worpressTab.
5. nthedirection
Dragtheedgein nofthePullarrrow.

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Duringthepull,thedistanceyouhavemovedtheedgeisdisplayed.Youcandimensionthedistancein
Sectionand3Dmode,anddimensiontheangleinSectionmode.
YoucanholdShifttosnaptoexistinggeometry.

Examples


Simultaneouslypivotingmultipleedges.


Dimensioningthepivotangle.

Revolvingfaces
YoucanrevolveanyfaceorsurfacewiththePulltool.Thefaceorsurfacecanlieonbothsidesoftherevolveaxis.

Torevolveaface

1. Selectthe PulltoolintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.TheSelecttoolguideontherightsideofthe
Designwindowshouldbeactive.
2. Selectthesurfaces,faces,orsolidsyouwanttorevolve.
3. Alt+clickthestraightline,axis,oredgetosettherevolveaxis.
YoucanalsoselecttheRevolvetoolguide,thenclicktosettherevolveaxis.Therevolveaxisisshownin
blue.
4. ClickanddraginthedirectionofthePullarrowtorevolvetheselectedobject,selecttheUpTotoolguide
andclickanedge,face,orplane,orselectFullPullfromtheOptionspanelorminitoolbar.
Neighboringfacesautomaticallyextendtodefinetheboundariesoftherevolvedfacesofsolids.Revolving
fromaflatsurfacefacehasnoneighboringfaces,soitmakesnewfaceboundaries.
Todimensiontherotation,typetherotationangleandpressEnter.Thepositivedirectionisshownbythe
Revolvehandle.


Alt+clickanaxis,thenmouseoverafaceandpulltorevolvethefacearoundtheaxis.

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Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableinthePulltool.Onceyouselecttheedgeorfacetopull,selecttheseoptions
fromtheOptionspanel,orrightclickandselectthemfromtheminitoolbar:
Add SelecttheAddoptiontoonlyaddmaterial.Ifyoupullinasubtractivedirection,nochangewill
occur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.
Cut SelecttheCutoptiontoonlyremovematerial.Ifyoupullinanadditivedirection,nochangewill
occur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.

NoMerge Pullswithoutmergingintootherobjectsevenwhentheobjectpulledintersectswithanexisting
object.
FullPull Onceyouselecttheedgeaboutwhichtorevolveorsweep,clickthisoptiontorevolve360
degreesortothenextface,sweepthroughthefulltrajectory,orblendthroughselectedfaces.

Upto Pullstheelementsoitmateswiththesurfaceoftheselectedbodyorbepulleduptoaplane
throughtheselection.YoucanfindthisoptionintheminitoolbaranditisthesameastheUp
Totoolguide.

Examples


Revolveusingcut,180degreerevolve,andafullrevolveofanellipsearoundanasymmetricalaxis


RevolvingasurfacingusingCut,whenthesurfaceliesonbothsideoftheaxisandisenclosedwithinasolid

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Revolvingedges
YoucanrevolveanedgetoformasurfacewiththePulltool.Youcanrevolvetheedgeofasolidorsurface.


Torevolveanedgeofasolidorsurface

1. Selectthe PulltoolintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.TheSelecttoolguideontherightsideofthe
Designwindowshouldbeactive.
2. Selecttheedgesyouwanttorevolve.
3. Alt+clickastraightline,axis,oredgetosettherotationaxis.
YoucanalsoselecttheRevolvetoolguide,thenclicktherevolveaxis.Therevolveaxisisshowninblue.
4. ClickanddraginthedirectionofthePullarrowtorevolvetheselectededgeorselecttheUpTotoolguide
andclickanedgeorfacetorevolveupto.
Ctrl+clicktoselectedgesoffacesalongwiththefacetoforcethepulltooltocreatenewneighboring
facestocontaintheseedges(essentiallychangingfromadrafttoarevolve).UnlikeotherCADproducts,
SpaceClaimallowsrevolvingplanarandnonplanaredgesandfacesaboutlinesthatdonotlieinthose
planes.Thisallowsskewedrotationalsolidsandsurfaces.
YoucanusetheUpTotoolguidewhenyourevolveedges.
Todimensiontherotation,typetherotationanglewhiletheRevolvehandleisdisplayedandpressEnter.

Torevolveanedgeofasurface

1. Selectthe PulltoolintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.TheSelecttoolguideontherightsideofthe
Designwindowshouldbeactive.
2. Selecttheoutsideedgeofasurface.
3. (Optional)HoldCtrlandselectanendpointtomaintainconstantradiusastheedgeisrevolved.
Ifyoudon'tselectanendpoint,theedgewillfollowinfluencingsidesofsurfacesorsolids,iftheyexist.A
sideinfluencecanbeanotheredgeofthesurfaceifitliesinthesameplane,orasolidorsurfacethat
touchestheendoftheedge.Seetheexamplesbelow.
4. Alt+clickastraightline,axis,oredgetosettherotationaxis.
YoucanalsoselecttheRevolvetoolguide,thenclicktherevolveaxis.Therevolveaxisisshowninblue.
5. ClickanddraginthedirectionofthePullarrowtorevolvetheselectededge.
Todimensiontherotation,typetherotationanglewhiletheRevolvehandleisdisplayedandpressEnter.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableinthePulltool.Onceyouselecttheedgeorfacetopull,selecttheseoptions
fromtheOptionspanel,orrightclickandselectthemfromtheminitoolbar:
Add SelecttheAddoptiontoonlyaddmaterial.Ifyoupullinasubtractivedirection,nochangewill

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occur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.
Cut SelecttheCutoptiontoonlyremovematerial.Ifyoupullinanadditivedirection,nochangewill
occur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.

NoMerge Pullswithoutmergingintootherobjectsevenwhentheobjectpulledintersectswithanexisting
object.
FullPull Onceyouselecttheedgeaboutwhichtorevolveorsweep,clickthisoptiontorevolve360
degreesortothenextface,sweepthroughthefulltrajectory,orblendthroughselectedfaces.

Upto Pullstheelementsoitmateswiththesurfaceoftheselectedbodyorbepulleduptoaplane
throughtheselection.YoucanfindthisoptionintheminitoolbaranditisthesameastheUp
Totoolguide.

Examples


Revolvingtheedgeofasolidtocreateasurface.


Revolvinganedgeofasurfacethatisnotintheplaneofthesurfacemakesanedgewithaconstantradiusbecause
theedgehasnosideinfluenceinthisdirection.


Revolvinganedgeofasurfacewithsideinfluencemakesanedgethatisinfluencedbyadjacentedges.

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Revolvingaanedgeofasu
urfacewithsideinfluencewithitsendpoin
ntselectedmakesanedgewithaconstant
radius.


Revolvingaanedgethatcrossestheaxisswillcreatemo
orethanonesurfaceorsolid
diftheedgeisnotsymmetriccal
acrosstheaxis.

Revolvinghelices
withthePulltool.Pathandgeeometryareprreviewedasyo
Youcanrevolveahelixw oupullalongth
heaxisorenteer
dimensions,asshownintheimagebelow.


Torevolveeahelix

1. Seelectthe Pulltoolinth
heEditgroupo
ontheDesigntab.TheSelecttoolguideontherightsideo
ofthe
Designwindowshouldbeactive.
2. oredgeyouwaanttorevolve.
Seelectthefaceo

3. Seelectthe Revolvetoolguide.
4. Cllicktheaxisyo
ouwanttorevo
olvearound.
5. onintheOptionspanel.
SeelecttheRevolveHelixoptio
6. (O
Optional)Setth
hehandednesssofthehelixb
bycheckingoru
uncheckingtheeRightHande
edHelixoption
nin
th
heOptionspannel.
7. Pu
ullalongtheaxxistocreateth
hehelixdynam
mically.
Assyoupull,youcanenterdim
mensionsintheehelixdimensionfields:
Pitchistheamountthatthehelixfaceshiftsper360deegreesofrotatiion.
helixangle.
Taperistheh
PrressTabtoswitchbetweend
dimensionfield
dsandEnterto
oacceptthediimensionsandcreatethehelix.

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Tocreateahelixdimensionally
Youcanalsocreateahelixbyenteringtheheight(thetotallengthofthehelix).PressTabtoswitchbetween
dimensionfieldsandpreviewthehelix.ClicktheFullPulloptiontocreatetheentirehelixbasedonthe
dimensions.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableinthePulltool.Onceyouselecttheedgeorfacetopull,selecttheseoptions
fromtheOptionspanel,orrightclickandselectthemfromtheminitoolbar:
Add SelecttheAddoptiontoonlyaddmaterial.Ifyoupullinasubtractivedirection,nochangewill
occur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.
Cut SelecttheCutoptiontoonlyremovematerial.Ifyoupullinanadditivedirection,nochangewill
occur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.

NoMerge Pullswithoutmergingintootherobjectsevenwhentheobjectpulledintersectswithanexisting
object.

PullBothSides Selectasingle,detachededge,imprintededge,orsurface,thenclickthisoptiontopullboth
sidesoftheedgeorsurfaceatonce.
RightHanded Selectthisoptiontodeterminethedirectioninwhichthehelixisrevolvedarounditsaxis.
Helix

Sweeping
Youcansweepaface,edge,surface,3Dcurve,orotherobjectalongatrajectorywiththePulltool.Sweepinga
facearoundaclosedpathcreatesatorus.

Tosweepaface

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selecttheprofileyouwanttosweep.
3. SelecttheSweeptoolguide,thenclickthesweeptrajectory.Thesweeptrajectoryisshowninblue.
Alt+doubleclicktoselectatangentchain.Ctrl+clicktoaddcontiguouspaths.
YoucanalsoselecttheprofiletosweepandthenAlt+clickthesweeptrajectoryorAlt+Ctrl+clickmultiple
trajectories.Thesweeptoolisselectedautomatically.
Ifthetrajectoryalongwhichyouwanttosweepisanonlinearcurve,youcanalsoAlt+clickthecurve,
whichselectstheSweeptoolguideautomatically.
IfyouselecttheNormaltoTrajectoryoption,thesweepisalignedalongtheorigintrajectory
Toquicklysketchafaceperpendiculartoadesiredtrajectory,selecttheendofthetrajectoryandselecta
sketchingtooltoplacethesketchgridatthatpoint.Thendrawtheface.
4. (Optional)SelectoptionsfromtheOptionspanel,orrightclickandselectthemfromtheminitoolbar.
Select:
SelectNormaltoTrajectorytokeepthesweptsurfacenormaltothesweeptrajectory.Ifyoursweep
trajectoryisperpendiculartothefaceyouwanttosweep,thisoptionisenabledforyou.
SelectScaleSectionstocontroltheeffectofthevectorfromthe0toXtrajectorysothatitcontrols
bothorientationandscaleofthesweepsections.Unchecktheboxifyouwantthevectortocontrol
onlytheorientationofthesweepsections.
YoucanalsoselectfromthestandardPulloptionslistedbelow.

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5. ClickanddraginthedirectionofthePullarrowtosweeptheselectedobjects,orselect FullPullfrom
theOptionspanelorminitoolbartosweeptheentirelengthofthetrajectory.IfyouselectFullPulland
theprofilebeingsweptisinthemiddleofthetrajectory,itwillbesweptinbothdirections.
YoucanalsousetheUpTotoolguidetoselectafaceorsurfaceonwhichyouwanttoendthesweep.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableinthePulltool.Onceyouselecttheedgeorfacetopull,selecttheseoptions
fromtheOptionspanel,orrightclickandselectthemfromtheminitoolbar:
Add SelecttheAddoptiontoonlyaddmaterial.Ifyoupullinasubtractivedirection,nochangewill
occur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.
Cut SelecttheCutoptiontoonlyremovematerial.Ifyoupullinanadditivedirection,nochangewill
occur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.

NoMerge Pullswithoutmergingintootherobjectsevenwhentheobjectpulledintersectswithanexisting
object.

PullBothSidesSelectasingle,detachededge,imprintededge,orsurface,thenclickthisoptiontopullboth
sidesoftheedgeorsurfaceatonce.
FullPull Onceyouselecttheedgeaboutwhichtorevolveorsweep,clickthisoptiontorevolve360
degreesortothenextface,sweepthroughthefulltrajectory,orblendthroughselectedfaces.

Upto Pullstheelementsoitmateswiththesurfaceoftheselectedbodyorbepulleduptoaplane
throughtheselection.YoucanfindthisoptionintheminitoolbaranditisthesameastheUp
Totoolguide.

Examples


Hexagonssweptaroundcircularandhexagonalsweeppaths


SweepingalongaprimarytrajectorywithNormaltoTrajectoryselected.Everysectionplanethatisnormaltothe
origintrajectoryistheexactsameprofileastheinitialsection,limitedbytheextentsofthetrajectory.

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SweepingalongaprimarytrajectorywithNormaltoTrajectorynotselected.Everysectionplanethatisparallelto
theinitialsectionprofileistheexactsameprofileasthatinitialsection,limitedbytheextentsofthetrajectory.

Sweepingarectanglealonga Sweepingarectanglealonga
trajectorywithNormaltoTrajectory trajectorywithNormalto
selected. Trajectorynotselected.


Sweepingaholealongatrajectorybyselectingtheaxisofthehole,thenthetrajectory.
Ifyousweepanoncontinuousprofile,separatesweptsurfacesarecreated.

Sweepingwithmultipletrajectories
YoucanAlt+Ctrl+clicktoselectmultipletrajectoriestosweepalong.Thetrajectoryyouclickfirstistheorigin
trajectory(labeledO)andthesecondtrajectoryislabeledX.IfyouselecttheNormaltoTrajectoryoption,the
sweepisalignedalongtheorigintrajectory.Iftheobjectbeingsweptisinthemiddleofthesweep,youcanpullin
eitherdirectiontosweeponlyinthatdirection.

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Sweepscanvarythesketchentities(oredges)alongthesweeptrajectory.Thetrajectoriescanbethoughtofas
guidesthatmakecontinualchangestotheprofilesasiftheyhadbeendraggedwhileinSketchmode.Tangency
andotherconstraintsaremaintained.
WhenyousweepusingmorethantwotrajectoriesandScaleSectionsisturnedoff,theprofilelinesandcurveswill
followthetrajectoriesindividuallyandconstraintsarepreserved.Youcanseeanexampleintheimagebelow.
YoucanuseachainoftangentedgesasaguideforSweep.
Theextent(orlength)ofasweepislimitedbytheshortesttrajectory.Iftheprofilebeingsweptintersectsatany
pointalongthetrajectory,youcanpullineitherdirectiontosweeponlyinthatdirection.YoucanalsoselectFull
Pulltocreateabidirectionalsweepthatextendsthroughoutthetrajectory.
Thesweeppreviewincludesthefollowingvisualelements:
Thebluesquareindicatesthedirectionoftheorigintrajectoryatitsstart,andislocalizedaroundtheorigin
trajectorysintersectionwiththeprofiletobeswept.
ArightanglesymbolisdisplayedontheorigintrajectorywhenyouselecttheNormaltoorigintrajectory
option.
ThepreviewrectanglesaregreenandscalewiththesweepifyouselecttheScalesectionsoption.

Sweepwithtwoguides
Inasweepwithtwoguides,everysectionplanethatisnormaltotheorigintrajectoryhasaprofilesectionthatis
alignedtothevectordefinedbytheOXvectorinthatplane,scaledbythelengthoftheOXvector,andlimitedby
theextentsoftheshortesttrajectory.Iftherearetwoormoretrajectoriesandthesplinethatconnectsthem(asa
profile)istangenttothesurfacesthatcontainthetrajectoryedges,thenthesplinenotonlyscalesandalignsto
theOXvector,butalsodeformstokeepthatprofiletangent,atallpointsalongthetrajectories,tothe
neighboringsurfaces.Theprofiledoesnothavetotouchthetrajectories,buttheprofileplanehastointersectwith
thetrajectories.


Youcanalsosweepwithtwoclosedtrajectories:

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Sweepalongmorethantwotrajectories
Iftheprofileiscomposedoflinesandcircles,thenguidecurveswillcontroltheshapeoftheprofilemuchthesame
wayasketchiscontrolledbydraggingthemouse.Morespecifically,therearethreeconstraints:alineorcirclethat
touchesaguidecurvewillmaintaintheconnectionthroughoutthesweep,acirclewithaguidecurveatitscenter
willstaycenteredonthatguidecurvethroughthesweep,andanymembersoftheprofilethataretangentwill
remaintangent.Iftheprofilecontainssplines,thenanylinesorsplinesattachedtoaguidecurvewilldeformso
theyremainattachedthroughoutthesweep.Inthiscase,neighboringfacesthataretangenttotheprofilecanbe
Altselectedtospecifythattheprofileshouldremaintangenttotheneighboringfacethroughoutthesweep.


Whensweeping,crosssectionscanbedisplayedasapreviewfortheirsweepalongthetrajectories,alsoshownin
thefigureabove.YoucancontrolthedisplayofthecrosssectionswiththeAnimateFullPullAdvancedSpaceClaim
option.

Sweeptangenttoasurface
Ifyouselectasweeptrajectorythatistheedgeofasurface,andtheobjectbeingsweptistangenttothatsurface,
thentheinitialtangencyismaintainedalongtheentiresweep,asshowninthefigurebelow.


Sweepwithatrajectoryandanaxis
Ifyousweepaprofilealongatrajectorywithanaxisasthesecondarytrajectory,thentheprofilenormalis
maintainedwhiletheprofileorientationchangesasitisrotatedaroundtheaxis.

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Sweepingwithanaxis

Tosettheorientationwhilesweeping

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selecttheobjectyouwanttosweep.
3. Alt+clicktheprimarytrajectory.
4. Ctrl+Alt+clickthesecondarytrajectory.
5. ClicktheRotatetoolguideandclicktheaxisorlinethatwillsettheorientationduringthesweep.
6. Dragtocreatethesweep.
Theobjectbeingsweptmustbeintheplanethatcontainstheaxisandanintersectionwiththebaseline
trajectory.

Examples


Settingtheorientationoftheselectedobjectasitissweptalongthetrajectory.

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Variablesweepwithaxis.Everysectionplanethatiscutthroughapointontheorigintrajectoryandthroughthe
selectedaxishasaprofilesectionthatisalignedtothevectordefinedbytheOXvectorinthatplane,scaledbythe
lengthoftheOXvector,andlimitedbytheextentsoftheshortesttrajectory.Thismakeseverysectionappearto
radiatearoundthatselectedaxis.

Draftingfaces
Youcandraftfacesaroundaplaneoranotherface,edge,orsurfacewiththePulltool.Draftingchangestheangle
oftheselectedcontiguousfaces.Forexample,amolddesignerdraftsfacestofacilitateremovalofpartsfromthe
mold.


Todraftaface
1. (Optional)Insertaplanearoundwhichyouwanttodraftfaces.
Youneedtodothiswhenyouwanttodraftaroundaplanethatdoesn'talreadyexistasgeometryinthe
design.

2. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.TheSelecttoolguideontherightsideoftheDesign
windowshouldbeactive.
3. Selectthefaceorcontiguousfacesyouwanttodraft.
4. Alt+clicktheplane,face(includingrounds),orsurfaceaboutwhichyouwanttodraft.

Youcanalsoselectthe Drafttoolguideandthenclickthefaceorsurface.Thedraftplane,face,or
surfaceisshowninblue.
Tip:WhenyouneedtoselectmorethanonefaceorsurfacefortheAltreference(orafterselectingthe
Drafttoolguide)thenyouhavetoholdtheCtrlandtheAltkeyswhileselectingtheadditionalreferences.

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Ifyouselectoneedgeloop,youcancreateanedgedrivendraft.Ifyouselecttwoedgeloops,youcan
createasplitdraft.
5. ClickanddraginthedirectionofthePullarrowtodrafttheselectedfaces.
Todimensionthedraft,typetherotationanglewhileyouarepullingandpressEnter.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableinthePulltool.Onceyouselecttheedgeorfacetopull,selecttheseoptions
fromtheOptionspanel,orrightclickandselectthemfromtheminitoolbar:
Add SelecttheAddoptiontoonlyaddmaterial.Ifyoupullinasubtractivedirection,nochange
willoccur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.
Cut SelecttheCutoptiontoonlyremovematerial.Ifyoupullinanadditivedirection,nochange
willoccur.YoucancombinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.
Nomerge Pullswithoutmergingintootherobjectsevenwhentheobjectpulledintersectswithan
existingobject.
Upto Pullstheelementsoitmateswiththesurfaceoftheselectedbodyorbepulleduptoaplane
throughtheselection.YoucanfindthisoptionintheminitoolbaranditisthesameastheUp
Totoolguide.
Draftboth Selectthisoptiontopivotthefaceontheoppositesideofthereferencefaceaswellasthe
sides selectedface.

Examples


Draftingafaceaboutaround.


Draftingnoncontiguousfaces.


Draftingaroundaplanethatdoesnottouchthefacesbeingdrafted.

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Draftingfacesaroundaplane.Thedraftedfacespivotaroundthefaceorplaneyouselectasthedraftplane.


Draftingbothsidesaroundtheplane.


Draftingafacewhereaplanemustbeselectedasthedraftplane.SeeInsertingaplaneforinstructionstocreatea
plane.


Draftingtheoffsetfaces(insideandtheoutside)ofashelledsolid.


DraftingaroundasplinesurfacewiththeDraftbothsidesoptionselected

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Draftingasetofsurfacesaboutaplanarsurfacenotattachedtothesolid

Blending
Youcancreateblendsbetweenfaces,points,oredges.


Blendingbetweenfaces


Blendingbetweenpoints


Blendingbetweenedges

Example


Whenblendingbetweencoloredobjects,theblendedgeometrytakesonthecoloroftheobjectthatwasselected
first.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableinthePulltoolOptionspanelwhenyouselecttheappropriategeometryfora
blend.

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Blend Createablendbetweeenthefaces,p
points,oredgees.
Rotational Createcylindersandcconeswheneverpossibleduringthecreatio onofablend.Youmusthavee
blend dfaces,points,,oredgesthattcanberotatedaroundacom
selected mmonaxis.
Periodicblend Goallthewayaround dwhenblendin ng.Theblendwwillbeginandendatthefirsttselectedobjeect.
Youmusthaveselecteedthreeormo orefaces,pointts,oredgesthaatcanberotattedarounda
commonaxis,andthaatalsospananarcgreaterthan180degreees.(Blendingbeetween3equaal
radiusccirclefacescreaatesatorus.)
ons
Ruledsectio Createstraightedgeswhenyoublend.Whenyoublendbetweeenfaces,thisoptionhasthe
sameafffectasselectin
ngthefaceand
ditsedges.
Localguidess Followthealtselecteedguidecurveonlyalongitsintersectionw
withtheblend.

Blendingb
betweenfaces
YoucanbleendbetweenttwofaceswiththePulltool.Blendedfacesautomaticallysimplifytoanaalyticgeometrry
whenposssible.
havecreatedaablend,youcanusetheTweakFacetoolto
Onceyouh oedittheblendedsurfaceso
orfaces.


Toblendb
betweentwofa
aces

1. Cllick PullintheEditgroupontheDesiigntab.
Th
heSelecttoolgguideisenableedbydefault.
2. Seelectthesurfaccesorfacesyo
ouwanttoblen
ndthrough.
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Rotationalblend:Createcylindersandconeswheneverpossibleduringthecreationofablend.You
musthaveselectedfacesrotatedaroundacommonaxis.
Periodicblend:Goallthewayaroundwhenblending.Youmusthaveselectedthreeormorefaces
rotatedaroundacommonaxis,thatalsospananarcgreaterthan180degrees.(Blendingbetween3
equalradiuscirclefacescreatesatorus.)
Ruledsections:Createstraightedgeswhenyoupullbetweenthreeormoresurfacesorfaces.When
youblendbetweenfaces,thisoptionhasthesameaffectasselectingthefaceanditsedges.


LocalGuides:Followthealtselectedguidecurveonlyalongitsintersectionwiththeblend.
Thefollowingimagesshowablendcreatedwith(left)andwithout(right)localguides.Withoutlocal
guides,theentireblendfollowstheguidecurve.


6. Click,drag,andreleaseinthedirectionofthePullarroworselect FullPullfromtheOptionspanelor
minitoolbartocreatetheblend.
Theblendisnotcreateduntilyouarefinisheddragging.

Tocreateablendsurfacetangenttoafacealongagivendirection
Tocreateablendsurfacetangenttotwofacesalongagivendirection,selecttwocurvedfacesandAlt+clicka
linearobject,suchasanaxis,datumaxis,sketchcurve,oredgetoindicatethedirectionforfindingtwotangent
locations.Whereyouclickwhenselectingthesurfacedeterminestheapproximatelocationoftheedgeofthe
surface.ThePulltoolpreviewstheedgesandtheresultingsweep.


Tocreateablendsurfacetangenttoonefaceandthroughonecurve(oredge)alongagivendirection,selectaface
andacurveandAlt+clickalinearobjecttosetthedirection.

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Tocreateacylinderbyblending
Blendbetweenonecircularsurfacedirectlyaboveanothercircularsurfaceofthesameradius.
Theresultissimplifiedtoacylinder,asshowninthePropertiespanelwhenyouselectthecylindricalface.


Examples


Blendwithedgetangency(noedgespulled)andblendwithoutedgetangency(edgespulled)

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Blendingbetweentwofaceswithholes


Blendbetweentwosurfacesusingsplinestoguidetheblend


Blendbetweenmultiplesurfaces,automaticallyorderedtopreventselfintersection


Movetheblendcontrolhandlesformultiplecircularfaces,resultinginablendedsolid

Blendingbetweenedges
UsethePulltoolintheEditribbongroupontheDesigntabtoblendbetweentwoormoreedges.Youcan
selectguidecurvesfortheedgestofollowwhencreatingtheblend.

Toblendbetweenedges

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. ClicktheBlendoptionintheOptionswindow.
3. Selectthestartingandendingedgesoftheblend.
4. (Optional)Alt+clickthecurvesyouwanttouseasguidesfortheblend.
5. SelectfromthefollowingoptionsintheOptionspanel:

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Rotationalblendtocreatecylindersandconeswheneverpossibleduringthecreationofablend.You
musthaveselectedfacesrotatedaroundacommonaxis.
Ruledsectionstocreatestraightedgeswhenyoupullbetweenthreeormoresurfacesorfaces.When
youblendbetweenfaces,thisoptionhasthesameaffectasselectingthefaceanditsedges.
Localguides:Followthealtselectedguidecurveonlyalongitsintersectionwiththeblend..
6. Click,drag,andreleaseinthedirectionofthePullarroworselectFullPullfromtheOptionspanelormini
toolbartocreatetheblendedsurface.
Whenablendbetweensplineswillselfintersect,thesplinesaremodifiedslightlytopreventthisfrom
happening.

Examples


Blendingbetweentwoedgeswithaguidecurve


BlendingbetweenasurfaceedgeandlineinspaceusingtheFullPulloption


Blendingbetweentwofaceswithmultipleguidespositionedalongpartofaperiodicedge


Pullingbetweentwoedgeswithafaceselectedtocontroltangency.Thetangentvectorrepresentsthesmallest
angulardeviationfromtheedgetoedgeline.

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Blendbetweenmultiplelinesinspace(profiles)

Sweptblends
Youcanblendbetweentwoormoreedgesusingoneormoreguidecurves.IfyouselecttheLocalguidesoption,
thentheedgeswillfollowtheguidecurves.Thisiscalledasweptblend.
Withregular(nonswept)blends,guidecurvesonlyaffecttheblendingofsegmentsoftheprofiletowhichtheyare
attached.Withsweptblends,thewholeprofileissweptalongtheguidecurve.Allofthefacescreatedbytheblend
arebenttofollowtheguidecurve.WithouttheLocalguidesoptionselected,onlythefacestouchingtheguide
curveareaffectedbytheguide.
Intheexamplebelow,thefirstblendwasdonewithouttheLocalguidesoption,soallfacesaresweptalongthe
guidecurve.Thesecondblendwasdonewiththeoption,sotheguidecurveonlyaffectsthefacesittouches.


Youwillnormallyonlyuseasingleguidetocreateasweptblend;however,youcanusemultipleguidecurves.
Whenyouhavemultipleguides,theguidecurveclosesttoagivenpartoftheprofilemostaffectstheblendingof
thatpartoftheprofile.
Sweptblendsaredifferentfromsweep.Asinglesweepisalwayscreatedfromasingleprofile.Withsweptblends,
twoormoreprofilesarealwaysrequired.Becauseasweeponlyhasasingleprofile,youhavelimitedcontrolover
theorientationandangleoftheendcapofthesweep;itisalwaysdeterminedbysweepingtheprofilealongthe
trajectory.Whenyoucreateasweptblend,youcanspecifytheendcapexplicitlyatwhateverorientation(and
shape)youdesire.
Whenyouselectmorethanonetrajectory,theadditionaltrajectoriesgiveyoumorecontroloverthefinalshapeof
theblend.Eachtrajectoryaffectstheentitiesintheprofilethatareclosesttothetrajectory.Verticesthatare
betweentrajectoriesarecontrolledbycurvesthatareblendedbetweentheneighboringtrajectories.

Toblendbetweenmultipleedges

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1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. HoldCtrlandselectthetwoedgestoblendbetween.
3. HoldCtrl+Altandselecttheedgesthatwillguidetheblend.Aguidecancontainmultiplesegmentsifthe
segmentsaretangentwitheachother.Youcanselectasmanyguidecurvesasdesired.
Theedgesoftheblendaredisplayed.Iftheyaren't,checkthatthe"FONTWEIGHT:bold">Blendoptionis
selectedintheOptionswindow.
4. SelectFullPullfromtheOptionspanelorminitoolbartocreatetheblendedface.
Ifyoucreateablendthatresultsinasurfacecontainedwithinasolid,thesurfaceremainsaseparate
object.


Selectthreeedgestofillinamissingtriangularroundonacorner.

Examples


Selectingthreeedgestofillinamissingtriangularroundonacorner.


Blendingfromsegmentededgetosegmentededgealonganonsegmentedguideedge

Toblendbetweentwoplanarfaces

1. Clickthe Pulltool.
2. HoldCtrlandselecttwofacesthatlieonthesameplane.
3. SelectRotationalBlendintheOptionspanel.
4. SelectFullPullfromtheOptionspanelorminitoolbartocreatetheblendedface.

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Toblendusingtwoloops
Whenblendingbetweentwoloops,yourselectionscontroltheresult.
Selectaloopsurfaceand
blendtoanotherloopsurface.

Selectcurveloopstoblend.

Blendbetweenoneloopata
timetogetdifferentresults.

Altclicktochangetheedge
tangency.

Blendingbetweenpoints
YoucancreateacurvewiththePulltoolbyusingtheBlendoptiontoblendbetweenpoints.Youcanblend
betweenanytwopointstocreateacurve,orselectmultiplepointstocreateaspline.
Whenyoupullbetweentwopointswithafaceselectedtocontroltangency,thetangentvectorrepresentsthe
smallestangulardeviationfromthepointtopointline.

Toblendbetweenpoints
1. Ctrl+clicktoselectmultiplepointsorvertices.
TheBlendoptionisselectedautomatically.
2. Tomakethepulledcurvetangent:
Ctrl+clickneighboringedgesoftheverticesifyouwanttheblendcurvetobegintangenttooneor
moreedges.
Alt+clickoneormoreneighboringfacesifyouwanttheblendcurvetobetangenttotheface(s).

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3. Tomakestraightlinesinsteadofcurves,selecttheRuledsegmentsoptionintheOptionspanel.
ThelineswillbecreatedintheCurvesfolderintheStructuretree.
4. ClicktheFullPull optionintheOptionspanelorminitoolbartocreatethecurve.
5. IfyouwantthecurvetoappearasaseparateobjectintheStructuretree,rightclickthecurveandselect
NameSketchCurve.

Examples


Blendcurvestangenttoneighboringedges


Blendcurvetangenttoaneighboringface


BlendingbetweenpointswiththeRuledsegmentsoptiontoforcethecreationofstraightlines

Creatingslots
YoucancreateslotsfromholesusingthePulltool.Youcanalsoeditslots.Slotsmaintaintherelationshipbetween
theirfaces.
Ifyoupullaholewitharoundedorchamferededgeintoaslot,theslotwillhavearoundedorchamferededge.


Youmustselecttheaxisofthehole,ratherthantheaxisofaroundorchamferonthehole.Youwillnotbe
abletopulltheslotifyouselecttheaxisoftheroundorchamfer.

Tocreateaslot

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.

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2. Selecttheaxisofahole.
Ifyouhavetroubleselectingtheaxis,hoverfirstovertheinsidefaceoftheholeandtheaxiswillappear.
3. (Optional)HoldAltandclickonaface,edge,orvertextosetthedirectionortrajectoryofthePull.
4. (Optional)SelectthePullBothSidesoptiontocreatetheslotinbothdirections.
5. (Optional)SelectFullPulltopulltheslotalongthefulllengthofthetrajectory,ifyouselectedone.
6. Pulltheaxisorfaceofaholetocreateaslot.
Ifyouwanttopullinanewdirection,presstheTabkeytochangethedirectionofthePullhandles.

Tocreateacurvedslot
1. Selecttheaxisorfaceofahole.
2. SelecttheRotatetoolguideandclicktheaxisofthedrivingcylinder.
YoucanalsoAlt+clicktheaxisofthedrivingcylinder.
3. Pulltheholetocreateacurvedslot.
Youcanpullacurvedslot360degreestomakearoundcut.

Tocreatearadialslot
1. Selecttheaxisorfaceofahole.
2. Dooneofthefollowing:
AltclickthefaceofthedrivingcylindertosetthedirectionofthePulltowardstheaxisofthedriving
cylinder.ClickthePullDirectiontoolguideandpulltheholetocreatearadialslot.
CtrlclickthefaceofthedrivingcylindertosetthedirectionofthePulltowardstheaxisofthedriving
cylinder.ClickthePullDirectiontoolguideandpulltheholetooffsetthecylinderandcreatearadial
slotsimultaneously.
SelectthePullarrowthatpointstowardtheaxisandpull.
Ifyouwanttolengthenaradialslotwhilekeepingitthesamedistancefromaradialface,Ctrl+clickthe
radialslot'saxisandtheface,thenpull.
IfyouwanttomoveaslotalongwitharadialfaceCtrl+selecttheholesaxisandtheface,thenCtrl+pull.

Tocreateanoffsetofaradialslot
1. Selectanaxisofaslot.
2. HoldtheAltkeyandselectthecylinderfaceorfacetosettheoffsetdirection.
3. HoldtheCtrlkeyandpullorenteraradiusvalue.

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Tocreateasweptslot
1. Selecttheaxisofahole.

2. Selectthe Sweeptoolguide.
3. Clickthesweeptrajectory.
Asweepmodearrowindicatesthebeginningofthesweep.
4. ClickanddraginthedirectionofthePullarrowtosweeptheselectedobjects.
Youcanalsoselect FullPullfromtheOptionspanelortheminitoolbartosweeptheentirelengthof
thetrajectory.IfyouselectFullPullandthefaceorsurfacebeingsweptisinthemiddleofthetrajectory,
itwillbesweptinbothdirections.

Toeditaslot
Youcanmodifyaholethatwasdraggedtoformaslotbypullingonanyoftheslotaxes.
Iftheslothasaroundedorchamferededge,doubleclicktheroundorchamfertochangeitsdimensions.
IfyouselectDetachfirstintheOptionspanel,thentheslotwillbecomeasolidifyouusetheMovetooltomoveit
offthebody,asshownbelow.


Tomoveaslotradially
1. SelectthePulltool.
2. Selectbothaxesoftheslot.
3. Dooneofthefollowing:
AltclickthefaceofthedrivingcylindertosetthedirectionofthePulltowardstheaxisofthedriving
cylinder.ClickthePullDirectiontoolguideandCtrldragtomovetheslotradially.
CtrlclickthefaceofthedrivingcylindertosetthedirectionofthePulltowardstheaxisofthedriving
cylinder.ClickthePullDirectiontoolguideandCtrldragtooffsetthecylinderandmovetheslot.
YoucanalsomoveaholeradiallybypressingShiftwhiledraggingitwiththePulltool.

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Toremovetheslotrelationship
RightclickafaceoftheslotandselectRemoveAssociation.
Anychangesyoumaketotheslot'sfacewillaffectonlythatface.

Examples


Pullingmirroredholestocreateslots


CreatingacircularslotbyenteringanangledimensionwiththePullBothSidesoption


CreatingaradialslotbyselectinganaxisoredgeparalleltotheholesaxisasthePulldirection

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CreatingaslotusingavertexasthePulldirection

Scalingsolidsandsurfaces
YoucanscalesolidsandsurfaceswiththePulltool.Youcanscalemultipleobjectsindifferentcomponents.

Toscaleasolidorsurface

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selectasolidorsurface.
3. ClicktheScaleBodytoolguide.
4. Clickapoint,vertex,ororigintosettheoriginforscaling.
5. Pulltoscaledynamically(afieldappearstoshowthescaleasyoupull)orpressthespacebarandenter
thescale.
Youcanentermathematicalexpressionstocalculateascalefactor.
Toscaleusinganannotationdimension,clickthesparkicon nexttothedimensionandtypeanew
value.


Selectthesolidorsurface,Alt+clickavertextoanchorthescale,andpull.

Toscaleasolidasymmetrically

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selectasolid.
3. ClicktheScaleBodytoolguide.
4. Clickapoint,vertex,ororigintosettheoriginforscaling.
5. HoldAltandselectanoriginaxis,orholdAltandCtrlandselectapointandaline.
6. Dragineitherdirectionofthelinetoscalethepartinthatdirection.
Youcanpressthespacebarandenterascalevaluewhileyouaredragging.

Toconvertanexistingsolidorsurfacefrommillimeterstoinches
1. Changetheunitstoinchesasdescribedabove.
2. SelectthePulltoolintheEditribbongroupontheDesigntab.
3. Selecttheobjectyouwanttoconvert.
4. Scaletheobjectby25.4.

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Toscaleadatumplaneoraxis

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selectthedatumplaneand/oraxisandselectacurve,surface,orsolid.
YoumustholdCtrlandselecttheplane.Boxselectwillnotselectit.
3. ClicktheScaleBodytoolguide.
4. Selectananchorpoint.
5. DraginthedirectionofthePullarrow.

Examples


Scalingasolidasymmetrically


Scalingaplaneandanaxiswithasolid


Youcanuseannotationdimensionstoscaleanobject.SeeEditingwithannotationdimensions.

Copyingedgesandfaces
YoucancopyedgesandfacesbyselectingthePulltool'sExtrudeEdgeoption.Youcanalsocopyedgesandfaces
withtheMovetool.
Whencopyingandpastingtheedgeofasurfaceasacurveorline,thelinesareplacedontheactivelayerand
remainselecteduntilyoucleartheselection.Thisfeatureisusefulifyouneedreferencestorebuildasurface.

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Tocopyanedgeoredges

1. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selecttheedgeoredgesyouwanttocopy.Doubleclicktoselectachainofedges.
3. SelecttheCopyEdgeoption intheOptionspanelorfromtheminitoolbar.
YoucanalsoCtrl+dragwiththePivotEdgeorExtrudeedgeoptionsselectedtocopytheedge.
ThePullarrowchangestoshowthetwodirectionsinwhichyoucancreatecopiesoftheedge.Onearrow
ishighlightedtoshowtheprimarydirection.
4. Ifthearrowpointingthedirectioninwhichyouwanttocopytheedgeisnothighlighted,clickthearrow
orpressTabtochangethedirection.
5. DragtheedgeinthedirectionofthehighlightedPullarrow.
Duringthepull,thedistancebetweenthecopiededgeandthenewedgeisdisplayed.Whenyoucreate
anexternaledge,asurfaceiscreatedbetweenthecopiededgeandthenewone.


PressCtrlanddragtocopytheselectedface.

Examples


Copyingedgestocreatenewedgesonaface


Whencopyinganedge,theedgeadjustsbasedonthesolid'sgeometry

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Copyingaroundface

PullingwiththeSelecttool
YoucanpullwiththeSelecttoolorthePulltool.

TopullwiththeSelecttool
Dragthevertexofaselectedfacetoanothervertextopulltheselectedface,asshowninthefiguresbelow.


Draggingacopyofasolidbackintothesolid

PivotingwiththeSelecttool
YoucanpivotanedgewiththeSelecttoolorthePulltool.

Topivotanedge
Dragthevertexofaselectededgetoanothervertextopivottheselectedface,asshowninthefigurebelow.

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Moving
Usethe Movetooltomoveanyobjectin2Dor3D,includingdrawingsheetviews.ThebehavioroftheMove
toolchangesbasedonwhatyouhaveselected.
Ifyouselectanentireobject,suchasasolid,surface,orsketch,youcantranslateorrotatetheobject.
Youcanmoveonesideofasolid,surface,orsketchtoenlargeorreducethesizeoftheobject.
Ifyoumoveanobjectintoanotherobjectinthesamecomponent,thesmallerobjectismergedintothelarger
oneandreceivesthelargerobject'sproperties.
Movingacomponentmoveseverythingcontainedwithinthecomponent.
Whenyoumoveacomponentthathasbeenassembledusingassemblyconstraints,theMovehandleispositioned
attheconstraintandtheaxesthatareconstrainedaredisabled.Iftheassemblyconstraintsonlyallowmovement
inonedirection,thenthatdirectionwillbeautomaticallyselected.Forexample,ifyoumoveacomponentwitha
CenterAxesassemblyconstraint,theMovehandleispositionedontheaxisandyoucanonlymovethecomponent
indirectionsthatwillkeeptheaxesaligned.


IftheMovehandleappearsdisabled,checktheStructuretreetodetermineifanassemblyconditionexistsfor
thecomponentyouaretryingtomove.

Offset,mirror,andcoaxialinferredrelationshipsalsoaffectMove.

ToMoveobjects

1. Click MoveintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selecttheobject(s)thatyouwanttomove.
3. Selectthefollowingoptions:
Movegrid:Selectthisoptiontomovethesketchgrid.
Ruler:OnceyouselectanaxisontheMovehandle,selectthisoptionandclickanedgeorfaceto
anchortheruler.TherulerisorientedalongtheselectedMovehandleaxis.Enteravaluetousethe
rulertodimensionthemove.
Createpatterns:Selectthisoptionifyouwanttocreateapatternbydraggingselectedobjectswiththe
Movetool.Draggingcreatesacopyoftheselectedobject,movesittoanewlocation,andcreatesa
patternrelationship.SelecttheMaintainorientationoptiontokeeptheinitialorientationofthe
originalobjectwhenyourotateortranslatethepattern.SeeCreatingapattern.
Detachfirst:Detachtheselectedprotrusionsanddepressions,movethem,andreattachthematthe
newlocation.
Maintainsketchconnectivity:Keepstheconnectionsbetweenasketchcurveandothercurvesthat
shareitsendpoints.Ifyoudeselectthisoptionandmoveasketchcurve,thecurvewillmove
independentofothercurves.

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Rememberorientation:SetstheorientationoftheMovetoolfortheobject.Theorientationisonly
rememberedforthecurrentsession.YoucanchangetheMovehandleorientationbyusingthe
Directiontoolguide,holdingAltandselectingareferenceobject,orbydraggingaballontheMove
handle'saxes.Youcanselectthefollowingoptionsinthedropdownlisttotherightoftheoption:
Default:TheMovehandleorientationisdeterminedbytheobject(s)youselect.
Global:SavesthecurrentMovehandleorientation,andthisorientationisusedforallobjects.
PerObject:SavesthecurrentMovehandleorientationfortheselectedobject.Whenyouselectthe
objectagainwiththeMovetoolactive,theMovehandlewillbeorientedatitssavedorientation.
4. Clickanaxisanddraginthatdirectiontomovetheselectedobject.
AlineextendsfromtheMovehandleaxistoindicatethedirectionyouselectedformovement.
Ifthemovefails,theMovehandleisrepositionedtothelastvalidlocationandorientation.Ifyouare
tryingtomoveaprotrusionsurroundedbyroundfaces,youmayneedtofilltherounds.


Thecursordoesnotneedtobeontheaxistomovetheselectedobject.Infact,youmayfinditeasierto
controlthemoveifyoudragsomedistancefromtheentityandtheMovehandle.

Examples


MovingaprotrusionwithroundsthatintersectswithasteppedsolidwiththeDetachfirstoption


Movingacircularedgealongasurface


Movinganimprintedfaceoffofasolidfacecreatesasurface.

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Movingimprintededgesonaface,andotherintersectingimprintededgesareadjustedasneeded.Theexamples
aboveshowhowtheedgesareadjustedwhentheimprintedareasaremoved.


Movingtheendpointofalinesegmentthathasatangentarconitsotherendchangesthearcsothatitremains
tangenttothelinesegmentasyoumoveitsendpoint.

Tomoverelativetootherobjects
Snaptoacoplanarface:HoldShiftwhiledraggingtosnaptocoplanarfaceswhenyouhavetheMovehandle
anchoredtoaplanarface.
Moveanobjectuptoanotherobject:ClicktheUpTotoolguidetomoveobjectssothecenteroftheMove
handleisadjacenttotheobject.
Orientanobjecttoanotherobject:SelecttheobjecttomoveandaMovehandleaxis,thenclicktheOrientto
Objecttoolguideandselectasecondobject.TheselectedobjectwillberotatedsotheselectedMovehandle
axisisalignedwiththesecondobject.

TochangetheanchorlocationoftheMovehandle
DragtheyellowcentersphereontheMovehandle
ClicktheAnchortoolguideandselecttheface,edge,orvertexonwhichtoplacetheMovehandle.
TheyellowcentersphereturnsintoabluecubewhentheMovehandleisanchored.


Tochangethedirectionortrajectoryforthemove
DragoneofthesmallballsontherotationalaxistoreorienttheMovehandle,ordimensiontheorientationby
typingtherotationanglewhileyouaredragging,thenpressingEnter.
YoucanalsoAlt+clickapointorline,orclicktheMoveDirectiontoolguide,thenclickapointorline,toorient
oneoftheMovehandle'saxestowardthatpointoralongthatline.
IfyouAlt+clickatrajectory,youcanmovealongthetrajectory.Ctrl+Alt+clicktoaddcontiguouslinesoredgesto
thetrajectory.
IfyouAlt+clickaplane,thedirectionofmovementissetperpendiculartotheplane.

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Example


NormaltoSurfaceWhilemovingthediamondalongtheselectedtrajectory,Ctrl+Alt+clickthefaceofthecylinder
tosettheorientationofthediamondnormaltothecylinder.

Todimensionamove
1. Followthestepstomoveanobject.
2. AfteryouclickanaxisontheMovehandle,clickRulerintheOptionspanel.
3. Clickanedgeorfacetoanchortheruler.
TherulerisorientedalongtheselectedMovehandleaxis.
4. TypeadistanceandpressEnter.


TocopyanobjectusingtheMovetool
PressCtrltocopytheobjectselectedformovementandplaceitatthelocationatwhichyoudragordimension
themove.
Youcanpressthespacebartodimensionthemove.
DoubleclicktheUpTotoolguidetomakemultiplecopiesoftheselectedobject.Toexitthismode,clickon
anothertoolorinemptyspaceintheDesignwindow.

Examples


CopyingtheredfacemultipletimesbydoubleclickingtheUpTotoolguidetokeepitactiveformorethanone
move

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MakingcopiesbydoubleclickingtheUpTotoolguidealsoworkswithsketches

Toolguides
WithintheMovetool,thereareseveraltoolguidesthatletyouspecifythebehavioroftheMovetool:
TheSelecttoolguideisactivebydefault.Whenthistoolguideisactive,youcanselectfaces,surfaces,

solids,orcomponentswithintheMovetool.
ClickanyobjectwiththeSelectComponenttoolguidetoselectthesolidtowhichtheobjectbelongs.Ifthe

solidistheonlyobjectinitscomponent,thecomponentwillbeselected.
Selectapoint,vertex,line,axis,plane,orplanarfacewiththeMoveDirectiontoolguidetoorienttheMove

handleandsettheinitialdirectionofthemove.(Theobjectwillnotmoveuntilyoudrag.)


SelectasetoflinesoredgeswiththeMoveAlongTrajectorytoolguidetomovetheselectedobjectsalong
thattrajectory.Forbestresults,performMovesalongtrajectoriesinsmallincrements.Iftheobjecttobe
movedisaprotrusion,itwillbedetached,thenreattachedinthenewlocation.Whenyoumovea
protrusionalongatrajectory,roundsareautomaticallyremoved.Ctrl+Alt+clickafacetocontrolthe
orientationoftheobjectbeingmovedorpatternedalong.
Selectanobject,thenusetheAnchortoolguidetoselecttheface,edge,orvertexthatwillanchorthe

move.YoucananchortheMovehandletoatemporaryobject,suchastheintersectionbetweentwoaxes
byAlt+Shift+clickingthetwoobjects.
Selectanobject,thenusetheFulcrumtoolguidetomoveotherobjectsaroundit.Selectapatternmember

toanchorit,orselectacomponenttoexplodeanassembly.SeeMovingwiththeFulcrumtoolguide.
OnceyouselecttheobjecttomoveandaMovehandleaxis,usetheUpTotoolguidetoselecttheobject

youwanttomoveupto.
IfaMovehandleaxisisselected,theMoveislimitedtothatdirection.Ifnohandlesareselected,theobject
istranslateduntilthecenteroftheMovehandleliesontheselectedreference.(Amovehandlemustbe
selectedtomoveuptotheaxisofanorigin.)
Inalinearmovetoanintersectingobject,thecenteroftheMovehandleismovedtotheselectedobject.If
thetwoobjectsdonotintersect,thefirstobjectismovedalongthedesireddirectionuptotheclosestpoint
tothesecondobject.Youcanusethistoolguideto:
Selectapointalongatrajectoryortheaxisofanorigintomoveupto.
MovethesketchgridinSketchandSectionmodes.
Moveanaxissoitiscoincidentwithanotheraxisinabody.Ifyoumovetheaxisofapattern,allpattern
memberswillmovetogethertothenewlocation.
YoucandoubleclicktheUpTotoolguidetokeepitactive.Whilethetoolguideisactive,itwillcopyfaces
andsurfacesinsteadofmovingthem.Todeactivatethetoolguide,clickitagain,selectanothertoolguide,
orexittheMovetool.
OnceyouselecttheobjecttomoveandaMovehandleaxis,usetheOrienttoObjecttoolguidetoclickan

object.TheselectedobjectwillberotateduntiltheselectedMovehandleaxisisalignedwiththeclicked
object.YoucanalsousethistoolguidetorotatethesketchgridinSketchandSectionmodes.

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Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheMovetool:
Movegrid:Selectthisoptiontomovethesketchgrid.
SymmetricMove:Selectthisoptiontomovesymmetrically.
Ruler:OnceyouselectanaxisontheMovehandle,selectthisoptionandclickanedgeorfacetoanchorthe
ruler.TherulerisorientedalongtheselectedMovehandleaxis.Enteravaluetousetherulertodimensionthe
move.
Maintainorientation:Selectthisoptiontomaintaintheorientationoftheobjectwhenrotatingormoving
alongatrajectory.
Createpatterns:SelectthisoptionifyouwanttocreateapatternbydraggingselectedobjectswiththeMove
tool.Draggingcreatesacopyoftheselectedobject,movesittoanewlocation,andcreatesapattern
relationship.SelecttheMaintainorientationoptiontokeeptheinitialorientationoftheoriginalobjectwhen
yourotateortranslatethepattern.SeeCreatingapattern.
Detachfirst:Selectthisoptiontodetachselectedprotrusionsanddepressions,movethem,andreattachthem
atthenewlocation.
Maintainsketchconnectivity:Keeptheconnectionbetweenasketchcurveandothercurvesthatshareitsend
points.Ifyoudeselectthisoptionandmoveasketchcurve,thecurvewillmoveindependentofothercurves.
Keepbeamfixed:Thisoptionisforbeamsandcausesthebeamtoremainfixedwhiletheprofilebecomes
offsetfromthebeam.SeeMovingbeams.
Rememberorientation:SetstheorientationoftheMovetoolfortheobject.Theorientationisonly
rememberedforthecurrentsession.YoucanchangetheMovehandleorientationbyusingtheDirectiontool
guide,holdingAltandselectingareferenceobject,orbydraggingaballontheMovehandle'saxes.Youcan
selectthefollowingoptionsinthedropdownlisttotherightoftheoption:
Default:TheMovehandleorientationisdeterminedbytheobject(s)youselect.
Global:SavesthecurrentMovehandleorientation,andthisorientationisusedforallobjects.
PerObject:SavesthecurrentMovehandleorientationfortheselectedobject.Whenyouselecttheobject
againwiththeMovetoolactive,theMovehandlewillbeorientedatitssavedorientation.

TheMovehandle
YouwillusetheMovehandletomoveobjectsin2Dand3D.TheMovehandleallowsyoutotranslateandrotate
objects.YouusetheMovehandlebyclickingtheaxesoftheMovehandleanddraggingtomovetheselected
object.
Whenyouselecttheobjectyouwanttomove,andclickoneoftheMovetools,SpaceClaimguessesattheanchor
pointandorientationoftheMovehandle.Ifeitheroftheseisincorrect,youcanchangethem.
YoucanadjustthesizeoftheMovehandleinPopularoptions.


TotranslateobjectsusingtheMovehandle
1. Clicktheaxisthatisalignedwiththedirectionyouwanttomovetheselectedobject.
2. Draginthedirectionoftheaxistomovetheobject.
YoucanCtrldragtocreateacopyoftheobjectwhilemoving.

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TorotateobjectsusingtheMovehandle
Usethecurvedrotationalaxisthatisalignedwiththedirectionyouwanttorotate:
Dragtheaxistorotatetheselectedobject.
YoucanholdtheCtrlkeytocreateacopyoftheobjectwhilemoving.
Doubleclicktheaxistorotatetheobject90.
YoucanholdtheCtrlkeywhiledoubleclickingtocreateacopyoftheobjectat90.

TorealigntheaxesoftheMovehandle
YoucanrealigntheMovehandleinthefollowingways:
DragthesmallballsoneachrotationaxisoftheMovehandletoreorientit.Whiledragging,youcanalsopress
thespacebartoentertheangledirectly.
DragthecenterballoftheMovehandle(orusetheAnchortoolguide)toplaceitonanothersolid,face,edge,
orvertex.Ifyouusethismethod,keepinmindthattheselectedobjectisstilltheonethatisgoingtomove.
Alt+clickapointorline(orusetheMoveDirectiontoolguide)toorienttheclosestlinearaxistowardthatpoint
oralongtheline.

Examples


AdjustingthesizeoftheMovehandleinPopularoptions

Movingsymmetrically
Usethe SymmetricMoveoptionintheMovetooltomoveobjectsrelativetoeachotheraboutaplaneasif
theyaremirroredobjectsbutwithouttheneedtocreateamirrorassociationbetweentheobjects.Unlikethe
Mirrortool,theSymmetricmoveoptioncanbeusedtomovedissimilargeometryaswellassimilar.
YoucanusethisoptionwithanautomaticallydeterminedvirtualmirrorplanebasedontheMovehandlelocation
oryoucanusethefulcrumtoolguidetoestablishafixedmirrorplane.
Withafulcrumselectedmirrorplane,geometrywhichisthesameonbothsidesoftheplaneisfoundandmoved
automaticallywhenmovinggeometryononesideoftheplane.Thecenterofeachselectedobjectdetermines
whichsideoftheplanethegeometrylieson.
Faces,edges,vertices,sectioncurves,andsketchcurvescanbemovedsymmetrically.Curvesthatpartiallyoverlap
thesymmetryplanecanbemoved.Thesymmetricmoveoptionisnotavailableformovingobjectswhichhavean
establishedmirrorassociation

Tomoveobjectssymmetricallyaboutavirtualmirrorplane
1. Selecttwoormoreobjects.
2. ClicktheMovetool.
3. Click SymmetricMoveintheMoveOptionspanel.

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4. Clickoneofthetranslationarrowsanddrag.Asyoudrag,aghostmirrorplaneappearsatthecenterof
theMovehandle,perpendiculartothedirectionyouaredragging.Movementsaremirroredaboutthis
plane.Aghostmovehandleisdisplayedontheothersideofthevirtualmirrorplanetoindicatethe
mirroredtranslationorrotation.Selectedobjectsaremovedsymmetricallyabouttheindicatedplane.
Toresetthevirtualmirrorplane,changeselectionortoggletheSymmetricMoveoption.

Examples


Movingtwosolidssymmetricallyaboutavirtualmirror.


Movingtwocurves.

Tomoveobjectssymmetricallywithafulcrumselectedmirrorplane
1. Createaplaneorplanarface.
2. Selectoneormoreobjects.
3. ClicktheMovetool.
4. Click SymmetricMoveintheMoveOptionspanel.

5. Clickthe Fulcrumtoolguide.
6. Clicktheplaneorplanarfacetospecifythesymmetryplane.
Objectsontheothersideofthefulcrumplanewithmatchinggeometryareautomaticallydetectedand
movedsymmetricallyabouttheplane.
7. Dragarotationortranslationarrowonthemovehandletomodifythegeometrysymmetricallyaboutthe
fulcrumselectedmirrorplane.

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Examples


Pivotinganedgemodifiesthematchinggeometryontheothersideofthefulcrumselectedmirrorplane.


Movingfacesthataresymmetrictoeachotherbutliepartiallyoneithersideofthemirrorplane.Thecenterof
eachoftheobjectsboundingboxesisoneithersideoftheplane,sothesymmetricmovetoolcandetectthe
symmetricgeometryandtheangledfacescanbemoved

Creatingapattern
Youcancreateapatternofprotrusionsordepressions(includingslots),points,components,planes,origins,or
axes.Youcanalsocreatepatternsofsketchcurves.Youcannotcreateapatternofthreads.
Youcanalsocreateapatternfromamixofobjecttypes,suchasapatternofholes(faces)andbolts(imported
components).InSpaceClaim,anypatternmembercanbeusedtomodifythepatternafteryoucreateit.Ifthe
changecannotbemadetoallpatternmembers,thememberthatcannotchangeisstillpartofthepattern.
AnyoftheMovetool'stoolguidesareavailabletoyouwhilecreatingapattern.


Whenyouselectamemberofapattern,youwillseefieldsforthepatterncountanddistancesrelativetothe
memberyouhaveselected,asshownabove.PressTabtomoveamongthedimensionandcountfields.
Iconsnexttothepatternsdimensionsandcountsshowwhichwillbechangedifyouchangethevalueofthe
highlightedfield.Theclosedlockindicatesthatadimensionwontchangeandtheopenlockshowsyouitwill
change.Youcanoverridealockonadimensionbyclickingitsicontotoggleitbetweenlockedandunlocked.
Dimensionorcountlineplacement,arrows,andvaluefieldsshowyouhowthepatternwillchangeifyou
changethevalueofafield.

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Yourselectiondetermineshowchangestothedistanceandcountaffectthepatternsposition.Ifyouselectone
memberofthepattern,thechangeiscenteredonthatmember.Ifyouselectallpatternmembers,thechange
iscenteredontheentirepattern,withthedistancebetweenmemberslockedbydefault.Youcancontrolwhich
directionthepatternwillgrowbasedonwhichmemberyouselectandwhichcountordistanceyouchange.
Changingapatterncountinonedirectiondoesnotchangethedistancebetweenpatternmembers.Instead,the
overalldistanceofthepatternwillchange.Thisisindicatedbytheclosedlockicon.
Circularpatternsareanchoredattheoppositeendbydefaultwhenyoumoveoneend.


Patternsofsketchentitiesand3Dcurvesarenolongerpatternswhentheychangeintosomethingelse,such
asasurfaceorsolid.Forexample,ifyoupatternaCshapedcurve,thenitwillremainapatternwhenyou
switchfromsketchmodeto3Dmode.Butifyoucloseoffthecurvetomakeaboxbeforeyouswitchto3D
mode,thentheboxeswillbecomesurfacesandwillnolongerbeapattern.

Tocreatealinearpattern

1. Click MoveintheEditsectionoftheDesigntab.
2. SelectCreatepatternsintheOptionspanel.
3. Selectaprotrusion,depression,sketch,points,axes,planes,origins,or3Dcurvestobethefirstmember
ofthepattern.
4. Dragamovehandletocopythefirstpatternmembertothelocationofthelastmemberofthelinear
pattern.Youcanalsoselectadirectionarrowandpressthespacebartotypeadistance.
Allpatternmemberswillbecreatedbetweenthefirstmemberandthismemberinastraightline.Youcan
usetheUpTotoolguidetosettheposition.
5. Thepatterncountfieldisactivewhenyoureleasethemouseafterdraggingthepattern.Typeanewvalue
forthepatterncount.
YoucantypetwovaluesseparatedbyacommaandpressTaborEntertocreateanarraypattern(ora
patternofapattern).
6. PressTabtochangethedistanceorspacing.

Tocreateapatternofapattern
Followthestepsforthelinearpattern,butselectamemberofalinearpatternasthefirstmemberofthepattern.

Tocreateacircularorcylindricalpattern
1. Selectaprotrusion,depression,sketch,points,axes,planes,origins,or3Dcurvestobethefirstmember
ofthepattern.

2. Clickthe Movetool.
3. SelecttheCreatepatternscheckboxintheOptionspanel.
4. ClicktheAnchortoolguideandselectanedgeoraxiswhereyouwantthecenterofthepattern.
5. DragarotationhandleontheMovetool.
Assoonasyoupassacertainrotationthreshold,youcanpreviewthepossiblepatterns.Ifyouwanta
morecloselypackedpattern,editthepatternafteryoucreateit.Ifyouwanttocreateanarcpattern,
releasethemousebuttonatalocationthatdoesnotformacircularpattern.
6. Releasethemousebuttontocreatethepattern.
7. PressTabtoenterthenumberofmembersyouwanttohaveinthewholepatternintheCountfield.

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Tocreateapatternthatisgreaterthan180,makeapatternthatislessthan180anddragoneendso
thepatternisgreaterthan180oredittheoverallcircularpattern'sradialdimension.

Tocreateanarcpattern
1. Selectaprotrusion,depression,sketch,points,axes,planes,origins,or3Dcurvestobethefirstmember
ofthepattern.

2. Clickthe Movetool.
3. SelecttheCreatepatternscheckboxintheOptionspanel.
4. ClicktheAnchortoolguideandselectanedgeoraxiswhereyouwantthecenterofthepattern.
5. DragarotationhandleontheMovetoolashortdistanceandreleasethemousebutton,soyouendup
withonlytwopatternmembers.
6. PressTabtocyclethroughthefollowingfields:
Angle:Whenyouchangethisvalueimmediatelyaftercreatinganarcpattern,theanglefortheentire
patternisset.Afterward,changingthisvaluechangestheanglebetweenpatternmembers.
Count:Typethenumberofpatternmembers.
Distance:Typeadistancefromthecentertothepatternmembers.

Tocreatearadialpattern
1. Selectaprotrusion,depression,sketch,points,axes,planes,origins,or3Dcurvestobethefirstmember
ofthepattern.

2. Clickthe Movetool.
3. SelecttheCreatepatternscheckboxintheOptionspanel.
4. UsetheDirectiontoolguidetosetthedirectionoftheMovetooltowardtheaxis.
5. Dragthefirstmembertocopyitinaradialdirection.
Assoonasyoupassacertainrotationthreshold,youcanpreviewthepossiblepatterns.Ifyouwanta
morecloselypackedpattern,editthepatternafteryoucreateit.Ifyouwanttocreateanarcpattern,
releasethemousebuttonatalocationthatdoesnotformacircularpattern.
6. Mouseuptoselecttheradialpattern.
7. PressTabtoenterthenumberofmembersyouwanttohaveinthewholepatternintheCountfield.

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Tocreatearadialcircularpattern
1. Selectallradialpatternmembers.

2. Clickthe Movetool.
3. ReanchortheMovetoolonthecircularaxis.
4. SelecttheCreatepatternscheckboxintheOptionspanel.
5. Dragtheradialpatterntoformacircularpattern.

Tocreateapatternofpointsalonganedge
1. Selectapointtobethefirstmemberofthepattern.

2. Clickthe Movetool.
3. SelecttheCreatepatternscheckboxintheOptionspanel.
4. ClicktheMoveAlongTrajectorytoolguide.
5. Clickoneoftheedgesthatconnectstothevertex.
6. ClicktheMovehandleaxis.
7. Dragtocreatetheendpatternmemberandcreatethepattern.
8. PressTabtochangethecount,length,andpercentfieldstoeditthepatternofpoints.
Allpointsareassociatedwiththeedge,sothatwhentheedgechanges,thepointsalsochangeasshown
intheexamplebelow.

Toeditapattern'sproperties
1. Selectonepatternmembertodisplaythepatterncountanddimensions.
2. Editthepattern'sproperties.
PressTabtoswitchbetweenthefields.
Clickthelockicontolockorunlockavalue.

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3. PressEnter.
Theresultofeditingthecountandspacingisrelativetothememberofthepatternyouselect.


Toquicklyincreaseordecreasethenumberofpatternmembers,pressTabuntilthecountfieldishighlighted,
thenholdtheAltkeywhileyoupresstheupordownarrow.

Tomoveapattern

1. Clickthe Movetool.
2. Selectapatternmembertomovealinearpatternorthepatternaxistomoveacircularorarcpattern.
3. MovethepatternmemberwiththeMovehandle.
Ifyoumoveaninteriormemberofapatternanditisnotanchored,allthepatternmembersmove:


Ifyoumoveamemberatoneendofapattern,thememberattheoppositeendisanchoredandthe
patternisskewed:


Ifyouanchoradifferentmemberthanthememberoppositethedirectionyouaremoving,Moveskews
thepattern.
Ifyouhavealinearpatterninaradialdirectionandyoumoveaninteriormemberwithoutsettingan
anchor,thentheentirepatternshiftsintheselecteddirection.

Tomovearadialpatterninalineardirection

1. Clickthe Movetool.
2. RightclickapatternmemberandclickSelect>AllPatternMembers.
3. SelecttheDirectiontoolguide.
4. Clickanobjecttosetthedirectionofthemove.
5. Dragthepattern.

Toadjustpatterndistanceorspacing

1. Click Selector MoveintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.


2. Selectapatternmember.
Thismemberwillserveastheanchor,andotherpatternmemberswillmoverelativetothismember.
3. PressTabuntilthefieldyouwanttochangeishighlighted:

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Distance:Thisfieldistheoveralldistanceofthepattern.Thepatternmemberyouselectisanchored,
andthelengthwillchangerelativetothismember.Thearrowsindicatethedirectionofchange.You
canseethisfieldatthetopoftheimagebelow.
Spacing:Thisfieldisthespacingbetweenpatternmembers.Thisfieldhasarrowsinbothdirections
andislocatedbetweentwopatternmembers.Thefieldishighlightedinblueintheimagebelow.
Radialpatterns:Ifyouselectamemberofaradialpattern,youcanchangetheanglebetweenpattern
membersandthedistancefromthepatternmemberstothecenterofthepattern.
4. TypeanewdistanceorangleandpressEnter.
Thespacingbetweenallpatternmemberswillchange.


Toremoveapatternmemberfromthepattern
RightclickthefaceofthepatternmemberandselectUnpatternMember.Doingthismakesthemember
independent,sochangestothefeaturewon'tpropagatetothepattern.

Tocreateapatterngroup
1. SelectapatternorpatternmemberintheDesignwindow.
2. ClicktheGroupstabintheStructurepanel.
3. ClickCreateGroup.
Agroupiscreatedthatdisplaysthenumberofmembersinthepattern.Youcanclickonthisgroupto
selectthepatternandchangeitsparametersintheDesignwindow.

Toassemblecomponentsonapattern
Youcanassembleacomponentwithapatternmember,thenpropagatethecomponenttoallofthepattern
members.Thecomponentwillbecopiedandassembledtoeachpatternmember.
1. AssembleacomponenttosomegeometrythatisapatternmemberusingtheAlign,Tangent,orOrient
tools.
2. RightclickthecomponentandselectUpdateComponentsonPattern.
Thecomponentswillbepropagatedtothepattern,asshownbelow.


Tocreateapatternalongatrajectory

1. Click Movetool.
2. Selecttheobjectyouwanttopattern.
3. ClicktheMoveAlongTrajectorytoolguideandselectthecurvetouseasatrajectory.

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YoucanalsoholdAltanddoubleclickthecurve.
4. CheckCreatePatternsintheMoveoptions.
5. Pullthetrajectoryarrow.
6. Releasethemousebuttontodisplaypatterndimensioningoptions,thenentervaluesbytabbingthrough
theoptions.
7. (Optional)CheckMaintainOrientationintheMoveoptionstokeepthepatternedobjectsinthesame
orientationastheoriginalobject.


Patternalongatrajectorywithoutmaintainingorientation.


Patternalongatrajectorywithorientationmaintained.

Examples


Rectangularpattern

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Changingspacingbetweenpatternmemberschangesthepattern'soveralllengthwhenthelengthfieldisn't
locked.


Apatternofsketchobjectsisnolongerapatternwhenyouswitchto3Dmodeandthesketchedobjectsare
convertedtosurfaces.


Sketchcurvepatternscanpropagateintwodimensions.ThepatternabovecontainsthreesquaresintheX
directionandtwosquaresintheYdirection.

Explodinganassembly
1. SelectallthecomponentsintheStructuretreethatarepartoftheassemblyyouwanttoexplode.
2. AnchortheMovehandleononecomponent.
3. SelecttheFulcrumtoolguideandclickanothercomponent.
4. SelectanaxisontheMovehandleanddragtoexplodetheassemblyinthatdirection.

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Pivotingandpullingsolids
YoucanusetheMovetooltopivotorpullasolid.

Topullasolid
1. ClicktheMovetool.
2. Selectthefaceyouwanttomove.
3. UsetheMovehandletomovetheface.
Thesolidisextendedinthedirectionofthemove

Topivotasolid
1. Selectanedgelooponthesolidthatyouwanttopivot.
2. ClickalinearaxisoftheMovehandle.
3. (Optional)ClicktheFulcrumtoolguideandclickanalternateplanetopivotaround.
4. Dragtopivotthesolidaroundaplanedrawnthroughapointoppositetheselectededgelooportopivot
thesolidaroundtheplaneyouselectedwiththeFulcrumtoolguide.
IftheMovetoolcannotmaintainaplanarorcylindricalfacewhilepivoting,itwillcreateablendedface.

MovingwiththeSelecttool
YoucanmovesolidsandsurfaceswiththeSelecttool.

Tomoveasolidorsurface
Youcandoanyofthefollowing:
Selectavertexofasolidorsurface,thendragittomovethesolidorsurface.(Surfacesonthesameplaneare
treatedasasinglesurfaceandmovetogether.)
Alt+clickapoint,thendragthevertextorotateintheplaneofthescreen.

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Alt+clickanedgeortwopoints,thendragthevertextorotatetheobjectaroundtheaxisdefinedbythelineor
points.
Youcanplacethedraggedvertexonaplaneoredgebydragginguntiltheplaneoredgeishighlighted.
YoucannotdragunfoldedsheetmetalpartsintheUnfoldedwindowbydraggingtheirverticeswiththeSelecttool.

Examples


TheblueedgewasselectedusingtheAltkey,thenthegreenvertexwasdraggedinthedirectionofthearrow.The
partpivotsaroundtheblueedge.


Thevertexhighlightedingreenwasdraggeddownuntilthefaceshownontherightwashighlighted.Thetriangular
partmovesdownsothevertexisinthesameplaneastheface.

MovingwiththeFulcrumtoolguide
TheFulcrumtoolguidemovesobjectsaroundapoint,edge,orface.Youcanusethistoolguidetopivotpatterns
orfaces,andtocreateasimpleexplodedassembly.

TomoveobjectswiththeFulcrumtoolguide

1. Click MoveintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selectthepoint(s),edge(s),orface(s)youwanttomove.Youcanselectsurfaces,solids,orcomponentsin
theStructuretree.
Thisobjectwillbehighlightedashadedarkerthanitsnormalcolor.Selectedcomponentswillbe
highlightedwitharedboundingbox.
3. ClicktheFulcrumtoolguideontherightsideoftheDesignwindow.
4. Selectthepoint,edge,orfaceyouwanttouseasthefulcrum.Youcanselectsurfaces,solids,or
componentsintheStructuretree.
Thisobjectwillbehighlightedinblue.
5. DraganarroworradiusontheMovehandletomovetheobject(s).

Examples
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Movinganedgeusinganotheredgeasthefulcrumpoint.


Movingapatternwithonepatternmemberasthefulcrumpoint.Youmustselectallthefacesonthepattern
memberthatyoumove.


Movingcomponentswithafaceofonecomponentasthefulcrumpoint.SelectthecomponentsintheStructure
tree.

Movingprotrusionsanddepressions
YoucanmoveprotrusionsanddepressionswiththeSelecttoolortheMovetool.

Tomoveaprotrusionordepression
1. Selectaprotrusionordepression.
2. Dragtheprotrusionordepression.
Iftwofacesconnectatananglegreaterthan90degrees,youcandragtheprotrusionacrossthetwo
faces,asshownintheimagebelow.

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Fill
UsetheFilltooltofillintheselectedregionwiththesurroundingsurfaceorsolid.Fillcan"heal"manycutsmade
intogeometry,suchaschamfersandrounds,subtractiverevolves,protrusions,depressions,andregionsremoved
byremovingregionsintheCombinetool.TheFilltoolcanalsobeusedtosimplifysurfaceedgesandcapsurfaces
toformsolids.Youcanselectacombinationoffacesandedgestoreplacethemwithasinglenewface.
YoucanusetheFilltoolinSketchmodetofillaloopofsketchcurvesthatisalmostclosed,butthathasmultiple
smallgaps.Ifthegapsaretoolarge,multipleerrormessagesappeartoshowyouwherethegapsare.Youcanalso
useittoconcatenatemultiplesketchedcurves.
YoucanalsousetheFilltoolwheneditingalayout.Fillfunctionalityisusefulwhenyousketchfacesacrosssection
lines,butdonotwantthesectionlinestosplitthesurfaceswhenyouswitchto3D.

UsingtheFilltool
ClickononeofthelinksbelowfordetailedinformationaboutworkingwiththeFilltool:

Sketchandlayoutcurves
Ifyouselectoneormoreendpointsofsketchcurves,thecurvesareconcatenatedintoasinglespline.Neighboring
sketchcurvesaremergedintooneselectableitemwithanunderlyingspline.Thesplineisnotdisplayeduntilthe
concatenatedcurveismodified:


Let'slookatthefollowingsketchcurves:


Oneoftherectanglesisn'tclosed.Ifwefillthisrectangle,theloopisautomaticallyclosedanditbecomesa
surface:


ThegapinthisloopissmallenoughfortheFilltooltoautomaticallyclose.Largergapswillnotbeclosed.Ifagapis
lessthan1.5timesthelengthoftheminorgridspacingonthesketchgrid,theedgesareextendedtoclosethe
gap.Ifthegapislarger,amessageappearsinthestatusbarandthegap'sendpointsflash.

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TheFilltoolalsocreatedsurfacesfromtheotherclosedloopsofsketchcurves.Thedarkershadedareasinthe
imageaboveshowwherethesurfacepartsoverlap.Ifwemovetherectangle,wecanseethesurfacethatwas
createdautomatically:


Theresultonlyhasedgesforthesketchcurvesthatwedidnotselect,becausetheselectedcurveswereusedto
createaseparatesurface.
Nowlet'sgobackandclosetheopenrectangle,andlettheFilltoolautomaticallycreatesurfaceswithoutselecting
anyedges:


Thissurfacehasedgesforeveryclosedsketchcurve.Thesamethingautomaticallyhappensifwegofromsketch
modeto3Dmode.
Ifweselectallthesketchcurves,thenclickFill,wegetasurfacewithoutanyinterioredges:


Youcanalsofilllayoutandsketchloops:


Andaloopofnontangent3Dcurves:

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Vertices
Youcanselectanynumberofedgepointsinanyorder.Eachedgepointisremovedandasplineiscreatedtomake
asmoothcurvaturechangebetweentheneighboringedgestothepoint:


IfyouFillavertexonasolid,thesystemattemptstomergecoincidentedgesintoasingleedge:


Edgesonsurfaces
Ifyouselectonesurfaceedgeintheshapeofasplineorarc,theedgeissimplifiedintoastraightline:


Ifyouselecttwoormoreedgesofasurface,theedgesaresimplifiedwithastraightedgebetweentheendpoints:


Ifyouselectanedgethatiscompletelywithinasurface,theedgeisremoved:


Ifyouselectalltheedgesthatencloseasurface,thesurfaceissimplifiedintoarectanglebasedonitsextents:

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Ifyouselectasingleedgethatliesonananalyticsurface,Fillwillsimplifyitwiththeneighboringedges:


Youcanfillirregulargapsonacircularsurface,andthegapissimplifiedintoastraightedge.UseFillagainonthe
straightedge,andtheedgebecomesround:


Chamfersonsurfaces
SelectachamferonasurfaceandthenusetheFilltooltofillthechamfer.


Edgesonmorethanoneface
Ifyouselectachainofopen,planarsurfaceedges,Fillcreatesfacesbasedontheedgesyouselect:


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Ifyouselectanopenedgeloopthatbelongstomultiplefaces,Fillattemptstocapitwithananalyticsurface
(cylinder,cone,etc.):


Ifyouselectaseriesofplanaredges,youwillgetaplanarface:


Ifyouselectaseriesofsurfaceedgesthatarenotplanar,FillextendsneighboringfacesifthePatchBlendoptionis
off:


IfthePatchBlendoptionisturnedon,


IfyouselectanedgeloopandAlt+clicktoselectneighboringfaces,thenewfacewillbetangenttoanyfacesyou
usedAlt+clicktoselect:

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Youcanalsoextendneighboringfacestofillslivergaps(doubleclicktogetloop):


Ifyouselectopenedgesofaselfintersectingsurface,Filltriestoformasolidandremoveexcess(alsoworksin
combine):


IfyouselectanedgeloopandusethePatchblendandTangentextensionoptions:


Whenyoufillaloopofedges,youcanuseAltandselectcurvesandthenewface(s)willpassthroughthecurves:


Ifyouselectanedgeloopandguidecurves,withorwithouttheTangentextensionoption(whichappliestoareas
notinfluencedbyguidecurves):

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Ifyouselectanimprintededgeonthefaceofasurfaceorsolid,theimprintededgeisremoved.Thisworksthe
sameasdelete:


Ifyouselectlaminaredge(s)ofasolidorsurface,Fillsimplifiestheedgesbyreplacingthemwithasingleedgewith
thesamegeometry:


Solids
Ifyouselectfaces,Filldeletesthemandextendsneighboringfaces:


Ifyouselectachamferorround,Fillremovesthemandaddsthemtoanamedgroup:


Ifyouselectroundswithneighboringrounds,Fillcreatesplanarcaps(becauseroundsshouldnotbeextendedby
definition):

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Ifyouselectroundsonshelledparts,bothfacesoftheshellarefilled:


IfyouselectjointedgescreatedinSheetMetal,thejointsareremoved:


Ifyouselecttwoimprintededges,asshownbelow,theyarecombinedintooneedge:


Facesandedgesorsketchcurves
Withatleastonefaceselectedandatleastoneedgeorsketchcurveselected,Fillwillremovetheselectedfaces
andcreateasinglenewfaceusingtheremovedfacesandtheselectededgesasinputs:

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Ifyouselecttwofacesorsurfacesthatdon'ttouch,youcanreplacethemwithasingleface.Youmustdoubleclick
toselectthegapbetweenthefaces:


Anycombinationofsketchcurves,layoutcurves,surfaceedges,andsolidedges
Whenyouselectanycombinationofsketchcurves,layoutcurves,surfaceedges,andsolidedgesthatlieinthe
sameplaneandformaclosedloop,Fillcreatesaplanarsurface:


Tofillaregion
1. Selecttheedgesthatdefineasurfaceregion,orthefacesthatdefinearegionwithinoronasolid.
YoucanselectanobjectintheStructuretreetosimplifyit.
YoucanselectfacesandtheFilltoolwillautomaticallycreateapatchifyoualsoselectatleastoneedge.

2. ClicktheFilltool orpressF.

Tofillsketchorlayoutlines
1. Selectaclosedoralmostclosedloopofsketchlines.

2. ClicktheFilltool orpressF.
Ifagapis1.5timesthelengthoftheminorgridspacingonthesketchgridorless,theedgesareextended
toclosethegap.Ifthegapislarger,amessageappearsinthestatusbarandthegap'sendpointsflash.
Themodeisswitchedto3Dmode,andthefilledloopbecomesasurface.
Youcanselectthefaceofasolidwhenonlytheedgeisdisplayed(suchasinadrawingsheetview)using
thescrollwheel.Theedgebecomesaslightlythickerlinewhenthefaceishighlighted.Ifyoufilllinesina
layout,youcanthenpullthesurfaceinto3Dfromthelayout,butremainineditlayoutmodeafterthis
action.
Youcanfilllinesandedgeswhetherornotthesketchedlinesyouwanttofillweresketchedinthesame
planeastheedges.(Ifthelinesareimprintedonafaceandbecomeedges,fillingthoseedgesdeletes
them.)


ClicktheFilltoolinSketchmodetofillanyclosedoralmostclosedloopsandswitchto3Dmode.

Toolguides
WithintheFilltool,thereareseveraltoolguidesthatletyouspecifythebehavioroftheFilltool:
TheSelecttoolguideisactivebydefault.Whenthistoolguideisactive,youcanselectedgesandfacestobe

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filled.Youcanclickanedgelooporuseboxselecttoselectmultipleobjects.
TheSelectGuideCurvestoolguideallowsyoutoselectaguidecurve.


TheCompletetoolguidegeneratesthefilledface.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheOptionspanel:
Patchblend:Selectthisoptiontousetheinitialtangencyoftheneighboringfacestofilltheselectededgeswith
apatchblend.Thisoptionblendsallthefacesintoasmooth,singlefacepatch,insteadofextendingthefaces
that"own"theedgeuntiltheyintersect.Alt+clickthepointsthatyouwanttoblendthrough.Thisoptionis
automaticallyselectedwhenyouholdtheAltkeyorusetheSelectGuideCurvestoolguidetoselectareference
curve.
ThetangencyofneighboringfacesisignoredunlessyouholdAltorclicktheSelectGuideCurvestoolguideand
selectthem.
Showdeviation:ShowsadeviationanalysisofthesurfaceorfaceyoucreatedwiththePatchblendoption.The
newfaceistemporarilycoloredtoindicatethedistancefrompointsonitssurfacetothefacesitwascreated
from.UsetheColorandScalecontrolstochangehowtheanalysisisdisplayed.

Examples


Simplifyingedges


Simplifyingedgesacrossmultiplefaces


Fillingwithstraightandcurvededges

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Fillingwithcurvededgesasguides


Cappingasurface


Cappingasurfacethatcrossesmultipleedges

Selectinginternaledgestokeep Selectinglinestosimplifyasurface
themafterfilling. byfilling.Internaledgesare
removed.


Fillingedgestoformasolid

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Patchblendwithandwithouttangentextension.TheTangentextensionoptionisselectontheleft,andnot
selectedontheright.

Removingrounds
YoucanusetheFilltooltoremoveandcaproundfaces.Youmightwanttodothisifyouaretryingtomovea
protrusionsurroundedbyroundfacesanditcannotbemovedbecausetheroundscreateimpossiblegeometry.

Tofillaroundorchamfer
1. Selecttheroundorchamfer.

2. ClicktheFilltool orpressFtofilltheroundandcreatecapsifnecessary.
ARoundGroupiscreatedintheGroupspaneleachtimeyoufillaround.
(YoucanfillanyroundcreatedinSpaceClaim,evenaroundthatremovestheunderlyingface,untilthe
roundischangedbysomeotheraction.)

Toremovearoundface
1. Selecttheroundface.

2. ClicktheFilltool orpressF.
Ifremovingafacemakesaninvalidsolid,thesolidisconvertedtoasurface.
Ifaroundfaceisdifficulttoremove,tryAlt+clickingitwiththeFilltool,orusingtheReplacetool.

Cappingmultipleroundfaces
WhenmultipleselectedroundfacesareremovedbytheFilltool,theyareremovedinaspecificordersothatthey
canberestoredbyrightclickingandselectingReattachRoundsforeachgroup,inreverseorder.
UsuallyyoucanjustselectalltheroundfacesandclicktheFilltooltoremoveandcapthemall.However,
sometimesthisisnotpossible.Inthatcase,selectoneroundandfillit.Ifthatworks,undoandselectthatround
andthenext.Undo.Continueaddingroundstoyourselectionandtryingtofillthemuntilthefillfails.Nowyou
haveidentifiedoneoftheroundsthatiscausingtheproblem.Next,fillalltheroundsthatfilledsuccessfully.
Finally,repeatthisprocessintheotherdirectionoftheroundtangentchain.Onceyouhavefilledalltherounds
exceptfortheoneortwocausingtheproblem,selecttheonecausingtheproblemanditstwoneighbors.Then
clickFill.Thisprocessallowsmoreoptionsfortheextensionofneighboringedgestointersectandcaptheround.
Ifyouareexperiencingdifficultyfillingachainofroundfaces,firstsplittheroundfaces,thenfillthenewlycreated
faces.Thenfilltheremainingroundfaces.

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Examples


Adifficulttoremoveroundreplacedbeforeremoving


Fillingacornerroundthatwascreatedasasurfacesurfaceroundinanimporteddesign


Abouttofillimportedgeometryboundedbysurfacerounds


Fillingaroundededgechaintheoriginalchaintobefilled,chainaftersplittingroundfaces,andfilledchain

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Ifaroundcannotberemoved,a"stopface"isaddedandroundremovalisdiscontinued(Astopfaceisacapor
ventface.)


Youcanfillachainofroundfaceswhenonlyoneendoftheroundchainhasastopface.

Replacingfaces
Usethe ReplacetoolintheEditribbongroupontheDesigntabtoreplaceonefacewithanother.Youcan
replacemultiplefaceswithasingleface,replaceasinglefacewithmultiplefaces,orreplacemultiplefaceswith
multipleotherfaces.
TheReplacetoolalsoletsyoumanuallysimplifyoraligncomplexfacesandcurvesintoplanes,cones,and
cylinders.(Ifyouwanttoautomatethisprocess,usetheSimplifytoolintheAdjustgroupontheRepairtabto
automaticallyfindproblemareas.)

Toreplaceaface


1. Clickthe ReplacetoolintheEditribbongroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selectthefaceyouwanttoreplace(thatis,thetarget).
3. Selecttheface,surface,orplaneyouwanttousetoreplacethetargetface(thatis,thesource).
YoucanselectsourcesintheDesignwindoworintheStructuretree.

Doitfaster
1. ClickthetargetfaceandAlt+clickthesourceface,surface,orplanewiththeSelecttool.
2. ClicktheReplacetooltoreplacethetargetfacewiththesourceface.

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Toreplacemultipletargets
1. ClicktheReplacetool.
2. ClicktheTargettoolguidetomakeitsticky,thenclickeachtargetface.
Youcanalsouseanymultiplefaceselectionmethod.
3. Selectthesourceface,surface,orplane.
YoucanselectasourceintheDesignwindoworintheStructuretree.

Toreplaceatargetwithmultiplesources
1. ClicktheReplacetool.
2. Selectthetargetface.
3. ClicktheSourcetoolguidetomakeitsticky,thenclickeachsourceface,surface,orplane.
YoucanselectsourcesintheDesignwindoworintheStructuretreeandcanalsouseanymultipleface
selectionmethod.
4. ClicktheCompletetoolguideorpressEntertoreplacethetarget.

Toreplacemultipletargetswithmultiplesources
1. ClicktheReplacetool.
2. ClicktheTargettoolguide,thenclickeachtargetface.
Youcanalsouseanymultiplefaceselectionmethod.
3. ClicktheSourcetoolguidetwicetomakeitsticky,thenclickeachsourceface,surface,orplane.
YoucanselectsourcesintheDesignwindoworintheStructuretreeandcanalsouseanymultipleface
selectionmethod.
4. ClicktheCompletetoolguideorpressEntertoreplacethetargets.

Examples

Replacingatargetsplitfacewitha
sourcesurface

Replacingmultipletargetfaces(the
protrusion)withasinglesource
face(thesurface)

Replacingmultipletargetfaces(in
thedepression)withmultiple
sourcefaces(onthesurface)

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Toalignorsimplifyfaces


1. ClicktheReplacetool.
2. ClicktheTargettoolguide,thenclickeachfacethatyouwanttoalignorsimplify.
Youcanalsouseanymultiplefaceselectionmethod.
Iftheselectedfacesarecandidatesforalignmentorsimplification,theyarehighlightedinred.Facescan
bealignedorsimplifiedbytheReplacetooliftheyarewithinSpaceClaimsalignmentorsimplification
toleranceof0.0001m.
3. ClicktheCompletetoolguideorpresstheEnterkeytoalignorsimplifythehighlightedfaces.

Tosimplifycurves
1. ClicktheReplacetool.
2. Ctrl+clickeachcurvethatyouwanttosimplify.
Iftheselectedcurvesarecandidatesforalignmentorsimplification,theyarehighlightedinred.
3. ClicktheCompletetoolguideorpresstheEnterkeytoalignorsimplifythehighlightedcurves.

Examples
Almostplanarfaces
highlightedforalignment

Faceshighlightedfor
simplification

Toolguides


SelecttargetfacesusingthestickyTargettoolguide.

Selectsourcefaces,surfaces,orplanesusingthestickySourcetoolguide.


ClicktheCompletetoolguidetoreplacethetargetfacewiththesourceface,ortosimplifyoralignthetarget
face.

Tweakingaface
YoucaneditanyfaceorsurfacewithTweakFacetochangeitssurfacegeometry.Thistoolisavailablein3Dmode
andindrawings.

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Thedegree(orcomplexity)ofaprimitivefaceisautomaticallyincreasedwhenyouedititwiththeTweakFaces
tool.Thismakestheeditingprocesssmoothandseamless,socurvesaresmoothwhenyouaddthem.
Surfacesarecheckedforselfintersectionwhenyoumodifythesurfaceusingitscontrolpoints.Youwillreceivean
errormessageifachangewouldcreateaselfintersectingsurface.
IfyousaveaselectionintheSelectionpanelanditincludescontrolpoints,theFaceEdittabwillautomatically
openwhenyouloadthatselection.


Totweakaface

1. Click TweakFaceintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
TheFaceEdittabappearsintheribbonbar.
2. Selectaneditingmethod:
ControlPointstoexposethecontrolpointsforthefaceorsurfacesoyoucanmovethem.
ControlCurvestoexposethecontrolcurvesforthefaceorsurfacesoyoucanmovethem.
BlendCurvestoeditfacesorsurfacesthatcanberecreatedasablend.
SweepCurvestoeditfacesorsurfacescreatedwithsweep.
3. Selectacontrolpointorcurveontheface.
HoldCtrlordrawaboxtoselectmultiplepointsorcurves.
4. (Optional)UsethecontrolsintheSelectgrouptoexpandorcontractyourselection:
TheUdirectionisindicatedbybluelinesintheDesignwindow,andtheVdirectionisindicatedbyred
lines.
Click or toexpandtheselectionsoitincludesallpointsintheU(blue)orV(red)direction.
Click or toexpandtheselectionsoitincludesthenextpointintheU(blue)orV(red)direction.
Click or toreducetheselectionbyonepointintheU(blue)orV(red)direction.
5. Selectatooltoeditthefaceorsurface:
AddControlCurve
Move
Scale
OranyothertoolontheDesigntab.
6. (Optional)SelectTweakfacedisplayoptions.
7. ClickCloseSurfaceToolstoclosethetabandendyoureditingsession.

Tomodifyacontrolcurvebycreatingagroup
Youcanmodifyacontrolcurvebycreatingagroup.Thegroupyoucreatewilldisplayarulerdimensionthatyou
canedittomodifyyourcurve.

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Tweakfaceeditingmethods
Youcanthinkoftheeditingmethodsasmodes.Differentcontrolsaredisplayedforeachmethod,andthese
controlsallowyoutoadjustthefaceorsurfacedifferently.
Youcanchoosefromthefollowingmethods:
Controlpoints
Usethismethodwhenyouwanttochangeafacebymovingitscontrolpoints.


Controlcurves
Usethismethodwhenyouwanttochangeafacebychangingitscontrolcurves.


Blendcurves
Usethismethodwhenyouwanttochangeafacebychangingitsblendcurves.

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Sweepcurves
Usethismethodwhenyouareeditingafaceorsurfacecreatedbysweepingandyouwanttochangeafaceby
changingitssweepcurves.Thesweepcurvesareshowninblueandthesurfacethatwassweptisshowninred.
Youcanusethesecurvestomakenewsweepfaces,andthenmanuallyswapoutthenewfacesfortheold,but
theycan'tbeusedtochangetheoriginalsweptsolid.

Addacontrolcurve
Youcanaddcontrolcurvestoafaceorsurfacewhenanyeditingmethodisactive.

Toaddacontrolcurve

1. Click AddControlCurveintheEditgroupontheFaceEdittab.
TheTweakFacetoolmustbeactiveforthistabtobevisible.
2. Clickthepointonthefaceorsurfacewhereyouwanttoaddthecontrolcurve.
Youcanusetemporarygeometrytohelpyoufindthepointwhereyouwanttoaddacontrolcurve.

Tweakfacedisplayoptions
Thesedisplaymodescanhelpyouseethecontoursofafaceorsurface.
Griddisplaysagridonyourfaceorsurface.ThisissimilartotheGridtoolontheMeasuretab.
Curvaturedisplaysagradientonyourfaceorsurface.Thecurvaturewiththelargestradiusisshowninthe
maximumcolor.Thecurvaturewiththesmallestradius,ornoradius,isshownintheminimumcolor.Thisis
similartotheCurvaturetoolontheMeasuretab.
Porcupinedisplaysafringegraphonyourfaceorsurface.Thisdisplayshowsyouthetangencyofyoursurface
atmultiplepoints.
ShowOffFaceControlPointsdisplaysallcontrolpoints.Ifthisoptionisnotselected,youwon'tseecontrol
pointsthatdon'taffectthesurface.
ShowPeriodicSeamsdisplaysthebeginningseamofthesurfacewhenyouareeditingperiodicfaces(cylinders,
cones,andotherrevolvedsurfaces).Thismayhelpyouseeofthecharacteristicsorbehaviorofsomeperiodic
facesasyouedit.

Toshowagridonyourfaceorsurface
1. SelectGridintheShowsectionontheFaceEdittab.
2. (Optional)ChangetheColorandScaleofthegrid.

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Toshowcurvatureonyourfaceorsurface
1. SelectCurvatureintheShowsectionontheFaceEdittab.
2. (Optional)ChangetheshadingcolorsunderCurvatureintheribbongroup.
Themaximumcolorisontheleftandtheminimumcolorisontheright.

Toshowafringegraphonyourfaceorsurface
1. SelectPorcupineintheShowsectionontheFaceEdittab.
2. (Optional)AdjusttheDensitytochangethenumberoffringesdisplayedalongthecurve.
3. (Optional)AdjusttheScaletochangethelengthofthefringesrelativetotheamountofcurvature.

Inserting
TheInserttoolsallowyoutoinsertcomponents,images,planes,axes,origins,cylinders,andspheres,andcreate
relationshipsbetweenthesolidsandsurfacesinyourdesign.

Insertribbongroup
TheInsertribbongroupcontainsthefollowingtools:
UsetheFiletooltoinsertacomponentoranimageintoyourdesign.


UsethePlanetooltoinsertaplaneintoyourdesign.
UsetheAxistooltoinsertanaxisintoyourdesign.

UsetheOrigintooltoinsertanaxisintoyourdesignatthelocationoftheMovehandle.


UsetheCylindertooltoquicklycreateacylinder.


UsetheSpheretooltoquicklycreateasphere.


UsetheShelltooltoconvertasolidtoashell.


UsetheOffsettoolcreateanoffsetrelationshipbetweenfacesinyourdesign.


UsetheMirrortooltodesignateafaceorplaneasamirror.

Insertinganotherdesign
YoucaninsertanotherdesigncreatedinSpaceClaimoranotherapplicationasacomponentofyourdesign.The
designisinsertedasanexternalcomponent,linkedtotheexternalfile.Youcanmakethiscomponentinternalto
yourowndesign.Lightweightcomponentsaredisplayedwithsolidedgesandtransparentfacesuntilyourightclick
thecomponentandselectLoadcomponentfromthecontextmenu.
Youcanalsoinsertanimagefileoravideofile.

Toinsertanotherdesignasacomponent
DraganddropafilefromoutsideSpaceClaimintotheDesignwindow,orfollowthestepsbelow.

1. Click FileintheInsertgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Navigatetoandselectthedesignyouwanttoincludeasacomponent,thenclickOpenontheOpen
Designwindow.YoucanselectmorethanoneSpaceClaimdocument,andtheywillbeinsertedas
components.
YoucanselectfromtheFilesoftypedropdownmenutofilterthefileslist.

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Progressisdisplayedonthestatusbaruntilthedesignisinsertedasanexternalcomponent.Youcan
insertmultiplecopiesofthesamecomponent.Modifyingoneofthesecomponentswillmodifyevery
copyunlessyoumaketheminternaltoyourdesign.
Ifthedesignconsistsofmultiplefilesandsomefilescan'tbefound,youwillgettheMissingFilesdialog
whichallowsyoutobrowsetolocatethesefiles.

Makeanexternalcomponentinternaltoyourdesign
1. RightclicktheexternalcomponentintheStructuretree.
2. SelectUseInternalCopyfromthecontextmenu.
Ifyourdesignincludesmultiplecopiesofanexternalcomponent,makingoneoftheminternaldoesnot
affecttheothercopies.Makinganothercopyofthesameexternalcomponentinternalcreatesasecond
instanceofthesameinternalcomponent.

DownloadingTraceParts
SpaceClaimconnectsyoudirectlytotheTracePartsWeb,whereyoucanchoosefrommillionsofmodeled
parts.ThisserviceisfreeofchargewithavalidSpaceClaimlicense.


TodownloadapartfromtheTracePartsWeb

1. SelectTracePartsWebfromthe FiletoolintheInsertgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selectapartfromthecategoriesontheleftsideofthewebpage.
Atechnicaldrawingisdisplayedalongwithadescription,PDFdocumentation,andavailablepartsizes.
3. Selectthepartyouwanttodownload,thenchooseaCADformat(2DAutoCAD,3DAcis6.3,or3D
SpaceClaim)andclickAddtoCaddy.
TracePartsdirectsyoutoapagewithyourcaddydisplayedatthetopofthepage.
4. (Optional)Select"versionforCADdirectexport"or2009+.
5. Whenthepartbecomesavailableinthecaddy,clickDownload.

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6. ChooseanoptionforopeningorsavingthezipfileandclickOK.
Thezipfiledownloadstoyourmachine.Unzipthefiletoextractanscdocandatextfileofthepart.You
canthenopenthepartinSpaceClaim.

Insertinganimage
Youcaninsertanimageintoyourdesignorontoadrawingsheet.Insertedimagesandtheirtransparencycolors,
aspectratio,andplacementinformationaresavedwiththedesign.
Afteryouinsertanimage,youcanselecttheimagetodisplaycontrolhandlesforimageediting.Thecontrol
handleshighlightwhenmousedoverandselected.IfShowcursorarrowsisselectedinSpaceClaimPopular
Options,arrowsalsoappearnexttoyourcursorthatindicatethedirectionsinwhichyoucanmoveyourmouseto
manipulatetheimage.
Whenplacingtheimage,allthenormalorientationshortcutswork,aswellasCtrl+Altdraggingthemiddlemouse
buttontoscale/zoomtheimageitself.Thiskeyboardshortcutprovidesanwaytoquicklyscaletheimagetothe
sizeoftheface.


WhenyouinsertanimagewiththeFiletoolandwrapitontoafacewiththePlaceWrappedImagetoolguide:
YoucanselectLocationandSizeorLocationandSizefromtheLockpropertytopreventchangestothesizeand
locationofanimagewrappedtoaface.
Youcanselectbothinsertedandwrappedimages.
Onceyouselectawrappedimage,youcandragitaroundthefaceitiswrappedonto,resizeit,androtateit
withtheimagecontrolhandles.
Multipleimagescanbewrappedontothesamefaceorsurface.
Imageswrappedontoafaceorsurfacemovewiththefaceorsurface.

Toinsertanimage
1. SelectFilefromtheInsertribbongroup.
2. SelecttheBMP,GIF,JPG,PNG,orTIFimagefileyouwanttoinsertandclickOpen.
YoucanselectImagefilesfromtheFilesoftypedropdownmenutofilterthefileslist.
3. (Optional)ZoomtheimageinoroutbyCtrl+Alt+draggingwiththemiddlemousebutton.
4. Mouseoverthedesigntoaligntheimagewiththehighlightedobject.
Foracurvedsurface,selectthePlaceWrappedImagetoolguideifyouwanttheimagetoflowoverits
surface.Otherwise,theimagewillbeplacedtangenttothecurve.
5. Clickonthefacethatdefinestheplaneonwhichyouwanttoinserttheimage.Youcanplaceanimageon
adatumplane.

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Th
heimageappe
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ucturetree.Theeimagesnameisbasedontthefilenameffromwhichthee
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magewascreatted.RemovinggoralteringtheeimageinSpaceClaimdoesn
notaffecttheooriginalfile.

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animage
Selecttheimageanddraagthecontrolh
handles.
HoldtheShiftkeytomaiintaintheaspeectratiowhileresizing.HoldtheAltkeytoscaletheimaggearoundtheccenter
handle.
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Propertiespanel.

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opoftheimageetorotatetheeimage.
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mageedgetochangethecenterofrotation
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mage.
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Tolockanimage
SettheLocckpropertytoYes.

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Theimagecannotbeeditedwhileitislocked.SetLockpropertytoNotounlock.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:
PlacePlanarImagepositionstheimageonaplane.

PlaceWrappedImagewrapsanimageontoacurvedsurface.

Insertingavideo
YoucaninsertWMVandAVIvideofilesinyourdesign.Videoscanbeinsertedoncurvedorplanarfaces,andcan
beplayedfromwithinSpaceClaim.
VideosareaddedtotheStructuretree.Ifyouplaceavideoonafaceorsurface,youwillstillseethevideoifyou
hidethefaceorsurface.


Toinsertavideo

1. Click FileintheInsertgroupontheDesigntab.
2. SelectVideofilesforthefiletype.
3. SelectthevideofileandclickOpen.
4. Positionthevideo:
SelectthePlacePlanarImagetoolguidetoputthevideoonaplanarfaceoraplane.
SelectthePlaceWrappedImagetoolguidetoputthevideoonacurvedface.

Toresizeorrepositionavideo

1. Clickthe SelecttoolorpresstheSkey.
2. SelectthevideointheDesignwindoworStructuretree.
3. Resizeorrepositionthevideo:
Usetheblueknobstoresizethevideo.
Usethegreenknobtorotatethevideo.
Dragthevideotomoveit.
Tocopyandpasteavideo,seeCutting,copying,andpasting.

Toplayavideo

1. Clickthe SelecttoolorpresstheSkey.

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2. RiightclickthevvideointheDesignwindowaandselectthep
playbackoptio
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Playtoplaytthevideooncee.
Looptoplaythevideoindeefinitely.
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trransparency.

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PlacePlanarIImageposition
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psanvideoonttoacurvedsurrface.

Insertingaaplane
Youcandeefineaplanebyselectingvarriousfaces,edgges,axes,orlin
nesinyourdessign.Youcanselectany
combinatioonofcoplanaraxes,curves,eedges,andcoo ordinateaxes.Theplanewillextendasmallamountbeyo ond
theedgesofthefacetom
makeiteasiertoworkwith.Theplanewillmaintainthismarginaround dalltheobjecttsin
yourdesign,extendingandtrimmingittselfasyouadd d,remove,orm movesolidswiithinyourdesiggn.
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designtosshowonlytheggeometrybehiindtheplane.

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aplane
1. Cllick PlaneiintheInsertgrroupontheDeesigntab.
2. Seelectoneofthefollowing:

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electa: Toinserttaplane:
Pllanarface Thatconttainstheface
Pllanarfaceandpoint Throughthepointandparalleltotheface
Pllanarfaceandedge Throughtheedgeandp
perpendiculartotheface(ussefulwhencreatingasweep
path)
Tw
woparallelplanarfaces Atthemiidpointbetweeenthetwofaces
Axxialorcylindriccalface Tangentttothefaceatttheselectionp
point
Twwoaxialfacesw
withparallel Tangentttobothfacesaascloseaspossibletotheselectionpoints
axxes
Pllanaredges Thatconttainstheedges
Axxis Thatconttainstheaxis
Tw
woaxes Thatconttainstheaxes

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Twooriginaxes Thatcontainstheaxes
Axis(orline)andonepoint Thatcontainstheaxis(orline)andthepoint
Endpointofanyline Throughtheendpointandnormaltothelineattheendpoint
Controlpointofaspline Throughtheselectedpointandperpendiculartotheplanethatcontainsthe
spline
Threepoints Thatcontainsthosethreepoints
Linesketchedonaplane Throughthelineandnormaltotheplane
Lineandpointontheline Throughthelineandthepoint
Twoplanarlines Thatcontainsthosetwolines
3. (Optional)ClicktheBuildPlanetoolguidetoselectreferenceobjects,thenselectatemporary(dotted)
planetocreatetheonethatyouwantfromthepossibleplanes.SeeInsertingtemporarypoints,axes,
andplanesfordetailedinformationaboutcreatingtemporaryplanes.


4. Anerrormessageisdisplayedinthestatusbarifyourselectiondoesnotdefineaplane.

Toinsertaplanetangenttoacylinderandparalleltoaplane
Selectaplane,Ctrl+clickacylinder,thenclickthePlanetool.

Toinsertaplanetangenttoacylinderandperpendiculartoaplane
Selectacylinder,Ctrl+clickaplane,thenclickthePlanetool.

Toinsertaplanethroughthemidpointbetweentwopoints
1. SelectthePlanetool.
2. In3DmodeorSectionmode,Alt+Shift+clicktwopointstocreateatemporaryplanethatincludesthe
midpoint.
3. Clickthetemporaryplane.

Toclipyourdesignwithaplane
RightclickaplaneandselectClipwithPlane.Torestoretheviewofyourdesign,rightclicktheplaneandselect
ClipwithPlaneagain.
Planes,axes,andannotationsarenotclipped.

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Examples


ndtheaxisofaacoordinateob
Anedgean bjectselectedtocreateaplaane.

Insertingaanaxis
Youcanexxtendanyaxisinyourdesigntomakeitavaailableforrevoolvesorrotatio
ons.Theaxiswillextendasm
mall
amountbeeyondtheedge eofthespacecontainingyou urdesign.Itwillmaintainthissmarginexten
ndingandtrimm ming
itasyouad
dd,remove,orrmoveobjectssinyourdesignn.Axesarenottlinkedtothegeometryused dtocreatetheem
(unlesstheeyareanexten
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mustbeexpliciitlyselectedto
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anaxis
1. Cllick AxisintheInsertgro
oupontheDesigntab.
2. Seelectoneofthefollowing:

Se
elect: Toinsertanaxis:
Axxialface Thatconttainstheface'ssaxis
Tw
wo,nonparallelplanarfacess Attheintersectionofth
hetheoreticalp
planescontainingthetwo
faces
Linearedge Thatconttainstheedge
Cyylinderandtan
ngentplane Attheintersectionofth
hecylinderand
dplane
Line Thatconttainstheline
Originaxis Alongtheeorigin'saxis
Ciircleorarc Thatconttainsthecenterpointandisn
normaltotheline
Po
ointandaplan
ne Throughtthepointandn
normal(perpen
ndicular)totheplane
Tw
wopoints Throughb
bothpoints
Th
hreeaxes Atthepointwhereacylinder'saxiswo
ouldbepositio
onedbetween
thethreeaxes
3. (O
Optional)ClicktheBuildLinetoolguidetosselectreferencceobjects,thenselectatemporary(dotted
d)line
to
ocreatetheonnethatyouwantfromthepo ossibleaxes.SeeeInsertingtemporarypointts,axes,andpplanes
fo
ordetailedinfo
ormationaboutcreatingtemporarylines.

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Toinserta
anaxisthrough
hthemidpoin
ntbetweentwo
opoints

1. Cllick intheEditgroupontheDesigntab
b.
2. HoldAlt+Shiftandselecttwopointstocreattetwotemporaryaxesthatccrossatthemid
dpoint.
3. Cllickthetemporaryaxis.
4. Cllick AxisintheInsertgrou
upontheDesigntab.

Examples


Creatingan
naxisbyselecttingtheaxeso
ofthreecylindeers

Insertingaanorigin
Youcaninssertanoriginaatanylocation nwhereyoucaananchortheMovetool.You
ninyourdesign ucananchoraaruler
toanorigin
n,andsnaptooriginswhileinSketchmodee.Thisallowsyyoutodimensiionfromanoriginandquickly
movethessketchgridtoaanorigin.Youcanalsoinserttanoriginatasolid'scenterofmassorvolume.


Toinserta
anorigin

1. CllickMove intheEditgrroupontheDeesigntab.
2. Po
ositiontheMo
ovehandlewheereyouwanttheorigintoap
ppear.
3. SeelecttheOrigin
ntool intheInsertribbonggroup.toinserrtanorigin.
Th
heoriginappearsintheDesignwindowandintheStructuretree.

Toinserta
anoriginattheemidpointbeetweentwopo
oints
1. SeelecttheMove
etool.
2. wopointstocreateatemporarypointatth
Alt+Shift+clicktw hemidpoint.
3. Cllickthetemporarypointtop
placetheMoveehandlethere..
4. SeelecttheOrigin
ntool intheInsertribbonggroup.
Th
heoriginappearsatthemidp
point.

Toinserta
anoriginattheecenterofma
assorvolume

1. CllickMasstool fromtheAnalysisgroup
pontheMeasu
uretab.

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2. Selectthesolidatwhosecenteryouwanttoplacetheorigin.
Axesappearatthecenterofmassorvolume.
3. SelecttheOrigintool intheInsertribbongroup..
Theoriginappearsatthecenterofmassorvolume.

Toplacethesketchgridonanorigin
1. Selectthevertexofanorigin.
2. Entersketchmode.
Thesketchgridisnowlocatedonthexandyaxisoftheselectedorigin.

Todefinetheoriginforanewlycreatedcomponent
1. Insertanorigin.
2. Alt+clicktheorigin.
3. RightclickasolidandselectMovetoNewComponentfromthecontextmenu.
Youcanalsocreateanewcomponentandthendraganddropthesolidintothatcomponentwhilethe
originisAltselected.
4. RightclickthecomponentintheStructuretreeandselectOpenComponent.
Thecomponentopensinanewdesignwindow.
5. Displaytheworldorigin.
Theworldorigininthenewdesignwindowispositionedatthesamelocationasthealtselectedorigin.

Example


Altselectinganoriginwhencreatinganewcomponent.TheimageontheleftshowstheWorldOriginandan
origincreatedonthesolid.Theimageontherightisthecomponentopenedinanewdesignwindowwiththe
worldorigininthelocationitwasplacedontheobject.

Creatingacylinder
UsetheCylindertooltosketchthecylinder'saxisin2Dandcreateitsdiameterin3D.
Thesketchgridmustbevisibleintheworkspacebeforeyoucandraw.
Ifyouselecta3DcurveoredgebeforeyouclicktheCylindertool,thecylinderiscreatedasasweptpipe.

Todrawacylinder
1. Click CylinderintheInsertgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Clicktosetthefirstendpointofthecylinder'saxis.
3. Clicktosettheotherendpoint.

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4. ClickintheDesignwindowtosetthediameterofthecylinder.


Clickanddragtodrawtheaxis,thenclicktosetthediameter.

Detailedinstructions
1. Click CylinderintheInsertgroupontheDesigntab.
2. (Optional)Ifyouwanttodimensionthefirstendpointoftheaxis,pressShiftandhoverthemouseovera
lineorpointtocreateadimensionrelativetothatlineorpoint.
3. ClickorpressEntertosetthefirstendpointoftheaxis.
4. (Optional)Dimensiontheaxis.
5. ClickorpressEntertosettheotherendpointoftheaxis.
Bydefault,theaxisisdimensionedtoitsfirstendpoint.YoucanalsopressShiftandhoverthemouse
overanotherlineorpointtocreateadimensionrelativetothatlineorpoint.
6. (Optional)Dimensionthecylinder'sdiameter.
7. (Optional)SelectoptionsfromtheOptionspanel,orrightclickandselectthemfromtheminitoolbar.
8. ClickorpressEntertosetthediameterofthecylinder.

Tocreateasweptpipe
1. Selecta3Dcurveoredge.
Ifthecurvesoredgesincludeangles,asphericalsurfaceisaddedattheangle.IfyouusetheFilltoolon
thesphericaljoints,thecornersareconvertedtosharpcorners.Seetheexamplesbelow.
2. Click CylinderintheInsertgroupontheDesigntab.
3. ClickintheDesignwindowtosetthediameterofthecylinder.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheCylindertool.

Add Addmaterialtocreateasolidcylinder.

Cut Removematerialwhenthecylinderintersectsanotherobject.
Createsacylinderwithoutmergingintootherobjectsevenwhenthecylinderintersectswith
NoMerge anexistingobject.
Nearsidebody Addmaterialonlyonthenearsidewhenthecylinderintersectsanotherobject.
only

Examples


UsingtheNearsidebodyonlyoptiontoaddcylindermaterialonlyonthenearsideofathinplacementwall

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CreatingasweptpipewiththeCylindertool


CreatingasweptpipewiththeCylindertool,thenusingFillonthesphericaljointtocreateasharpcorner

Creatingasphere
YoucanquicklycreateasphereusingtheSpheretool.

Tocreateasphere
1. SelecttheSpheretool fromtheInsertribbongroup.
2. (Optional)ClickNoMergeinthePropertiespanelifyoudon'twantthespheremergedwithexisting
bodies.
3. (Optional)ClickCutinthePropertiespaneltoremovematerialfromexistingbodieswheretheyoverlap
thesphere.
4. Clicktosetthecenterofthesphereandtheplaneinwhichthesphere'sradiusisdimensioned.
Asyoumovethemouse,youcanseeapreviewofthesphere.Spherecreationworksbestwhenyoumove
thecursorinthexydirectionoftheplaneindicatedbythefirstclick.
5. Clicktosettheradiusofthesphere.

Tocreateasphereoverafaceoredge
1. Selectoneormorefacesoredges.
2. SelecttheSpheretool fromtheInsertribbongroup.
Asphereiscreatedthatminimallycoverstheselectedfacesand/oredges.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheSpheretool.

Add Addmaterialtocreateasolidsphere.

Cut Removematerialwhenthesphereintersectsanotherobject.
Createsaspherewithoutmergingintootherobjectsevenwhenthesphereintersectswithan
NoMerge existingobject.
Nearsidebody Addmaterialonlyonthenearsidewhenthesphereintersectsanotherobject.
only

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Examples


UsingtheNearsidebodyonlyoptiontoaddspherematerialonlyonthenearsideofathinplacementwall


Creatingasphereoverafaceoredge


SelectingfacesandclickingtheSpheretooltocreateasphere,thenclickingtheSpheretoolmultipletimesto
enlargetheselectedsphere

Shellingasolid

Usethe ShelltoolintheInsertribbongroupontheDesigntabtoremoveoneofthefacesofasolidandcreate
ashellofaspecifiedthickness.YoucanthenusetheShelltooltoremoveothersidesoftheshell.SpaceClaim
automaticallycreatesanoffsetrelationshipbetweenthesidesofthesolidforyou.
Youcanalsocreateaclosedshellwithoutremovingaface.
Shelledsolidscanhavechamfersandrounds,andthefacescanbedrafted.Thechamferorroundededgewillbe
createdandmaintainedonbothoffsetfaces.Ashelledsolidwithachamferisshownincrosssectionbelow.

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Tocreateashell
1. Clickthe ShelltoolintheInsertribbongroupontheDesigntab.
Mouseoverthesolidsinyourdesigntohighlightthefacesthatcouldberemoved.
2. (Optional)Enteravalueintothedimensionfieldtochangethethicknessoftheshell.
Enteranegativenumbertocreatetheshellthicknessfromtheoutsideofthesolid.
3. Selectthefaceyouwanttoremove.
Thefaceisremovedandashelliscreated.Thebaselineoftheoffsetisshowninblue.Ifyoudidnot
changethethickness,thedefaultthicknessissetbytheminorgridspacing.
4. (Optional)Continueclickingtoremoveadditionalfaces.

Tocreateaclosedshell
1. Selectthesolid.
2. ClicktheShelltool.
Aninternalshelliscreated.

Toeditashell
Rightclicktheshelltochangeitsthickness.

Toolguides
TheRemoveFacestoolguideisactivebydefault.Selectafaceofthesolidtoremoveitandcreateashell.
Ctrl+clicktoremovemultiplefaces.
Ifyoucreateashell,thenaddaprotrusionontoit,youcanextendtheshellthroughtheprotrusionby
clickingtheMoreShelltoolguide,thenclickingthenewlyaddedprotrusion.
TheCompletetoolguidecreatestheshellandreactivatestheRemoveFacestoolguidesoyoucancreate

anothershell.

Example


Anopenshellandaclosedshell


Addingandchangingaroundededgeonashelledoroffsetpartchangestheinsidefaces.

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Creatinganoffsetrelatio
onship
UsetheOfffsettooltocre
eateanoffsetrelationshipbeetweentwofaces.Thisrelationshipwillbemaintainedinthe
other2Dand3Deditingtools.Forexam mple,whenyouselectanofffsetfacewithtthePulltool,th
heoffsetdimen
nsion
d.Baselinefaccesdonotdisplayadimensio
isdisplayed on.

Tocreatea
anoffsetrelattionship
1. CllicktheOffsettool intheeInsertribbongroup.
M
Mouseoveryou
urdesigntoseeethefaceseliggibleforoffsetrelationships.
2. (O
Optional)Selecctoptions.
SeelecttheFindAAllSameOffseetoptionifyouuwanttoselecctallcontiguouusfacepairsth
hathavethesaame
offfsetdistanceaasthepairyou
uselected.Ifth
hisoptionisno
otselected,theeoffsetrelation
nshipisonlycrreated
fo
ortheselectedpairoffaces.
3. Cllickthefirstfacce.
4. Cllickthesecond
dface.
Yoouhavenowe
establishedano
offsetrelationshipbetweenthefacepairaandothercontiiguousfacepairs
w
withthesameo
offsetdistance(iftheAlltheSSameoptionissselected).TheeToggleBaselinetoolguide
acctivates.
5. Optional)Clicktoselecttheb
(O baselineface(s)).
Whenyoumove
W eoneofthefaceswithadesigntool,theottherfaceintheeoffsetpairm
movestomaintain
th
heoffsetrelatio
onship.Whenyoufillonefacceofanoffsetpair,theotherfaceisalsofilled.

Toolguidees
WithintheeOffsettool,th
hereareseveraaltoolguidestthathelpstepyyouthroughth
heeditingproccess:
TheFacePairtoolguideisactiveebydefault.

WheentheToggleB
Baselinetoolgguideisactive,clickthefacessthatyouwantttobethebasselineoftheofffset.

Examples


etweentwocylindricalfacesccausesbothto
Anoffsetrrelationshipbe ochangewhenyouchangeth
hediameteroff
eithercylin
nder

Insertingaafacecurve
Youcandrrawsplinecurvvesona3DfacceusingtheFaceCurvetool.Thesecurvesffollowtheconttourofaface.The
facecurvecanbeusedlikeanyothereedgetomodifytheobject.

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Toinsertafacecurve
1. Click FaceCurveintheInsertgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Clickspotsonthefacesoredgesofaparttodrawthesplinecurve.Yoursplinecanbedrawnononeor
morefaces,butcanonlybedrawnononeobject.
3. Doubleclicktoendthecurveorclosethecurvebyclickingonyourbeginningpoint.
Nowyouareineditingmodeandcanchangethecurveasdesired.Thecurvewillnotbeappliedtoyour
designuntilyoucompletetheoperation.
4. (Optional)RightclickaspotonthecurveandselectAddFaceCurvePointtoaddasplinepoint.
5. (Optional)RightclickasplinepointandselectRemoveFaceCurvePointtodeletethepoint.
6. (Optional)Dragpointstochangethecurve.
7. (Optional)SetthevalueforPeriodicinthePropertiespanel:
True:IfyouchangethispropertytoTrue,thetangenciesofthebeginningandendofthecurvewill
matchtocreateaclosedcurve.IfacurveisopenandyousetthepropertytoTrue,thesplinewillbe
closed.
False:IfyouchangethispropertytoFalse,theendtangenciesofaclosedcurvedontmatch.Ifacurve
isclosedandyousetthepropertytoFalse,thecurvewillbecometeardropshapedbecausetheend
pointswillnolongerbetangent.
8. ClicktheCompletetoolguideorpressEntertoapplythecurvetoyourdesign.
Tip:Youwillgetmuchmorepredictableresultsifthefacetofaceboundariesyouaredrawingoveraretangent.
Clickontheedges(tangentornot)toplaceapointformorecontrolovertheintersectionpointatthatboundary.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:


TheCompletetoolguidecreatesthefacecurve.

Examples


Sketchingafacecurvethatisclosedovertangentiallyconnectedsolidfaces

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Theresultofoffsettingth
heedgesthatw
werecreatedaasaresultofth
hefacecurveaabove

mirrorrelationsships
Creatingm

Usethe MirrortoolintheInsertrib bbongroupontheDesigntab btomirroranyygeometrythaatcanbemoveed


Movetool.Youcaninsertam
withtheM mirrorplanebettweentwofaces,associatinggthefacessoyyoucaneditthem
together.YYoucancopyaasolid,surface,,face,orcurveefromonesideeofamirrorplanetotheoth
her.
Youcanmirrorcurves,po
oints,andaxesswithoutleaviingsketchmod
deorcrosssectionmode.Wh
henyoumirrorra
ngingitsgeom
curve,chan metrydoesnotpropagatetottheotherside.
Youcanmirrorsolidsthaatcontainpatteernsoffeatureesonaface,an
ndthepatternwillbeupdateedonbothsidees.
Thepatterrnmustbecreaatedbeforethesolidismirroored.
Theplanebecomesaperrsistentmirrorronceyoucreaategeometryu usingthemirro
or.Themirrorrrelationshipis
maintained dwhenyouuseother2Dand d3Dtoolstoeedityourdesign
n.Componentssmaintaintheirmirror
relationshiipswhentheyareexported
Mirroredoobjectsarecreaatedonthesamelayerastheoriginalobjeect.Mirroredpointsdonotm
maintaintheirm
mirror
relationshiip.

Tomirrora
anobject
1. (O
Optional)Creattetheplaneyo
ouwanttouseeasamirrorussingtheInsertPlanetooland
dpositionitwiththe
M
Movetool.
2. CllickMirror intheInsertggroup.
Th
heSelectMirro
orPlanetoolguideisenabled
d.
3. Cllicktheplanettouseasamirror.
M
Mouseoverthe
eobjectsinyou
urdesigntopreeviewthegeom
metrythatcan
nbecreatedbyythemirror.
4. Cllicktheobjectyouwanttom
mirror.
Yo
oucanclickob
bjectsinyourd
designorclickaacomponentin
ntheStructureetree.

Doitfasteer
1. CllicktheMirrortool.
2. Seelecttheplane
eyouwanttob
beamirror.
3. Cllicktheobjectyouwanttom
mirror.

Toolguidees
hereareseverraltoolguidestthathelpstepyouthroughthemirroringp
WithintheeMirrortool,th process:
TheMirrorPlane ult.Selectafacceorplanetouseitasamirrror.(Youcanalso
etoolguideisaactivebydefau

useethistoolguid
detoselectanoothermirrorplanetouseifo oneisalreadysselected.

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TheMirrorBodytoolguideactivatesautomaticallyonceyouselectamirrorfaceorplane.Mouseoverthe

solidsinyourdesigntopreviewthesolidthatwillbecreatedbythemirror.Clickasolidtomirrorit.
Onceyouselectafaceorplanetouseasamirror,usetheMirrorFacetoolguidetoselectthefacesyou

wanttomirror.Mousingoverthefacesbeforeyouclickthempreviewsthefacethatwillbecreatedbythe
mirror.Clickafacetomirrorit.
TheSetupMirrortoolguidecanbeusedanytimetocreateamirrorplanebetweentwofaces.Onlythose

twofaceswillbeaffectedbythemirror.Tocreatearelationshipamongmanyfaces,Ctrl+selectfacesand
thenselectamirrorplanetoautodetectidenticalfacesequidistantfromthemirrorplane.
UsetheRemoveMirrortooltoremovethemirrorrelationshipbetweentwofaces.

Example


Amirroredsolidwithapatternoffeaturesisupdatedwhenthecountischangedfrom7to5ononeside.


Mirroringasketchedcircle.Modifyingthecircledoesnotchangethegeometryofthemirroredcircle.

Mirroringasolid,surface,orface
YoucanusetheMirrortooltocreateacopyofasolid,surface,orface.

Tomirrorasolidorsurface
1. ClicktheMirrortool intheInsertribbongroup.
TheSelectMirrorPlanetoolguideisenabled.
2. Selecttheplanetouseasamirror.
3. ClicktheMirrorBodyorMirrorFacetoolguide.
Mouseoverthesolidsorfacesinyourdesigntopreviewthesolid,surface,orfacethatwillbecreatedon
theothersideoftheselectedmirrorplane.
4. Clickthesolidorfacetocreatethemirroredsolidorface.
Themirrorplaneiscreatedandwillpersistinothertools.
Ifyouencloseavolumebymirroringfaces,asolidiscreated.

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Options
Mergemirroredobjects:Whenyouuseafaceasthemirrorplane,orwhenthemirrorplaneliesonafaceof
thesourceobject,thetwomirroredobjectswillbemerged.Deselectthisoptiontomakeanewobject,as
shownbelow.


Createmirrorrelationships:Ifyoudeselectthisoption,onlythegeometryiscreatedandnotthemirror
relationship.Changestoeitherobjectwillnotbereflectedintheother,asshownbelow.

Setupamirrorrelationshipbetweentwofaces
Youcancreateamirrorplanebetweentwosymmetricalfacesinyourdesign.

Tosetupamirrorrelationship
1. ClicktheMirrortool intheInsertribbongroup.

2. ClicktheSetupMirror toolguide.
Asyoumouseoverthefacesinyourdesign,theeligiblefacesarehighlighted.Afaceiseligibleifitis
symmetricaltoanotherfaceinyourdesign.
3. Clickaface.
4. Clickaparallelface.
Thesecondfaceishighlightedinblueandthemirrorplaneappearshalfwaybetweenthetwofaces.Edits
toonefacewillnowbemirroredontheotherface.Geometryinbetweenthetwofaceswillbeupdated
accordingly.

Removeamirrorfaceorplane
Youcanremoveordisableamirror.

Toremoveamirrorfaceorplane

1. ClicktheRemoveMirror toolguide.
2. Clickthefacefromwhichyouwanttoremovethemirrorrelationship.

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Youcantemporarilydisableaplaneinanytool.Selectamirroredfacetodisplaythemirrorplane,then
clickthemirroricontodisablethemirror.Clickthemirroriconagaintoenablethemirror.

Findsimilarfacesontheothersideofamirror
Youcancreatemirrorrelationshipsbyfindingsimilarfacesontheothersideofanexistingmirror.

Tofindsimilarfacesontheothersideofamirror

1. ClicktheSetupMirror toolguide.
2. Clickaface.
Ctrl+clicktoselectmultiplefaces.
3. Alt+clickamirrorplane.
Identicalfacesequidistantfromthemirrorplanearehighlightedinblue,andamirrorrelationshipis
created.

Insertingtemporarypoints,axes,andplanes
Youcancreatetemporarypoints,axes,andplaneswhileworkingwithothertools.Temporaryobjectscanbeused
todimensiontoandcreateotherobjects.Forexample,youcanusethemtocreatearulerdimension,oranchor
theMovehandleonthem.
Toclearatemporaryobject,selecttheobjectandpressDelete.Atemporaryobjectalsodisappearswhenyouclick
inanemptyspacewiththeSelectiontoolorcreateanothertemporaryobject.
Alt+Shift+click: 2Dexample: 3Dexample:
Apoint Forcurves:Atangentlineanda Forsolids:Aplanethatisnormaltotheview
perpendicularplane. direction(orparalleltotheplaneofthescreen)


Apointonacurve
3Dimage

Twopoints Amidpointbetweentwopointsandabisectingline

Threepoints Aplane

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(notapplicablein2D)

Twoparallellines Alinemidwaybetweentwolines(2D) Alinemidwaybetweentwoedgesandplanes


oredges thatintersecttheedgesandtheline(3D)

Twoparallel Aplanemidwaybetweentwoplanes
planes
(notapplicablein2D)

Twononparallel Twobisectorlinesandtheintersection Anaxisbetweenthetwopointsattheclosest


lines,edges,or point(2D) approachbetweeneachother,andapointanda
axes midplaneatthemiddledistancealongthataxis
(3D)

Twononparallel Twobisectingplanesandtheedgewheretheplanesintersect
planes

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(notapplicablein2D)

Threeplanes Thepointwherethethreeplanesintersect
(notapplicablein2D)

Anarc Acirclethatcompletesthearc

Aconicalfaceand Thepointwheretheconicalfacewouldcometoapoint
itsaxis
(notapplicablein2D)

Ellipse Themajorandminorfoci

Alineoredgeand Axisfromthepointnormaltotheedgeandasecondaxisparalleltotheedgethroughthe
apointthatisnot point
inlinewiththe
lineoredge

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Anaxisandan Thepointattheintersectionoftheaxisandtheplaneoftheface
intersectingface
orsurface
(notapplicablein2D)

Acurveandan Thepointswherethefacewouldintersectthecurve,andtheaxesthatpassthroughthe
intersectingface points,aretangenttothecurve,andareonthesameplaneasthecurve.Onepointandaxis
orsurface arecreatedifthefacewouldonlyintersectthecurveatonepoint.
(notapplicablein2D)

Apointandaface Planethatistangenttothefaceandapointthatisnormaltotheaxisfromthefacetothe
orsurface point
(notapplicablein2D)

Apointandalineor Aplanethroughthelineoredge,oraplanethatisnormaltotheplanethatgoesthrough
edge thepoint.Ifalineischosenataparticularpoint,thenthatlocationonthelinecanalsobe
usedasapointreference.

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(2Dand3Dprod
ducethesameresult,
hownontherigght)
sh

Alineoreddgeand Plaanesthatarep
perpendicularttothefaceand
dgothroughthelineoredgee.
aplanarfaace
(notapplicablein2D)

Interseccting
Youcanussetheintersectttoolstomerggeandsplitasolidorsurfaceeinyourdesign
nwithanotherrsolidorsurfacce.
Youcanmergeandsplitsolidsorsurfaaceswithotherrsolidsorsurfaaces,splitaso
olidwithafacee,andsplitafaace
herface.Youcaanalsoprojectttheedgesofafaceontootthersolidsandsurfacesinyourdesign.
withanoth
SpaceClaim
m'sintersectionncapabilitiesincludethefullsuiteofgeom
metrycombinattion,alldonew
withonemajorrtool
(Combine)andtwomino orones(SplitSoolidandSplitFFace).Combineealwaystakestwoormoreoobjects.Thespplit
toolsalwayysactononeo
objectandthattobjectisautoomaticallyselectedfromthecutterorprojeectionface.
ToundersttandwhattheCombinetoolcando,thefirststepistokn nowwhichobjeectscanbehan
ndled.Solidob
bjects
havefacessthatmeetatccorneredges.EEdgesthatlieo
onfacescanbeedeleted,butcornerscanno
ot.Surfaceobjeects
havefacessthatcometoggetheratinternaledges,andaresurroundeedbyoutsideeedges.Outsideeedgescanbe
extended.Internaledgesscanbedeleteediftheyarebboundedbyplaanarfaces.Forthepurposesofcombine,planes
oughtofassurffacefacesthattextendacrosssthedesign.
canbetho
Whensurffacesencloseaavolume,theyautomaticallychangeintoso olidobjects.W
Whenedgesoftthesamesurfaace
becomeco oincident,theyywillautomaticcallymerge.Planescannotbesplitbyanyccombineoperaation,buttheyycan
beusedtoosplitwith.Inggeneral,layer,color,andvisibilityinthestrructuretreeprropagatesfrommthefirstseleccted
item(thettarget)totherresult.Whathaappensasaressultofthecom mbinationcanb beoverriddenwiththeoptio ons
(bothinthepanelandth heminitoolbarr).Whenyouu usetheCombin neorSplittools,thenewlycrreatedobjectshave
propertiesofth
thelayerp hepreviousobjjects.
Youhaveccompletecontrroloverthepieecesthatsolidsandsurfacesgetcutinto.W
Whenappropriiate,SpaceClaim
promptsyooutoremoverregions,butyo
oucanchoosetokeeporrem movethosereggions.
Whenusin
ngtheintersectttools,theorigginal,individuaallayersandco
olorsoftheob
bjectsaremain
ntained.

Intersectrribbongroup
TheInterseectribbongrou
upcontainstheefollowingtoo
ols:
UsetheCombine
etooltomergeeandsplitsolid
dsandsurfacees.


UsetheSplitSoliidtooltosplitasolidbyoneormoreofitsfacesoredgess.Thenselecto
oneormorereegions
forrdeletion.


UsetheSplitFaccetooltocreatteanedgeonaafacebysplittingitwithano
otherfaceorsu
urface.

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UsetheProjectttoSolidtoolto
ocreateedgesonasolid'sfaccebyextendingtheedgesoffanothersolidor
surrface.

Combin
ningandsp
plitting
TheCombiinetoolisused dtomakecommbinationsofobjects.Youcan nadd(ormergge)objectstogeetherandyoucan
subtract(o
orsplit)objectssfromeachother.TheseactionsarealsoknownasBooleeanoperationss.
ToolguidesfortheComb binetoolarestticky,andappeearwithadoubbleoutlinewhenyouclickth
hem.Thetoolgguide
remainsseelectedsoyoucanperformth hesameaction nrepeatedlyw
withoutholdinggtheCtrlkey.TTounstickatool
guide,clickkitagain,clickanothertoolgguide,orclickaanemptyplaceeintheDesign
nwindow.
WhenyouuseapatternwiththeComb usedtocutthetarget.
binetool,theeentirepatternismergedoru

Tosplitsollidsandsurfacces

1. Cllick Com
mbine.
2. Seelectthetargetsolidorsurfaacethatyouwaanttosplit.
3. Seelectoneormoreobjecttou
useasthecutter.
4. (O
Optional)Selecctthesplitregion(s)thatyouwanttodeletee.

Detailedin
nstructions

1. Cllick Com
mbineintheInttersectgroupo
ontheDesignttab.
2. Seelectthetargetsolidorsurfaacethatyouwaanttosplit.
Yo
oucanselecto
objectsforCom
mbineinthestructuretree.Iffyouselectaccomponent,alllobjectsbelon
nging
to
othatcomponentwillbeseleected.
Yo
oucanusetem
mporarygeome
etrytosplitan
nobject.
Yo
oucanusealo
ockedbodyasaacutterwiththeCombineto
ool,butyoucannotuseitasttarget.SeeLoccking
an
ndunlockingoobjects.
3. (O
Optional)Selecctthefollowinggoptions:
Mergewhen
ndone:Mergeallnewlycreated,touchingssolidsorsurfacceswhenyoueexittheCombiine
tool.
es:Createedgesatintersectionsinsteadoffselectingregiions.
Imprintcurve
Keepcutter:Keepthecuttiingsurfaceinyyourdesign.Ifthisoptionisn
notselected,th
henthecuttingg
surfaceisauttomaticallydelletedassoonaasyouselectitt.
Makeallregiions:Cutthetargetobjectw
withthecutterobjectandtheecutterobjectwiththetargeet
object.Thetaargetandcutteermustbetheesametypeofobject.
4. Seelectoneormoreobjecttou
useasthecutter.
Dependingonthheoptionyouchose,thecutttingsurfacew
willbekeptord
deleted.Youcaanseethesolid
dsor
urfacescreated
su dbythecutintheStructurepanel.
M
Moveyourmou
useoverthetargetsolidtoseeetheregionscreatedbytheecut.
5. (O
Optional)Selecctthesplitregion(s)thatyouwanttodeletee.

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Tomergesolidsandsurfaces

1. Click Combine.
2. Selectthetargetsolidorsurface.
YoucanselectobjectsforCombineinthestructuretree.Ifyouselectacomponent,allobjectsbelonging
tothatcomponentwillbeselected.Youcanalsoboxselectmultiplesolidsorsurfacestomergethemin
oneoperation.
Solidscanbemergedwithsolids,andsurfaceswithsurfaces.Solidsandsurfacescanonlybemergedifthe
surfacesmakearegionthatcanbeaddedtoorcutoutofthesolid.
3. ClicktheSelectBodiestoMergetoolguideorholdtheCtrlkey.
4. Selectthesolid(s)orsurface(s)thatyouwantmergedwiththetarget.


Doitfaster:HoldCtrlandselectthesolidsorsurfacesyouwanttocombine,andthenclicktheCombinetool
tomergethem.

Tomake3Dcurvesattheintersectionsbetweenfaces

1. Click Combine.
2. Selectthetargetsolidorsurface.

Toolguides
ToolguidesfortheCombinetoolaresticky,andappearwithadoubleoutlinewhenyouclickthem.Thetoolguides
remainselectedsoyoucanperformthesameactionrepeatedlywithoutholdingtheCtrlkey.Tounstickthetool
guide,youcanclickitagain,clickanothertoolguide,orclickanemptyplaceintheDesignwindow.
TheSelectTargettoolguideisactivebydefault.Ifyoudidnotpreselectthetargetsolidorsurface,youcan

selectitfromwithintheCombinetoolusingtheSelecttoolguide.
ClicktheSelectBodiestoMergetoolguidetoselectmultiplesolidsorsurfacestomergetogether.

TheSelectCuttertoolguideactivatesonceyouselectatarget.Whenthistoolguideisactive,clicktoselect

thesolidorsurfaceyouwanttousetocutthetarget.YoucanCtrl+clickwhenthistoolguideisactiveifyou
needtoaddotherbodiestoyourcutterselection.
TheSelectRegionstoolguideactivatesoncethetargetiscut.Whenthistoolguideisactive,mouseoverthe

targettopreviewtheregionscreatedbythecut.Clickaredregiontodeleteit.

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Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailablefortheCombinetool.SelectoneormoreoftheseoptionsfromtheOptions
dockingpanel,orrightclickandselectthemfromtheminitoolbar:
Makesolids:Solidsaremadewhenpossiblewherethetargetandcutterobjectsintersect.Whenyouselectthis
option,youcanchooseanyofthefollowing:
Mergewhendone:Selectthisoptiontomergeallnewlycreated,touchingsolidsorsurfaceswhenyouexit
theCombinetool.Hiddenobjectsarenotmerged.Thissavesyoutheextrastepofselectingallthecutup
regionsafteryouaredonewithacomplicatedsliceanddicesession,andmanuallymergingthemallback
together.
Keepcutter:SpaceClaimassumesthatyoucreatedacutterobjecttobeusedonlyforcutting.Ifyouwantto
keepthecuttingsurfaceinyourdesign,selectthisoption.Ifthisoptionisnotselected,thenthecutting
surfaceisautomaticallydeletedassoonasyouselectit.Inotherwords,cutterobjectsarenormally"used
up"unlessyouselectthisoption.Akeptcuttercanbeasurfaceorsolid,buteitherwayonlytheregionsof
thetargetcanberemoved.
Ifyouaresplittingsurfaces,checkthisoptiontopreventthecutterobjectfrombeingsplitbythetarget
object.
Thisoptionisautomaticallyselectedifthecutterobjectislocked.
Makeallregions:Selectthisoptiontocutthetargetobjectwiththecutterobjectandthecutterobjectwith
thetargetobject.Targetandcuttermustbethesametypeofobject,eitherbothsolidsorbothsurfaces.
Becausethisoptioncancreatealargenumberofregions,itcanbehelpfultousethisoptionalongwiththe
MergeWhenDoneoptiontoquicklymergeallremainingregionswhenyouclickanothertoolorpressEnter
tofinishusingCombine.
Makecurves:Selectthisoptiontomake3Dcurveswherethetargetandcutterobjectintersect.Thecurvesare
createdintheactivepart,ratherthanthepartthatthefirstbodybelongsto.
Imprintcurves:Selectthisoptiontocreateedgesatintersectionsinsteadofcreating3Dcurves.Youwillnot
beabletopreviewregionsfordeletion.Assoonasaregionisselectedfordeletion,thisoptionisdisabled.
Theedgesarecreatedonthefirstbodyyouselect.
Extendintersections:Selectthisoptiontoextendtheintersectionofpartiallyintersectingsurfacessothe
underlyingsurfaceiscompletelysplit.


Examples

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YoucanusseCombinetocutormergeccoincidentsurffaces.(Thedeleeteregionstep
pisnotshowninthefirst
illustration
n.)

Mergingso
olidsandsurfaaces
UsetheCo
ombinetooltomergesolidsaandsurfaces.

Tomergessolidsandsurffaces

1. SeelecttheComb
binetool fromtheInteersectribbonggrouporpressI.
2. Cllickthefirstso
olidorsurface.
3. Cttrl+clickadditio
onalsolidsorssurfacestomergethem.
Th
heStructuretrreeshowsthemerge.


Ctrl+cclickthesolidsorsurfacesyouwanttocom
mbineintheStrructuretree,th
henclicktheCo
ombinetoolto
o
mergeethem.

Solidscanbemergedwitthsolids,andssurfaceswithsurfaces.Solidssandsurfacescanonlybemeergedifthesurfaces
makeareggionthatcanb
beaddedtoorcutoutofthesolid.Forexam mple,ifyouselectthefaceofacylinder,co
opy
andpasteit,thenyoucanmergeitwiththesoliduseedtocreateit.

olids
Mergingso
htheCombinetool.
Youcanmergetwoormoresolidswith

Tomergettwosolids

1. SeelecttheComb
binetool fromtheInteersectribbonggroup.
2. Cllickthefirstso
olid.
3. Cttrl+clickthesecondsolidtom
mergeitwithtthefirstsolid.
Th
hesecondsolid
dtakesonthecolorandvisib
bilitypropertieesofthefirstso
olid.TheStructuretreeshow
wsthe
m
merge.

Tomergem
multiplesolidss
1. Seelectthesolidssyouwanttoccombineusingboxselection.

2. SeelecttheComb
binetool fromtheInteersectribbonggroup.
Thhesolidstakeoonthecoloran
ndvisibilitypro
opertiesofthemergedsolidthatappeared dtopmostinth
he
Sttructuretree.TTheStructurettreeshowstheemerge.
YooucanalsoselecttheCombinetool,selectthefirstsolid,,thenCtrl+clickeachindividu
ualsolidyouw
wantto
m
merge.

Mergingsu
urfaceprotrussions
Youcanmergeasurfacethatformsap
protrusiontoasolid.

asurfaceprotrrusion
Tomergea

1. SeelecttheComb
binetool fromtheInteersectribbonggroup.
2. Cllickthefirstso
olid.

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3. Cttrl+clickasurfaacethatcouldcreateaprotrusionontheso
olidtomergeiitwiththesolid.
Th
hesurfacebecomesaprotrusiononthesolidandtakeso
onthecoloran
ndvisibilitypropertiesofthefirst
so
olid.TheStructturetreeshow
wsthemerge.

Mergingsu
urfaces
Youcanmergesurfacesw
withtheComb
binetool.Surfaacemustshareeedgestobem
merged.Ifsurfaacesenclosea
oucanusetheCombinetooltoquicklyconverttheenclosedvolumeinttoasolidandttrimtheextra.
volume,yo
Sometimess,ifyoumanippulateasurfaceesothatitbeccomesselfinteersecting,youm
mayneedtocrreateasolidfrrom
thesurfaceethatremains.

Tomergessurfacesthatsshareedges

1. SeelecttheComb
binetool fromtheInteersectribbonggroup.
2. Cllickthefirstsu
urface.
3. Cttrl+clickthesecondsurfacettomergeitwitththefirstsurfface.
Th
hesecondsurffacetakesonthecolorandvisibilityproperrtiesofthefirstsurface.TheStructuretree
sh
howsthemergge.

Tomergessurfacesthateencloseavolum
me
1. Seelectthesurfaccesthatintersecttoformanenclosedregio
onusingboxselection.

2. SeelecttheComb
binetool fromtheInteersectribbonggroup.
Th
heenclosedre
egionbecomesasolidandtakkesonthecoloorandvisibilityypropertiesoffthemergedsu
urface
th
hatappearedtopmostintheeStructuretree.TheStructurretreeshowstthemerge.

Tocreatea
asolidfromaselfintersectin
ngsinglesurfa
ace
1. CllicktheSelecttoolintheEdittribbongroup
p.
2. Seelectthe"open
n"edgeofthesetofsurfacess,showninblaack.
3. CllicktheCombinetool.

Torepaira
aselfintersecttingsurface
1. CllicktheSelecttoolintheEdittribbongroup
p.
2. Doubleclickthe
eedgeloops.
3. CllicktheCombinetool.

Example


Sixsurfaceesenclosingavvolume,boxseelectedandcombinedwithth
heCombineto
ool

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RepairingaaselfintersecttingsurfacewiththeCombin
netool


Ctrl+clickttoselectanopenedgeloopo
ofasurface,th
henclosethesu
urfaceswithth
heCombinetool

Cappingasurfacewithaaplane
Ctrl+clickaasurfaceandaaplanetocaptthesurface.

Splittingso
olidsandsurfaaces
UsetheCo
ombinetooltosplitsolidsand
dsurfaces.

Tosplitsollidsandsurfacces

1. CllicktheCombinetool f
fromtheInters
sectribbongro
ouporpressI.
2. Seelectthesolidorsurfaceyou
uwanttocut.
Th
heSelectCutte
ertoolguideissactivated.
3. (O
Optional)Contrrolthebehavio
orofthecutbyyselectingopttions.
4. Cllickthesurface
eyouwanttou
usetocutthesolid.
Dependingonth heoptionyouchose,thecutttingsurfacew willbekeptord
deleted.Review
wtheinformattionin
heStructurepaaneltoseetheesolidsorsurfaacescreatedbyythecut.
th
M
Mouseoverthe
etargetsolidto
oseetheregio
onscreatedbythecut.
5. Cllickeachregionyouwanttodelete.
Whenyouarefiinishedselectingtheareasto
W obedeleted,cclicktheSelectTargettoolgu
uidetocombine
so
omemore,orsselectanothertool.

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Ifyouwanttosplitabodybyafaceofthebody,selecttheSplitSolidtool.
Ifyouwanttocreateanedgeonaface,selecttheSplitFacetool.

Tosplitthetargetobjectwiththecutterobjectandthecutterobjectwiththetargetobject
1. SelecttheCombinetoolfromtheIntersectribbongroup.
2. SelecttheMakeallregionsoption.
3. Clicktheobjectsyouwanttocut.
Targetandcuttermustbethesametypeofobject,eitherbothsolidsorbothsurfaces.
4. Mouseoverthesurfacetoseetheregionscreatedbythecut.
Becausethisoptioncancreatealargenumberofregions,werecommendusingthisoptionalongwiththe
MergeWhenDoneoptiontoquicklymergeallremainingregionswhenyouclickanothertoolorpressEsc
tofinishusingCombine.
5. Clicktheregionyouwanttodelete.


Examples


Usingtwosurfacesasthecutter,whenthesurfacescan'tbemergedoutsideoftheregionwheretheyintersectthe
target.Thetwosurfacesaremergedtocreateacutinthetarget.

Splittingasolidwithasurface,plane,oranothersolid
UsetheCombinetooltosplitsolids.Solidscanbesplitbysurfaces,planes,andothersolids.

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Splitasoliidwithasolid

1. SeelecttheComb
binetool fromtheInteersectribbonggroup.
2. Cllickthesolidyo
ouwanttocutt.
3. Cllickthesolidyo
ouwanttocuttwith.
4. M
Mouseoverthe
esolidtoseeth
heregionscreaatedbythecutt.
5. Cllicktheregionyouwanttodelete.
Th
heregionsyou
ucandeleteareehighlightedinred.

Splitasoliidwithasurfaceoraplane

1. SeelecttheComb
binetool fromtheInteersectribbonggroup.
2. Cllickthesolidyo
ouwanttocutt.
3. Cllickthesurface
eyouwanttoccutthesolidw
with.
Yo
oucanCtrl+clicckmultiplesurrfacesthattogethercompletelyintersectasolid.
4. M
Mouseoverthe
esolidtoseeth
heregionscreaatedbythecutt.
5. Cllicktheregionyouwanttodelete.
Th
heregionsyou
ucandeleteareehighlightedinred.

UsingtheSSplitSolidtool
UsetheSpplitSolidtoolto
osplitasolidb
byoneormoreeofitsfacesorredges.Thensselectoneormmoreregionsfo or
deletion.TTheSplitSolidttoolexpectsthhatyouhaveallreadyselected dthecutterob bjects.Fromthesefacesored dges,
thesinglettargetbodyisinferred,sinceeafaceoredgeecanonlybeloongtoonesolidorsurface.Iffonlyonesolid dface
isselectedasacutter,th
hedefaultactio onistoextendthatfacetocuutasfarasitcanthroughtheesolid.Ifafaceeofa
surfaceissselected,thenitisautomaticcallyremoved.
TheSplitSolidtoolworkssintwomodess:
mode"isactivatedbyclickinggaSplitSolidto
"Slowm oolguide.Inth
hismode,onceeatoolguideissclicked,itrem
mains
selected
duntilanotherrtoolguideiscclicked.Thismodeworksjusttlikeanyothertool.
"Fastmode"automaticallyactivatesstoolguidesan ndmovesyouthroughthew
workflow.Thisp
predictivemod
de
allowsyyoutoboxsele
ectmultiplecutterstoaddevvenmoreefficiency.
YoucanussetheSplitSoliidtoolto:
Splitasolidbyitsedge
es
Splitasolidbyitsface
es
YoucanseelectasolidorsurfacefromtheStructuretrreeasthetarggetandaplaneefromtheStru
ucturetreeastthe
cutter.

Tosplitassolidbyoneoffitsfaces
1. CllicktheSplitSo
olidtool fro
omtheIntersectribbongrou
up.
2. Seelectthefacesoredgesyouw
wanttouseto
ocutthebody.
HoldCtrlandcliickordrawab multiplefacesoredges.
boxtoselectm
oucancreatettemporarygeo
Yo ometryandselectittocutth
hebody.
3. M
Mouseoverthe
esolidtoseeth
heregionscreaatedbythecutt.
4. (O
Optional)Clickaregiontodeleteit.

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Whenyouarefinisheddeletingregions,selectanothertool.
Iftheselectededgesdonotcompletelyencircleaportionofasolidorsurface,noregionselectioncan
occur.


SelectafacewiththeSelecttool,thenselecttheSplitSolidtooltocutthesolidwiththeface.

Toolguides
WithintheSplitSolidtool,thereareseveraltoolguidesthathelpstepyouthroughthesplittingprocess:
TheSelectCuttertoolguideisactivebydefault.Whenthistoolguideisactive,clicktoselectthefaceyou

wanttousetocutthesolid.
TheSelectRegionstoolguideactivatesonceyouoncethesolidiscutbytheface.Whenthistoolguideis

active,mouseoverthetargettoseetheregionscreatedbythecut.Theregionsyoucandeleteare
highlightedinred.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheSplitSolidtool.Onceyouselecttheedgeorfacetopull,selectthese
optionsfromtheOptionsdockingpanel,orrightclickandselectthemfromtheminitoolbar:
Mergewhen SelectthisoptiontomergealltouchingsolidsorsurfaceswhenyouexittheSplitSolidtool.
done Hiddenobjectsarenotmerged.
Extendfaces Extendstheselectedcutterfacetocutthroughthetargetsolid.

Examples


Solidsplitbyasplineface

Splittingaface
UsetheSplitFacetooltocreateanedgeonafaceorsurfacebysplittingitwithanotherfaceoredge.Youcanuse
thenewedgetomodifythefaceindependentofpreviouslyattachedgeometry.

Tocreateanedgeonaface
1. Click SplitFaceintheIntersectgroupontheDesigntab.
TheSelectTargettoolguideisenabled.
2. Selectthefaceyouwanttosplit.
3. (Optional)Selectatoolguide.
Mouseoverfacesoredgesinyourdesigntopreviewtheedgethatwillbecreatedonthetarget.
DimensionsaredisplayedalongtheUandVedgeoftheface.
4. Clicktoselecttheface,plane,oredgeyouwanttousetosplittheselectedface.Youcanselectmultiple
faces.
YoucanholdShiftandhoveroveranedgewhileselectingthecutterpoints.Themidpointontheedgewill
bemarkedwithayellowballinparentheses.Thexandydimensionswillemanatefromthatpoint.

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5. TheSelectResultstoolguideremainsactiveuntilthereisonlyonesplitlineremaining,soyoucanremove
allbutonesplitlinewithoutreactivatingthetoolguide

Example


Dimensioningfromthemidpointofanedgetosplitaface.

Tosplitafacewithanotherfaceorplane
1. ClicktheSelectCutterFacetoolguide.
2. Mouseoverthefacesandplanesinyourdesigntopreviewtheedgethatwillbecreatedonthetarget.
3. Clickthefaceorplanetosplittheselectedfacewithanedge.

Tosplitafaceusingapointonanedge
1. ClicktheSelectUVCutterPointtoolguide.
2. Mouseovertheedgesofthefacetopreviewtheedgesthatwillbecreated.
3. Clickapointontheedgetosplittheselectedface.Thepercentdistancealongtheedgeisdisplayed.

Tosplitafaceusingtwopoints
1. ClicktheSelectTwoCutterPointstoolguide.
2. Clickapointonanedge.
3. Mouseoverthefaceoredgestopreviewtheedgesthatwillbecreated.
4. Clickapointonanotheredgeoronthefacetosplittheselectedface.

Examples


PreviewingedgesthatcanbecreatedusingtheSelectCutterPointandSelectTwoCutterPointstoolguides

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Splittingafaceinsectionmodebyselectingpointsonasectionline


SplittingmultiplefaceswiththeSelectTwoCutterPointstoolguide

Tosplitafaceusingaperpendicularlinefromapointonanedge
1. ClicktheSelectPerpendicularCutterPointtoolguide.
2. Clickapointonanedge.
3. Mouseoveredgesofthefacetopreviewtheedgesthatwillbecreated.
4. Thedistanceandpercentagealongtheedgeisdisplayed.YoucanPresstheSpacebarandTabkeyto
changethesevalues.

Tosplitaperiodicface
1. Click SplitFaceintheIntersectgroupontheDesigntab.
2. ClicktheSelectTargettoolguide.
3. Selecttheperiodicfaceyouwanttosplit.
4. Clickonthepointofthefacewhereyouwantitsplit,asshownbelow.


5. TheSelectResultstoolguideisnowactive,soyoucanclickedgesthatyoudon'twanttokeep,asshown
ontheleftoftheimagebelow.Theresultafterthetwostraightedgeshavebeenremovedisshownon
theright.

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Toolguidees
WithintheeSplitFacetoo
ol,therearesevveraltoolguidesthathelpsttepyouthrougghthesplittingprocess:
TheSelectTargettoolguideisactivebydefault.Ifyoudidno otpreselectth hetargetfaceorsurface,you ucan

seleectitfromwith
hintheSplitFaccetoolusingth
heSelecttoolgguide.Ctrl+clicckmultiplesurrfacesorsolidffaces
inth
hesameplanetosplitthemaall.
TheSelectCutterFacetoolguideactivatesoncceyouselectaatarget.Whenthistoolguideeisactive,clickkto

seleectthefaceorsurfaceyouwaanttousetocreateanedgeonthetarget.
TheSelectUVCuttterPointtoolguideactivateesonceyouselectatarget.M
Mouseoveranedgetoprevieewthe

wedgesthatwillbecreated.Clicktocreatetheedgeontheselectedfacce.Youcanmo
new ouseoveranedge
with
hthistoolguid
detodisplayan
ndeditthelenggthalongtheeedge,andthep
percentageoftheedgethatis
betw
weenthefirstpointandtheendpoint.
TheSelectPerpen ndicularCutterrPointtoolguiideactivatesonceyouselecttatarget.Selecctanedgeto

prevviewwherethe eperpendiculaarsplitwillbem
made.Clicktocreatetheedggeontheselecctedface.Theface
issp
plitperpendicu
ulartotheedgeeyouselect.
TheSelectTwoCu utterPointstoolguideactivaatesonceyousselectatarget..Clicktoselecttthefirstpointton

aneedge,thenmou useoveranothheredgetopreeviewthenewedgethatwillbecreated.Cllicktocreatethe
edgeontheselecttedface.Thesshortestlineisdrawnbetweeenthetwopoints.Youcanm mouseoveraneedge
withhthistoolguid
detodisplayan
ndeditthelenggthalongtheeedge,andtheppercentageoftheedgethatis
betwweenthefirstpointandtheendpoint.
SeleecttheSelectR dedgestoremoveanyedgessyoudon'twan
Resultstoolguide,thenclicknewlycreated ntto

keep p.

Options
wingoptionisavailableintheSplitFacetool:
Thefollow
MakeCurvves Selecttthisoptionto
ocreatesketch
hlinesinsteadofsplittingtheeface.

Splittingasurface
ombinetooltosplitsolids.Su
UsetheCo urfacescanbesplitbysolids,planes,andotthersurfaces.

Tosplitassurfacebyaso
olidorplane

1. SeelecttheComb
binetool fromtheInteersectribbonggroup.
2. Cllickthesurface
eyouwanttoccut.
3. Cllickthesolidorplaneyouwaanttocutthessurfacewith.
4. M esurfacetoseeetheregionscreatedbythecut.
Mouseoverthe
5. Cllicktheregionyouwanttodelete.

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Tosplitassurfacebyano
othersurface

1. SeelecttheComb
binetool fromtheInteersectribbonggroup.
2. Cllickthesurface
eyouwanttoccut.
3. Cllickthesurface
eyouwanttoccutthesurfaceewith.
Yo
oucanCtrl+clicckmultiplesurrfacesthattogethercompletelyintersectth hetargetsurfaacetofullycutthe
su
urface.Youcan
nboxselectsu urfacesthatonlypartiallyinteersectthetarggetsurfacetoppartiallycutthee
su
urface.
4. M
Mouseoverthe
esurfacetoseeetheregionscreatedbythecut.
5. Cllicktheregionyouwanttodelete.

Removingmaterialfrom
masolid
ombinetooltoremovematerrialfromasolidbasedontheeintersectiono
UsetheCo ofasolidorsu
urface.Youcan
n
removethematerialdefinedbyasurfaacethatformsadepression,orremoveasoolidcompletelyyenclosedwithin
olid.
anotherso

Removem asolidwithassurfacethatformsadepression
materialfroma

1. SeelecttheComb
binetool fromtheInteersectribbonggroup.
2. Cllickthesolidyo
ouwanttocutt.
3. Cllickthesurface
eyouwanttou
usetocreateaadepression.
4. M
Mouseoverthe
esolidtoseeth
heregionscreaatedbythecutt.
5. Cllicktheregionyouwanttodelete.
Th
heregionsyou
ucandeleteareehighlightedinred.

Removean
nenclosedvollumefromaso
olid
1. Crreatetheexterriorsolidandinteriorsolidin
ntwodifferenttcomponents.

2. SeelecttheComb
binetool fromtheInteersectribbonggroup.
3. Cllicktheexterio
orsolid.
4. Cllicktheinteriorsolidtouseittasthecutter.
5. Cllicktheinteriorsolidtodeletteit.
Th ucandeleteareehighlightedinred.
heregionsyou

Projectingtoasolid

Usethe Projecttoolttocreateedgeesonasolid'sffacebyextendingtheedgeso
ofanothersoliid,surface,skeetch,
ornotetexxt.
Whenyouprojectontoaaface,thetoollmakesanewsurfacetohold
dtheprojectededges,ifposssible.

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Toprojecttheedgesofa
aface,surface,
e,sketch,orno
otetexttoaso
olid
1. Cllick ProjecttintheInterseectgrouponth
heDesigntab.
2. Seelecttheedgess,face,surfacee,sketch,orno
otetextwhoseedgesyouwanttoproject.
SeelectanobjecttintheStructu
uretreetoprojjectalltheedggesoftheobjecct.
Thheprojectiono
occursperpend
diculartothesselectedobjecttontothenearestsolidfacess.Thenearestsolid
faacesaredeterm
minedautomattically.
3. (O
Optional)ClicktheSelectDire
ectiontoolguiideandselectaafaceoredgetochangetheedirectionofth
he
prrojection.
4. (O
Optional)ClicktheSelectTargetFacestoolguideandseleecttheface(s)onwhichyouwanttheedgee
prrojected.
5. SeelectfromthefollowingoptionsintheOpttionspanel:
Projectthrouughsolids:Pro
ojecttheedgesonallfacesth
hroughtheentiresolidinsteaadofjustthefaaces
closesttothe
eobjectyouprroject.
Projectsilhouetteedge:Prrojectstheoutline,orsilhoueette,ofapart.Youmustsettthedirectionu
using
theSelectDirectiontoolgu
uide.
ectededges:Exxtendtheprojeectedcurvesto
Extendproje otheedgeofttheface(s)theyyareprojected
don.
Extendtarge
etfaces:Extend
dthetargetfaccewhentheprojectedfaceislargerthanthetarget.Seethe
examplebelo
ow.
Th
heprojectionp
previewisshow
wninpurple,aandwillbeupd
datedbasedon
ntheoptionsaandtoolguidessyou
usse.
6. CllicktheCompletetoolguideorpressEnterrtoprojecttheeedges.

Toolguidees
Thefollow
wingtoolguidesshelpstepyou
uthroughthep
process:
T vestoolguideallowsyoutoselectthecurvvesyouwanttoproject.
TheSelectCurv

TTheSelectDire
ectiontoolguiddeallowsyouttoselectthedirectioninwhiichthecurveswillbeprojectted.If

y
youdon'tuset
thistoolguide,,thecurveswillbeprojected
dinbothdirecttions.


T getFacestoolguideallowsyoutoselectth
TheSelectTarg heface(s)thattthecurveswillbeprojectedupon.


TTheCompletetoolguideprojjectstheedges.
Options

Thefollow
wingoptionsare
eavailableinttheOptionspanel:
Projectthrrough Projecttheedgesonallfacesthroughtheentiressolidinsteadoffjustthefacessclosesttothee
solids objectyyouproject.
Project Projectstheoutline,o
orsilhouette,o
ofapart.Youm
mustsetthediirectionusingttheSelectDire
ection
silhouetteedge toolguide.
Extend Extendtheprojectedcurvestotheedgeofthefacce(s)theyarep
projectedon.
projectededges
Extendtarrget ojectedfaceislargerthanthetarget.Seetheexamplebeelow.
Extendthetargetfaceewhenthepro
faces

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Examples


Projectingasphereontoaplanarface.Becauseaspherehasnoedgetoproject,youmustchooseProject
silhouetteedgeintheOptionspanel.


ProjectinganedgewiththeExtendtargetfacesoptionenabled.TherectangularfacewaschosenwiththeSelect
TargetFacestoolguide.

Assigningassemblyconditions
Assemblytoolsallowyoutocreateconditionsbetweencomponents.Theseconditionsconstrainthecomponents
sotheycan'tbemovedinwaysthatviolatethecondition.Forexample,imaginetwocylindricalcomponents(one
largeandonesmall)thatareconstrainedwithatangentcondition.Thelargecylindercanbemovedvertically
withoutmovingthesmallcylinder,butbothcylindersmoveifeitherisrotatedbecausetangencymustbe
maintained.
AssemblyconditionsarecreatedintheStructuretreeandhavethesameiconasthetool.Youcanclickonthe
assemblyconditiontohighlightthefacesthatsharetherelationship.
Youcancreatemultipleassemblyconditionsforyourcomponentsandyoucantogglethemonoroff,ordelete
them,intheStructuretree.Ifyourcomponentsdon'tfittogetherthewayyouexpect,tryclickingthecheckbox
nexttotheassemblyconditionintheStructuretreetoturnitoff.Anassemblyconditionthatcannotbesatisfiedis
indicatedwithadifferenticon.
WhenyouusetheMovetooltomoveacomponentthatisconstrainedtohaveonlyonedegreeoffreedom,the
directionofthedegreeoffreedomisautomaticallyactivefortheMovehandle.
SeetheprintableAssemblyconstraintsreferencechart fordescriptionsoftheconstraintscreatedbetween
differentcombinationsofgeometry.


Objectsmustbelongtodifferentcomponentsforassemblyconditionstobeassigned.Componentscanbe
mirrored.

Totoggleanassemblycondition
UnchecktheassemblyconditioncheckboxintheStructuretreetodisabletheassemblycondition.Checkthebox
toenabletheassemblycondition.

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Toselecta
allassemblyco
onditions
Click Se
electallcondittionsintheOp
ptionspanelwhenanassemb
blytoolisenab
bled.
Youcanalssoselectasinggleassemblyco
onditionintheeStructuretreeeandpressCtrrl+A.

Todeletea
anassemblyco
ondition
1. Seelecttheassem
mblyconditionintheStructuretree.
Yo
oucanclickSelectallconditiionsintheOpttionspanelwh
henanassemblytoolisenablledifyouwanttto
deeleteallcondittions.
2. PrresstheDelete
ekeyorrightcclickandselecttDeleteAssem
mblyCondition
n.

Tohighligh
htfacesthatshareanassem
mblycondition
Selecttheassemblycond
ditionintheStructuretree.


YoucancliickSelectallco
onditionsinth
heAssemblyOp
ptionspanelto
ohighlightallcconditions.
Youcanussethefollowingtoolsfromth
heAssemblygrrouptocreateassemblycond
ditions:


Tangen
nt Alignstwoffacessotheyaretangentoraalignsafacetaangentwithaline,point,orp
plane.Possibleeface
typesinclud
deplanes,cylin
nders,spheres,,andcones.


Align Alignstwop
points,lines,planes,orcomb binationoftheseelements.Iffyouselectaccylindricalorco
onical
face,thentheaxisisused.Ifyouselectaasphericalface,thenthecen
nterpointisussed.


Orientt Rotatescom
mponentssoth
heselectedeleementsareorieentedinthesaamedirection.


Rigid Lockstheorrientationandpositionoftw
wocomponentsstoeachotherr.


Gear Constrainsttwoobjectssooneoftheobjjectsrotatesin
nresponsetottherotationofftheotherobjeect.
Gearcondittionscanbecreeatedbetweenntwocylinderss,twocones,aacylinderandaaplane,oraco
one
andaplane
e.


Anchor Locksthepo
ositionofasin
nglecomponen
ntin3Dspace.

bjects
Aligningob
planes,origins,orcombinatio
TheAlignttoolalignstwopoints,lines,p onoftheseeleements.Ifyouselectacylindrical
orconicalfface,thentheaxisisaligned.Ifyouselectaasphericalfacee,thenthecen
nterpointisaliigned.
Youcandeefineaballjoin
ntassemblyconditionusingAAlignbyselectiingthefaceoftheballandth
henthefaceoffthe
socket.Theeballrotatesw
withinthesockketnomatterw
whereyouplaccethemovehaandleontheb ballpart.


YoucaanusetheAliggntooltomoveeobjectswitho
outassigningaassemblyconditions.Iftheob
bjectsbelongtto
differeentcomponen nts,uncheckCrreateconditionnsintheAssemmblyOptionsp
panelbeforem moving.

Toalignob
bjects
1. Cllick Alignin
ntheAssemblyygroupontheeDesigntab.

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Th
heAligntoolguideisenabled
dbydefault.
2. Seelectanedgeo
orfaceoftheccomponentthaatyouwanttomove.
Yo
oucanCtrlcliccktoselectmu
ultipleobjects.
Th
heReferencettoolguideisen
nabled.
3. Seelectanedgeo
orfaceoftheccomponentthaatyouwanttoremainstation
nary.
Th
hecomponenttsalign.Youcancontroltheaalignmentanim
mationwiththeeAnimateFullPullAdvance
ed
Sp
paceClaimopttion.
Th
heconstraintisaddedtotheecomponentsiintheStructurretree.

Doitfasteer
nentyouwanttomove,thenCtrl+clickthecomponentyo
UsetheSeelecttooltoclicckthecompon ouwanttorem
main
stationary..Thenclick AlignintheA pontheDesigntab.
Assemblygroup

Toreverseethesenseofa
analigncondittion
RightclickanAlignconditionintheStructuretreeandselectReverrseSensetoalignthecompo
onentstothe
nmentplane.
oppositesideofthealign
YoucanalssomodifytheReversedvaluetoTrueorFaalseintheAsseemblyConditio
onsectionofth
hePropertiesp
panel.


Todefinea
anoffsetdista
anceforanalig
gncondition
1. SeelecttheAlignconditioninth
heStructuretrree.
2. Ch
hangetheanglevalueintheOffsetpropertyinthePropeertiesPanel.

Toalignob
bjectswithouttanassemblyccondition
1. Cllick Alignin
ntheAssemblyygroupontheeDesigntab.
Th
heAligntoolguideisenabled
dbydefault.
2. econditionsintheOptionspanel.
UncheckCreate
3. Seelectanedgeo
orfaceoftheo
objectthatyou
uwanttomovee.
Yo
oucanCtrlcliccktoselectmu
ultipleobjects.
Th
heReferencettoolguideisen
nabled.
4. Seelectanedgeo
orfaceoftheo
objectthatyou
uwanttoremaainstationary.
Th
hecomponenttsalign.Youcancontroltheaalignmentanim
mationwiththeeAnimateFullPullAdvance
ed
Sp
paceClaimopttion.

Toolguidees

TheA
Aligntoolguideallowsyouto
oselectthecomponenttom
move.

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TheReferencetoolguideallowsyoutoselectthecomponenttoremainstationary.

Examples


ClickingontheAlignassemblyconditionintheStructuretreehighlightsthefaces.


Pullingonefaceofthealignedpairchangesoneobjectandmovestheother.


Pullinganadjacentfacehasnoaffectonthealignedpair.


Definingaballsocketusingalign.

Anchoringcomponents
TheAnchortoolfixesthepositionofasinglecomponentin3Dspace.


TheAnchortoolisenabledwhenyouselectanappropriateobjectthatbelongtoacomponent.

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Todefinea
ananchorcondition
1. Seelectanedgeo
orfaceoftheccomponentthaatyouwanttoremainstation
nary.
Yo
oucanalsoselectthecompo
onentintheStructuretree.
2. Cllick AnchorrintheAssemb
blygrouponth
heDesigntab.
Th
heconstraintisaddedtotheecomponent.IfthecomponeentisselectedwiththeMoveetool,themovve
haandleisdisable
ed.

Creatingge
earconditionss
TheGeartoolconstrainstwoobjectsso
ooneoftheob
bjectsrotatesiinresponsetotherotationo
oftheotherobjject.
Gearconditionscanbecreatedbetweeentwocylinders,twocones,acylinderand daplane,oracconeandaplane.


TheGeartoolisenaabledwhenyou priateobjectstthatbelongtodifferentcomponents.
uselectapprop

agearconditio
Todefinea on
1. HoldCtrlandse
electanedgeo
orfaceofthetw nttodefineasgears.
wocomponenttthatyouwan
2. Cllick Gearin
ntheAssemblyygroupontheDesigntab.
Th
heconstraintisaddedtotheecomponents.

Toreverseethesenseofa
agearconditio
on
eSensetoaliggnthecomponentstotheopposite
RightclickaGearconditiionintheStruccturetreeandselectReverse
sideoftheealignmentplaane.
YoucanalssomodifytheReversedvaluetoTrueorFaalseintheAsseemblyConditio
onsectionofth
hePropertiesp
panel.

Toreverseetherotationd
directionofag
gearcondition
n
1. SeelecttheGearconditioninth
heStructuretree.
2. RiightclickandsselectReverseRotationDire
ection.
Byydefault,gearrsrotateintheoppositedirecctiontothegeearturningthem.Youcanrevversethisto
simulateabelto orchaindrive,inwhichbothgearsspinintthesamedirecction.

Examples


Severalexaamplesofgearrconstraints

Orientingo
objects
TheOrientttoolrotatescomponentsso orientedinthesamedirection.
otheselectedeelementsareo

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YoucaanusetheOrie
enttooltomovveobjectswith
houtassigningassemblyconditions.Iftheo
objectsbelonggto
differeentcomponennts,uncheckCrreateconditionnsintheAssem
mblyOptionsp
panelbeforemmoving.

Todefinea
anorientcond
dition
1. Cllick OrientintheAssemb
blygrouponth
heDesigntab.
Th
heAligntoolguideisenabled
dbydefault.
2. Seelectanedgeo
orfaceoftheccomponentthaatyouwanttomove.
Yo
oucanCtrlcliccktoselectmu
ultipleobjects.
Th
heReferencettoolguideisen
nabled.
3. orfaceoftheccomponentthaatyouwanttoremainstation
Seelectanedgeo nary.
Th
hecomponenttsalign.Youcancontroltheaalignmentanim
mationwiththeeAnimateFullPullAdvance
ed
Sp
paceClaimopttion.
Th
heconstraintisaddedtotheecomponentsiintheStructurretree.

Doitfasteer
HoldCtrlaandselecttheccomponentthaatyouwantto
omoveandtheecomponentthatyouwantttoremain
stationary,,thenclick OrientintheAssemblygrouupontheDesiggntab.

Toreverseethesenseofa
anorientcond
dition
RightclickanOrientconditionintheSttructuretreeaandselectReve
erseSensetoaalignthecomp
ponentstothe
nmentplane.
oppositesideofthealign
YoucanalssomodifytheReversedvaluetoTrueorFaalseintheAsseemblyConditio
onsectionofth
hePropertiesp
panel.

Todefinea
anoffsetangleeforanorienttcondition
1. SeelecttheOrien
ntDirectionco
onditionintheStructuretree.
2. Ch
hangetheanglevalueintheOffsetpropertyinthePropeertiesPanel.

Tooriento
objectswithou
utanassemblyycondition
1. Cllick OrientintheAssemb
blygrouponth
heDesigntab.
Th
heAligntoolguideisenabled
dbydefault.
2. econditionsintheAssemblyOptionspanel.
UncheckCreate
3. Seelectanedgeo
orfaceoftheo
objectthatyou
uwanttomovee.
Yo
oucanCtrlcliccktoselectmu
ultipleobjects.
Th
heReferencettoolguideisen
nabled.
4. Seelectanedgeo
orfaceoftheo
objectthatyou
uwanttoremaainstationary.
Th
hecomponenttsalign.Youcancontroltheaalignmentanim
mationwiththeeAnimateFullPullAdvance
ed
Sp
paceClaimopttion.

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Toolguidees

TheA
Aligntoolguideallowsyouto
oselecttheco
omponenttom
move.

TheR
Referencetoolguideallowsyyoutoselectthecomponentttoremainstaationary.

Examples


Orientingttwocomponen
ntsthathaveanAlignconstraaintontheiraxxesturnsthessecondpartyouselect.

Lockingtheorientationaandpositiono
ofcomponentss
TheRigidttoollockstheo
orientationand
dpositionoftw
wocomponenttstoeachotheer.


TheRigidtoolisenaabledwhenyou
uselectapprop
priateobjectsthatbelongto
odifferentcom
mponents.

Todefinea
arigidconditio
on
1. HoldCtrlandse
electanedgeo
orfaceofthetw
wocomponenttsthatyouwanttoremainsttationarywitheach
otther.
Yo
oucanalsoselecttwocompo
onentsintheSStructuretree.
2. Cllick Rigidin
ntheAssemblyygroupontheeDesigntab.
Th
heconstraintisaddedtotheecomponentyouselectedfirrst.

Makingob
bjectstangent
TheTangenttoolalignsttwofacessothheyaretangenttoralignsafacetangentwitthaline,point,,orplane.Posssible
facetypesincludeplaness,cylinders,spheres,andcon
nes.


YoucaanusetheTan
ngenttooltom
moveobjectswwithoutassignin
ngassemblyco
onditions.Iftheeobjectsbelon
ngto
differeentcomponennts,uncheckCrreatecondition
nsintheAssem
mblyOptionsp
panelbeforem moving.

Todefinea
atangentcond
dition
1. Cllick Tangen
ntintheAssem
mblygroupontheDesigntab
b.
Th
heAligntoolguideisenabled
dbydefault.
2. orfaceoftheccomponentthaatyouwanttomove.
Seelectanedgeo
Yo
oucanCtrlcliccktoselectmu
ultipleobjects.
Th
heReferencettoolguideisen
nabled.
3. orfaceoftheccomponentthaatyouwanttoremainstation
Seelectanedgeo nary.
Th
hecomponenttsalign.Youcancontroltheaalignmentanim
mationwiththeeAnimateFullPullAdvance
ed
Sp
paceClaimopttion.

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Th
heconstraintisaddedtotheecomponentsiintheStructurretree.
Ifyouwanttoaligntotheothersideofthep
plane,rightclicktheassemb
blyconditionin
ntheStructuretree
anndselectReve
erseSense.

Doitfasteer
HoldCtrlaandselecttheccomponentthaatyouwantto
omoveandtheecomponentthatyouwantttoremain
stationary,,thenclick TangentintheAssemblygroupontheDesigntab.

Toreverseethesenseofa
atangentcond
dition
RightclickaTangentconnditionintheSStructuretreeaandselectRevverseSensetoalignthecomp
ponentstothee
oppositesideofthealign
nmentplane.
YoucanalssomodifytheReversedvaluetoTrueorFaalseintheAsseemblyConditio
onsectionofth
hePropertiesp
panel.

Todefinea
anoffsetdista
anceforatang
gentcondition
1. SeelecttheTange
entconditioniintheStructurretree.
2. Ch
hangetheanglevalueintheOffsetpropertyinthePropeertiesPanel.

Tomakeob
bjectstangentw
withoutanassem
mblycondition

1. Cllick Tangen
ntintheAssem
mblygroupontheDesigntab
b.
Th
heAligntoolguideisenabled
dbydefault.
2. UncheckCreate
econditionsintheOptionspanel.
3. Seelectanedgeo
orfaceoftheo
objectthatyou
uwanttomovee.
Yo
oucanCtrlcliccktoselectmu
ultipleobjects.
Th
heReferencettoolguideisen
nabled.
4. Seelectanedgeo
orfaceoftheo
objectthatyou
uwanttoremaainstationary.
Th
hecomponenttsalign.Youcancontroltheaalignmentanim
mationwiththeeAnimateFullPullAdvance
ed
Sp
paceClaimopttion.

Toolguidees

TheA
Aligntoolguid
deallowsyouttoselecttheco
omponenttom
move.

olguideallowsyoutoselecttthecomponenttoremainstaationary.
TheReferencetoo

Movingpaartsinanassem
mbly
Youcanseetupvirtualme
echanismsbyd
definingmatingconditionsin
nyourassembly.Theserelationshipsareso
olved
whenyoumoveanyrelatedpartintheeassemblyifth
heEnableasseemblymechanismsoptionisselectedin
SpaceClaimmOptions>Ad dvanced.
Forexamp ple,loadthefile
eSliderMechaanism.scdocan ndmovethepu
urplecomponeent(Componen
nt5)inthedireection
oftheblacckarrowshown nontheleftin
ntheimagebellow.

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Whenyoumoveacomponentthathasamatingcondition,theMovehandleispositionedattheconstraintandthe
axesthatareconstrainedcan'tbemoved.Iftheassemblyconstraintsonlyallowmovementinonedirection,then
thatdirectionwillbeautomaticallyselected.Forexample,ifyoumoveacomponentwithaCenterAxesassembly
constraint,theMovehandleispositionedontheaxisandyoucanonlymovethecomponentindirectionsthatwill
keeptheaxesaligned.
Youcansolveassemblymechanismsbychangingrulerdimensionsorannotationdimensions,andtheycanbe
savedasgroupsformodification.TheimagesbelowshowmovementoftheSliderMechanismassemblythatis
drivenbyachangetotheannotationdimension.

Workingwithmeshobjects
AnSTLfilecanbeimportedaslightweight(facetsonly)withtheabilitytosnaptothefacets.Changetheedge
displayoptiontoMeshtodisplaythefacetedgesonanSTLmodel.


YoucanchangethecolorandvisibilityofameshobjectintheStructuretree.Youcanalsoplaceameshobjecton
alayer.

Sketchingonameshobject
Youcansketchonameshobject,asshowninthefigurebelow,andyoursketchtoolswillsnaptothefacets.
Youcan:
Sketchlines,spines,andpointsin3Dmode.Clickthesketchtool,switchto3Dmode,thensketchontheSTL
model.Thecursorsnapstothefacetvertices,edges,andfacesonthemodel.

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Usetheline,rectangle,circle,spline,ellipse,3pointarc,polygon,sweeparc,andpointsketchtoolstocreate
curvesthatsnaptogeometryintersectingwiththeplane.Othersketchtoolsdonotsnaptothegeometry
intersectingtheplanebutyoucanusethemtocreategeometryoffofnewlydrawncurves.
Sketchonacrosssectionplaneofameshobject,whichallowssnappingtofacetsthatintersecttheplane.


Selectingonameshobject
Whenyouselectplacementpointsonameshobject,acirclearoundthepointofthecursorhelpsyoutoidentify
facetfaces,edges,andpoints.Thefollowingimagesshowthetypesofselectionsyoucanmake:
Adoublecircle(normaltothescreen)is
displayedwhenthecursorpointissnapped
toafacetsvertex.

Asinglecircleisdisplayedandthefacets
edgeishighlightedwhenthecursorpointis
snappedtoafacetsedge.Thecircleliesin
theplaneattheaverageofthetwo
neighboringfacetfaces.

Asinglelargecircleisdisplayedandthe
facetishighlightedwhenthecursorpointis
onafacet.Thecircleliesintheplaneofthe
facetface.

Detailing
Youcandetailyourdesignstocommunicatewithothersortosubmityourdesignsforreviewwiththetoolson
SpaceClaim'sDetailingtab.Withthedetailingtools,youcanannotateyourdesigns,createdrawingsheets,and
reviewchangestodesigns.Youcancustomizedetailingoptionstoconformtostandardsorcreateyourown
customstyle.
Detailingtoolsaregroupedintothefollowingribbongroups:
Orient Quicklydisplayaparticularviewofyourdesign.

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Font Formatnotetextbyaadjustingthefo
ontcharacterisstics.
Annottation Createnotesonyourdesignwithteext,dimensionss,geometricto
olerances,tables,surfacefiniish
symbols,anddatumssymbols,centeermarks,centeerlines,andthreads.
V
Views Addvie
ewstoadrawin
ngsheet.
SheetSetup Formatadrawingsheeet.

3DMarkup Createmarkupslidestoillustrateth
hechangesmadetoadesign.
PressEsc,tthenStoendaanydetailingactionandretu
urntotheSeleccttool.

Annota
ation
Youcanannnotateyourdesigns,drawin ngs,and3Dmaarkupswithnottes,dimension ns,geometrictolerances,surfface
finishanddatumsymbols,aswellasceentermarks,ceenterlines,anddthreads.Wheenyoucreateannotationsth hat
areattacheedtotheobjecctsinyourdesign,theystayaattached,even
nwhenyoumo odifythoseobjjectsusingthe
Designtoools.Annotation
nscreatedonaadrawingsheetor3Dmarkup pslideareparttofthatsheetormarkuponly;
theydonootappearonyoourdesign.
EachannottationhaspropertieswhichyyoucanmodifyyintheProperrtiespanel.Wh henyoucreateethefirst
annotation
n,itisscaledso
othatitwillbeevisiblewhenyyourdesigniszoomedtoitsextentsintheDesignwindow
w.All
otheranno
otationsuseth hesamescale.

Annotation
nribbongroup
p
TheAnnotationribbongroupcontainsthefollowingttools:
UsetheDimensiontooltocreaateameasured
ddimension.

UsetheCreateN
Notetooltoselectanannotationplaneand
dentertextontotheplane.


UsetheNoteLeaadertooltoco
onnectanotettoanobject.


UsetheCenterLLinetooltoadddacentermarkonanycirclee,arc,cylinderend,orspheree,andputcentter
linesonanycylin
ndricalface.


UsetheSurfaceFinishtooltoccreateasurfaccefinishsymbo
ol.


UsetheGeometricTolerancettooltocreateaageometrictolerance.


UsetheThreadttooltocreateaathreadedsurfaceonanycyylinder,cone,o
orhole.
UsetheBillofM
Materialstoolto
ocreateandin
nsertaBOM.


UsetheDatumSSymboltooltoinsertadatum
msymbol.
UsetheTabletooltoinsertataablenote.


Aftteryouhavein
nsertedaBillofMaterials,ussetheBalloon tooltoinsertaaBOMballoon
nnote.

ClicktodisplaySpaceClaim'sde
etailingoption
ns.
PressEsc,tthenStoendaanydetailingactionandretu
urntotheSeleccttool.

Creatingnotes
UsetheCreateNotetooltoannotateyyourdesigns,drawingsheets,and3Dmarkups.Youcanusethistoolto
deditnotes.Yo
createand oucanalsopro
ojectthenoteoontoasketcho orontoasolid
d.Placetheann
notationplaneeon
onelayeraandthenoteonanotherlayeer,thenturnoffflayervisibilittyfortheanno
otationplaneto
ohideit.

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Tocreatea
anote

1. SeelecttheCreatteNotetool fromtheAnnotationrib
bbongroupinttheDetailingtaab.
Mouseoverthe
M efacesofyourdesigntoprevviewtheeligibleannotationp
planes.(InSkettchandSection
n
m
mode,thesketc
chgriddefinestheannotationplane.)
2. Cllickafacetocrreatetheplaneeonwhichtop
placethenotee.
To
ocreateanannotationplaneeforacylindriccalface,selectthecylinder'saxis.
Ifyouneedtochangetheannotationplane,rightclickand
dclickSelectN
NewAnnotatio
onPlanefromtthe
coontextmenuandselectanew
wannotationp
plane.
3. Cllicktoplacethenoteontheplane.
4. En
nterthetextofthenote.
Cllick minitoolbartoinsertasymbo
inthem olintoyourno
oteatthecurso
orlocation.
Cllick inthemminitoolbarto
oinsertadynamicfield.Dynaamicfieldsinclludecurrentvaaluesfromavaariety
offproperties.
Yo dpastingthettextfromother
oucanformatthenotetext,,andentertheetextbycutting,copying,and
no
otesordimenssionannotations.
5. Ad
djusttheorien
ntationofthen
notebydraggin
ngtherotation
nhandles.

Tocreatea
anotefield
1. Cllickwithinthetextofthenotteandplaceth
hecursorwherreyouwantthefieldtoappeear.
2. Riightclicktodissplaytheminitoolbar.
3. Cllick inthem
minitoolbarto nsertFieldwindow.
odisplaytheIn
Th
heFieldstabdisplaysthepro
opertiesavailab
bleforinsertio
on.(Documentpropertiesareethosethatap
ppear
in
nthePropertiespanelwhenyyouclicktheto
opleveldesignnintheStructu
uretree.)
4. SeelectavaluefrromtheCatego
orydropdown
ntofilterthep
propertiesdisplayedintheFieeldslist.
IfyouclickSelecctedObject,yo
oucanclickanyobjectintheeDesignwindo
oworStructureetreetomakeits
prropertiesavailable.
IfyouselectForrmula,youcan
nenteranexprression,andin mericfieldswithintheexpresssion.
ncludeanynum
5. CllickapropertyintheFieldsliist.
6. CllicktheFormatttabtoformattthetextwithinthefield.
Th
heformattingoptionsarebaasedonthetyp
peofthepropeertyvalue.For example,strin
ngscanbe
fo
ormattedwithuppercase,lowercase,initiaalcapitals,orttitlecase.
7. CllickOKtoinserttheformatteed,dynamicfieeldintotheno
oteatthecurso
orlocation.
Ifthefieldisem
mpty,checktom
makesurethattthepropertyyouselectedh
hasavaluebyselectingthe
apppropriateobjectandviewin ngthePropertiespanel.

Tocopyan
note
Ctrl+dragaanotetocopyit.

Toeditan
note
1. Seelectthenotetomove,size,orrotateit.
Ifyouselectasiinglenote,you
ucanedit,resizze,androtatethenote.Ifyouselectmultip
plenotes,youcan
onnlymoveorchhangeformatting.

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To
omovethenotebox,mouseeovertheedgeeoftheboxun
ntilthecursorcchangesto ,thendragth
he
no
ote.
To
osizetheboxccontainingtheenote,dragtheehandlesofth
henotebox(th
hewhitecircless).
To
orotatetheno
ote,dragthero
otationhandlee(thegreencirrcle).PressShiffttosnaptoan
ngularincremeents.
2. Seelectthetexto
ofthenotetorreformatit.
Cllickafieldtoeditit.Changingthevalueofastringalsoch
hangesitintheePropertiespaanel.
3. M
Modifythenote
e'spropertiesinthePropertiespanel.Modifythe:
Spaceproperrtytosetthessizeofthenotee.SelectMode
elSpacetosizeethetextbased
dontheactual
measuremen ntsoftheobjecctsinyourdesign.SelectView
wSpacetosizethetextbaseedontheviewwof
thedesignintheDesignwindow.
pdown.Entera
Flagnotepropertytocreateeaborderaroundthenote.SSelectashapefromthedrop
Minimumwidtthpropertytopreventtheflagfromresizin
valueintheM ngautomaticallytofitthecontent
ofthenote.

nannotationan
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urnoffthevisibilityofthelayyerthatcontaiinstheannotattionplane.

Examples


ChangingttheFlagnoteprroperty

Formattinggnotetext
Youcanaddjustthefont,ssize,style(bold
d,italic,underrline),alignmen
ntofthetextw
withinthebox,andcreate
superscripttsandsubscripptsusingtheto oolsintheFonntribbongroup p,orbyrightclickingtheann
notationand
selectingfrromtheminittoolbar.
Youchangethetextcharracteristicsfornotes,dimenssions,andtableesatthesameetime.

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Fontribbo
TheFontriibbongroupco
ontainsthefollowingtools:
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hefontfamily..
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orenterafontsize.

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offsettocreateeasuperscriptorsubscript.
Bold,itaalicize,orundeerlinethenotetext.

Left,cen
nter,orrightju
ustifythenoteetext.

Setthetextdirectionffromlefttorigghtorrighttoleft.

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Toformattext
1. ochangethetextformattinggforanentiren
To note,dimensio
on,ortable,seelectoneormo
oreintheDesiggn
w
window.HoldC trltoselectmorethanoneoordrawaboxintheDesignw window.
To
ochangethetextformattinggforonlysomeeofthetextinanote,dimension,ortable,selectonlytheetext
yo
ouwanttochaange.
2. UsethetoolsintheFontribbo
ongrouptoforrmatthetext.
To
ocreateasupeerscriptorsubscript,selectaapresetamoun ntfromtheVerticalTextOffsset dropdo
own,
orrselectCustom
mandenteraccustomamoun nttoraiseorlo
owerthetext.

Creatingnoteleaders
oteLeadertooltocreateanaarrowfromyournote.
UsetheNo

Tocreatea
anoteleader
1. Cllick AnnotationgroupontheDetaailingtab.
NoteLLeaderintheA
Mouseovernottesontheactivveannotationplanetoseeth
M hepossiblewaaystoconnectthenoteleadeerto
th
henote.
2. onnectionpointtodrawtheffirstsegmento
Cllickanote'sco ofthenotelead
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M urdesigntohigghlightthegeo
ometrytowhicchyoucanattaachtheendofthenoteleadeer.
Yo
oucanalsoatttachleadersto
otemporaryob bjects.
3. Fo
orasegmented
dline,clicktoseteachpointofthenoteleaderline.
4. En
ndthenoteleaaderbyclickinggavertex,edgge,orfacetoatttachtheendo
ofthenoteleaader,ordoubleeclick
to
oendthenoteleaderatanypoint.
Th
heendofthen
noteleaderisaanarrowunlesssyouattachitttoaface.

Toinserta
anallaroundssymbol
Rightclickthenoteleade
erandselectA
AllAround.

Tochangeeanoteleaderr'ssegments
Dragasegmentofthenooteleaderlinetomoveitand
ditssurroundingboundaryp
points.Rightclickthenoteleader
andselectAddJogPointttocreateaneewsegment.
Youcandeeletenotelead ntsbydeletinggthejogpointssthatborderthesegment.
derlinesegmen

Tochangeeanoteleaderr'sproperties
1. Riightclickthen
noteleaderand
dselectProperrties.
2. M
ModifytheArro
owStyle,Lengtth,andWidth values.
3. SeettheAllArou
undvaluetoTrruetodisplayaanallaroundsymbol.SelectFalsetohideitt.

Toattacha
anoteleaderttoavirtualsha
arp
1. SeelecttheNoteLeadertool fromtheAnnotationribbo
ongroupintheeDetailingtab..
2. Cttrl+clickaline.
3. Cttrl+clickaconvvergingline.
Th
heheadoftheenoteleaderissattachedtoth
hevirtualsharp.Youcanalso odragthevirtuualsharpsend
d
pooint,drawano
otherleadertothevirtualshaarp,createvirttualsharpsinccrosssection,fforrounds,and
d
beetweenananggledandstraightedge.

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Examples


Avirtualsharp


Attachingtothebottomconnectionpointofanotetocreatealeaderwithajogorshoulder.


Attachingtothecenterconnectionpointofanotetocreateastraightleader.
UsethecenterconnectionpointtocreatecircleflagnotesorBOMballoonnotesaccordingtotheJISstandard,
withoutajogorshoulder.

Creatingdimensionannotations
UsetheDimensiontooltoaddameasurementtoyourdesign,drawingsheet,or3Dmarkup.
YoucanuseannotationdimensionswiththePullandMovetoolstochangeyourdesign.SeeDrivingmodifications
withannotationdimensions.
Anannotationplanecannotbemovedtoasubcomponentafteryouadddimensionsbecausethereferences
wouldbelost.
Youcanenabledualdimensions,whichwilldisplayeachdimensioninbothMetricandImperialunits.SeeUnits
options.

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Tocreateadimensionannotation

1. Clickthearrowunder DimensionintheAnnotationgroupontheDetailingtabandselect
Dimension.
2. Ifyouarecreatingadimensionin3D,clickafacetocreateanannotationplaneonwhichtoplacethe
dimension.
Mouseoverthefacesofyourdesigntopreviewtheeligibleannotationplanes.(InSketchandSection
mode,thesketchgriddefinestheannotationplane.)Ifmultipleobjectsoccuratyourcursorlocation,use
thescrollwheelorarrowkeystohighlighteachone.
Tocreateanannotationplaneforacylindricalface,selectthecylinder'saxis.
Ifyouneedtochangetheannotationplane,rightclickandclickSelectNewAnnotationPlanefromthe
contextmenuandselectanewannotationplane.
3. Clickanedgeorface.
Whereyouclickonacircledetermineswhetheryouwillmeasurefromthecircle'scenter,near,orfar
edge.Toselectthecenterclickthetop,bottom,left,orrightsideofthecircle.
4. Mouseoveryourdesigntopreviewthepossibledimensions.
5. Clickasecondobjectifyouwanttodimensionbetweentwoobjects.
6. (Optional)SelectadimensionorientationintheOptionspanel.Youcanalsoselecttheorientationforthe
firstandsecondreference.
7. Clicktocreatethedimension.

Tocreateordinatedimensions

1. Clickthearrowunder DimensionintheAnnotationgroupontheDetailingtabandselect
OrdinateDimensions.
2. Ifyouarecreatingadimensionin3D,clickafacetocreatetheplaneonwhichtoplacethedimension.
Mouseoverthefacesofyourdesigntopreviewtheeligibleannotationplanes.(InSketchandSection
mode,thesketchgriddefinestheannotationplane.)Ifmultipleobjectsoccuratyourcursorlocation,use
thescrollwheelorarrowkeystohighlighteachone.
Tocreateanannotationplaneforacylindricalface,selectthecylinder'saxis.

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Ifyouneedtochangetheannotationplane,rightclickandclickSelectNewAnnotationPlanefromthe
contextmenu.ThenrightclickthenewplaceandclickSetAsAnnotationPlane.
3. Clickalineoredgetosetthebaselinedimension.
Youcanuseanexistingextensionlineasadimensioningreference.Anextensionlineisthelinethat
connectsthepointtothedimensiontext.Ifyouselectanextensionline,thebaselinedimensionforthe
extensionline'sdimensionisused.
4. Mouseoverthefacetoseeallthepossibledimensions.
5. Clickapointtoplacethedimensionline.
Ifyouselectaface,allofthepossibleordinatedimensionswillbecreated.
Youcanclickmultiplepointstousethesamebaselineforthosedimensions.
Thebaselinedimension(0)isdisplayedorhiddenbasedonwhichdetailingstandardisselectedinthe
Detailingoptions.
Automaticjogpointsareincludedifordinatedimensionsaretoocloselyspaced.Thishelpsmakethem
easiertoread.

Todimensionbodies

1. Click DimensionintheAnnotationgroupontheDetailingtab.
2. ClicktheSelectbodiestoolguideontherightsideoftheDesignwindow.
3. Selectthesolidbodyorbodiesyouwanttodimension:
Ifyouselectasinglebody,thenthemaximumhorizontalorverticaldimensioniscreated,asshown
below.


Ifyouselectmorethanonebody,thenthedimensioniscreatedforbothsolidsandisanchoredonthe
sideclosesttowhereyouclickonthesolid.YoumustclickontheSelectbodiestoolguidebeforeyou
selecteachsolid,soyouclickthetoolguideandselectthefirstpart,thenclickthetoolguideagainand
selectthesecondpart.
Inbothoftheexamplesbelow,theupperpartwasselectednearitstop.Thelowerpartwasselected
nearitstopintheexampleontheleftandnearitsbottomintheexampleontheright.Themouse
arrowsindicatewherethelowerpartwasselected.Youwillseeapreviewofthedimensionwhenyou
clickthetoolguideandhoveroverthesecondpart.


Ifyoucreatethedimensioninasectionviewofadrawingsheet,thenthedimensioniscreatedonthe
extentsofthebodythatisvisibleinthesectionplane,asshownbelow.

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Toeditadimensionannotation
1. Selectthedimensionannotationtomove,size,orrotateit.
Tomovethedimensionnote,mouseovertheedgeoftheboxwiththeSelecttooluntilthecursor
changesto ,thendragthenote.
Tosizetheboxthatcontainsthedimensionnote,dragthehandlesofthenotebox(thewhitecircles).
2. Selectthetextofthenotetoreformatit.
3. (Optional)Rightclickthedimensionandselecttextformattingoptionsfromtheminitoolbar.
Click toselectatoleranceformat,theneditthetextofthetolerance.
Click toinsertafield.YoucanselectafieldtypeandformatfromtheInsertFieldwindow.
Selectfromthe dropdowntoinsertasymbol.
4. Clickanarrowheadtocyclethroughalternativeleaderstyles.
YoucanalsorightclickanarrowheadandselectArrowStyletoselectastyleforthatarrowhead,orselect
thearrowhead,thenselectthestylefortheheadinthePropertiespanel.
5. Clickthenoteleaderstomodifythem.
YoucanrightclickaleaderandselectAddJogPointtoaddanewpoint.
6. Tochangethedistancebetweenadimensionextensionlineanditsreferencepointontheobject,clickon
theextensionline,thenhoverovertheendclosesttotheobject.Dragthereddottochangeitsdistance
fromtheobject.
Ifyoucant'seetheextensionline,hoverovertheendofthedimensionleader,wherethelinewouldbe.
Youwillseetworeddotsthatyoucandrag:


7. ModifythedimensionnotepropertiesinthePropertiespanel.Modifythe:
ArrowLengthandWidthpropertiestosetthelengthandwidthofthearrowheads
Measurementpropertytochangethemeasurementtype.Forexample,youmaywanttodisplaythe
radiusofaholeinsteadofthediameter.
Precisionpropertytochangethenumberofdecimalplaces.
UpperLimit,LowerLimit,andTypeoftolerancepropertytochangetheformatofthedimensionand
enterupperandlowertolerancevalues.

Todisplaytheannotationandhidetheplane
1. Createtwolayers,onefornotes,andonefortheannotationplanes.
2. Placethenoteononelayerandtheannotationplaneonanotherlayer.
3. Turnoffthevisibilityofthelayerthatcontainstheannotationplane.

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Todisplaydimensionsforanannotationplane
Rightclickanannotationplaneandselect:
Showalldimensionstodisplaydimensionsonallannotationplanes.
Showdimensionstodisplaythedimensionsforonlytheannotationplaneyourightclicked.

Examples


AnnotationswithorientationchangedintheOptionspanel
1. DimensionOrientationsettoAligned
2. DimensionOrientationsettoHorizontal
3. DimensionOrientationsettoVertical
4. 1stReferenceOrientationsettoHorizontal,2ndReferenceOrientationsettoVertical


AdimensionannotationwithdualdimensionsenabledintheUnitsoptions


Ordinatedimensionannotations


Ordinatedimensionsforaplanarface

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Automaticjogpointswithcloselyspacedordinatedimensions

Dimensionbetweenvirtualpoints
Youcancreatedimensionsfromthelinebetweentwopointsorthemidplanebetweentwolines,evenwhenthat
linedoesn'texistasanedge.

Todimensionbetweenvirtualpoints

1. Click DimensionintheAnnotationgroupontheDetailingtab.
2. Selectapoint(A)asyourstartingpoint.
3. HoldCtrlandselectasecondpoint(B).
ThiscreatesavirtuallinebetweenpointsAandB,whichwillbethebaselineofyourdimension.
4. Selectathirdpoint(C).
NowyouhaveadimensionbetweenlineABandpointC:


IfyouholdCtrlwhenyouselectpointC,thedimensioniscreatedbetweenlineABandlineBC:


5. (Optional)IfyouselectpointCwithoutholdingCtrl,andholdCtrltoselectafourthpoint(D),the
dimensioniscreatedbetweenlineABandlineCD:

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6. Clickanywhereintheannotationplanetoplacethedimension.

Todimensiontoavirtualsharp

1. SelecttheDimensiontool fromtheAnnotationribbongroupintheDetailingtab.
2. HoldCtrlandselectaline.
3. HoldCtrlandselectaconvergingline.
Theheadofthenoteleaderisattachedtothevirtualsharp.Youcanalsodragthevirtualsharpsend
point,drawanotherleadertothevirtualsharp,createvirtualsharpsincrosssection,forrounds,and
betweenanangledandstraightedge.
4. (Optional)Toendthedimensionatanothervirtualsharp,
1. HoldCtrlandselectaline.
2. HoldCtrlandselectaconvergingline.
5. Clickanywhereintheannotationplanetoplacethedimension.

Dimensiontoamidplaneline

1. SelecttheDimensiontool fromtheAnnotationribbongroupintheDetailingtab.
2. Definethemidplaneline:
1. Selectafaceoredge:


2. HoldCtrlandselectasecondfaceoredge:


3. Themidplanelineisdisplayedasagrayline,andthebeginningofthedimensionisattachedtothisline.

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4. Selecttheface,edge,orpointyouwanttodimensionto.
Theendofthedimensionisattachedtotheface,edge,orpoint.
5. Clicktoplacethedimensionannotation.


Youcanreversethesestepstobeginthedimensionwithanexistinglineorpointandendthedimensionwith
amidplaneline.Youcanalsodimensionbetweentwomidplanelines.

Examples


Adimensionbetweenvirtualpoints


Adimensionfromamidplanelinetoanedge


Adimensionbetweentwomidplanelines


Adimensiontothevirtualsharpofachamferededge

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Avirtualsharp

Creatinggeometrictoleranceannotations
UsetheGeometricTolerancetoolsintheAnnotationribbongroupintheDetailingtabtoaddatolerancetoyour
design,drawingsheet,or3Dmarkupslide.InSpaceClaim,geometrictolerancesarenotcreatedautomatically.You
canenteranythinginageometrictolerance,sowerecommendthatyoureadthegeometrictolerancetooltips
carefullytocreateintelligentgeometrictoleranceannotations.


Tocreateageometrictoleranceannotation
1. ClicktheGeometricTolerancetool .
2. Clicktoplacethegeometrictoleranceannotationontheappropriateannotationplaneanddisplaythe
Formattab.
3. SelectthecharacteristicsymbolfromtheSymboldropdownintheGeometricToleranceribbongroup.
4. ClickinoneoftheTolerancefieldsandenteranycombinationoftextandmodifyingsymbolsfromthe
Symbolsribbongroup.

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Tocreatemultirowgeometrictoleranceannotations,selectacharacteristicsymbol,thenentertextand
modifyingsymbolsinthesecondrow.Tocombinethetworowssothattheyhaveonecharacteristic
symbol,checktheCompositeFrameoption.
5. PressEsctoexittheannotationandclosetheFormattab.

Todisplaythetextofanannotationandhidetheplane
1. Createtwolayers,onefornotes,andonefortheannotationplanes.
2. Placethenoteononelayerandtheannotationplaneonanotherlayer.
3. Turnoffthevisibilityofthelayerthatcontainstheannotationplane.

Datumandsurfacefinishsymbols
Youcaninsertdatumsymbolsontoyourdesign,drawingsheet,or3Dmarkupslide.

Toaddadatumsymbol
1. SelecttheDatumSymboltool .
Mouseoverthefacesofyourdesigntopreviewtheeligibleannotationplanes.
2. Clicktoplacethedatumsymbolontheappropriateannotationplane.
3. Enteraletter.
4. UsetheNoteLeadertooltocreatethenoteleader.

Toreplaceadimensionwithadatum
1. ClicktheDatumSymboltool .
2. Clickthedimensiontext.

Todisplaythetextofanannotationandhidetheplane
1. Createtwolayers,onefornotes,andonefortheannotationplanes.
2. Placethenoteononelayerandtheannotationplaneonanotherlayer.
3. Turnoffthevisibilityofthelayerthatcontainstheannotationplane.

Surfacefinishsymbols
Youcaninsertsurfacefinishsymbolsontoyourdesign,drawingsheet,or3Dmarkupslide.Surfacefinishsymbols
movealongwiththesurfacetheyareattachedto.

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Toaddasurfacefinishsymbol
1. SelectthetypeofsymbolyouwanttousefromtheSurfaceFinishtool dropdown.
Mouseoverthefacesofyourdesigntopreviewtheeligibleannotationplanes.Ifanannotationplane
alreadyexists,rightclickandselectSelectNewAnnotationPlanetochooseadifferentplane.
2. Clickafacetoplacealeaderontheplane.
Youcanclickasmanyfacesasyou'dliketoaddleaderstothosefaces.
3. ClickinanemptyareaoftheDesignwindowtoplacethesurfacefinishsymbol.
4. ModifythevaluesinthePropertiespanel.Modify:
FontSizetochangethefontsizeforallthetextfieldsonthesymbol.
Templatetochangethenumberoffields.
ShowAllAroundSymboltoaddthatsymboltothesurfacefinishsymbol.
Typetochangethetypeofsurfacefinishsymbol.
5. Entertextorsymbolsinthefield.
YoucanpressTabtoswitchbetweenthefields.Rightclickandselect fromtheminitoolbartoinserta
symbol.

Todisplaythetextofanannotationandhidetheplane
1. Createtwolayers,onefornotes,andonefortheannotationplanes.
2. Placethenoteononelayerandtheannotationplaneonanotherlayer.
3. Turnoffthevisibilityofthelayerthatcontainstheannotationplane.

Examples


SurfacefinishsymbolsusingtheStandard,Standard2,andStandard3templates

Centermarksandlines
Youcanputacentermarkonanycircle,arc,cylinderend,orsphere,andyoucanputcenterlinesonany
cylindricalfaceonadrawingsheet.

Toaddacentermarkorcenterline
1. ClicktheCenterLinetool .
2. Clickan:
Edgeoftheendofthecylinderorholetoaddacentermark.
Cylindricalfacetoaddacenterline.
Spheretoaddacentermark.

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Examples


Centermarkontheendofacylinderandcenterlinealongthefaceofacylinder


Centermarkonasphere

Threads
UsetheThreadtool tocreateathreadedsurfaceonanycylinder,cone,orhole.Selectathreadedgeorfaceto
viewitspropertiesinthePropertiespanel.
Thedepthofathreadedblindholeonacurvedsurfaceisdefinedasthemeasureddistancefromtheendofthe
threadtotheclosestpointontheoutercontourofthethread.


Tocreateathreadedsurface
1. ClicktheThreadtool intheAnnotationribbongroupontheDetailingtab.
2. Clicktheedgeofacylinder,hole,orcone.
Thethreadsareindicatedasatextureonthesurface,andthethreaddepthisshownwhenyouviewthe
threadedobjectinSectionmode.Aninnerthread orouterthread objectalsoappearsinthe
Structuretree.(Brokenthreadsappearwithasmallyellowtriangleovertheicon.)
3. ClickthesurfacetoeditthepropertiesofthethreadedsurfaceinthePropertiespanel.
Type:Controlswhetherthreadsareselectedfromatableorenteredmanually.Forcylinderthreads,
selectStandardtoselectvaluesfortheotherpropertiesfromadropdownlist.Themostlikelyvalues
areselectedbydefault(nextsmallersizeforexternalthreads,andthenextlargersizeforinternal
threads).SelectCustomtoenteroffsetvalues.Fortaperedthreads(threadsmadeonconicalsurfaces)
youcanonlyusetheOffsetoption.
Series:YoucanselectISOorUNC.
Size:Selectfromalistofavailablesizesintheseriesyouselect.
ThreadDepthType:CanbeBlindorFullThread.FullThreadisthedefaultforthroughholesandBlind
ischosenautomaticallywhenthethreadplacementcylinderorconeendsinaplaneataconvexedge.

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MinorDiameter:Thesmallest,orinner,diameterofathread.


MajorDiameter:Thelargest,orouter,diameterofathread.


Tochangethedepthofathreadedhole
1. ClickonthethreadedgeorholeintheDesignwindoworselectthethreadintheStructuretree.
2. PresstheTabkeyorclickonthedimensionfield.
3. Typeanewvalueforthedepth.

Tocustomizethethreadproperties
ThethreaddataXMLfilesthatdrivethedropdownmenusforStandardthreadpropertiesarelocatedinthe
SpaceClaimLibrary/Threadsdirectory.Youcan:
AddfilestothedirectorytodisplaythenameintheSeriespropertydropdownwhenyouclickthethreaded
surfacewiththeThreadtool.Removefilestoremovethemfromtheproperty.
AddrowstoanindividualfiletodisplaythemintheSizepropertydropdown.Removerowstoremovethem
fromtheproperty.
Specifyadifferentdirectoryforthreadfilesbyaddingadifferentdirectorytothesupportfileoptions.
ThisisanexampleoftheXMLfileusedforthreads:
<?xmlversion="1.0"encoding="utf8"?>
<thread:ThreadSizeTablexmlns:thread="http://www.spaceclaim.com/threadSizeTableVersion2">
<thread:Units>in</thread:Units>
<thread:ShowThreadDesignationInDiameterDimension>false</thread:ShowThreadDesignationInDiameterDim
ension>
<thread:ThreadSizes>
<thread:ThreadSize>
<thread:Name>164</thread:Name>
<thread:Size>0.073</thread:Size>
<thread:MinorDiameter>0.0544</thread:MinorDiameter>
</thread:ThreadSize>
</thread:ThreadSizes>
</thread:ThreadSizeTable>
Tousetheexampleabove,
1. Copythetextinsidethegrayboxandpasteitintoatextfile.
2. Savethefilewitha.xmlextensionintheSpacClaimLibrary/Threadsfolder.
Forexample,yourfilecouldbenamedMyThreads.xml.
3. Changethetextshowninredtoyourvalues.


Youshouldaddyourowncustomfilesinsteadofchangingthedefaultfiles.

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BillsofMaterials(BOMs)
YoucaninsertaBillofMaterials(BOM)ontoyourdesign,drawingsheet,or3Dmarkupslide.BOMvaluesare
automaticallypopulatedforbothinternalandexternalcomponentsthatarepartofanassembly.SpaceClaimonly
itemizescomponents;ifthedesignonlyhassolidsinthestructuretree,theywillnotbeincludedintheBOM.
WhenadrawingincludesaBOMtablethatcontainsdataaddedwithanewerservicepackofSpaceClaimthanyou
areusing,thenewcolumnsaredisplayedinred.Thisindicatesthatthedatacannotbechanged,andcanonlybe
viewed.
YoucanincludeX,Y,andZdimensionsofcomponentsinaBOMtable.Theextentsshownaretheexactextentsof
allsolidandsurfacegeometryinthecomponent,forbothvisibleandhiddensolidsandsurfaces.Sketchcurves,
bitmaps,andotherentitiesarenotincludedintheextents.Usethesedimensionstocreateacutlistofpartsinan
assemblyofpanelsintheBOM,alongwiththeirnumberanddimensions.Seetheinstructionsforaddingacolumn
toaBOMtablebelow.


ToaddaBillofMaterialstoadocument
1. Clickthearrownexttothe BillofMaterialstoolintheAnnotationgroupontheDetailingtaband
selectatype:
Toplevel:Createsatablethatincludesonlyparentcomponents(orparts):


Partsonly:Createsatablethatincludesallchildcomponents:

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Indented:Createsatablethatincludesallcomponents,withchildcomponentsindented:


2. ThelasttypeofBOMyoucreatedisrememberedandwillbeautomaticallychosenifyouclicktheBOM
iconinsteadofthedropdownarrow.
3. (Optional)Ifyoucreatedaviewofacomponentonthedrawingsheet,selectthecomponentonthe
OptionspaneltocreateaBOMforjustthatcomponent.
4. (Optional)ModifytheBillofMaterial'spropertiesinthePropertiespanel.
5. ClicktoplacetheBillofMaterialsonthedesign,drawingsheet,or3Dmarkupslide.Thetableappearsin
grayuntilyouplaceit,anditchangestoblackafteritisplaced.
Tocancel,presstheEsckeybeforeyouclicktoplacethetable.
TheBOMappearsintheStructuretree.
YoucancopyandpasteaBOM,andyoucancopythecontentsfromaBOMtableandpastetheminto
MicrosoftExcel.

ToeditaBillofMaterials
WhenyouchangeavalueinaBOMtable,thepropertyischanged.YoucanalsoselecttheBOMandeditits
propertiesinthePropertiespanel.
Draganddroprowsandcolumnstoreorderthem.
Selectaroworcolumn,rightclick,andselectfromthemenutoinsert,delete,ormergerowsorcolumns.
Selectarow,rightclick,andselectSplitTablefromthemenutodividetheBOMintotwotables,forexample,if
necessarytofitonthedrawingsheet.
Resizeatablebydraggingthecirclesatitscornersoredges.
Rotateatablebydraggingthegreencircleatthetopofthetable.

ToaddcolumnstoaBOMtable
1. RightclickanexistingcolumnandselectInsert>InsertColumnstotheLeftorInsertColumnstothe
Right.
2. Selectthenewcolumnbyclickingabovethefirstrowofthecolumn,likethis:


3. SelectaColumnTypeinthePropertiespanel.
4. SelectaColumnValueifyouselectedDocumentProperty,MaterialProperty,orCustomPropertyforthe
columntype.Thevaluesinthecolumnwillbeautomaticallyfilledin.
IfyouselectMaterialPropertyforthecolumntypeandMassorVolumeforthecolumnvalue,thenthe
columndatawillonlybefilledinwhenamaterialhasbeenassignedtotheobject.

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ToexportaBillofMaterials
1. ClickonaBOMtable,thenclickitsedgetoselecttheentiretable.Theedgewillchangefromadashedline
toasolidlinewhenyouhavetheentiretableselected.
2. RightclickthetableandselectSaveTableAs.
3. SelectHTMLorXMLfortheSaveastype.

Examples


SelectingarowintheBOMtoinsertordeleterows,mergecells,orsplittable

Tables
YoucanplaceatableonanannotationplaneusingtheTabletoolintheAnnotationribbongroup.
Youcancopyannotationdimensionsfromdrawingsandpastethemintotables,andtheirvalueswillbeupdated
whenthedimensionschange.

Toaddatable
1. AddanAnnotationplaneoractivateanexistingplane.
2. ClicktheTabletool .
3. Dragtocreatethetablewithasmanycolumnsandrowsasyouneed.Thedefaultcellsizeisdetermined
bythefontsizeintheDetailingtab.

Toeditatable
Selectthetable,thendragtoselectmultiplecells.Oncemultiplecellsareselected,youcanrightclickandselect
MergeCellsorUnmergeCells.
Rightclickacellandinsertcolumnsandrows.
Selectoneormorecellsandrightclicktoaccesstheothercontextmenufunctions,whichallowyoutoaddand
removecolumnsandrows.
Clickwithinatablecelltoedititscontents.
Dragacolumnorrowboundarytoresizethecolumnorrow.
Selectrows,columnsandcellsbypositioningthecursortotheleftoftherow,tothetopofthecolumn,andin
theinternalleftsideofthecell.
Selectandthendragaroworcolumntomoveitwithinthetable.
Applyfontandparagraphpropertiestoselectedtext.

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PressTabtonavigatethroughtablecells.
Resizeatablebydraggingthecirclesatitscornersoredges.
Rotateatablebydraggingthegreencircleatthetopofthetable.
Copyanannotationdimensionandpasteitintoatablecell.Thedimensionvaluewillbeupdatedautomatically
ifthedimensionchanges.

Tomoveorrotateatable
1. Clicktheouter,dottedborderofthetabletoselectit.
2. Usethe:
Arrowkeystomovethetable.
Ctrl+arrowkeystomovethetablebyaverysmallamount.
Roundhandleatthetopofthetabletorotatethetable.

Todeletetextwithinatable
1. Selectallthecellsinthetable.
2. PressDelete.

Todeleteatable
1. Selectthetable.
2. Selecttherectangularborder.
3. PressDelete.

Tomodifytableproperties
1. Clicktheouter,dottedborderofthetabletoselectit.
2. EntervaluesinthePropertiespanel.
Youcanmodify:
Cellalignmentandmargins.
Positionofthetableanchor.
Numberofrowsandcolumns,columnwidth,androwheight.

Tocopytablecontents
PressCtrl+CorrightclickandselectCopy.YoucanpastethedatafromatableintoMicrosoftExcel.

Balloon

UsetheBalloontool toaddBOMballoonnotes.Thecontentoftheballoonupdateswhenchangesaremadeto
theBOMtable.
ThedocumentmustcontainaBOMtablefortheBalloontooltobeenabled.

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ToaddBOMballoonnotes
1. FromthedropdownmenuontheBillofMaterialstoolintheAnnotationribbongroup,selectatype:
Itemnumber
Partnumber
Itemnumberandquantity
2. ClickafaceoredgeinthedrawingsheetorDesignwindowtoattachaballoontotheobject.
3. Clickagaintoplacetheballoon.

ToautomaticallyaddBOMballoonnotestoaview
1. Rightclickaview.
2. SelectAutoballoonandthenItemNumber,PartNumber,orItemNumberandQuantity.
ThesemenuoptionsareonlyavailablewhenaviewhasaBOM.

Drawingsheets
SpaceClaimhelpsyoucreatedrawingsheets.Whenyouaddanewdrawingsheettoadesign,viewsofthedesign
arecreatedforyouautomatically.Youcanthenadd,remove,andedittheseviews,aswellasdragthemtomove
themaroundonthesheet.Drawingsheetsaresavedwithinyourdesign.
Normally,youwillcreatethedrawingsheet,setupthesheet,applyaformat,addandmodifyviews,then
annotatetheviews.
DrawingsheetsandtheirviewsappearintheStructuretree.Youcanplacedrawingsheetviewsonlayers.
YoucaneditadesigndirectlywhileviewingthedrawingsheetusingthetoolsontheDesigntab.

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Tocreateanewdrawingsheet
SelectNew>NewDrawingSheetfromtheapplicationmenu.
Adrawingsheetcontainingtop,front,andrightsideviewsappearsintheDesignwindow,andtheDrawingSheet
appearsintheStructuretree.TheDetailingtabisdisplayed.Youdonotneedtocreateadesignbeforecreatinga
drawingsheet.SpaceClaimallowsyoutocreateandeditgeometrywithinthedrawingsheetitself.Whenyou
createanewdrawingsheetforanemptydesign,thesheetcontainstheviewoutlines,withhandlesyoucanuseto
controlthesizeandpositionoftheview.Youcandeletethehandlesandmovetheviewusingtheoutline.
Ifyoubeganadesignfromanemptydrawingsheet,youcanrightclickadesignonthedrawingsheetandselect
OpenComponenttodisplaythedesigninanewDesignwindow.
Modifyingoneviewchangestherelatedviewsasappropriate.

TodisplayadrawingsheetintheDesignwindow
RightclickthesheetintheStructuretreeandselectOpenSheetfromthecontextmenu.

Todeleteadrawingsheet
RightclickthesheetintheStructuretreeandselectDeletefromthecontextmenu.
Thedrawingsheetwindowcloses.Ifthedrawingsheetisnolongerreferencedbyanyotheropendesign
document,itisremovedfromactivememory.Itisnotdeletedfromotherdocumentsthatreferencethedrawing
sheet.

Tochangethevisualorientationofadrawingsheet
Youcanorientadrawingsheetusingthenormalmouse+keyboardcombinationsandmenucommands.For
example,youcanpressthemiddlemousebuttonanddragtospinthedrawingsheet.SeeOrienting.
RightclickanywhereinthedrawingsheetandselectView>FlatViewfromthecontextmenutoviewthesheet
headon.

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DrawingsheetshaveseparatenamedviewsintheViewstab.Thesearetheviewsusedtoorientyoursheetinthe
designarea.Thedefaultnamedviewsare
Home:Changestheviewtoheadonbydefault.Canbesettoadifferentview.
PlanView:Changestheviewtoheadonbasedonthefaceyouhaveselected.Ifnothingisselected,thesheetis
orientedtothedrawingwindow.
FlatView:Changestheviewtoheadonforthedrawingsheet.
SeeCustomizingviews.

Toeditdesignannotations
RightclicktheannotationplaneintheStructuretreeandselectShowalldimensionstodisplayanydesign
annotationsonthatplane.Clickanannotationtoeditit.Changesmadeonthedrawingsheetwillalsoappearin
thedesign.

Tocontrolthevisibilityofobjectsinadrawingsheet
TheStructuretreeinadrawingdisplaysthedesigncomponentsundereachdrawing.Youcan:
Hideorshowaview:CheckorunchecktheboxnexttotheviewintheStructuretree.Youcanalsorightclick
theviewinthedrawingsheetandselectHidefromthecontextmenu.
Hideorshowacomponentinallviews:RightclickthecomponentintheStructuretreeandselectHideinall
viewsorShowinallviewsfromthecontextmenu.
Hideorshowacomponentinaparticularview:Checkorunchecktheboxnexttothecomponentinthe
Structuretree.
Hideorshowanobjectinallviews:RightclicktheobjectintheStructuretreeandselectHideinallviewsor
Showinallviewsfromthecontextmenu.
Hideorshowanobjectinaparticularview:RightclicktheobjectinthedrawingsheetandselectHidein
SelectedViewfromthecontextmenu.ChecktheboxintheStructuretreetorestorevisibility.
Isolateasolidinaview:RightclickthesolidintheStructuretreeandselectIsolateinselectedviewfromthe
contextmenu.Youcanalsorightclickafaceofthebodyinthedrawingsheet.Allgeometryintheview
disappearsexcepttheselectedobject.Thisoptionisnotavailableforcomponents.
Hideanindividualcurveinacomponentinstance:RightclickthecurveandselectHidefromthecontextmenu.
YoucanalsocheckorunchecktheboxnexttothecurveintheStructuretree.
TheStructuretreedisplaysamixedvisibilitystateforanyobjectshiddeninaview,asshowninthefigurebelow.


Visibilityinadrawingsheetisindependentfromthevisibilityofthemodelinthedesignwindow.
Ifyouinsertamodelintoanewdocument,themodelappearswiththevisibilitysavedinthedocument.Afterthe
modelisinserted,thevisibilityofobjectsisindependentofthesaveddocument.
Whenyoucreateanewview(generalview,projectedview,crosssection,ordetailedview)inadrawingsheet
fromanexistingviewinyourdrawingsheet,thevisibilityofobjectsiscopiedtothenewview.

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Toopenarootpartinthedesigndocument
RightclickarootnodeintheStructurepanelofadrawingsheetandselectOpenRootPart.
Inadrawingsheetopenedfromacomponentonlydesigndocument,rightclickthecomponentrootnodeand
selectthisoptiontodisplaythedesigndocumentforthefullassembly.Inadrawingsheetwithoutanyviews,right
clicktheDrawingSheetsrootnodeandselectthisoptiontodisplaythedesigndocumentfortheassembly.

Settingupadrawingsheet
Youcanformatthedrawingsheetusingatemplate,orientthepage,andselectapapersizeforthesheet.When
youselecttheformatandsizeofthedrawingsheet,SpaceClaimautomaticallysetsthescale,butyoucanmodifyit.
UsethefollowingtoolsintheSheetSetupgrouptochangeadrawingsheet:
Format:Selectadefaultorcustomformat,orremovetheformattingfromthedrawingsheetwiththe

Formattool.
Orientation:SelectaportraitorlandscapeorientationforthepagefromtheOrientationdropdownlist.

Size:SelectthepagesizefromtheSizedropdownlist.

Scale Scale:SelectascaleortypearatiointheScalefield.Forexample,enter1:1todisplayviewsofyourdesign
atactualsize.Thevalueslistedarethetwomostcommonratiosthataresmallerandlargerthanthe
currentscaleratio.

Formattingadrawingsheet
YoucanapplySpaceClaimformatstoyourdrawingsheetorcreateyourowncustomformats.Youcanshowor
hidetheformatlinesonthesheet.
Youcanusedifferentsheetsizeformatsinasingledocument.TheFormat,Orientation,andSizetoolsnowhavea
ApplytoAllSheetsoptionthat,whenselected,appliesyourchangestoallsheetsinthedocument.Whennot
selected,thechangeisonlyappliedtothesheetdisplayedintheDesignwindow.Theoptionisonlyavailablewhen
thedocumentcontainsmorethanonedrawingsheet.

Tochangetheformatofadrawingsheet

1. Click FormatintheSheetSetupgroupontheDetailtab.
2. Selectaformatfromthelist.
3. (Optional)Ifyouwanttouseacustomformat,
1. ClickMoreFormatsnearthebottomoftheformatlist.
2. SelectUseaspecificsheetoftheformatifyouwanttouseonlytheformatfromonesheetin
thedrawingfile.
3. NavigatetotheSCDOCfilecontainingtheformatandclickOpen.
4. (Optional)DeselectApplytoAllSheetstoapplytheformattoonlythecurrentdrawingsheet.

Toremovetheformattingfromthedrawingsheet
SelectRemoveCurrentFormatfromFormattooldropdown.

Createacustomdrawingsheetformat
1. Createanewdrawingsheet.
2. Settheorientation,size,andscaleofthedrawingsheet.

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3. DrawonthedraawingsheetussingtheSketch
hingandAnnottationtools.
TiipIfyouinserttfieldsbasedo
ondocumentp
propertiesintoannotationso
onthedrawingsheet,youcan n
crreateadrawingsheetformattthatautomatticallyupdateswhenitisapp
pliedtoadrawingsheetina
deesign.
4. Saavethedrawin
ngsheetintoasupportdirecttory.
Th
hedrawingshe
eetappearsasaformatwithintheFormattool'sdropdo
ownlist.

Tocreatea
acustomdraw
wingsheetbyiinsertinganAu
utoCADfile
1. Crreateanewdrrawingsheet.

2. Cllick FileintheInsertggroupontheDesigntab.
3. SeelectAutoCAD
DfilesfortheFilesofType.
4. SeelecttheImpo
ortintodrawin
ngsheetoption
n.
5. BrrowsetolocatetheAutoCAD
Dfile,thenclickkOpen.

Editingonadrawingshe
eet
dityourdesigndirectlywhileviewingthedrawingsheetu
Youcaned usingthetoolsontheDesign
ntab.
Whenskettchingonadraawingsheet,yo
oucan:
Clickwitthintheviewb
boundarywithasketchtoolttodisplayaskeetchgrid.
RightclickaviewandselectUseLasstSketchPlane
efromthecon
ntextmenu.
Turntheemousewhee
eltoselectafaceofasolidin
nthedrawingssheetwhenonlytheedgeisd
displayed.
Overridecolorsforsolidsandsurfacces.Changingtthecolorsonth
hedrawingsheeetdoesnotafffectthecolorssin
thedesiign.

Tosketchiintheactiveviiewonly
SelectCreaatecurvessho
ownonlyincurrrentviewintheSketchoptionspanel.
Sketchedccurvesappearo onlyintheactiveview.Thisffunctionisuseefulifyouwantttoshowmulttipledesign
possibilitieesusingthevie
ewsonyourdrawingsheet.Iffyouwanttow workwiththesketchcurvesasdesignelem ments,
makethem mvisibleinyouurdesigndocum ment.

Workingw
withdrawingsh
heetviews
Youcanadddandremoveeviewsfromthhedrawingsheeet,movethem maroundthesheet,andmod difytheirpropeerties.
Youcancreategeneralviews,projecteedviews,crossssectionviewss,anddetailviews.Thesevieewsareallrelaated
wusedtocreattethem,andin
totheview nheritpropertiiesfromthatvview.

Toaddavviewtothedra
awingsheet
1. Seelectoneofthefollowingtoo
olsfromtheViiewsribbongro
oupontheDetailingtab:
GeneralView
wtool toad
ddanew,independentview..

ProjectedVie
ewtool tocreateaviewprojectedfrom
moneoftheottherviewsontthedrawingsh
heet.
CrossSection
ntool tocrreateacrossseectionviewusiingoneoftheotherviewson
nthedrawingsheet.
DetailViewtool tocreatteanenlarged
dviewofapartticulararea.
2. Cllicktoplacetheviewonthedrawingsheett.
3. PrressEscorSto
oexitthetool.

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Toselectaviewonthedrawingsheet
1. PressStoactivatetheSelecttool.
Ifyouareinanothertool,pressEsctocancelthecurrentaction,thenpressEscagaintoexitthetooland
activatetheSelecttool.
2. Mousejustoutsidetheviewonthedrawingsheet,orscrolloverthedesignshownintheviewuntila
dashedboxaroundtheviewisdisplayed.
3. Clicktheboxtoselecttheview.

Tomoveaviewonthedrawingsheet
1. Selecttheview.
2. DragtheviewwiththeSelecttooltomoveitorclicktheMovetoolandmoveitwiththeMovehandle.
Projectedandcrosssectionviewsmovetogetherasagroup.

Toorientthedesignshowninaview
1. Selectthecomponentshownintheview.
2. SelecttheMovetoolontheDesigntab.
3. UsetheMovehandletoorientthecomponentwithintheview.
Viewsrelatedtothecurrentviewalsochangetheirorientation.

Tomodifyaview
1. Selecttheview.
Youcanselectmultipleviewstomodifythepropertiestheyhaveincommon.
2. Modifytheview'spropertiesinthePropertiespanelorrightclickandmodifytheviewusingthemini
toolbar.
3. ControlthevisibilityoftheviewintheStructuretree.

Torenameaview
1. RightclickaviewintheStructuretreeandselectRename.
TheRenamedrawingviewlabelsdialogopens.
2. Changethefollowing:
Name:Thenameofaview.Bydefault,thenameofaviewisanumberorletter.
Showprefixlabel:Displayadescriptiveprefixbeforetheviewname,suchasDetail,TopView,orFront
View.
Structuretreenameoverride:Usethetextintheareabelowthisoptioninsteadofthenameand
prefix.
Thecombinationofuserinputandcheckboxesareshowninapreviewoftheviewnameintheboxatthe
bottomofthedialog.

Generalviews

UsetheGeneralViewtool toaddanew,independentview.
Youcancreateviewsofmultiplecomponentsandassemblies.Youcanmovetheviewofacomponentfromone
drawingsheettoanotherbydraggingtheviewintheStructurepanel.WhenusingtheBillofMaterialstool,you
canselectthecomponentontheOptionspaneltocreateaBOMforjustthatcomponent.

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Toaddanew,independentview
1. ClicktheGeneralViewtool .
2. Clickthedrawingsheettoaddtheviewatthatlocation.

Tomodifyageneralview
1. Selecttheview.
2. ModifythevaluesinthePropertiespanel,orrightclickandselectastylefromtheminitoolbar.Change
the:
Orientationtochangetheorientationoftheviewtoisometric,trimetric,oranyside.Ifyouchangethe
orientationofageneralviewfromwhichprojectedviewswerecreated,theorientationofthe
projectedviewsalsochange.
Renderingmodetochangethegraphicsstylefortheview.SelectInheritifyouwanttolinkthe
graphicsstyletothedrawingsheet.
Scaletomagnifyorshrinktheview.Whenyouchangethescale,theTypepropertychangesto
Independentfromsheet.YoucanselectLinkedtosheettosetthescaletobethesameasthescale
usedforthedrawingsheet.
3. Youcanalsoadjusttheappearanceofyourdesignonthedrawingsheetbyusingthe:
SnapViewtooltocorrectlypositionthedesign.
Movetooltopositionthedesignmoreaccurately.
Whenyoumodifytheorientationofageneralview,anyviewsdependentonthegeneralvieware
orientedsimultaneously.Othergeneralviewsdonotchange.

Tocreateaviewofacomponentonadrawingsheet
1. SelecttheGeneralViewtool .
2. SelectthecomponentfromtheOptionspanel.
Asyoumoveyourcursoroverthedrawingsheettoplacetheview,themodelyouselectedispreviewed
atthecursorlocation.
3. Clicktoplacetheviewoftheselectedcomponentonthedrawingsheet.
ThecomponentisrepeatedintheStructuretreeasarootnode.Youcanplacemultipleinternal
components.

Tocreateaviewofanassemblyonadrawingsheet
1. SelecttheGeneralViewtool .
2. SelecttheassemblyfromtheOptionspanel.
Asyoumoveyourcursoroverthedrawingsheettoplacetheview,themodelyouselectedispreviewed
atthecursorlocation.
3. Clicktoplacetheviewoftheselectedassemblyonthedrawingsheet.
TheassemblyappearsintheStructuretreeasarootnode

Projectedviews
Projectedviewsshowanothersideofthemodel.
YoucandragdrawingviewstodifferentsheetsintheStructuretree.Whenyoudragaprojectedorauxiliaryview
toadifferentsheetfromitsparent,itsalignmentischangedtoindependent.Thetwoviewswillbelinkedagainif
youdragitbacktothesamesheetandalignitwiththeparentview.

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Youcanplaaceaprojectedorauxiliaryvviewindependentofthepareentview.Seleccttheview,theenselect
IndependeentorAlignedtoViewforAlignmentintheePropertiespaanel.

Tocreatea
anorthogonallprojectedview

1. CllicktheProjecttedViewtool ontheDettailingtab'sVieewsribbongro
oup.
2. Cllickwithintheviewyouwantttousetocreaatetheprojecttedview.Donotclickahighlightededge.
Ifdottedgraylin
nesdonotapp
peararoundtheview,itisno
otselected.Ifthisoccurs,preessEscandtryagain.
3. M
Moveyourmou
usetopreviewtheprojectedview.
Orthogonalview
wsarecreatedasyoumovettowardthetop
p,bottom,left,,andrightofth
hecurrentview
w.
4. Cllicktoplacetheviewonthedrawingsheett.
5. PrressEscorSto
oexitthetool.

Tocreatea
anauxiliaryprrojectedview

1. CllicktheProjecttedViewtool ontheDettailingtab'sVieewsribbongro
oup.
2. Mouseoverthe
M eviewuntiltheeedgeyouwan
nttousetocreeateanauxiliarryprojectedviewishighlightted,
th
henclick.
Ifdottedgraylin
nesdonotapp otselected.Ifthisoccurs,preessEscandtryagain.
peararoundtheview,itisno
3. M
Moveyourmou
usetopreviewtheprojectedauxiliaryview.
Auxiliaryviewsaarecreatedasyoumovethemouseperpen
ndiculartotheehighlighteded
dge.
4. Cllicktoplacetheviewonthedrawingsheett.
5. PrressEscorSto
oexitthetool.

Tomodifyaprojectedviiew
1. Seelecttheview.
2. ModifythevaluesinthePropeertiespanel,orrightclickandselectastyleefromthemin
M nitoolbar.Change
th
he:
Typetochangeetheprojected
OrientationT dviewtoaGeneralview.Thiismakestheseelectedview
independentoftheviewussedtocreateitt.
Renderingmmodetochangeethegraphicssstylefortheview.SelectInheritifyouwan
nttolinkthe
graphicsstyle
etotheparenttview.
Scaletomagnifyorshrinkttheview.Whenyouchangetthescale,theTTypepropertychangesto
Independenttfromsheet.YYoucanselectLinkedtoshee
ettosetthesccaletobethessameasthescaale
usedforthedrawingsheet.

Crosssectionviews
Crosssectiionviewsshowwacrosssectio
onthroughyou urdesign.Toccreateacrossssectionview,yyoumustalreaddy
haveatleaasttwoviews:onethatwillb
becomethecro osssection,andanotherthattwillbeusedttosetthecrosss
sectionplaane.Youcanad
ddacrosssecttiontoanyview
wtype.

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YoucansetthecrosssectiontypetoTotalorArea,asillustratedintheimageabove.ATotalcrosssection(top
right)displaysthedesignin3Dbehindthecrosssectionplane.AnAreacrosssection(bottomright)displaysa
crosshatchedillustrationoftheobject'sareaatthecrosssection.Thecrosssectionplaneisidentifiedbytheplane
markedasA.

Tocreateanewcrosssectionview
1. ClicktheCrossSectionViewtool ontheDetailingtab'sViewsribbongroup.
2. ClicktheSelectReferenceGeometryInsideDrawingViewtoolguide.
3. SetthefollowingoptionsintheOptionspanelontheleft:
CreateaTotalCrossSectionCheckthisoptiontosettheview'ssectiontypepropertytoTotal.
UnchecktheoptiontosetthepropertytoArea.Seeexamplesintheimageabove.
ArrowOrientationChooseHorizontalorVerticalfortheexpectedorientation,orchooseThrough
SelectedGeometrytoorientthearrowsbasedonthehighlightedobject.
PlacementSelectCreateasGeneralViewtoplacetheviewinanylocationonthedrawingsheet.
SelectCreateasAuxiliaryViewtolinktheorientationofthecrosssectionviewtotheviewcontaining
thearrows.
Youcansettheseoptionsanytimebeforeyoupositiontheview.
4. Selecttheobjectyouwanttousetoorientthesectionview.
Thenewviewiscreatedandlabeledautomatically.
5. Clicktopositionthenewsectionviewinyourdrawingsheet.
6. PressEscorStoexitthetool.

Toconvertanexistingviewtoacrosssectionview
1. ClicktheCrossSectionViewtool ontheDetailingtab'sViewsribbongroup.
2. ClicktheSelectSectionViewtoolguideandselecttheviewyouwanttoconverttoacrosssection.
Ifdottedgraylinesdonotappeararoundtheview,itisnotselected.Ifthisoccurs,pressEscandtryagain.
3. SettheCreateaTotalCrossSectionoptiontosettheview'ssectiontypepropertytoTotal.Uncheckthe
optiontosetthepropertytoArea.Seeexamplesintheimageabove.
4. Mouseoverarelatedviewtodisplaythecrosssectionindicatorandpreviewthecrosssection.
Theindicatorlinesnapstogeometryintheview.Geometryinfrontofthecuttingplaneisnotdisplayed.
5. Clicktoplacethecrosssectionindicatorandcreatethecrosssectionview.
Theviewislabeledautomatically.
6. PressEscorStoexitthetool.

Tomodifyacrosssectionview
1. Movethecrosssectionindicatortochangethecuttingplane.

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2. Selectthecrosssectionview.
3. ModifythevaluesinthePropertiespanel,orrightclickandselectastylefromtheminitoolbar.Change
thevaluein:
OrientationTypetochangethecrosssectionviewtoaGeneralview.Thismakestheselectedview
independentoftheviewusedtocreateit.
Renderingmodetochangethegraphicsstylefortheview.SelectInheritifyouwanttolinkthe
graphicsstyletotheparentview.
Scaletomagnifyorshrinktheview.Whenyouchangethescale,theTypepropertychangesto
Independentfromsheet.YoucanselectLinkedtosheettosetthescaletobethesameasthescale
usedforthedrawingsheet.
SectionTypetocreateatotalorareacrosssection.SelectTotaltodisplay3Dgeometrynotonthe
crosssectionplane.SelectAreatodisplayonlythegeometryonthecrosssectionplane.Youcanselect
NonetoturntheviewintoaGeneralview.
4. Selectaregionwithinthecrosssectionview.
5. ModifythevaluesinthePropertiespanel.ChangethevalueinthefollowingCrosshatchingproperties:
Excludefromsectioningtoremovetheselectedregionfromthecrosssectionview.
Fillstylestoaddorremovinghatchingfromtheregion.
Angletomodifytheangleatwhichthehatchinglinesaredrawn.
Spacingtomodifythespacebetweenhatchinglines.
Offsettomodifythestartpointofthefirsthatchingline.

Toreversethedirectionofacrosssectionview
RightclickthecrosssectionarrowandselectFlipViewingDirection.

Topublishacrosssectionviewto3D
1. RightclickthecrosssectionviewonthedrawingsheetorintheStructuretree.
2. SelectPublishto3Dfromthecontextmenu.
ApublishedsectionappearsasarootnodeintheStructuretree.
YoucanrightclickthepublishedcrosssectioninaDesignwindowandselectClipwithPlane.Youcanalso
usetheMovetooltomoveapublishedcrosssection.

Examples


Selectingapublishedcrosssectiontoclipwithplane.

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Movetooltom
UsingtheM moveapublishedcrosssectio
on.

Toolguidees
WithintheeCrossSectiontool,thereareetwotoolguid
des:

UseSelectSection
nViewtoseleccttheviewyou
uwanttoconvverttoacrossssectionview.

UseReferenceGe
eometryInside
eDrawingView
wtoselecttheobjectyouwaanttousetoorrientthesectio
on.

Detailview
ws
Detailview
wsallowyouto wmoredetail.Tocreateadeetailview,youmust
omagnifyaportionofanotheerviewtoshow
alreadyhaveatleastone
eviewonyourdrawingsheett.
Ifadetailvviewdoesnotdisplaycorrecttly,makesurethatyouloadeedanylightweightcomponen
ntsshowninth
he
view.
hangeseveralo
Youcanch optionsfordettailviewsintheeDetailingopttions,suchasllineweightsan
ndnoteoption
ns.

Tocreatea
anewdetailviiew
1. CllicktheDetailViewtool o
ontheDetailin
ngtab'sViewsrribbongroup.
2. Seelectoneofthefollowingop
ptions:
Viewtocreateanewdetailviewwiththeb
CreateDetailofSelectedV boundarydraw
wnonanexistin
ng
view.
ectedViewtoP
ConvertSele Partialtoconvvertanexistinggviewintothedetailview.
3. SeelecttheSketcchBoundaryTyype(circle,recctangle,orsplin
ne)fromtheO
Optionspanel.
4. (O
Optional)EnterrtheScaleonttheOptionspaanel.
5. Cllickontheview
wthatwillcreaatethedetailttosettheanch
horpointforsccaling.
Usually,youwillcreateanancchorpointveryyclosetothed
detailthatyouwanttoshowintheview.
6. Cllicktosettheccenterofabou
undarycircle,aacornerofareectangle,orthefirstpointoffaclosedspline.
7. Cllickagaintode
efinetheboundarycircleorrrectangle,orcllickmultipletim
mestodefinetheboundary
sp
pline.
hedetailviewisdisplayed.
Th
8. Cllicktoplacethedetailviewo
onthedrawinggsheet.
9. PrressEscorSto
oexitthetool.

Tomodifyadetailview
orrectangularboundary,you
Ifyoucreatedacircularo ucandragtheboundarytoeexpandorshrin
nkit.
ModifytheevaluesinthePropertiespan
nel,orrightclickandselectaastylefromtheminitoolbarr.Changethevvalue
in:

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Renderingmodetochangethegraphicsstylefortheview.SelectInheritifyouwanttolinkthegraphicsstyleto
theparentview.
Scaletomagnifyorshrinktheview.Whenyouchangethescale,theTypepropertychangestoIndependent
fromsheet.YoucanselectLinkedtosheettosetthescaletobethesameasthescaleusedforthedrawing
sheet.
OrientationtypetochangethedetailviewtoaGeneralview.
YoucandragdrawingviewstodifferentsheetsintheStructuretree.Whenyoudragadetailviewtoanothersheet
itremainslinkedwithitsparentview.

Displayingamodulargrid
Themodulargridisacoordinatesystemusedtolocateobjectsrelativetoanoriginin3Dspace.Youcandisplaythe
modulargridonanyviewthatisparalleltotheworldoriginaxes.


Totogglethedisplayofthemodulargridforaview
RightclicktheviewandselectShowModularGrid.

Toadjustthesizeofthemodulargrid
Clickonthegridlabels(orendpointsiflabelsarenotdisplayed)anddrag.

Todisplaygridinformationforacrosssectionview
SelectthecrosssectionviewreferenceplaneandsetShowModularGridDescriptioninthePropertiespanelto
True.
ChangeModulargriddescriptionlabeltochangetextdisplayedbeforethecoordinatesinthelabel.
Youcanmovethereferenceplanebychangingthevalueofitslabel.

Tocustomizeagrid
1. Selectthegridbyclickingonagridlabelorendpoint.
2. Dragthehandlestoexpandorshrinkthegriddynamically.

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3. ModifythefollowingvaluesintheModulargridsectionofthePropertiespanel:
Color:Thecolorofthegrid,labels,andthelegendaxis.
Font:Thefontandtextheightusedforgridlabels.Typethecompletenameforafont,followedbya
commaandthefontheightinunits(mm,in,etc.).Youcanalsoclickthe...buttonandselectafontand
asizeinpoints;thesizewillbeconvertedtothecurrentunits.
Gridinterval:Thedistancebetweengridlines.
Horizontaltextlocation:Showlabelsforthebottomofgridlines,thetopofgridlines,both,orneither.
Intervalspergridline:Thenumberofrowsbetweeneachgridline.
Showballoonsaroundgridlabels:Showcirclesaroundgridlabels.
Showorigin:Showthelegendaxisonthelowerleftcorneroftheview.
Showwhenatleastonedirectionisparalleltothesheet:SelectTruetoautomaticallydisplaythegrid
iftheX,Y,orZaxisintheviewisparalleltothedrawingsheet.SelectFalseifyouwanttohidethegrid
inthiscase.
Verticaltextlocation:Showlabelsfortheleftendofgridlines,therightendofgridlines,both,or
neither.
Axislabels:OverrideX,Y,orZwithyourownlabels.
Negativeandpositiveprefixes:Aprefixshownbeforethedistanceonagridlabel.
Negative,positive,andzerosuffixes:Asuffixshownafterthedistanceonagridlabel.
YoucansetthedefaultsforthesevaluesbychangingtheModulargridoptions.


Modulargridpropertiesarebasedonthesheetdefaultsandarenotinheritedbychildviews.

3Dmarkup
SpaceClaimallowsyoutocreate3Dmarkupslidessothatyoucanhighlightandcommunicatethedifferences
betweenversionsofadesign.
SlidescanbeexportedinPowerPointandXPSformats.

Markupribbongroup
TheMarkupribbongroupcontainsthefollowingtools:


Createanew3DmarkupslideforthecurrentdesignwiththeNewSlidetool.

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DisplaythedimensionsofthepreviousversionandthecurrentversionwiththeOriginalDimensionValues
tool.


ApplycolorstothedesignthatindicatethetypeofchangethatoccurredwiththeColorChangedFacestool.

Tocreatea3Dmarkup
1. OpenthedesignyouwanttomarkupintheDesignwindow.
2. SelectSaveAsNewVersionfromtheApplicationmenutocreateanewversionofyourdesign.
Thenewversionissavedwithaversionnumberappendedtothefilename,andbecomestheactive
Designwindow.
3. Makechangestothenewversionofthedesign.
4. SelectNew>3DMarkupfromtheApplicationmenutocreatethefirst3Dmarkupslide.
Theslideisshowninthe3DMarkuppanel,thedesignwindow,andtheStructuretree.IntheStructure
tree,theversionyoucreatedinstep2islabeledReferenceDesign.
5. SelecttheInserttoolfromtheDesigntabandinsertapreviousversionortheoriginalversionofthe
designintotheslide.
ThedesignappearsintheStructuretree,labeledeitherAlternateVersionorOriginalVersion.Inthe
Designwindow,thepreviousversionofthedesignisdisplayedinthewireframetransparentstyleandis
placeddirectlyontopofthenewversion.TheMovetoolisactive.
6. (Optional)MovethealternateversiontoanewlocationbyclickingonaMovehandleaxisanddragging.
7. CustomizetheslideusingthetoolsintheMarkupribbongroupintheDetailingtab.
Youcandocumentthedimensionchangeswithdimensionannotations,colorthefacesbasedonthetype
ofchangesmade,andapplyanyotherannotationsusingthetoolsintheAnnotationribbongroupinthe
Detailingtab.YoucanrightclickalightweightcomponentandselectLoadComponenttoloadit.
8. Createasmanyslidesasyouneedtoeffectivelycommunicateyourchanges.
YoucanrightclickaslideintheStructuretreeandselectOpenSlidetodisplaytheslide.
9. SelectSaveAsXPSorSaveAsPowerPointfromtheApplicationmenutoexportthe3Dmarkupslidestoa
separatedocument.

Examples


Structuretreeshowscontentsofeachslide.3DMarkuppanelshowstwoslidesintheslideshow.Designwindow
showsreferenceandoriginalversionscomparedwithdimensionsandcoloringforchangedfaces.

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Creating3Dmarkupslides
UsetheNewSlidetoolintheMarkupribbongroupontheDetailingtabtocreateanew3Dmarkupslide.

Tocreatea3Dmarkupslide

1. SelecttheNewSlidetool orrightclickinthe3DMarkuppanelandselectNewSlidefromthe
contextmenu.
Anew3Dmarkupslideappearsinthe3DMarkuppanelcontainingthereferencedesign.(Thereference
designisthedesignthatwasactivewhenyoufirstcreatedthe3DMarkupdocument.
2. Insertapreviousversionofthedesignforcomparison.

Displayingchangeddimensions
UsetheDisplayOriginalDimensionValuestooltocreatedimensionannotationsforthecurrentandoriginal
dimensionsinthe3Dmarkupslide.


Todisplaychangestodimensions
CreatedimensionannotationsonthenewversionwiththeDimensiontool.
Theoriginaldimensionappearsasa"Was"valuealongsidethecurrentone,ifthatdimensionchangedbetween
thetwoversions.

Toeditachangedimension
Clickwithinthedimensionandeditthetextorformatting.
Youcancopyandpastethedimensionsintoanoteortable.
Youcanalsodeleteeithertheoriginalornewvalue.Ifyoudeletetheoriginaldimension,andthenwanttorestore
thechangedimension,selecttheannotationandclicktheOriginalDimensionValuestool fromtheMarkup
ribbonpanelontheDetailingtab.Torestorethechangedimensiontoallannotations,clicktheOriginalDimension
Valuestool withnoannotationsselected.

Coloringchangedfaces
UsetheColorChangedFacestoolintheMarkupribbongroupontheDetailingtabtoautomaticallycolorthefaces
thatchangedfromoneversiontoanotherbasedonthenatureofthechange.

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Werecommendcreatinggalegendonyyourslidesimilaartothefollow
wingtohelpco
ommunicateth
hemeaningofeach
color:
New
wfacesarecolo
oredgreen.Greeenfacesdidn
notexistintheepreviousverssion

andwillappearon
nlyonthemodifiedversionofthedesign.
New
wtopologyisco oloredblue.Bluefaceshavechangestobotththefaceand
dits

edgees,buttheface
eexistedintheepreviousdesign.
ppearonlyontthepreviousversion
Deleetedfacesareccoloredred.Reedfaceswillap

ofth
hedesign.
Faceeswithchangededgesareco nkfacesareinthesamespattial
oloredpink.Pin

locattion,butareboundeddiffereentlybecausetheiredgeshavechanged.
Faceeswithachanggedspatiallocaationarecolorredyellow.Theeedgesofyello
ow

faceshavenotchaangedfromtheepreviousverssion.
Ifyouwanttomanuallyccolorthefacess,youcanappllycolorstotheeindividualfaccesonyour3DMarkupslide.

Totemporrarilycolorcha
angedfaces
Clickthe ColorChanggedFacestool.Clickagaintoremovetheco
olors.
Thecolorsareshownonthecurrentsliide.

Custom
msymbols
Acustomssymbolisatwo odimensionalcollectionofsketchcurvesandtextgroupeedtogetherasoneselectablee
entity.You
ucaninsertacustomsymbolmultipletimesinthesamed documentandeachinstanceeofthesymbolcan
bescaled,rotated,andtransformedind dependentofttheothers.
Customsymbolscaninclude:
AnysetofsketchcurvvesthatyoucandrawusingtthetoolsintheeSketchgroup.
Fixedteextthatalwayssremainsthesame.
Editableetextthatyoucanchangeindependentofotherinstanceesofthesymbo
ol.
Leaderaattachmentpo
ointsthatallow
wyoutoaddno
oteleadersatoneormorep
pointsonthesyymbol.
Othersyymbols.
Customsymbolscanbeaattachedtogeometry.Symbo
olsattachedto
ogeometrymo
ovewiththatggeometryasit
changes.
Customsymbolsaresave
edwiththedocument,andccanbeimporteedfromsavedd
documents.

ustomsymbols
Creatingcu
Acustomssymbolisatwoodimensionalcollectionofsketchcurvesandtextgroupeedtogetherasoneselectableeand
editableen
ntity.Yoursym
mbolscanincludeanythingdrrawnwithSkettchtoolsandttextmadewith
htheNotetool.

Tocreatea
acustomsymb
bol
1. Drawthesymbo
olusingSketch
htoolsandusetheNotetooltoaddtext,assneeded.

2. Cllick CreaateintheSymbolsgroupontheDetailtab.
Th
heSymboltabwillopeninth
heribbonbar.
3. ngtoolsintheSymboltabtobuildyourcusstomsymbol:
Usethefollowin
dtexttoincludeinyoursymb
Select:Thistoolisactivebyydefault.Useiittoselectsketchcurvesand bol.

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EditableText:Usethistooltoselectnotesthatwillbeeditablewhenyouusethesymbol.Notesyou
selectwiththeSelecttoolcannotbeeditedinthefinishedsymbol.
Remove:Usethistooltoremoveelementsfromthesymbol.
LeaderAttachment:UsetheHorizontalorVerticaltoolstoaddnoteleaderattachmentpointstothe
symbol.Clicktoaddanoteleader,thendragtheleaderintoposition.Youcandragthewhitecircleor
thereddiamondtoadjusttheleader'slength.
Youwillbeabletocreatenoteleadersthatareattachedatthesepositions.Thelinesegmentbetween
thewhitecircleandthereddiamondisfixed;thelinesegmentafterthereddiamondisadjustedwhen
youaddtheleader.
Useoriginalstyleininserts:Usetheoriginaltextheightforinsertedsymbols.
Scalesymboltotextheight:Selectthisoptionifyouwanttosetthereferencetextheightthatisused
ifyouscalethesymbolbasedontextheightwhenitisinserted.Theratiobetweenthecurrentwindow
textheightandthesymbolreferencetextheightdeterminesthescaleofthesymbol.Ifyouselectthis
optionyoucanalsochangetheReferencetextheight.
SymbolSpace:Theseoptionsdeterminehowthesymbolisscaledinyourdesign.
Modelspace:Selectthisoptionifyouwantthesymboltoremainthesamesizewhenyouchange
thescale(intheSheetSetupgroupontheDetailtab).
Viewspace:Selectthisoptionifyouwantthesymboltoberesizedwhenyouchangethescale.
Theexamplebelowshowstwosymbolsscaledat1:1,4:1,and10:1.Therectangularsymbolwasset
toModelspaceandtheroundsymbolwassettoViewspace.


4. Ifyouwantthesymboltobeattachable,movetheoriginhandle(showninthe
figureontheright)tosettheoriginofthesymbolandthenselectoneormore
Placementoptionstodeterminehowthesymbolwillbescaledinyourdesign:
Allowattachingplacementstogeometry:Attachestheoriginpointofthe
symbolto3Dedgesandcurves.Youmustselectthisoptiontocreatean
attachablesymbol.
Orientplacementsnormaltogeometry:Orientsthesymbolperpendiculartotheselectedcurveor
face.
Maintainanupwardorientationforplacements:Automaticallypositionsasymbolorientednormalto
geometrysothatitisneverupsidedown.Thisoptionisusefulforannotationsymbols,suchassurface
finishes,thatshouldbeperpendiculartotheirreferencegeometryandalsorightsideuprelativetothe
readingdirectionofthemodel.
Whenyouselectthefirsttwooptions,thesymbolisautomaticallyorientedperpendiculartothe
reference.
5. ClickCompletetofinisheditingandsavethecustomsymbolinthecurrentdocument.
or
ClickCloseSymbolToolstoexittheSymboltabwithoutsavingthesymbol.

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Toeditasymbol
1. nsertasymbolifyouhaven'talready.
In
2. Seelectthesymb
bol.

3. Cllick EdittintheSymbolsgroupontheeDetailtaborrightclickasyymbolandseleectEdit.
4. UsethetoolsintheSymboltaabtoedityoursymbol.Refertotheinstructtionsaboveforinformationaabout
eaachtooloropttion.

Usingcustomsymbols
Youcaninssertacustomssymbolmultipletimesintheesamedocumeentandeachin
nstanceofthesymbolcanbee
scaled,rotated,andtransformedindeppendentoftheeothers.Youcaancopyandpaasteinsertedsymbolswithinthe
samedraw wingsheet.Sym
mbolsaresaveddwiththedoccument,andcaanbeimporteddfromsaveddocuments.
Youcanad
ddandremove
esymbollibrariiesinSupportfiles.

Toinserta
acustomsymb
bolintoyourdeesign

1. Cllick Inse
ertintheSymb
bolsgrouponttheDetailtab.
Th ngetothesymbolthumbnailafteryouinsertasymbol.
heiconforthisstoolwillchan
2. Seelectasymbolfromthelisto
ofavailablesym
mbols.
3. Pllacethesymbo
ol:
ereinyourdesiigntoplacethesymbol
Clickanywhe
Clickhighligh
htedgeometrytoattachanattachablesymboltothatgeo
ometry.
Ifyouwanttooattachthesyymboltothein
ntersectionofttwocurves,clickthefirstcurrvetoattachth
he
symboltoit,andthenAlt+cclickthesecon
ndcurvetomovethesymboltotheintersectionofthetw wo
curves.YouccanalsoselecttheAttachtoIntersectiontooolguide,thennclickthesecoondcurvetommove
thesymboltootheintersecttion.
Thesymbolissattachedtotthegeometryaandwillmovew
withthatgeom
metryasitchan
nges.
4. Ifeditabletextw
wasdefinedinthesymbol,yo
oucanchangeethetextnow.

Toimportcustomsymbo
olsfromanoth
herdocument

1. Cllick Inse
ertintheSymb
bolsgrouponttheDetailtab.
2. CllickAddSymbo
olLibrary.
3. BrrowsetoselectoneormoreSCDOCfilesth
hatcontaintheesymbolsyouw
wanttouse.
4. CllickOpen.
Th
hesymbolsfro newtabinthesymbollibraryy.Symbolsaresavedinthe
omthefileareavailableinan
cu
urrentdocumeentonlywhentheyareused.
5. Ifaconflictisfoundbetweenttheimportedssymbolsandsyymbolsalreadyyintheopenfiile,thenadialo
ogwill
oppenwiththefo ollowingoptions:
Copyandrep mportedversioneverywhereitisusedinthe
place:Replacethelocalversionwiththeim
currentdocument.
Don'tcopy:LLeavethecurreentversionoftthesymbolunchangedandd
don'timportth
heexternalverrsion.

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Copyandkee epbothversio
ons:Importaseecondcopyoftheexternalsymbolandmaakebothavailablein
thecurrentd
document.

Toscaleorrrotateaninseertedcustomssymbol

1. Cllick SelecttorpressS.
2. Seelectthesymb
bolyouwantto
ochange.
3. Usethesizehan
ndlestoresizethesymbol,likkethis:


4. Usetherotation
nhandletorottatethesymbo
ol,likethis:


Toattachn
noteleadersto
oaninsertedccustomsymbo
ol
1. Cllick AnnotationgroupontheDetaailingtab.
NoteLLeaderintheA
2. M
Moveyourmou
useoverthesymbolandthepossibleattach
hmentpointsw
willappearasw
whitecircles.
3. Cllickonanattacchmentpoint.
4. Fo
orasegmented
dline,clicktoseteachpointofthenoteleaderline.
5. En
ndthenoteleaaderbyclickinggavertex,edgge,orfacetoatttachtheendo
ofthenoteleaader,ordoubleeclick
to
oendthenoteleaderatanypoint.
Th
heendofthen
noteleaderisaanarrowunlesssyouattachitttoaface.

Toconverttacustomsym
mboltosketchcurves
Rightclickthesymbolan
ndselectExplo
ode.
Thisonlyaaffectstheselectedinstanceofthesymbolandnotthemastersymbolinthelibrary.

Tochangeecustomsymbolproperties

1. Cllick SelecttorpressS.
2. Seelectthesymb
bolyouwantto
ochange.
3. Ch
hangethefollo
owingpropertiies,asdesired::

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Attachmentmethod:AnunattachedsymbolissettoFreePlacement.Ifyouwantthesymboltobe
attachable,setthispropertytoAttachtogeometry,Setnormaltogeometry,orPlacenormaland
upwardtogeometry.
Flipped:SetthispropertytoTruetoflipthesymbolinitsplane,likethis:


Foranattachablesymbol,setthispropertytoTruetoflipanattachedsymboltotheoppositesideof
theselectedgeometry.
Rotation:Usethispropertytorotatethesymbolcounterclockwiseintheplanewhereitwasplaced.
Scale:Thesizeofthesymbolismultipliedbythescalevalue.Forexample,ifyousetthispropertyto5,
thenthesymbolsizeismultipliedby5.
Textheight:IfyouselectedtheScalesymboltotextheightoptionwhenyoucreatedthesymbol,you
cansetthispropertytochangethetextheightthatisusedtoscalethisinstanceofthesymbol.
Useoriginalsymbolstyle:Theoriginalscaleandsizeareusedforthesymbol.

Examples


Attachinganoteleadertoacustomsymbol

Customsymbols Samesymbolswith Samesymbolsmoving Attachingsymbolsto


attached Flippedpropertysetto withchanged theintersectionoftwo
togeometry True geometry curves

Changing your display


Thetoolsyouusetocustomizetheappearanceofyourdesignwithinthedesignwindowarefoundon
SpaceClaim'sDisplaytab.
Customizeyourdesignbymodifyingwhichobjectsaredisplayed,thestyleinwhichsolidsandedgesare
displayed,andthecolorinwhichsolidsappearinyourdesign.
Paintdisplaypropertiesfromoneobjecttoanother.
Createlayerstosavedifferentcustomizationsanddisplaycharacteristics.

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Customizetheworkspacebycreatingwindowsorsplittingthewindowtodisplaymultipleviewsofyourdesign.
Showorhideworkspacetools.
Configurethedocking/detachedlocationofallyourworkspacewindows.
Createviewstosavethecameraperspectiveandassigntheviewtoahotkey.
Displaytoolsaregroupedintothefollowingribbongroups:
Orient Quicklydisplayaparticularviewofyourdesign.
Style Determinehowthesolidsinyourdesignwillbedisplayed.
Window Createnewdesignwindows,splitwindows,andquicklyswitchbetweenwindows.
Grid Determinehowthesketchgridandthegeometryaboveorbelowthegridisdisplayed
Show DisplayorhidetoolsintheDesignwindow.

Showingandhidingobjects
YoucanuseanyofthesemethodsforsettingthevisibilityofobjectsintheDesignwindow:
RightclickanobjectintheDesignwindowandselectIsolatetoviewonlythatsolid,surface,orcurve.
RightclickanywhereintheDesignwindowandselectShowAlltomakeallobjectsvisible.
RightclickanobjectintheStructuretreeandselectAlwaysVisiblefromthecontextmenu.Theobjectwill
remainvisibleifyouhideitslayer,butthissettinghasnoeffectonothervisibilitycommandssuchasIsolateor
hidingitsparentcomponentbydeselectingitscheckboxitintheStructuretree.
DeselectthecheckboxintheStructuretreetohidetheobjectintheDesignwindow.Theobjecticonis
displayedingray.YoucanalsorightclickanobjectintheDesignwindowandselectHide(orselectitinthe
DesignwindowandpressCtrl+H)toturnthevisibilityoftheobjectoff.
SelectthecheckboxnexttotheobjectintheStructuretreetosetthevisibilityoftheobjecttothelayer
visibility.Ifthelayerishidden,thentheobjectwillbehidden.Ifthelayerisvisible,thentheobjectwillbe
visible.
Ifthelayervisibilityison,theiconappearsnormally.Ifthelayervisibilityisoff,theiconappearslikethe
Solid_LayerHiddeniconinthefigureabove.YoucannotworkwithhiddenobjectsintheDesignwindow.


Shift+clickandCtrl+clickmultipleobjectstoworkwiththemasagroup.

Orienting designs
SelectatoolfromtheOrientribbongrouptoorientyourdesignintheworkspace.Youcanusethesetoolsatany
time,evenwhenyouaredesigningwithother2Dor3Dtools.


Dragthemiddlemousebuttontospin,Shift+dragittopan,andCtrl+dragittozoom.Youcanswitchbetween
spinning,panning,andzoomingbypressingandholdingCtrl(tozoom)orShift(topan).Whenyoureleasethe
key,youwillreturntospinning.

Orientribbongroup
TheOrientribbongroupcontainsthefollowingtools:

UsetheHometooltoreturntheorientationofyourdesigntothedefault,trimetricview.Youcan
customizetheHomeviewtoshowyourdesignwithanyorientation,location,andzoomlevel.


ClickthePlanViewtooltodisplayaheadonviewofthesketchgridortheselectplaneorplanarface.


YoucanusetheSpintooltoreorientyourdesigninanydirection.Spinningyourdesignallowsyouto

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viewitfromanyangle.


UsethePantooltomoveyourdesignwithintheDesignwindow.


UsetheZoomtooltodisplayyourdesigncloserorfartherawayintheDesignwindow.Youcanzoomthe
designtofilltheDesignwindow,zoomintoanarea,orzoominoroutapresetamount.


UsetheViewtooltodisplayatrimetricorisometricviewofyourdesign.Youcanalsodisplayaheadon
viewofthetop,bottom,front,back,right,orleftside.


UsetheSnapViewtooltodisplayaheadonviewofaface.Youcanalsousethetoolto"throw"the
highlightedfacetothetop,bottom,right,orleftbydraggingittowardtheedgeoftheDesignwindow.


UsetheRotatetooltorotateyourdesign90degreesintheplaneofthescreen.Youcanrotateyourdesignclockwise
orcounterclockwise.
UsetheNextandPreviousarrows(orleft/rightarrowsonyourkeyboard,orbrowsernext/previous
buttons)tochangeyourviewtothepreviousornextorientations.

Orientmodes
WhenyouclicktheSpin,Pan,andZoomtools,theystayenableduntilyouclickthemagain,pressEsc,orclick
anothertool.

Undoingandredoingviews

YoucanundoandredoviewsusingthePreviousViewandNextViewtools onthestatusbar.Youcan
alsousetheleftandrightarrowkeys,oranysystemdefinedbrowserforwardorbackmethodsuchasspecial
keyboardbuttons.

Spinningyourdesign
YoucanusetheSpintooltoreorientyourdesigninanydirection.Spinningyourdesignallowsyoutoviewitfrom
anyangle.SpaceClaimusesstandardarcballrotation;yourdesignspinsasifyoucouldgrabitwiththecursorand
adjustitlikearealobject.
WhenyouclicktheSpintool,itstaysenableduntilyouclickitagain,pressEsc,orclickanothertool.

Tospinyourdesign
1. Click SpinintheOrientgroupontheDesigntaborinthestatusbar.
YoucanalsoselectoneofthefollowingfromtheSpindropdown:
OnCentertospinaroundthecenterofyourdesign.
OnCursortospinaroundthecursorlocation.
2. Clickanddragtospinyourdesign.
Ifyoustartdraggingonahighlightedline,edge,oraxis,youcanrotateyourdesignaroundit.Youcan
removethisfeaturebysettingtheadvancedSpaceClaimoptionRotateaboutpreselectedobjectinspin.
(PressAltanddragtorotatearoundahighlightedobjectwhetherornotthisoptionisselected.)


SettheRotateaboutpreselectedobjectinspinoption.Then,whenworkinginanytool,positionthemiddle
mousebuttonontheface,edge,plane,oraxisaboutwhichyouwanttospinyourdesign,anddragtospin.

Youmayfinditeasiertoreachadesiredorientationifyouuseshortmousedragstospinthedesigna
littlebitatatime.
IfyoudoubleclickafacewhileusingtheSpintool,thefaceiszoomedsothatitfillsthedesignwindow.
YoucanalsoswitchtotheZoomtooltemporarilybyholdingdowntheCtrlkeywhileturningthemouse
wheel.

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Tosetthespincenter
RightclickanywhereintheDesignwindow,selectSpinCenter,andselectoneofthefollowing:
Set:Setsthespincentertothecenteroftheobjectyouhaveselected.Ifyoudon'thaveanobjectselected,the
spincenterissettothespotwhereyourightclick.Ifyoupreviouslysetthespincenter,settingitagainwill
changeittoyourcurrentselection.Youdontneedtoclearthespincentertosetitagain.
Clear:Clearsthespincenter.Whenyourotateyourviewin3D,thespinwillbecenteredbasedontheoption
youselectintheSpintool.
Locate:Centerstheviewonthespincenter,ifoneisset.

Todisplaythespincenterindicator
SelectSpinCenterintheShowgroupontheDisplaytabtoseeanindicatorofyourspincenterintheDesign
windowwhenyouspinyourview.Theindicatoronlyappearswhileyouspin,anditchangeswhenyouhaveaspin
centerset.Thedefaultindicatorisshownbelowontheleft.Theindicatorbelowisshownwhenyouhavethespin
centerset.

Panningyourdesign
UsethePantooltomoveyourdesignwithintheDesignwindow.
WhenyouclickthePantool,itstaysenableduntilyouclickitagain,pressEsc,orclickanothertool.

Topan
1. SelectthePantool fromtheOrientribbongrouporstatusbar.
2. DragtomoveyourdesignaroundtheDesignwindow.
IfyoudoubleclickafacewhileusingthePantool,thefaceiszoomedsothatitfillsthedesign
window.YoucanalsoswitchtotheZoomtooltemporarilybyholdingdowntheCtrlkeywhileturningthe
mousewheel.


Whenworkinginanytool,Shift+clickthemiddlemousebuttonanddragtomoveyourdesign.

Zoominginandout
UsetheZoomtooltodisplayyourdesigncloserorfartherawayintheDesignwindow.Youcanzoomthedesignto
filltheDesignwindow,zoomintoanarea,orzoominoroutapresetamount.
WhenyouclicktheZoomtool,itstaysenableduntilyouclickitagain,pressEsc,orclickanothertool.

Tozoominandout
1. SelecttheZoomtool fromtheOrientribbongrouporstatusbar.
2. Clickwhereyouwanttocenterthezoom.
3. Dragdowntozoomintoyourdesign;draguptozoomout.
Youcanalsousethescrollwheeltozoominandout.


Whenworkinginanytool,Ctrl+clickthemiddlemousebutton,thendragupanddowntozoom.Youcanalso
pressCtrl+orCtrltozoominoroutapresetamount.

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TozoomthedesignoraselectedfaceoredgetofittheDesignwindow
SelectZoom>ExtentsorpressZ.
ThedesignorselectedfaceoredgeiszoomedsothatitfillstheDesignwindow.Whenworkingwithadrawing
sheet,itwillfitthedrawingsheettotheDesignwindow.IfyouresizetheDesignwindow,thedesignwillalsobe
resizeduntilitagainfillstheDesignwindow.

Tozoomintoaselectedarea
1. SelectZoom>ZoomBoxIn.
YoucanalsorightclickintheDesignwindowandselectView>ZoomBoxInfromthemenu.
2. Clickanddragtoselectthearea.
Tworectanglesappearasyoudraw.Thedottedrectangleshowsyourselection;thesolidrectangleshows
whatwillbedisplayedintheDesignwindow.Whenyoumouseup,thedesignpansandzoomsuntilitfits
withinthearea.

Tozoominandoutapresetamount
SelectZoom>ZoomIntobringyourdesigncloser.SelectZoom>ZoomOuttomoveyourdesignfurtheraway.
Whenworkinginanytool,pressCtrland+orCtrlandtozoominandoutapresetamount.

Rotatingyourdesign
UsetheRotatetooltorotateyourdesign90degreesintheplaneofthescreen.Youcanrotateyourdesign
clockwiseorcounterclockwise.

Torotateyourdesign90degrees
ClicktheRotatetool .

Tochangetherotationdirection
SelectRotate>Rotate90Counterclockwise.
Yourdesignrotates90degreescounterclockwiseandtheRotatetooliconchangesto .ClickingtheRotatetool
willcontinuetorotateinthecounterclockwisedirection.
SelectRotate>Rotate90ClockwisetorotateyourdesignintheclockwisedirectionandsettheRotatetoolto
rotateclockwise.

TheHomeview
UsetheHometooltoreturntheorientationofyourdesigntothedefault,trimetricview.Youcancustomizethe
Homeviewtoolsothatitdisplaysyourdesignwithaspecificorientation,location,andzoomlevel.
Comparedtotheisometricview,thetrimetricvieworientsyourdesignsothatthefrontfaceisangledslightly
towardsyouandlessofthetopisshown.Theisometricviewisontheleftandthetrimetricviewisontheright.

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TodisplaytheHomeview
ClicktheHometool intheOrientribbonpanelorpressH.

TocustomizetheHomeview
1. UsetheotherOrienttoolstosetupaviewofyourdesignintheworkspace.
2. SelectHome>SetAsHomeViewtomaketheviewintheactiveDesignwindowtheHomeview.
Now,whenyouclicktheHometool,yourcustomviewisdisplayed.Yourhomeviewissavedwithyour
design.
ClickHome>ResetHomeViewtoreturntheHomeviewtothedefault,trimetricview.

Displayaheadonviewofthesketchgrid

ClickthePlanViewtool intheOrientribbongrouporintheSketchingminitoolbartodisplayaheadonview
ofthesketchgridortheselectedplaneorplanarface.
Ifthistoolisdisabled,selectaplaneorplanarsurfaceordisplaythesketchgrid.

Selectingaview
UsetheViewtooltodisplayatrimetricorisometricviewofyourdesign.Youcanalsodisplayaheadonviewofthe
top,bottom,front,back,right,orleftside.Yourdesign'sorientationintheheadonviewsisdeterminedby
SpaceClaim'sdefaultcoordinatesystem.
Comparedtotheisometricview,thetrimetricvieworientsyourdesignsothatthefrontfaceisangledslightly
towardsyouandlessofthetopisshown.Comparethetwoviewsintheimagebelow.Theisometricviewisonthe
leftandthetrimetricviewisontheright.


Toselectaview
SelecttheviewyouwantfromtheViewtoolmenu intheOrientribbongroup.
IfyouhaveAnimatechangestoviewprojectionselectedintheAdvancedSpaceClaimoptions,thechangeinview
stateisanimated.

Todisplayatrimetricorisometricviewofyourdesign
SelectTrimetricorIsometricfromtheViewtoolmenu.

Todisplayaheadonviewofyourdesign
SelectTop,Bottom,Front,Back,Right,orLeftfromtheViewtoolmenu.

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Snappingtoaview
UsetheSnapViewtooltodisplayaheadonviewofaselectedfaceorplane.Youcanalsousethetooltothrow
thehighlightedfaceorplanetothetop,bottom,right,orleft.Onadrawingsheet,flippingoneviewalsoflipsall
relatedviews.
SnapViewworksonobjectswithadirection:planes,datums,cones,torii,curvesandedges.Fornonlinearcurves,
thedirectionisdeterminedbythedirectionbetweentheendpoints.
Youcanonlyusethistoolin3Dmode;itisdisabledinSketchandSectionmodes.

Tosnaptheview

1. Click SelectorpressS.
2. Click SnapViewintheOrientgroup.
3. UseobjectsintheDesignwindowtoorientyourview:
Clickandreleaseonaplane,point,cone,torus,curve,oredge.
Iftheobjectisnotorientedheadon,thenitwillrotatesothefaceyouclickisviewedheadon,like
this:


Iftheobjectisalreadyorientedheadon,thenitwillrotate90counterclockwiseoritwillrotatesoit
issquarewiththeDesignwindow,likethis:


Click,drag,andreleaseaplane,point,cone,torus,curve,oredgetothrowitup,down,left,orright.
Iftheobjectisnotorientedheadon,thenitwillrotatesothefaceyouclickisviewedheadonand
squarewiththeDesignwindow,likethis:


Iftheobjectisorientedheadon,itwillrotate90inthedirectionyoudrag,likethis:


Clickanywhereinemptyspacetorotatetheview90counterclockwise,likethis:

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4. useetheviewyouwant.
Reepeatuntilyou

Applyin
ngagraphiicsstyle
SpaceClaimmoffersseveraaldifferentstyllestoviewyou
urdesign.Youcanapplystyleestoyourentiredesignordrrawing
sheet,toin
ndividuallayerrs,ortoindivid
dualviewsinyourdrawingsh
heet.

Toapplya
agraphicsstyleetoyourdesig
gn

1. Cllick Grap
phicsintheStyylegroupontheDisplaytab.
2. Seelectagraphicsoption:
Shaded:Thedefaultandreecommendedvview;displaysssolidsandsurffacesasthreed
dimensional,
shadedobjeccts.


PerspectiveSShaded:Liketh
heShadedstyle,excepttheo
objectsarealso
odisplayedinperspective.


Wireframe:O
Onlytheedgessofobjectsareedisplayed.Thewireframesaarethesameccolorastheedgges.


HiddenLine:Objectsarediisplayedaswirreframeswithhiddenlinesdiisplayedinaligghtgray.


HiddenLineRemoved:Objjectsaredisplaayedaswirefraamesandhiddeenlinesareno
otshown.


3. Allobjectsinthe
eDesignwindo
owwillbedisp
playedinthesttyleyouselect.

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Displayingedges

Usethe EdgesoptiontoolintheStylegroupontheDisplaytabtocustomizewhichedgesaredisplayed.These
settingsaresavedwiththedocument,butareonlyusedfor3Ddisplay.Theedgedisplayoptionsapplytothe
designinthecurrentDesignwindowtab,andnototherdesignsyoumayhaveopeninothertabsintheDesign
window.
SeeApplyingcolorstochangethecolorofedges.

Tochangeedgedisplayoptions
1. Click EdgesintheStylegroupontheDisplaytab.
2. Selectanycombinationofthefollowingoptions:
Theexamplesbelowshoweachoptiondisabledandthenenabled.
Tangent:Displaylinesindicatingtangentedgesandedgesthatdonotspanaface.


Surface:Displayalledgesonsurfaces.


Solid:Displayallnontangentedgesonasolid.


Silhouette:Displaythelinesthatindicatethesilhouettededgesofallcurvedsurfaces.Thisoption
affectsonlyWireframe,HiddenLine,andHiddenLineRemovedgraphicsstyles.


LayoutLines:DisplaylayoutlinesonthelayoutplanesshownintheStructuretree.


Mesh:DisplayfacetedgesonanSTLmodel.Youcansketchonthemeshobjectandyoursketchtools
willsnaptothefacets.

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Applyingcolors
Thecolorofsolids,surfaces,andcomponentsarenormallydeterminedbythelayercolor;however,youcan
overridethelayercolorsforobjects.Bydefault,allobjectsareplacedonLayer0,whichisgreen.
SeeWorkingwithLayerstochangethelayercolorormoveanobjecttoadifferentlayer.
SeeChangingobjecttransparencytochangethetransparencyofanobject.
UsetheColortoolintheStyleribbongroupoftheDisplaytabtooverridethelayercolorforsolids,surfaces,faces,
andcurves,orthecolorofindividualfacesona3Dmarkupslide.WhenyouaddaCustomColorinthecolor
palette,itisaddedtothebottomofthemenuanditissavedbetweenSpaceClaimsessions.
Ifyouchangethecolorwhennothingisselected,thecolorwillbecomethedefaultfornewobjects.Thisallowsyou
tosetthecolorforthingsyouhaven'tcreatedyet,withoutusinglayersanddefaultlayercolors.


Tooverridethelayercolorofasolid,surface,face,orcurve
1. Selectoneormoresolids,surfaces,faces,curves,orcomponentsintheDesignwindoworStructuretree.
Youcanselectabodybyselectingoneofitsfacesoredges,thenselectingBodyastheTarget.
Ifyouselectacomponent,thenthecolorofallofthecomponent'schildrenwillbechanged.
2. ClickColorintheStylegroupontheDisplaytab.
3. Selectacolor.
Ifthecoloryouwantisnotinthelist,clickMoreColorsandselectacolororcreateanewcustomcolor.
4. (Optional)Setthetransparencyoftheobject.SeeChangingobjecttransparency.

Tooverrideedgecolor
1. Selectanyedgeonasolidorsurface.

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2. ClickColorintheStylegroupontheDisplaytab.
3. Selectacolor.
Thiscolorwillbeusedforalledgesofthesolid.

Toremovecoloroverridesandreturntheobjecttothelayercolorandtransparency
1. Selectoneormoresolids,surfaces,faces,curves,orcomponentsintheDesignwindoworStructuretree.
Youcanselectabodybyselectingoneofitsfacesoredges,thenselectingBodyastheTarget.
Ifyouselectacomponent,thecolorofallofthecomponent'schildrenwillbechanged.
2. ClickColorintheStylegroupandselectRemoveColorOverride.

Toviewanobject'scolorproperties
1. SelecttheobjectintheDesignwindoworStructuretree.
2. LookfortheStyleattributeintheAppearancesectionofthePropertiespanel.
ThispropertyshowshowtheappearanceofanobjectisoverriddenintheStylegroup:
ByLayerindicatesthattheobjectisassignedtoalayerotherthanLayer0,whichaffectsitsdefault
appearance.
ByColorindicatesthattheobject'scolorhasbeensetviatheColortool.
ByStyleindicatesthattheTransparentorOpaquebuttonsinStyleOverridehavebeentoggledforthe
object.

Changingobjecttransparency
Bydefault,thetransparencyofanobjectisdeterminedbyitslayercolorandwhetherornottheobjectisa
surface.Surfacesaredisplayedassemitransparenttovisuallydistinguishthemfromsolids.Youcanoverridethe
transparencyofobjectsusingtheColortool.
Inagraphicseditingapplication,colorisassignedtoanAlphachannel(ARGB,forexample).SpaceClaimfollowsthis
standardconventionandalsotreatstransparencyasapropertyoftheobject'scolor.
Thehierarchyofrenderingoverridesisasfollows:
Theopacitysettingforthelayerisusedifnoothertransparencyissetfortheobject.
ThetransparencysettingfromtheColortoolorStylePainteroverridesthetransparencyofthelayer.
StyleOverridemakestheobjectopaqueortransparent,regardlessoffaceorlayersettings.Theseoverridesare
automaticallydeselectedwhenyouchangethetransparencyofanobjectusingtheColortoolorStylePainter.

Tochangethetransparencyofanobject
1. Selectoneormoresolids,surfaces,faces,curves,orcomponentsintheDesignwindoworStructuretree.
HoldtheCtrlkeytoselectmorethanoneobject.
Ifyouselectacomponent,thenthecolorofallofthecomponent'schildrenwillbechanged.
2. ClickColorintheStylegroupontheDisplaytab.
3. MovetheOpacityslider.

Tooverrideanobject'stransparency
1. Selectoneormoresolids,surfaces,faces,curves,orcomponentsintheDesignwindoworStructuretree.
HoldtheCtrlkeytoselectmorethanoneobject.
Ifyouselectacomponent,thenthecolorofallofthecomponent'schildrenwillbechanged.

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2. Cllick StyleO
OverrideintheeStylegroupontheDisplayttab.
3. Seelectoneoftheoptions:
Transparenttomaketheobject35%tran
nsparent.
Opaquetom
maketheobjecttcompletelyo
opaque.
Deselectsoneittheroverrideissselectedifyo
ouwanttousetheobject'strransparencyseetting.

Toreapplyythelayercolo
orandtranspa
arency
1. worStructuretree.
Seelectoneormoresolids,surffaces,faces,orrcurvesintheDesignwindow
HoldtheCtrlkeytoselectmorethanoneob
bject.
2. SeelectRemoveC ColorOverrideefromtheColoortoolontheDisplaytab'sSStyleribbongro
oup.Youcanseee
th
hisoptioninth
heimageoftheeColortoolabove.

Linestyless
Youcanappplyacustomlinestyleandlineweighttotthelinesinyouurdesignsanddrawingsheetts.Thelinestyles
youchooseeapplytoannotations,centeermarks,centeerlines,anddrrawingsheetccrosssectionviewarrows,
hatching,h
hatchedareab borders,anddeetailviewbounndaries.Youcaanapplylinesttylestoindividualobjectsortoall
theobjectssonalayer.Th
hewidththatyyousetisexacttlythewidthth
hatwillbeprin
ntedwhenyou uprintanunscaaled
drawingshheet.
YoucanseetthedefaultliinestylesforvariousobjectsintheSpaceClaimoptions.SSettingthelineestylesindividually
overridestthedefaultsetting.
edtolayerssothatyoucanh
Linestylescanbeassigne havedifferentlinestylesforsketchandlayyoutlines.

alinestyle
Toapplya
1. Seelecttheobjecctsorlayertow nttoapplythelinestyle.
whichyouwan
2. SeelectthelinestylefromtheLLineStyletoolmenu.
3. Seelectthelinew
weightfromtheeLineweightm
menuintheStyylegrouponth
heDisplaytab.

Paintingdisplaypropertiesfromoneo
objecttoanoth
her
oltoapplythedisplayproperrtiesofoneobjjecttoanotherobject.Theto
UsetheStyylePaintertoo oolappliescolo
or
andtransp
parencyintelliggentlyfromoneeobjecttypettoadifferento
objecttype.
Youcanseelectacompon nentintheStru ucturetreeastthetargetforttheStylePainteertool.Theco
olorand
transparenncyareapplieddtoallsolidsin
nacomponentt.Youcannotsselectacompo onentastheso ourceobject,an
nd
onlytheso
olidsinthetarggetcomponentarechanged..
Intheexam
mplebelow,thheredpartisseemitransparentandhasblueedges.Thesttylefromtherredblockwas
paintedtothegreenblocckandtothennote.Thecolorr,transparencyy,andedgecoloroftheredb
blockwascopiedto
block.Onlythe
thegreenb ecoloroftherredblockwasccopiedtothen
note,becauseaanotedoesn'tthavetransparrency
oredgeco
olor.

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Topaintdiisplayproperttiesfromoneo
objecttoanoth
her
1. Cllick StyleP ClipboardgroupontheDesiggntab.
PainterintheC
2. Seelectthesourcceobjectthatyyouwanttoco
opythedisplayypropertiesfro
om.
3. Seelectthetargetobjectthatyouwanttocop
pythedisplaypropertiesto.
Th
heSelectTarge
ettoolguideautomaticallyb becomesactiveesoyoucanpaainttheproperrtiesofthesou
urce
to
oasmanytarge
etsasyoulikebysimplyclickkingonthem.
Ifyoucan'tselecttheobjectyyouwant,suchasanedge,tryscrollingthemousewheelovertheobjecct.
4. Ifyouwanttoppaintpropertiesfromadifferentsourceobjject,clicktheSSelectSourcettoolguideorho
old
Cttrlandselectaadifferentsourceobject.
Th
heSelectTarge becomesactiveeagainsoyoucanclickonassmanytargetsas
ettoolguideautomaticallyb
yo
ouwant.

Applyingaarenderingstyyle
TheRendeeringStyletoolallowsyoutochangehowso
olidfacesarerrendered.Youcanchoosebeetweenamattee
finish(Plasstic)orashinyfinish(Metallicc).
Intheimaggesbelow,theetopandhandlearesettoPlasticandtherrestoftheblen
nderpartsaresettoMetallicc,
includingtheclearpitche
er.Thecolorfo
orallpartsinb
bothimagesareesettowhite,andthepitcheerissemi
transparennt.Regulardisp
playmodeissh hownontheleeftandquickreenderingmodeeisshownonttheright.Regu ular
displaymoodeusesasingglelightsource,whilequickreenderingmodeeusesmultipleelightsandrefflectsabackgro
ound
ofskyandcloudsonsurffacestogiveth
hemdepthand dinterest.


Tochangeetherendering
gstyleofasoliidorsurface
1. Seelectthesolidorsurface.
2. Cllick RenderingStyleinth
heStylegroupontheDisplayytab.
Th
hisiconchange
estoreflectthecurrentsettiing,butalwayssappearsasashadedspheree.
3. SeelectMetallico
orPlastictoap
pplythatsurfacestyletotheselectedsolidorsurface.

Toviewob
bjectsinquickrenderingmod
de
PressCtrl++Shift+Rtoto nderingmodeonoroff.
ogglequickren

Displayinggyourdesignin
nmultiplewin
ndows
UsetheNeewWindowtooltocreateneewworkspacewindows.Creaatingmultiplew windowsallow
wsyoutosetup
p
severalvieewsofyourdessign.Eachwind
dowhasanum
mberedtabattthebottomoftheworkspacee.

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Tocreateanewworkspacewindow

SelecttheNewWindowtool ontheDisplaytab'sWindowribbongroup.
Anewtabappearsatthebottomofyourworkspaceandanumberisappendedtothedesign,drawingsheet,or3D
markupname.Youcanclickthemiddlemousebuttononthetabofanydesign,drawingsheet,or3Dmarkup
windowtoclosethatwindow

Splittingtheworkspacewindow

Usethe SplitWindowtoolintheWindowribbongroupontheDisplaytabtodividetheworkspacewindow
intomultiplewindows.Splittingthewindowallowsyoutoseemultipleviewsofyourdesignsimultaneously.
SelecthowyouwanttosplittheworkspacewindowfromtheSplitWindowtoolmenu.Thewindowissplitbased
onyourselection.Theactivewindowisindicatedwithayellowborder.

Switchingbetweenwindowsintheworkspace
Ifyouhavemorethanonewindowopen,youcanselectthewindowyouwanttodisplayfromthetabsatthe
bottomoftheworkspace.


Ifyouhavemanywindowsopenandthetabsdonotfitintheworkspace,youcanusetheNextWindowand
PreviousWindowarrows atthebottomoftheworkspacetoswitchbetweenwindows.
YoucanalsousetheSwitchWindowtooltoselectthewindowyouwanttodisplay.Selectthewindowyouwantto

displayfromtheSwitchWindowtool menuontheDisplaytab'sWindowribbongroup.

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MaximizingtheDesignwindow
PressF11tomaximizethedesignwindowtofullscreen.Youcanstillswitchbetweenwindowsandusethetool
guideswhenthewindowismaximized.
PressF11toreturntothestandarduserinterface.

Displayingworkspacetools
YoucanadjustthedisplayofworkspacetoolsandthedisplayofyourdesignintheDesignwindowusingthetools
intheShowribbongroupontheDisplaytab,andbymodifyingSpaceClaimoptions.

Tocustomizethetoolsdisplayedwhileyouareworkingwithyourdesign
SpaceClaimoffersthefollowingtoolsontheShowribbongroupontheDisplaytabtoassistyouwhilecreating,
editing,anddetailingyourdesigns:
ChecktheWorldOriginboxtodisplaytheaxesthatsetthedefaultorientationofthedesignintheDesign
window.
ChecktheSpinCenterboxtomarkthecenterofthespinwhenusingtheSpintool.(Thisisthesameasthe
ShowSpinCenterSpaceClaimoption.)
ChecktheOffsetBaselineFacesboxtodisplayoffsetrelationshipswithblueshading.
ChecktheLayoutLinesboxtodisplaysketchcurvesonlayoutplanes.
ChecktheLineweightboxtoswitchthelinestyleoflines(suchasthosedisplayedinHiddenLine,HiddenLine
Removed,andWireframegraphicsstyles)fromthintothethicknesssetbytheLineweighttoolintheStyle
ribbongroup.
ChecktheAdjacentEntitiesboxtodisplayfainthighlightingonadjacentfaceswhenyouhoveroveranedgeand
onadjacentedgeswhenyouhoveroveravertex.Scrollingthemousewheelswitchesbetweenadjacent
entities.Thisfeatureisusefulinselectingthecorrectedgeorfacetoextrude.
Todisplayotherworkspacetools,modifythesettingsinthePopularSpaceClaimoptions.
YoucanalsodisplayjournalrelatedtoolsbycheckingtheShowJournalTaboptioninthePopularSpaceClaim
options.

Examples


HoveringoveranedgewithAdjacentEntitieshighlightsthefacessharedbytheedge

Sketchgridstyles
Youcanmodifywhetherthesketchgridisdisplayed,andhowthegeometryaboveorbelowthegridisdisplayedin
eachDesignwindow.Youmaywanttouseonestylewhenyouareexaminingacomponent,andanotherwhenyou
arecreatingnewgeometrywithinacomponent.Youcanfurthercustomizethesketchgridbyhidingsectionlines
andfacesusingSpaceClaimoptions.

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Toshoworrhidetheskettchgrid
ChecktheShowSketchG GridboxintheeGridribbongroupontheDiisplaytabtodiisplaythesketchgrid.Theskketch
gridappeaarsinalltheske
etchingtools.DDisplayingthesketchgridallowsyoutosnaaptogridlinessandprovidesa
visualcuettotheorientattionofyoursketchwithinyourdesign

Todeterminehowgeom
metryaboveor
r belowthegriidisdisplayed
ChecktheFadeScene
eUnderGridbo
oxtomaketheegeometryunderthesketch
hgridmoretransparent.
Sketchccurvesoutsidethecurrentskketchplaneappearfaded,wh
hilelayoutcurvvesareunaffeccted.
ChecktheClipSceneA
AboveGridbo
oxtohidetheggeometryabovvethesketchggrid.

urdesignwithaplane
Toclipyou
Rightclickaplaneandse ofyourdesign,rightclicktheplaneandseleect
electClipwithPlane.Toresttoretheviewo
Planeagain.
ClipwithP
Planes,axees,andannotationsarenotcclipped.

Examples


Fadingthescenebelowtthegridmakessiteasiertoseeewhenyouskketchinsection
nmode.


Examiningasectionwith
hthesceneclip
ppedabovetheegrid

Displayingglightweightco
omponents
Lightweigh
htcomponentssareagraphicssonlyrepresen ntationofadeesign.Youcanadjustthetran
nsparencyofthhe
lightweightcomponentsinyourdesign n.Ifyoudonottseelightweighhtcomponentsswhenyouop penorinserta
design,maakesureyourssettingsareconfiguredtodissplaythem.
SeealsoLigghtweightcom
mponents.

Toadjusttthetransparen
ncyoflightweiightcomponen
nts
1. CllicktheTransp
parencyicon onthestatusbar.
2. Ad ponentsintheDesignwindow.Alllightweight
djusttheslidertosettheopacityofthelightweightcomp
co
omponentsare edisplayedwitththisopacity..

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Tomakealightweightcomponentappearsolid
SelectalightweightcomponentandpressCtrl+Shift+F8tomakethecomponentappearsolid.Allotherlightweight
componentsstillappeardim.


Beforedimming,thelightweightcomponentsappearslightlytransparentandtheiredgesaren'tdisplayed.


Afterdimming,allcomponentsregardlessoflightweightstatus,becomedimexcepttheselectedlightweight
component.

Measuringandanalyzing
TheAnalysistabcontainsthetoolsyouuseformeasuring,displayinginterference,andanalyzingqualityinyour
design.
Theanalysistoolsaregroupedintothefollowingribbongroups:
Measure Toolsfordisplayingmeasurementsoftheedges,faces,andsolids

inyourdesign.
Interference Toolsfordisplayingedgeswheresolidsintersecteachotheror

volumescreatedbytheintersectionofsolids,surfaces,and
componentsinyourdesign.
Quality Toolsfordetectinganomaliesordiscontinuitiesinsurfacesthat

shadingcannotshow.

Checkingclearance
TheClearancetoolhelpsyoueasilyfindsmallgapsbetweenfaces.

Tofindgapsbetweenfaces

1. Click ClearanceintheInspectgroupontheMeasuretab.
2. TypeadistancefortheMaximumdistanceintheOptionspanel.
Gapsbetweenfacesthatareequalorlessthanthisdistancewillbeautomaticallydetectedand
highlighted.

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Options
wingoptionsare
Thefollow eavailableinttheOptionspanel:
Maximu
umdistance:TThemaximumd
distancetodettectfornearfaaces.

Displayingginterference

UsetheCu
urvestool todisplaytheeedgeswheresolidsinterseccteachother,aasshownintheexamplebelow.

UsetheVo
olumestool todisplayvvolumescreateedbytheinterssectionofsolid
ds,surfaces,an
ndcomponentsin
yourdesign,asshownintheexampleb below.


Todisplaytheedgesofiintersection

1. Cllick Curve
esintheInterfferencegroupontheAnalysistab.
2. Seelectintersectiingobjectstosseetheiredgessofintersectio
on.

Todisplayvolumesofintersection

1. Cllick Volum
mesinInterferrencegroupon
ntheAnalysisttab.
2. Seelectobjectsto
odisplaytheirintersectionin
ngreen.
Yo
oucanalsoselectmultiplefaacesbyboxsellectingorselecctingintheStrructuretree.
In
nterferencewitththreadinterrsectionsarenotreported.
3. (OOptional)ClicktheCreateVo
olumetoolguid
deandselectaanareaofinterrferencetocreeateanewsolid
frromthevolume.

Toolguidees
WithintheeVolumestool,therearesevveraltoolguideesthathelpguidethebehaviorofthetool:
TheeSelectTargetstoolguideallowsyoutoselecttheobjecttsforwhichintterferencewillbeshown.

TheeCreateVolum
metoolguideaallowsyoutoseelectanareao
ofinterferenceeandcreatean
newsolidfrom
mthe

volu
ume.

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Options
wingoptionsare
Thefollow eavailable:
Collapse
etoparentcomponent:Allo
ofthecompon nentssubcomp ponentsaretreeatedasparto
ofasinglesolid
d
whenpeerformingthevolumeinterfeerencecalculattion.Selectthiisoptiontooptimizeperform
mance.

Measu
uring
SelectatoolfromtheMe
easureribbongrouptodisplaymeasuremeentsfortheedges,faces,and
dsolidsinyourr
design.

Measurerribbongroup
TheMeasu
ureribbongrou
upcontainstheefollowingtoo
ols:


meinformationfortheobjecctsinyourdesign.
UsetheMasstoolttodisplayvolum
UsetheMeasureto ooltodisplaym
measurementssoftheedgesaandfacesinyo
ourdesign.Seleectfromthisto
ool's

menuutodisplayedggesandvolummesofintersecttion.

Quickmeaasurements
Asimplem
measurementissdisplayedintthestatusbarwhenyouseleectasingleobjeectorapairoffobjects.This
measuremmentisdisplaye
edusingtheun
nitsandprecisionsetinUnitssoptionsforth
hecurrentdoccument.
Ifthetextinthequickmeasureareaiscutoff,moveyourmouseovverthetextareeatoshowallofthetext.

Tomeasurre: Selectt:
Distancebetweentwo Two
oparallellineaarobjects(lines,edges,axes))
objects Two
oparallelplanarobjects(faces,surfaces,planes)
Two
opointsorverrtices
Oneepointorvertexandonecurveoredge(cu
urvedorlinearr)displaysthee
sho
ortestdistancefromthepoin
nttothecurveoredge
Oneepointandonneanalyticfacee,edge,orcurvvedisplaysth
heprojected
disttanceofpointontoface,edgge,orcurve
Two oparallel,butnotconcentricc,cylindricalfaacesdisplaystthedistance
bettweentheaxess
Twoononconcenttriccircularedggesorarcsdisplaysthedisttancebetweenthe
cen
nters
Lengthofaanobject Alinearobject(lin
ne,edge)
Radiusofaanobject Acircularobject((circularedgeo
orcurve,cylind
der,sphere)
Anglebetw
weentwoobjects Two
ononparallellinearobjects(lines,edges,aaxes)
Two
ononparallelplanarobjectss(faces,surfaces,planes)
Two oanalyticcurvvesthatshareaanendpoint displaysthean
nglebetweentthe
currvesatthepoinntwheretheymeet
Offset Two
oconcentriccyylindricalfacess
Two
ocircularedgeesthatareinth
hesameplane
X,Y,Zcoorrdinatesfromtthe Ap
pointorvertex
worldorigiin

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Displayinggmass
UsetheMasstooltodisp
playvolumeinformationforthesolidsandsurfacesinyourdesign.
Ifyouusetthetoolonasurface,itwilld
displaythetotaalsurfaceareaa.Iftherearem
multiplesurfacesonthesamee
plane,thetooldisplaysthetotalsurfacceareaforalltthesurfaces.To odisplaythesurfacesindivid
dualsurfacearreas,
usetheMe easuretool.


Toviewmasspropertiessofasolid

1. Cllick MasssintheInspecttgroupontheMeasuretab.
heStructuretrreeorbytripleeclickingitintheDesignwindowtodisplayyitsvolume,ceenter
Cllickasolidinth
offmass,andpriinciplemomen ntsandaxes.
2. Asmalloriginap mewithitsaxeesorientedinthedirectionofftheprincipleaxes.
ppearsattheccenterofvolum
Toocalculatethe
eprinciplemommentsandaxessforanotherp point,Ctrl+clickkanorigintoaaddittoyour
seelection.
To
ocalculatethe
eactualmomen
ntofinertia,m
multiplythemo densityofthesolid.
omentmeasureementbythed
Th
heaxisisindicaatedwithx,y,zvalues;intheefigureabove,thesevaluesare(0,1,0).TThefirstnumberis
th
heredaxisoftheorigin,thessecondistheggreenaxis,anddthethirdisth
heblueaxis.

Tomeasurretheprojecteedareaofano
objectorobjeccts

1. Cllick MasssintheInspecttgroupontheMeasuretab.
2. CllicktheSelectdatumplanettoolguide.
3. Seelecttheobjecctsyouwantto
omeasure.
Yo
oucanalsoholdAltandselecttheobjectw
withoutusingtthetoolguide.
Th
heprojectedareaandestimaatedprecisionisdisplayedin
ntheDesignwiindow.

Displayinggmeasurements
UsetheMeasuretooltodisplaymeasu
urementsoftheedgesandfaacesinyourdeesign.
Youcanseelectunitsform
measurementiintheSpaceClaaimUnitsoptions.YoucanaalsomodifytheePrecisionand
d
AngularPrrecisionvaluessintheMeasurreTooloptionss.
Thedocummentoriginisddisplayedbydeefault.YoucanholdAltandsselecttheoriginoritsaxesassreferenceobjjects,
andthedisstanceinthatd
direction(orallthree)isdisp
played.
IfyouholddAltandselecttanorigin,thenyouwillseeapreviewofthheX,Y,andZd
distancefromttheorigin.Thiss
previewch hangesasyoum moveyourmo ouseoverobjecctsintheDesiggnwindow.IfyyouholdAltan
ndselectanypplane,
thenthepreviewshowsthedistancefrromthepointunderthemou usetotheplanne.IfyouholdA
Altandselectaline
oraxis,theenthepreview
wshowsthedisstancefromthepointunderthemousetottheline.Clickin ngonanobjecctsets
thedimenssionsintheressultsbox.
ouselectanorriginisandthemeasurementtisnegativeinthe
Negativevvaluesaredispllayedforthereesultswhenyo
directiono
ofoneormoreaxes.

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Toviewam
measurement

1. Cllick MeassureintheInsp
pectgroupontheMeasurettab.
M
Mouseoveryou
urdesigntopreeviewthefaceesandedgeselligibleformeasurement.
2. Seelectpoints,cu
urves,edges,o
orfacestodisplaymeasurementinformatio
on.
Seelectmultipleo
objectsdisplayysmeasuremen
ntsbetweenth
hemasapprop
priate.
Yo
oucanmeasurretoanaxisoffanoriginobjeect.
3. (O
Optional)HoldAltandselectareferenceob
bject.
Th
hereferencecanbeapoint,curve,edge,faace,plane,axiss,ororigin.

Toolguidees
Thefollow
wingtoolguidesshelpstepyou
uthroughthep
process:


TheSelectobjectsstomeasuretoolguideisactivebydefaultt.Thistoolguid
deallowsyouttoselecttheobject
youwanttomeasure.
TheSelectplaneo ororigintoolgguideallowsyo
outosetthem
measurementdirectionsbyseelectinganoriggin,

origginaxis,line,orrplane.YoucanholdAltandselecttheoriggintodisplayttheX,Y,andZcoordinatesfro
om
theorigintotheo objectbeingmeeasuredorbettweentheobjeectsifyouselecttwoobjects.Youcanseleccta
planneororigininttheStructurettreeortheDessignwindow.

Examples


Measuringgbetweentwopoints.


Measuringgbetweentwopoints,withareferencefaceeAlt+selected,,sotheprojecteddistanceissappendedtothe
measurem
ment.


Measuringgbetweentwopoints,buttheoriginisAlt++selectedasarreference,soth
heX,Y,andZd
distancesare
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Measuringgthedistanceb
betweentwossketchpoints


Measuringgtheanglebetweenasketchcurveandafaace.Thesketch hcurveisexten
ndeduntilitin
ntersectsthefaace.
Angletosuurfacenormalistheanglebeetweentheexttendedcurveaandalinethatisperpendiculartothesurfaaceat
theinterseectionpoint.Angletosurface
eistheangleb
betweentheexxtendedcurveandaplanetaangenttothe
surfaceattheintersectioonpoint.

Measureaaprojectedare
ea
Youcanmeasurethepro ojectedareaoffoneormoreo
objects.Theob
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paneltoseeasshadowoftheprojectedareaa.
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prrojectedon.
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Th ntheDesignwiindow.

Analyzingquality
ThetoolsintheQualityrribbongroupallowyoutodeetectanyanom
maliesordiscon
ntinuitiesinassurfacethatshading
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Qualityribbongroup
TheQualityribbongroupcontainsthefollowingtools:

UsetheNormaltooltodisplaythenormaldirection("inside"or"outside")offacesorsurfaces.


UsetheCurvaturetooltodisplayafringegraphofthecurvaturealongcurvesoredges.

UsetheDrafttooltodisplayafringegraphoftheselectedsurfaces,whereeachvalueisanangle
measurement.


UsetheGridtooltodisplaythecurvesthatdefineanyfaceorsurfaceinyourdesign.
UsetheDihedraltooltodisplayafringegraphoftheanglebetweentwofacesalongtheselected

edges.


UsetheStripestooltoreflectavirtual3Dcube"room"ontheselectedfaces.

Displayingnormaldirection
Thistoolwilldisplaythenormaldirectionoffacesorsurfacesinyourdesign.Thenormaldirectionisthe"outside"
ofthefaceorsurface.Thenormalcanbeflippedwhenyouimportmodels.Usethistooltocheckandfixface
normaldirections.


Todisplaynormaldirectionsforfaces

1. Click NormalintheQualitygroupontheMeasuretab.
2. Selectanobject,face,orsurface.Ctrl+clicktoselectmultiplefacesandsurfaces,orselectanobjectinthe
Structuretree.
Thenormaldirectionofeachfaceorsurfaceatthepointwhereyouclickisdisplayed.
3. Ifyoufindanincorrectnormal,rightclickthefaceorsurfaceandselectReverseFaceNormal.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailablewiththeNormalanalysistool:
Showfacenormal Displaythenormaldirectionusinganarrow.
usingArrow
Showfacenormal Displaythenormaldirectionusingcolors.Selectcolorsforthefront("outside")and
usingColor back("inside")usingthedropdownmenus.Usecontrastingcolorstomakeiteasierto
seewhichfaceswereincorrectlyreversedonimport.

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Example


Displayingfacenormalsusingarrows


Displayingfacenormalsusingcolors

Displayingcurvature
Usethistooltoshowcurvaturevaluesalongfacesoredges.Youcanusethisanalysistoidentifyareaswithvery
tightcurvesthatcanbedifficulttooffsetorturnintothinsolids.
Youcanalsousethevisualizationtoevaluatecurvaturecontinuityalongasetoffacesoredges.Curvature
continuityiswhenthecurvaturevalueschangeinasmooth,continuousmanner.Youcanseecontinuouscurves
becausethedatapointswillgraduallychangelengthorthetransitionbetweenfacecoloringisevenandsmooth.
Suddenchangesinthelengthofthedatapointsorcoloronafaceindicatesnoncontinuouscurvature.


Todisplayedgecurvature

1. Click CurvatureintheQualitygroupontheMeasuretab.
2. Selectaline,curve,oredges.Ctrl+clicktoselectmultiplelinesoredges,orselectanobjectinthe
Structuretree.
Youcanchangetheshadingcolorsintheoptionspanel.
Youcanchangethecolor,scale,anddensityofthedatapointsintheoptionspanel.
TipSelectEdgesintheselectionfilter,thenboxselecttoselectalltheedgesinyourdesign.
Thevisualizationforedgesshowslinesatdatapointsalongtheedge.Thegreaterthecurve'sradius,the
longerthedatapoint.Straightedgeswon'tshowanydatapointsbecausetheydon'thavecurvature.

Todisplayfacecurvature

1. Click CurvatureintheQualitygroupontheMeasuretab.

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2. SelectafaceorCtrl+clicktoselectmultiplefaces.
Youcanchangetheshadingcolorsintheoptionspanel.
Inadditiontothefacecurvaturedisplay,theabsolutevaluesforminimumandmaximumcurvatureare
displayedinthePropertiespanel.
Thecurvaturewiththesmallestradiusisshowninthemaximumcolor(redisthedefault).Thecurvature
withthesmallestradius,ornoradius,isshownintheminimumcolor(grayisthedefault).
EachlinelengthofthefringegraphrepresentsacurvaturevalueC=absolutevalue(1/r)whenasurface
orbodyisselected.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailablewiththeCurvatureanalysistool:
Showedgecurvatureusing
Color Selectacolorforthefringegraphfromthedropdownmenu.
Scale Slidethescaleorclick+ortoincreaseordecreasetherelativesizeofthefringegraph.
Density Slidethescaleorclick+ortoincreaseordecreasethedensityofsampling(thenumberoflines
createdalongtheedge).
Shading SelectShadingtodisplayfacecurvatureusingcolor.SelectcolorsforMinandMaxfromthedrop
downmenus.

Examples


Displayingfacecurvatureusingcolor

Displayingdraftangles
Thistoolwillhelpyouidentifytheamountofdraftanddirectiononeachfaceinadesign.
Youcanusethistooltoanalyzepartsthatwillbemolded.Facesshowninred(thedefaultcolorforanegativedraft
angle)maynotreleaseproperlyfromamold.Youshouldinputthedraftangleyouconsidernecessaryforproper
release.Thedraftanglemaydependonanumberoffactors,includingmaterialchoiceanddesignconstraints.


Todisplaydraft

1. Click DraftintheQualitygroupontheMeasuretab.
2. ClicktheDraftDirectiontoolguideandselectafaceorsurfacetosetthedraftdirection.

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Ifyoudontfirstsetthedraftdirection,theangleismeasuredwithrespecttotheZaxis.
3. SettheAngleintheoptionspanel.
Thefacehighlightcolorisbasedontheangleyouspecify.Afacewillbehighlightedinthepositivecolorif
theangleofthefaceisgreaterthantheAnglevalueandthenegativecolorifitsangleissmallerinthe
directionyouspecify.YoucanchangethesecolorsintheOptionspanel.
4. ClicktheDraftSelecttoolguideandselectafacetocheckitsdraftangle.YoucanalsoCtrl+clicktoselect
solidsandsurfaces,boxselectorselectobjectsintheStructuretree.
Acolorgraphoftheselectedsurfacesisdisplayed.Eachvalueisananglemeasurementbetweenthe
surfaceandtheselectedplane.

Toolguides
WithintheDrafttool,thereareseveraltoolguidesthathelpguidethebehavioroftheDrafttool:


TheDraftSelecttoolguideisactivebydefault.Useittoselecttheface(s)forwhichyouwanttodisplay
draftangles.
UsetheDraftDirectiontoolguideorAlt+clicktoselectanalternatereferenceforthedraftdirection.

UsetheDraftCurvetoolguidetoselectatemporarycurve(createdbythefacesselected,draftdirection,

andangleofoneorbothsides)tocreatethecurveintheStructuretree.Curvesappearinthecurrentlayer
color.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailablewiththeDraftanalysistool:
Direction SelectOneorBothtodisplaythedraftangleinoneorbothdirections.
Angle Slidethescaleorclickor+tosettheminimumangletodisplay.
Color Selectcolorsfromthedropdownmenustoindicatepositiveandnegativedraftangles.
ColorTransition Slidethescaleorclickor+toadjustthecolortransitionbetweensharpandsmooth.The
higherthissetting,themoregradualthetransitionbetweenpositiveandnegativefaces.
Createshadow Displayshadowlineswheretheangleofthefaceisthesameasthedraftangle.
lines

Examples


Draftanalysiswithcolortransitionlow(sharp)

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Draftanalysiswithcolortransitionsettohigh(smooth)


Theshadowlineontheseexamplesshowwheretheangleofthecurvedfaceisthesameasthedraftangle.The
exampleontheleftisshownwiththeColorTransitionoptionsetlow,andtheexampleontherightshowsthe
ColorTransitionsethigh.

Displayingaface(UV)grid
UsetheGridtooltodisplaythecurvesthatdefineanyfaceorsurfaceinyourdesign.Thistooldisplaysavisual
representationofthemathematicalexpressionofthesurface.Thegridlinesrepresentthemathematical
expressionusedtogeneratethesurface.Youcanuseittoidentifyalowqualitysurface.Forexample,afacemay
lookfine,buttheunderlyingmathematicalrepresentationisunnecessarilycomplicatedorpoorlyparameterized.
Youwouldhaveproblemschangingthefaceusingothertools.
Ifyoufindafacewithunderlyingproblems,youcandeletetheface,thenusetheFilltoolwiththePatchBlend
optionortheReplacetooltogenerateanewface.

Toviewafaceorsurfacegrid

1. Click GridintheQualitygroupontheMeasuretab.
2. Selectafaceorsurface.Ctrl+clicktodisplaythegridonmultiplefacesandsurfaces.
ClickinanemptyareaintheDesignwindowtohidethegrid.

Options
ThefollowingoptionisavailablewiththeGridanalysistool:
Shading SelectGridorCheckerfromtheTexturemenu.Usethisoptiontoincreaseperformancewith
largeorcomplexdesigns.
Wire Slidethescaleorclickor+tosetthescaleofthegrid.

Examples

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Facegridswithgridshading,checkershading,andwire


Facegridsdisplayedonablendedfaceandonasphere

Displayingadihedralgraph
Thistoolcanbeusedtovisualizetangency(orlackoftangency)betweentwofaces.Youwon'tseeanydatapoints
ifyouselectanedgebetweentwotangentfaces.Nontangentfaceswillshowdatapointsbecausetheangleis
morethan0.Thelargertheanglebetweenthefaces,thelongerthefringelineswillbeateachtestpoint.
YoucanusetheRepairdihedraltoolguidetomakethefacestangent.Youshouldonlyusethistoolguideifthe
facesarealreadyclosetotangent.Neighboringedgesarenotmodifiedtobetangentaswell,sotheresultscanbe
unexpectedifthefacesarenotclosetotangent.


Todisplayadihedralgraph

1. Click DihedralintheQualitygroupontheMeasuretab.
2. Selectanedge.
Datapointsshowtheanglebetweenthefacesalongtheedge.Longerdatapointsareshownforlarger
angles.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:
UsetheRepairdihedraltoolguidetomakethefacesalongthemeasurededgetangent.Thetoolguidewill

slightlymodifythetwofacestocreateanedgewhosedihedralangleisclosetozero.Youshouldonlyuse
thistoolguideforfacesthatareclosetotangent.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailablewiththeDihedralanalysistool:
Color Selectacolorfromthedropdownmenu.
Scale Slidethescaleorclickor+todecreaseorincreasetherelativesizeofthefringegraph.

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Density Slidethescaleorclickor+todecreaseorincreasethenumberofpointsalongtheedgewherethe
angleismeasuredanddisplayed.

Displayingstripes
Thistoolwillreflectaninfinitestripedplaneontheselectedfaces(oronallthefacesoftheselectedsolid).This
toolisusefultoshowhowthesmoothnessofasurface.
Usethistooltovisualizeandchecktangencyandcurvaturecontinuitybetweenfaces.Forexample,twosurfaces
mayappeartohaveasmoothtransition,buttheStripestoolwillrevealanirregularity.


Intheexampleabove,theareamarkedwithAhasgoodcontinuity.Thestripeslineupalmostperfectlyacrossthe
edge.TheareamarkedwithBdoesnothavegoodcontinuity.Thestripesdonotquitelineupattheedge.
Ifyoufindirregularitiesinyourdesign,youcanrepairthemusingthefollowingtools:
Tangency(onthePreparetab)
MergeFaces(onthePreparetab)
FillwiththePatchBlendoption(ontheDesigntab)

Todisplaystripes

1. Click StripesintheQualitygroupontheMeasuretab.
2. Selectthefacethatyouwanttoappearstriped.Ctrl+clicktoselectmultiplefacesorselectanobjectinthe
Structuretree.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailablewiththeStripesanalysistool:
Color Selectlightanddarkcolorsforthepatternfromthedropdownmenu.
Density Slidethescaleorclick+ortoincreaseordecreasethestripedensity(thenumberoflinesinthe
pattern).

Examples

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Repairingproblems
SpaceClaimcanimportavarietyofnativeandneutralCADformats,butyoumayneedtocleanupandrepairthis
dataforuseinSpaceClaimandforCAE.ThePreparetabincludestoolsyoucanusetorepairimportedmodelsand
prepareyourdesignsforexportandanalysis.
ThetoolsintheFixgroupfixproblemsthatmayexistinimporteddata.
UsetheGapstooltorepairgapsbetweenfaces.


UsetheMissingFacestooltofillmissingfaces.


UsetheSplitEdgestooltoremoveextraneouspointsonedges.


UsetheInexactEdgestooltorepairedgesthatdonotfittogetherprecisely.

UsetheStitchtooltocombinesurfacepartfacesthataretouchingattheiredges.
TheAdjustgroupincludestoolsthathelpyoumodifycharacteristicsofyourdesignthatwillaffectanalysis.
UsetheMergeFacestooltocombinetwoormorefacesintoasingleface.


UsetheSmallFacestooltoremovesmallfacesfromyourdesign.
UsetheSimplifytooltosimplifycomplexfacesandcurves.

UsetheTangencytooltochangenearlytangentfacessotheyaretangent.

Navigatethroughissues
TheNavigateribbongroupallowsyoutoquicklyjumpthroughalltheproblemsidentifiedbyatoolonthistab.

Tonavigateidentifiedissues
Clickthenextorbackbuttonstovieweachproblem.
SelectZoomtoFittozoominoneachproblemwhenyouclicknextorback.

Repairgaps
TheGapstoolremovesgapsbetweenfaces.ThesegapsareusuallyfoundonpartsimportedfromotherCAD
systemswhenthenativeformatallowsfacestofittogetherloosely.
Thistoolonlyworksforedgesthatarepaired.Pairededgesareedgesthatarewithinthemaximumdistancealong
theirlengthorthatshareanendpointandarewithinthemaximumangleyousetinthetoolsoptions.Usethe
MissingFacestoolifyouneedtorepairapartwithedgesthatarenotpaired.Whenagapisadjacenttoalarger
hole,thistoolonlyrepairsthegapandnotthehole.

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Toremovegaps

1. Click GapsintheFixgroupontheRepairtab.
Thetoolwillautomaticallydetectandhighlightgapsinanobject,asshownintheimageabove.
2. Selecttheobject(s)youwanttochange:
UsetheSelectProblemtoolguidetoselecthighlightedareasthatyouwanttochange.Thecursorwill
changetoahandwhenyoumovethemouseoveraproblemarea.Thistoolguideisactivebydefault.
UsetheSelectGeometrytoolguidetoselectedgesthatwerenotautomaticallydetected.
3. Setthefollowingoptions:
MaximumAngle:Themaximumanglebetweenanyneighboringedgepairsinthepotentialmissing
faceedgeloop.
MaximumDistance:Themaximumdistancebetweenanypairofedgesinthepotentialmissingface
edgeloop.
4. UsethecontrolsintheNavigateribbongrouptovieweachproblemoneatatimebeforeyoufixit.
ClickNextorPrevioustostepthroughandhighlighteachidentifiedproblem.
SelectZoomtoFitifyouwanttoautomaticallyzoominontheprobleminthedesignareawhenyou
clickNextorPrevious.
5. ClicktheCompletetoolguide.
SpaceClaimadjustsneighboringfacestoremovethehighlightedgaps.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:


TheSelectProblemtoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectproblemareasthatare
automaticallyfoundbythetool.
TheSelectGeometrytoolguideallowsyoutoselectedgesthatwerenotautomaticallyfound.HoldCtrlto
selectmultipleedgesorboxselectinthedesignarea.


TheCompletetoolguidefillsfacesbetweenallhighlightededges.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheOptionspanel:
Maximumangle Themaximumanglebetweenanyneighboringedgepairsinthepotentialmissingfaceedgeloop.
Maximum
Themaximumdistancebetweenanypairofedgesinthepotentialmissingfaceedgeloop.
distance

Findandcorrectmissingfaces
TheMissingFacestoolautomaticallydetectsandfillsmissingfacesonanobject.Thistoolshouldbeusedtofind
missingfacesonimporteddesigns.UsetheFilltooltofillfaceswhenyouknowwheretheedgesofthenewface
shouldbe.UsetheMissingFacestooltoidentifymissingfacesandfillthemautomaticallyorchoosewhichmissing
facesyouwantcreated.


Anedgeloopthatisidentifiedasamissingfaceisnotnecessarilyaproblem.Animportedpartmayhavebeen
designedasasurfacebodywithopenregions.UsetheMissingFacestooltohelpidentifymissinggeometry,
butusediscretionwhenfixingpotentialproblemareas.

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Tofindmissingfaces

1. Click MissingFacesintheFixgroupontheRepairtab.
Thetoolwillautomaticallydetectandhighlightmissingfaces,asshownintheimageabove.
2. Selecttheobject(s)youwanttochange:
UsetheSelectProblemtoolguidetoselecthighlightedareasthatyouwanttochange.Thecursorwill
changetoahandwhenyoumovethemouseoveraproblemarea.Thistoolguideisactivebydefault.
UsetheSelectGeometrytoolguidetoselectedgeloopsthatwerenotautomaticallydetected.
3. Setthefollowingoptions:
MinimumAngle:Theminimumanglebetweenallneighboringedgepairsinthepotentialmissingface
edgeloop.
MinimumDistance:Theminimumdistancebetweenallofedgesinthepotentialmissingfaceedge
loop.


Thetoollooksformissingfacesthatmeetbothoftheminimummeasurements.

Fill:Fixthemissingfacebyextendingneighboringfacesuntiltheyintersect.
Patch:Fixthemissingfacebycreatinganewfacethroughtheboundingedgesofneighboringfaces.
Tryboth:Fixthemissingfacebyextendingneighboringfaces.Ifthatdoesn'twork,itwillattempttofill
bycreatingapatch.
4. UsethecontrolsintheNavigateribbongrouptovieweachproblemoneatatimebeforeyoufixit.
ClickNextorPrevioustostepthroughandhighlighteachidentifiedproblem.
SelectZoomtoFitifyouwanttoautomaticallyzoominontheprobleminthedesignareawhenyou
clickNextorPrevious.
5. ClicktheCompletetoolguide.
SpaceClaimcreatesanewfaceusingthemethodyouselectedintheOptionspanel.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:


TheSelectProblemtoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectproblemareasthatare
automaticallyfoundbythetool.
TheSelectGeometrytoolguideallowsyoutoselectedgesbetweenfacesthatwerenotautomaticallyfound.
HoldCtrltoselectmultipleedgesorboxselectinthedesignarea.


TheCompletetoolguidecreatesnewfacesinareasthatarehighlighted.

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Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheOptionspanel:
Minimumangle Theminimumanglebetweenallneighboringedgepairsinthepotentialmissingfaceedgeloop.
Minimum Theminimumdistancebetweenallofedgesinthepotentialmissingfaceedgeloop.
distance
Fill Fixthemissingfacebyextendingneighboringfacesuntiltheyintersect.
Patch Fixthemissingfacebycreatinganewfacethroughtheboundingedgesofneighboringfaces.
Tryboth Fixthemissingfacebyextendingneighboringfaces.Ifthatdoesntwork,itwillattempttofillby
creatingapatch.

Repairsplitedges
TheSplitEdgestooldetectsandmergescoincidentedgesthatdonotmarktheboundariesofnewfaces.


Toconsolidatesplitedges

1. Click SplitEdgesintheFixgroupontheRepairtab.
Thetoolwillautomaticallydetectandhighlightsplitedges,asshownintheimageabove.
2. Selecttheobject(s)youwanttochange:
UsetheSelectProblemtoolguidetoselecthighlightedareasthatyouwanttochange.Thecursorwill
changetoahandwhenyoumovethemouseoveraproblemarea.Thistoolguideisactivebydefault.
UsetheSelectGeometrytoolguidetoselectedgesthatwerenotautomaticallydetected.
3. UsethecontrolsintheNavigateribbongrouptovieweachproblemoneatatimebeforeyoufixit.
ClickNextorPrevioustostepthroughandhighlighteachidentifiedproblem.
SelectZoomtoFitifyouwanttoautomaticallyzoominontheprobleminthedesignareawhenyou
clickNextorPrevious.
4. ClicktheCompletetoolguide.
SpaceClaimconsolidatesthehighlightedareas.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:
TheSelectProblemtoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectproblemareasthatare

automaticallyfoundbythetool.

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TheSelectGeometrytoolguideallowsyoutoselectpointsthatwerenotautomaticallyfound.HoldCtrlto

selectmultiplepointsorboxselectinthedesignarea.


TheCompletetoolguideconsolidatesallhighlightedareas.

Repairinexactedges
TheInexactEdgestoolfindsandrepairsedgesthathavebeeninaccuratelydefinedanddonotmeetprecisely.
ThesetypesofedgesareusuallyfoundindesignsimportedfromotherCADsystems,particularlyfromconceptual
designsystems.


Torepairinexactedges

1. Click InexactEdgesintheFixgroupontheRepairtab.
Thetoolwillautomaticallydetectandhighlightgapsinanobject,asshownintheimageabove.
2. Selecttheobject(s)youwanttochange:
UsetheSelectProblemtoolguidetoselecthighlightedareasthatyouwanttochange.Thecursorwill
changetoahandwhenyoumovethemouseoveraproblemarea.Thistoolguideisactivebydefault.
UsetheSelectGeometrytoolguidetoselectedgesthatwerenotautomaticallydetected.
3. UsethecontrolsintheNavigateribbongrouptovieweachproblemoneatatimebeforeyoufixit.
ClickNextorPrevioustostepthroughandhighlighteachidentifiedproblem.
SelectZoomtoFitifyouwanttoautomaticallyzoominontheprobleminthedesignareawhenyou
clickNextorPrevious.
4. ClicktheCompletetoolguide.
SpaceClaimredefinestheedgessotheymeetprecisely.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheeditingprocess:


TheSelectProblemtoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectproblemareasthatare
automaticallyfoundbythetool.
TheSelectGeometrytoolguideallowsyoutoselectedgesthatwerenotautomaticallyfound.HoldCtrlto
selectmultipleedgesorboxselectinthedesignarea.


TheCompletetoolguiderecalculatesallthehighlightededgestoincreasetheprecisionbetweenfacesor
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Stitchadjacentfaces
TheStitchtoolcombinessurfacepartfacesthataretouchingattheiredges.Whenthemergedfacesformaclosed
surface,asolidisautomaticallycreated.Youcanusethistooltorepairmultiplesurfacepartsthatareinseparate
components.CoincidentfacesaredetectedandremovedbeforeStitchmergessurfacesintoasinglebody.


Tostitchfacestogether
1. (Optional)Selectoneormoresurfacepartsoracomponents.
Selectingobjectsbeforestartingthetoolwilllimitthetool'sresultstothoseobjects.
Ifyouselectacomponent,allsurfacepartsinthecomponentthathavetouchingfaceswillbemerged.
2. Click StitchintheFixgroupontheRepairtab.
Theedgesoffacesthatcanbemergedarehighlighted.
3. (Optional)ChangetheMaximumdistanceintheOptionspaneltoadjustthedistancebetweenpartsthat
areautomaticallydetected.
4. Clickthehighlightedfacesthatyouwanttomerge.
Thefacesaremergedwhenyouclickonthem.
5. (Optional)ClicktheSelectGeometrytoolguidetoselectfacesthatwerenotautomaticallydetected.
6. ClickCompletetomergeallhighlightedfaces.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:
TheSelectProblemtoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectandfixproblemareas

thatareautomaticallyfoundbythetool.
TheSelectGeometrytoolguideallowsyoutoselectfacesthatwerenotautomaticallyfound.HoldCtrlto
selectmultipleobjectsorboxselectinthedesignarea.


TheCompletetoolguidemergesthehighlightedfaces.

Options
Thefollowingoptionsareavailable:
Maximumdistance Themaximumdistancebetweenfacesthatisautomaticallydetectedbythetool.

Mergefaces
TheMergeFacestoolreplacestwoormoreneighboringfaceswithasinglenewfacethatcloselyfitstheoriginal
faces.Usethistooltosimplifyamodelbeforeyouexportitforanalysis.Mergingfacescanresultinasmoother
meshonthesolid.
Youshouldonlymergefacesthataretangentorclosetotangent;otherwise,theresultsmaynotbewhatyou
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Youcan'tselectedgeswhenusingtheMergeFacestool.YoushouldusetheFilltoolontheDesigntabwhenyou
needtoselectanedgeandafacetofillinamissingface.TheMissingFacesandGapstoolsonthePreparetabalso
performthisfunction.


Themergefacestoolisonlyintendedtobeusedaspreparationforanalysis.Mergingfacessimplifiesthe
modelbyremovingedgesandmakesthemodelmoredifficulttomodify.


Tomergefaces

1. Click MergeFacesintheAdjustgroupontheRepairtab.
2. Selecttwoormorefacesyouwanttomerge.
3. Ifyouwanttoretaintangencybetweenthenewfaceandanexistingface,clickontheMaintainTangency
toolguideandselectthefacewithwhichyouwanttoretaintangency.
4. ClicktheCompletetoolguide.
SpaceClaimreplacestheselectedfaceswithanewface.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheeditingprocess:


TheSelecttoolguideisactivebydefault.Youcanalsoselectbydrawingaboxinthedesignwindow.
TheMaintainTangencytoolguideallowsyoutoselectfaceswithwhichyouwanttoretaintangency.The
newfacewillbetangenttotheface(s)youselect.YoucanalsouseAlt+clicktoselectfacesfortangency.


TheCompletetoolguidereplacestheselectedfaceswithasingleface.

Simplifyadesign
Thistoolexaminesadesignandsimplifiescomplexfacesandcurvesintoplanes,cones,cylinders,lines,arcs,etc.
ThisautomatestheonebyoneSimplifycapabilityfoundintheReplacetool.


Tosimplifyadesign
1. (Optional)Selectthefacesyouwanttosimplify.
Youmaywanttopreselectfacesonlargedesignsbecauseitcanbeeasiertosimplifyaregionatatime.

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2. Click SimplifyintheAdjustgroupontheRepairtab.
3. (Optional)ClicktheSelectGeometrytoolguidetoselectfacestosimplifythataren'tautomatically
detected.
4. ClicktheSelectProblemtoolguideandclickonahighlightedfacetosimplifythefaceorclickthe
Completetoolguidetosimplifyallhighlightedfaces.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:
TheSelectProblemtoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectproblemareasthatare

automaticallyfoundbythetool.
TheSelectGeometrytoolguideallowsyoutoselectfacesandcurvesthatwerenotautomaticallyfound.

HoldCtrltoselectmultipleobjectsorboxselectinthedesignarea.


TheCompletetoolguidereplacesallthehighlightedobjectswithsimplifiedfacesandcurves.

Removesmallfaces
TheSmallFacestooldetectsandremovessmallandsliverfacesinyourdesign.Youmaywanttoremovethese
facesbeforeyouexportthedesignforanalysisiftheywillhaveanegligibleimpactontheanalysisaccuracybuta
significantimpactonitsspeed.
Ifthesmallfaceistangenttoaneighboringface,thetoolwillmergethesmallfacewiththeneighboringface.Ifno
neighboringfaceistangent,thetoolwillextendneighboringfacestoremovethesmallface.


Toremovesmallandsliverfaces

1. Click SmallFacesintheAdjustgroupontheRepairtab.
Thetoolautomaticallyfindssmallfacesintheactivecomponentandhighlightstheminthedesignarea,
asshownintheimageabove.
2. Selecttheobject(s)youwanttochange:
UsetheSelectProblemtoolguidetoselecthighlightedareasthatyouwanttoadjust.Thecursorwill
changetoahandwhenyoumovethemouseoveraproblemarea.Thistoolguideisactivebydefault.
UsetheSelectGeometrytoolguidetoselectfacesthatwerenotautomaticallydetected.
3. SettheMaximumareaandMaximumwidthintheOptionspanel.Facesthataresmallerthanthe
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4. UsethecontrolsintheNavigateribbongrouptovieweachproblemoneatatimebeforeyoufixit.
ClickNextorPrevioustostepthroughandhighlighteachidentifiedproblem.
SelectZoomtoFitifyouwanttoautomaticallyzoominontheprobleminthedesignareawhenyou
clickNextorPrevious.
5. ClicktheCompletetoolguide.
SpaceClaimwillremovetheSelectedfaces.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:
TheSelectProblemtoolguideisactivebydefault.Youmustselectobjectsthatyouwanttoadjustinthe

Structuretreewhilethistoolisactive.
TheSelectGeometrytoolguideallowsyoutoselectsmallandsliverfacesthatwerenotautomatically

detected.Thefacewillonlyberemovedifitissmallerthanthemaximumareaand/orwidthintheOptions
panel.


TheCompletetoolguideremovesallthefacesthatarehighlighted.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheOptionspanel:
Maximumarea Facesthataresmallerthanthemaximumorareawillbefoundandhighlightedforadjustment.
MaximumwidthFacesthatarethinnerthanthemaximumwidthwillbefoundandhighlightedforadjustment.

Examples


Fillingneighboringfacesthatarebothselectedatthesametime,becausetheycannotberemovedindividually

Adjusttangency
TheTangencytooldetectsedgesbetweenfacesthatareclosetotangentandadjuststhefacessotheyare
tangent.
Ifafacesisneartangentwithmorethanoneneighboringface,youwillgetthebestresultsifyoumakeallthe
edgestangentatthesametime.

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Toadjusttangencybetweenfaces
1. Click TangencyintheAdjustgroupontheRepairtab.
Thetoolautomaticallyfindsneartangentfacesintheactivecomponentandhighlighttheiredgesinthe
designarea,asshownintheimageabove.
2. Selecttheobject(s)youwanttochange:
UsetheSelectProblemtoolguidetoselecthighlightedareasthatyouwanttochange.Thecursorwill
changetoahandwhenyoumovethemouseoveraproblemarea.Thistoolguideisactivebydefault.
UsetheSelectGeometrytoolguidetoselectedgesbetweenfacesthatwerenotautomatically
detected.
3. SettheMaximumangleintheOptionspanel.
Thetoolwillautomaticallydetectneartangentfacesagainwhenyouchangethisvalue.Forbestresults,
keepthisangleassmallaspossible.
4. UsethecontrolsintheNavigateribbongrouptovieweachproblemoneatatimebeforeyoufixit.
ClickNextorPrevioustostepthroughandhighlighteachidentifiedproblem.
SelectZoomtoFitifyouwanttoautomaticallyzoominontheprobleminthedesignareawhenyou
clickNextorPrevious.
5. ClicktheCompletetoolguide.
SpaceClaimadjuststhehighlightededgessotheiradjacentfacesaretangent.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:
TheSelectProblemtoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectproblemareasthatare

automaticallyfoundbythetool.
TheSelectGeometrytoolguideallowsyoutoselectedgesbetweenfacesthatwerenotautomaticallyfound.

HoldCtrltoselectmultipleedgesorboxselectinthedesignarea.Whenyouhoveroveranedge,youcansee
thetwofacesthatwouldbeaffectedbythechange.


TheCompletetoolguidemakesallhighlightededgestangent.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheOptionspanel:
Maximumangle Themaximumangletodetectfortangency.Forbestresults,keepthisangleassmallaspossible.

Preparingdesignsforanalysis
UsethetoolsintheDefinegrouptocreateorsubdividebodiesforanalysis.

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UsetheVolumeExtracttooltocreateasolidbasedonanenclosedregionwithinapart.


UsetheMidsurfacetooltocreateasurfacemidwaybetweentwooffsetfaces.


UsetheSplitbyPlanetooltosplitapartbasedonaplane.


UsetheSpotWeldtooltodefinepointsontwofacesthatrepresentweldpoints.


UsetheImprinttooltoimprintcoincidentfaces.
ToolsintheRemovegrouphelpyoueasilyremoveelementstosimplifyyourdesigns.
UsetheRoundstooltoremoveroundededgesfromadesign.

UsetheFacestooltoremovefeaturesfromadesign.

UsetheInterferencetooltomergepartsthatclash.

CreateandeditbeamobjectswiththetoolsintheBeamsgroup.
UsetheProfilestooltoselectaprofileforabeamobject.


UsetheCreatetooltodefineabeamusingaprofilefromthelibrary.


UsetheExtracttooltodefineabeamandprofilefromasolid.


UsetheOrienttooltochangetheorientationoraxisofthebeam.
UsetheDisplaytooltochangehowbeamsaredisplayed.

Extractingvolume

Usethe VolumeExtracttoolintheDefinegrouponthePreparetabtocreateasolidbasedonthevolume
enclosedbyasinglebodyorsetofbodies.AsolidnamedVolumeiscreatedintheStructuretree,andthebodies
usedtogeneratethevolumearetemporarilytransparentwhenthevolumeiscreated.
Ifasurfaceintersectsanyoftheedgesyouselecttoenclosetheregion,itwillbeusedtocapthecreatedvolume.
Youcancreatecleanercapsbyplacingsurfacesateachoftheedgesyouusetodefinetheenclosedregion.


IfanedgewillberemovedwhenyouusetheVolumeExtracttool,thatedgewillflashredandyouwillreceive
awarningmessage.Thiscanhappenwhenyouselectacappingedgethatwillberemovedwhenitismerged
withtherestofthemodel.Thehighlightidentifiestheproblemsoyoucanpickadifferentedge.

Tocreateavolumebody

1. Clickthe VolumeExtracttoolintheDefinegrouponthePreparetab.
2. Selecttheedgeloopsthatenclosethevolumeofthearea.
Youcandoubleclicktoselectmorethanonecontiguousedge.Youcanalsoclickaselectededgeto
deselectit.
Ifyouhoveroverafacethatcontainsinternaledgeloops,theedgeloopsarehighlighted.Clickthefaceto
selectthehighlightededgeloops.

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3. Ifnecessary,clicktheSelectSeedFacetoolguideandselectafaceinsidethevolumearea.
Youcanselectasplitfaceastheseedface.
YouonlyneedtousethistoolguideiftheVolumeExtracttoolfailstocorrectlyidentifytheinsideofthe
volume.
4. ClicktheCompletetoolguide.
SpaceClaimcreatesasurfacepartbasedonthevolumeyoudefined.

Toupdatethevolumebody
Rightclickthevolumepart(namedVolumebydefault)intheStructuretree.Selectoneofthefollowing
commands:
RegenerateVolumeBodyasCreatedupdatesthevolumebodybasedonobjectsthatwerevisiblewhenthe
volumewascreated(regardlessoftheircurrentvisibility).Usethisoptionforsimpleregeneration.
RegenerateVolumeBodyinContextupdatesthevolumebodybasedonobjectsthatarecurrentlyvisibleinthe
designarea.Usethisoptiontoremovebodiesfromthevolumecalculation.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:
TheSelecttoolguideisactivebydefault.Usethistoolguidetoselectloopsofedgesthatenclosethevolume

area.
TheSelectSeedFacetoolguideallowsyoutoselectafacethatwillhelpdeterminetheinsideoftheenclosed
volume.


TheCompletetoolguidecreatesthevolumesolidbasedontheedgesandseedfaceyouselect.

Creatingmidsurfacefaces
Thistoolcreatesasurfacemidwaybetweentwooffsetfaces.Themidsurfacefacesareautomaticallyextendedor
trimmedtoadjacentfaces,andthedistancebetweenthefacesisstoredasathicknessproperty.Youcanusethese
surfacesforFEanalysis.
Colorhighlightingshowsyoufacepairsthathavebeenselected,asshownbelow.Themidsurfacefacewillbe
offsetfromthecyanfaces.Greenindicatesthatafaceispairedwithacyanface.Unselectedfacesandfaces
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ThethicknessoftheoriginalmodelfaceoffsetsarestoredasapropertynamedThicknessintheMidsurface
sectionofthePropertiespanel.Thisisafaceproperty,soyoumustselectthefaceintheDesignwindowrather
thanintheStructuretree,evenifitisasingleface.Youcanchangethisproperty,anditisincludedintheANSYS
datawhenitissentouttoANSYSviatheSpaceClaimaddin.
TheMidsurfacetooldetectsandremovessmallfacesofmidsurfacesthatarecreatedwhenanedgeisequaltohalf
ofthepartthickness.
IftheMidsurfacetoolfindsmissingfacesbecauseneithersidecanbeoffset,youwillreceiveanerrormessagein
theerrorboxthatliststhefaces.Ifthetoolfailstocreatemidsurfaceparts,theproblemfacesoredgesare
highlighted.
Midsurfacesinheritthematerialpropertiesoftheirparentcomponents,butyoucanchangethematerial
propertiesforthemidsurfaceobject.

Tocreatemidsurfacefacesbyselectingoffsetpairs
1. Click MidsurfaceintheDefinegrouponthePreparetab.
2. SelecttheUseselectedfacesoptionintheOptionspanel.
Thisoptionautomaticallydetectsalloffsetfacepairsonabodywithoneormoreoffsetdistances.
3. Clickonafaceforwhichyouwanttocreateamidsurface.
4. Clickonasecondfacethatmakesanoffsetpairwiththefirstface.Allfacepairsthathavethesameoffset
distancewillbeaddedtotheselection.
5. Clickdetectedfacepairstoremovethemorclickundetectedfacepairstoaddthem.
Twofacesmaybedetectedasapairbecausetheyhavethesameoffsetdistanceasthefacepairstobe
midsurfaced.Clickonthebluefacetoremovethepairfromselection.
Afacepairthatshouldbemidsurfacedmaynotbedetectedbecauseitsoffsetpairisnotaperfectoffset
ofthefirstface.Clickonthefaceyouwantoffsettoaddittotheselection.Itsmidsurfacewillbeoffset
usingthethicknessofneighboringdetectedfacepairs.
6. (Optional)ClicktheSelectFacestoolguideorholdtheCtrlkeyandselectadditionalfacepairswitha
differentoffsetdistance.
Whenyouaddfacepairs,allfacepairswiththesameoffsetdistancewillbeaddedtotheselection.
7. ClicktheCompletetoolguidewhenyouarefinishedselectingfaces.
Whenyousuccessfullycreateamidsurface,thesolidwillbecomesemitransparentandthesurfacewillbe
opaqueuntilyouselectadifferenttoolorclearyourselection.
MidsurfacebodiesarecreatedinacomponentintheStructuretree,andarenamedusingthenameof
theoriginalobjectandappendedwithMidsurfaceN,whereNisauniquenumber.

Tocreatemidsurfacefacesbasedonanoffsetrange
1. Click MidsurfaceintheDefinegrouponthePreparetab.
2. SelectUserangeintheOptionspanel.

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Thefacepairswithoffsetdistanceswithintherangeareautomaticallydetected.Ifyouhavefacepairs
selected,therangewillautomaticallychangetoincludetheoffsetdistance.
3. Clickthebodyforwhichyouwanttodetectoffsetfacepairs.
4. ChangetheMinimumthicknessandMaximumthicknessvaluesintheOptionspanelasneeded.
Facepairswithinthisrangewillbeselected;facepairsoutsidethisrangewillberemovedfromthe
selection.
5. ClicktheCompletetoolguidewhenyouarefinishedselectingfaces.

Toaddorremovefacesfromselection
Toaddorremoveadetectedfacepair,clickeitherfaceinthepair.
Themidsurfacedistancewillbeoffsetfromthisfacethesamedistanceasadjacentfaces,regardlessofany
potentialoffsetpairforthisface.
Ifthefacehasanoffsetpairthatwaspreviouslyselected,thepairwillbedeselected.
Youmayneedtoremoveafacefromselectionifitispairedincorrectly.

Tochangethethicknessofamidsurfaceface
1. SelectthemidsurfacefaceintheDesignwindow.
2. ChangetheThicknesspropertyinthePropertiespanel.

Tomakeamidsurfacebodyfromaregularopensurfacebody
1. SelectthesurfaceintheStructuretree.
2. ChangetheThicknesspropertyinthePropertiespanel.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:
TheSelectFacestoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectapairofoffsetfaces,

andallotherfacepairswiththesameoffsetdistanceareautomaticallydetected.
TheAdd/RemoveFacestoolguideallowsyoutoselectadditionalfacestooffsetorremovedetected

facepairsfromtheselection.
TheSwapSidestoolguideallowsyoutoswitchthefacepairs.Youmayneedtodothiswhenyoudetect

pairswithmorethanoneoffsetdistance,andtheoffsetrelationshipsareincorrectlydetected.


TheCompletetoolguidecreatesthemidsurfacefaces.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheOptionspanel:
Useselectedfaces Selectthisoptiontocreatemidsurfacesforonlythefacesyouselect.
Userange Selectthisoptiontocreatemidsurfacesonallfacesinthespecifiedthicknessrange.
Thicknesstolerance Changethevalueofthisoptiontodetectoffsetsplinefaceswithanoffsetvalue
withinthetoleranceamount.
Createmidsurfacesin SelectSamecomponenttocreatethemidsurfacesinthesamecomponentasthe
partyouselectedformidsurfacing.SelectActivecomponenttocreatethe
midsurfacesintheactivecomponent.
Groupmidsurfaces Selectthisoptiontocreatemidsurfacesinanewsubcomponent.Deselecttheoption
tocreatethemidsurfaceobjectsinthecomponentyouselectintheoptionabove

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(samecom
mponentoractivecomponen
nt).

Examples


Selectingaanadditionalfaacepairwithth
heUseselecte
edfacesoption
nandtheSelecctFacestoolgu
uide.Allfacep
pairs
withthesaameoffsetareaddedtothesselection.


Removingafacethatwasautomaticallydetectedbuttnotdesiredasamidsurfaceepair


Thestructu
urecreatedforrmidsurfaceparts

Definingw
weldpoints
TheSpotW
Weldtoolcreattespointsontw wofacesthatrrepresentweld
dpoints.Eachspotweldconsistsoftwopo oints:
oneoneacchfacethatisttobeweldedttogether.Eachpointmustlieeonafaceoreedge.ForexporrttoANSYS,eaach
pointmusttlieonadifferrentsolidorsu
urfacepart.
Whenspottweldpointsaarefoundonan
notherbody,thesetdoesno otincludepointswithmateswithinthesamme
body,assh
hownbelow.W
Weldpointsinaasetthathaveematesareblu
ueandpointstthatdonothavvematesareggray


Spotweldssareupdatedw
withchangesttotheguidingeedgesorbasefaces.
Ifaguid
dingedgedisap
ppears,thepoiintscreatedalo
ongitareremo
oved.
Ifamattefacemoveso
outofthesearrchrangethew
weldpoint,theepairstothatm
matefacewilldisappear.
Ifthem
matefacemove
esbackintotheerange,thepo
ointpairswillrreappear.

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Ifpairscannotbefoundforallofthepointsonthebaseface,thespotweldismarkedintheStructuretreewith
anerroriconshowingthatitisnolongervalid.
DimensionsforspotweldpointpatternsaredisplayedintheDesignwindow.Thesedimensionslookthesameas
dimensionsforotherpatterns.

ExportingtoANSYS
SpotweldsdefinedforthedesigncanbeexportedtoANSYS.ANSYSDesignModelerandANSYSWorkbench
recognizetheweldpointswiththefollowinglimitations:
Onlypointswithmatescanbeusedforsimulation.
Youmayplaceweldpointsbetweenmultibodypartsifthetwobodiesbelongtodifferentparts.Spotwelds
definedbetweenbodiesinthesamepartarenottransferredtosimulation.
Youcanapproximateseamweldsbyplacingweldpointsontheguidingedgewithanoffsetofzero,ifnomating
faceisfoundoneithersideofthebaseface.
SpaceClaimsupportsspotweldsofmorethantwoweldpoints(morethantwocomponentsarewelded
togetheratonelocation),butSimulationdoesnot;Simulationignoresanyweldpointsafterthefirsttwo
supplied.
IfaspotweldjointinSpaceClaimcontainsaspotweldwithmorethantwoweldpoints,thenachainofpairsof
weldpointsistransferredtoSimulationasseparatespotwelds,andeachtwopointspotweldislisted
separatelyundertheConnectionsnode.Forexample,ifasingleSpaceClaimspotweldconnectspartsABCD,
thisistransferredasthreeseparatespotswelds:AB,BC,andCD.

Todefineweldpoints
1. Click SpotWeldintheDefinegrouponthePreparetab.
2. Selectbaseface.
Thisisthefaceorfacesonwhichtheweldpointswillbedefined.Youshouldselectasinglefaceorachain
oftangentfaces.
3. ClicktheSelectguidingedgestoolguideandselectanedge.
Thisistheedgealongwhichtheweldpointswillbedefined.Thetoolsearchesformatingedgesinthe
followingdirections:
1. Thesurfacenormal.
2. Theoppositedirectionofthesurfacenormal.
3. Ifnomatchisfoundforaorb,thenthedirectionperpendiculartoboththesurfacenormaland
edgetangentissearched.
YoucanholdCtrlanddoubleclicktoselectachainofedges.
4. (Optional)Ifyouwanttodefineadifferentmatingface,clicktheSelectmatingfacestoolguideandselect
amatingface.
Youcanselectmorethanoneface.Clickingonamatingfaceremovesallpreviouslyselectedfacesand
holdingCtrladdsaface.
5. Setthefollowingoptions:
Startoffset:Thedistanceofweldpointsfromthebeginningoftheguidingedge.
Edgeoffset:Thedistanceofweldpointsfromtheguidingedge.
Endoffset:Thedistanceofweldpointsfromtheendoftheguidingedge.
Numberofpoints:Thenumberofweldpointstodefineforeachedgechain.
Increment:Thedistancebetweenweldpoints.

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Youcanseteitherthenumberofpointsortheincrement.Thelastvalueyouenterwillbeused.For
example,ifyouchangethenumberofpoints,theincrementwillautomaticallyupdate.Ifyouthen
changetheincrement,thenumberofpointswillchange.
Searchrange:Thedistancetosearchformatingfacesfromtheguidingedge.
ClicktheCreatespotweldtoolguidetodefinethespotwelds.

Toredetectmatingfaces
1. Rightclickafacewithspotwelds.
2. SelectRedetectMatingFaces.
Spotweldswillbeplacedonanynewnearbyfaces.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:
UsetheSelectBaseFacestoolguidetoselectthefaceorfacesonwhichtheweldpointswillbedefined.

Youshouldselectasinglefaceorachainoftangentfaces.
UsetheSelectGuidingEdgestoolguidetodefinetheedgealongwhichtheweldpointswillbedefined.

UsetheSelectMatingFacestoolguidetochangethematingfacefromthefacethatisautomatically

detected.Youcanselectmorethanoneface.Clickingonamatingfaceremovesallpreviouslyselected
facesandholdingCtrladdsaface.


TheCompletetoolguidecompletesthespotwelddefinition.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheOptionspanel:
Startoffset Thedistanceofweldpointsfromthebeginningoftheguidingedge.
Edgeoffset Thedistanceofweldpointsfromtheguidingedge.
Endoffset Thedistanceofweldpointsfromtheendoftheguidingedge.
Numberofpoints Thenumberofweldpointstodefineforeachedgechain.
Increment Thedistancebetweenweldpoints.Youcanseteitherthenumberofpointsortheincrement.
Thelastvalueyouenterwillbeused.Forexample,ifyouchangethenumberofpoints,the
incrementwillautomaticallyupdate.Ifyouthenchangetheincrement,thenumberofpoints
willchange.
Searchrange Thedistancetosearchformatingfacesfromtheguidingedge.

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Examples


Spotweldsthatcrossovermultiplenearbyweldedparts

Creatingenclosures
Anenclosureisasolidaroundabodyorbodiesthathasacushionaroundtheenclosedsolid(s).Theenclosurecan
beabox,cylinder,orsphere,asshownbelow.
Enclosuresareusedbyanalysistoolstosimulatefluid.


Tocreateanenclosure
1. Click EnclosureintheDefinesectiononthePreparetab.
2. SelectasolidorsolidsintheDesignwindoworStructuretree.
Thesesolidswillbeinsidetheenclosure.
3. SettheDefaultcushionamount.
Thisisapercentageoftheminimumenclosuresize,anddeterminestheinitialdistancebetweenthe
enclosedobject(s)andtheclosestpointoftheenclosuretotheobjects.Youcanadjustthedistancesby
typinginthefieldsintheDesignwindow.
4. SelecttheshapeoftheenclosureintheOptionspanel:Box,Cylinder,Sphere,orCustomshape.
IfyouselectCustomshape,youmustusetheCustomShapetoolguidetoselectasolidtouseasthe
enclosureshape.
5. (Optional)ClicktheSetOrientationtoolguideandselectaline,axis,ororigintochangetheorientationof
theenclosure.
Theenclosureisorientedwiththeworldoriginbydefault.
6. (Optional)DeselecttheSymmetricdimensionsoptiontosetthecushiondistancedifferentfordimsions
thatareoppositeeachother.
7. (Optional)Typeavaluetoadjustthecushionvalues,ifnecessary.

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PressTabtomoveamongthecushionvalues.
8. ClicktheCompletetoolguidewhenyouarefinished.
Theenclosureiscreatedinasubcomponentoftheactivepart.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:

UsetheSelectBodiestoolguidetoselectthebodiesthatwillbeenclosed.

UsetheSetOrientationtoolguidetochangetheorientationoftheenclosurerelativetoyourdesignorthe

axisofacoordinatesystem.
UsetheCustomShapetoolguidetoselectasolidtouseasthecustomshapewhenyousettheenclosure

typetoCustomintheOptionspanel.
ClicktheCompletetoolguidewhenyouarefinished.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheOptionspanel:
Defaultcushion Thisisapercentageoftheminimumenclosuresize,anddeterminesthedistancebetweenthe
enclosedobject(s)andtheclosestpointoftheenclosuretotheobjects.Youcanchangeadjust
thedistancesbytypinginthefieldsintheDesignwindow.
Enclosuretype Selectanenclosureshapefromthelist.IfyouselectCustomshape,youmustusetheCustom
Shapetoolguidetoselectasolidtouseastheenclosureshape.
Symmetric Forcesthedimensionstoremainsymmetric.Deselectthisoptionifyouwanttoentervaluesfor
dimensions dimensionsandyoudon'twanttheoppositedimensionschanged.

Examples


Changingthecushionbytypinginthefielddoesn'tchangethesizeoftheoppositecushion.TheSymmetric
dimensionsoptionmustbedisabled.


Changingtheorientationoftheenclosuresoitisalignedwiththeedgehighlightedinyellowalignstheenclosure
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Splittingbyplane
TheSplitbyPlanetoolsplitspartsbasedonaplane.Itisintendedtobeusedtosplitsymmetricalpartsforanalysis.
ThistoolissimilartoSplitSolid,exceptSplitbyPlaneallowsyoutoselectanaxis,point,oredge,touseassplitting
planelocationswhicharenotallowedbySplitSolid.
Thepartbelowhasbeensplitalongthelengthofitshandle.Thepurpleandgreenpartsaresymmetrical,andcan
beanalyzedfasterthanthewholepart.


Tosplitbyplane
1. Click SplitbyPlaneintheDefinegrouponthePreparetab.
2. Selecttheobject(s)youwanttosplit.
3. Selectaplanetosplittheobject:
Tosplitthepartonthesameplaneasaface,edge,orpoint,clickSelectCutterandselectareference
face,edge,orpoint.
Todefineatemporaryplanebasedondesignelements,clickBuildCuttingPlaneandselectfaces,
edges,orpointstodefinetheplane.Youcanselectmorethanoneface,edge,orpoint,andthecutting
planewillbecreatedthatbisectstheelements.Thewrenchintheimageaboveistapered.Usingthe
BuildCuttingPlanetoolguide,youcanselectthetopandbottomofthewrenchtocreateaplanethat
bisectsthewrenchalongitsplaneofsymmetry.
4. Todeleteobjectscreatedbythesplit,clicktheSelectRegionstoolguideandmouseovertheparts
createdbythesplit.Theregionswillbehighlighted.Clicktodeletetheregion.
5. ClicktheCompletetoolguide.
SpaceClaimsplitsthesolidalongtheplane.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheeditingprocess:
TheSelectTargettoolguideisactivebydefault.Usethistoolguidetoselecttheobjectthatwillbesplit.

UsetheSelectCuttertoolguidetoselectareferenceface,edge,orpointwithwhichtocutthepart.Use

Ctrltoselectmorethanoneobject.Theplaneispreviewedingraybeforeyouselectthereferenceobject.
UsetheBuildCuttingPlanetooguidetoselectfaces,edges,orpointstocreateatemporaryplanewith

whichtocuttheobject.Thetemporaryplane(s)areshownwithadashedline.Selectatemporaryplaneto
completethesplit.
UsetheSelectRegionstoolguidetoselectregionsthatwillberemoved.Youcanmoveyourmouseover

regionsthatwerecreatedandhighlightthembeforeyouclicktodelete.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheOptionspanel:
Mergewhen Selectthisoptiontomergealltouchingsolidsorsurfaceswhenyouexitthetool.Hiddenobjects

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done arenotmerged.Thissavesyoutheextrastepofselectingallthecutupregionsafteryouare
doneandmanuallymergingthemallbacktogether.

Extendadjacentfaces
Usethistooltoextendortrimsurfacesandmergethemwithnearbyparts,ortoextendortrimsketchcurves.The
toolautomaticallydetectsfacesthatcanbeextendedortrimmedandhighlightsthem,asshownbelow.Clickona
highlightedareatoperformtheextensionortrimming.Youcanalsoselectasurfacethatwasn'tautomatically
detectedandattempttoextendortrimit.Thistoolonlyworkswithsurfacepartsandsketchcurves.


Toextendortrimadjacentsurfaces
1. Click ExtendintheDefinegrouponthePreparetab.
Theedgesofsurfacepartsorsketchcurvesthatcanbeextendedortrimmedarehighlighted.
Chainsoftangentfacesareautomaticallygroupedtooffsetthemtogether.
2. Changethefollowingoptions:
Maximumdistance:Themaximumdistancebetweensurfaces.Thetoolwillsearchforadjacentfaces
againifyouchangethisvalue.
Trimsurfaces:Controlswhetherornotsurfacesmaybetrimmedinadditiontoextended.
Partialintersections:Controlswhetherornotfacesthatpartiallyintersectaredetected.
Samebody:Allowsasurfacetobetrimmedorextendedbyafaceoredgeonthesamebody.
Mergeafterextendortrim:Mergesbodies,ifpossible,whenyoutrimorextendanedgeonone
surfacebodyuptoafaceoredgeonanotherbody.
3. Ifyouwanttoextendortrimonlysomeofthesurfacesorsketchcurves,clickthehighlightedspots.
HoldCtrltoselectmultipleedges.
Thesurfacesorsketchcurvesareextendedortrimmedwhenyouclickonthem.
4. ClickCompleteifyouwanttoextendortrimallhighlightedsurfaces.
PressEsctocanceltheoperation.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:


TheSelectProblemtoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectandfixproblemareas
thatareautomaticallyfoundbythetool.
TheSelectGeometrytoolguideallowsyoutoselectfacesthatwerenotautomaticallyfound.HoldCtrlto

selectmultipleobjectsorboxselectinthedesignarea.


TheCompletetoolguidemergesortrimsthehighlightedsurfaces.

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Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheOptionspanel:
Maximum Themaximumdistancebetweenparts.Thetoolwillsearchforadjacentfacesagainifyouchange
distance thisvalue.
Trimsurfaces Controlswhetherornotsurfacesmaybetrimmedinadditiontoextended.
Partial Controlswhetherornotfacesthatpartiallyintersectaredetected.
intersections
Samebody Allowsasurfacetobetrimmedorextendedbyafaceoredgeonthesamebody.
ExtendtocurvesFindssurfacestoextendtocurveswhenthecurveisinthesameplaneasthesurface.
Mergeafter Mergesbodies,ifpossible,whenyoutrimorextendanedgeononesurfacebodyuptoafaceor
extendortrim edgeonanotherbody.

Examples


Curvesareextendedfromendpointtoendpoint.


TheedgesofseparatesurfacesaremergedwhenyouselecttheMergeafterextendortrimoption.


YoucanextendcurvestosurfacesandsurfacestocurveswhenyouselecttheExtendtocurvesoption.

Imprinting
TheImprinttooldetectscoincidentedges(edgesfromonebodythatliesinthefaceofanotherbody)andimprints
themontothecoincidentface.Thecontactregionswillbethesameshape,andtheresultingmeshoneachface
willbesimilar.Thiscanbehelpfulwhenanalyzingstressbetweentwoparts.

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Toimprintapart
1. ClickImprintintheDefinegroupofthePreparetab.Thetoolwillautomaticallydetectandhighlight
coincidentedges,asshownintheimageabove.
2. Selecttheobject(s)youwanttochange:
UsetheSelectProblemtoolguidetoselecthighlightedareasthatyouwanttochange.Thecursorwill
changetoahandwhenyoumovethemouseoveraproblemarea.Thistoolguideisactivebydefault.
UsetheSelectGeometrytoolguidetoselectedgesthatwerenotautomaticallydetected.Youcanuse
box,lasso,andpaintselectmodes.
3. UsethecontrolsintheNavigateribbongrouptovieweachproblemoneatatimebeforeyoufixit.
ClickNextorPrevioustostepthroughandhighlighteachidentifiedproblem.
SelectZoomtoFitifyouwanttoautomaticallyzoominontheprobleminthedesignareawhenyou
clickNextorPrevious.
4. ClicktheCompletetoolguide.
SpaceClaimimprintstheselectededgesofthecoincidentfaces.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheeditingprocess:


TheSelectProblemtoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectproblemareasthatare
automaticallyfoundbythetool.
TheCompletetoolguideimprintsallthehighlightededges.

Removerounds
TheRoundstoolprovidesaquickandeasywaytoremoveroundsfromanobject.ItisliketheFilltool,exceptyou
canonlyselectroundededges.
Youwillhaveagreaterchanceofsuccessifyouselectonlyafewroundsatatimetoremove.Ifyouspendalotof
timeremovingrounds,youmaywanttocheckoutSpaceClaim'stutorialsortechnicalsupportforadvanced
techniquesyoucanusewhenremovingrounds.
Youmayneedtosplitandpartiallyremoveoneormoreroundsbeforeadjacentroundscanberemoved,especially
whentwoormoreroundedfacesmeetalonganedgeorvertex.Theroundedfaceissplitandfilledinthemiddle.

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Toremoverounds

1. Click RoundsintheRemovegrouponthePreparetab.
2. Tosplitandpartiallyremovearound:
1. Hoveroveronetangentedgeoftheroundedfacetopreviewthesplits.
2. Ifnecessary,changetheCapwidthoptiontoadjustthepercentageoftheroundfacethatis
removed.
3. Clickontheedgetosplittheroundedface.
3. Selecttheroundsyouwanttoremove:
ClickanobjectintheStructuretreetoselectallroundsontheobject.
Selectaroundfaceinthedesignarea.YoucanholdCtrlandselectfacesordrawaboxtoselect
multiplefaces.
Ctrl+clicktodeselectaface.
ClicktheCompletetoolguide.
SpaceClaimwillremovetheroundedfacesyouselectedandreplacethemwithasharpedge.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:


TheSelectRoundstoRemovetoolguideisactivebydefault.Youcanalsoselectbydrawingaboxinthe
designwindow.Youcanonlyselectroundfaceswhilethistoolisactive.
TheCompletetoolguidefinishestheoperation.

Options
ThefollowingoptionsareavailableintheOptionspanel:
Autoshrinkfillarea:Selectthisoptiontosplitroundfaceswheretheycan'tberemovedwhenyouselecta
chainofroundsanditcannotbefilledinitsentirety.Theroundswillbepartiallyremoved.
Capwidth:Thepercentageofthewidthofaroundthatisremovedwhenyouclickonanedgeofanexisting
round.Thesplitsarepreviewedasthecursorismovedalongtheroundtangentedges.

Examples


Splittingandpartiallyremovingaround

Removefaces
TheFacestoolallowsyoutoquicklyremovefacesfromyourdesign.Useittosimplifyyourdesignbyremoving
holes,protrusions,etc.

Toremovefacesfromanobject

1. Click FacesintheRemovegrouponthePreparetab.

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2. Selectthefacesyouwanttoremove.HoldtheCtrlkeytoselectmorethanoneface.
3. ClicktheCompletetoolguide.
SpaceClaimattemptstoremovetheselectedfacesbyextendingneighboringfaces.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:


TheSelectFacestoRemovetoolguideisactivebydefault.Youcanalsoselectbydrawingaboxinthedesign
window.Youcanonlyselectfaceswhilethistoolisactive.Edgesandverticeswillnotbeselected.
TheCompletetoolguidefinishestheoperation.

Removeinterference
TheInterferencetooldetectsandremovesinterferencefromclashingbodies.Theinterferenceisremovedfrom
thebodywiththemostfaces.
Thetoolsearchesallvisiblebodiesforinterference.Bodiesthatarehidden(turnedoffintheStructuretree)are
ignored.
Ifyouwanttoremoveaninterferingregionfromoneofthebodies,usetheInterferenceVolumestoolonthe
Measuretabtocreateasolidoftheinterferingregion.YoucanthenusetheCombinetooltoremovethissolid
fromoneoftheparts.


Toremoveinterference

1. Click InterferenceintheRemovegrouponthePreparetab.
Thetoolwillautomaticallydetectandhighlightinterference,asshownintheimageabove.
2. Selecttheobject(s)youwanttochange:
UsetheSelectProblemtoolguidetoselecthighlightedareasthatyouwanttochange.Thecursorwill
changetoahandwhenyoumovethemouseoveraproblemarea.Thistoolguideisactivebydefault.
UsetheSelectGeometrytoolguidetoselectedgesthatwerenotautomaticallydetected.
3. ClicktheCompletetoolguide.
SpaceClaimremovestheinterferencebymergingthebodiesintoonepart.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:


TheSelectProblemtoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectproblemareasthatare
automaticallyfoundbythetool.
TheSelectGeometrytoolguideallowsyoutoselectedgesthatwerenotautomaticallyfound.HoldCtrlto

selectmultipleedgesorboxselectinthedesignarea.


TheCompletetoolguidemergestheclashingobjects.

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Beams
Abeamisalong,thinobjectwithaconstantcrosssection.Definingobjectsasbeams,ratherthanmodelingthem
assolidgeometry,simplifiesthemodelandanalysis.

Tocreateabeam
1. Createobjectstodefinethebeampath.
Oneormoreofthefollowingmethodscanbeusedinthesamedesign:
Sketchcurves:UseanyofSpaceClaim'ssketchingtoolstocreatestraightorcurvedsegmentsandthen
assignbeamprofilestothem.Thesesketchcurvebeamscanthenbemodifiedjustlikeanycurvein
SpaceClaimusingtheMove,Pull,Select,Scale,Bend,Extend,andTrimtools.Thismethodisa
straightforward,lightweightwaytocreatebeamstructures.
Edgesofasolidorsurface:Usethismethodwhenyouhavesolidgeometrythatyouwanttoreference
forthebeams.Forexample,tocreateasimplerectangularcageofbeams,sketcharectangle,pullit
intoasolid,andassignbeamstoalloftheedges.Ifyouchangethesolid,thenthebeamswill
dynamicallyupdatetomatchthelocationandlengthoftheedges.AnyofSpaceClaim'smodelingtools
canbeusedtocreatesophisticatedgeometrychangesthatdrivechangestothebeamstructure.
Forexample,beamsareassignedtotheedgesoftherectangularpartshownbelow,andthenthe
edgesarebent.Thebeamsareautomaticallyupdatedwhenthesolidischanged.


Twopointsormidpointsinamodel:Youcanuseanytwopointsinamodeltodefineastraightbeam
segment.Planescanbeusedtocreate"stages"oradditionallocationsfordefiningbeamstoorfrom.A
beamcanbecreatedtotheintersectionpointofanyplanewithanyedge.Whenadefiningplaneis
moved,anyassociatedbeamsdynamicallyupdatetheirlocations.Youcancreatesophisticatedtower
andtrussstructuresusingthismethod,andthestructureswillbeeasilyadaptabletounforeseen
designchanges.
Intheexamplebelow,oneendofeachdiagonalbeamwascreatedattheintersectionoftheplaneand
thesolid.Thebeamschangewhentheplaneismoved.

2. Click ProfilesintheBeamsgrouponthePreparetab.
3. SelectaprofilefromthelibraryorclickMoreProfilestoloadaprofilethatissavedasanSCDOCfile.


Morethanonebeamcanreferencethesameprofile,sothecharacteristicsofallbeamsthatusethatprofile
willchangeifyouedittheprofile.

4. Click CreateintheBeamsgrouponthePreparetab.
Thistoolenablesyoutocreatethebeampath.TheCreatetoolisenabledwhenyouselectaprofile,which
addstheprofiletoyourdesigndocument.

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5. Selectedgesorpointstodefinethepath:
ClicktheSelectPointChaintoolguideandthenselectanedgeorcurve,orclickonaseriesof
pointstocreatethepath.
ClicktheSelectPointPairstoolguideandthenselectabeginningandendpointforthepath.
Youcanuseintersectionpointsandmidpointsonedgesandotherbeams.Clickonthesmall
trianglesontheendsandmidpointwhenyouhoveroveranedgeorbeam.
SeeCreatingabeam.
ABeamsfolderiscreatedforthebeamsandaBeamProfilesfolderiscreatedfortheprofilesintheStructuretree:


TheprofilenameisdisplayedinparenthesisafterthebeamnameintheStructuretree.

Extractingbeamsfromsolids
Ifyouhavealreadymodeledthebeamyoucanconvertittoabeamobject.SeeExtractingabeamfromasolid.

BeamsandANSYS
IfyousendadesignwithbeamstoANSYS,thefollowingissentforeachbeamobject:
Profileandpath
Beamproperties
Profileproperties
Materialproperties
Youcanimportgroupsfromabeamprofileintoyourdesigndocument,whichmakesthemavailabletodrive
changeswithinANSYS.Thegroupsarenamedbasedontheprofilename,as<profilename>_<groupname>.

Beamsandsharedtopology
Beamscansharetopologywithsurfaceswhen
Theendpointofthebeamliesonthesurface:


Thepathofthebeamliesinthesurface.
Thebeamintersectsasurfaceatapoint.
Thebeamsandsurfacesmustbeinthesamecomponent,thecomponentmustbesettoshare,andthemixed
importoptioninWorkbenchmustbesettolinesandsurfaces.SeeSharedtopologyinANSYSformoreinformation
aboutsharedtopology.

Beamhighlighting
Thefollowingtableshowshowbeams,sketchlines,andedgeslookwhentheyarehighlightedandselected:

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Highlighted Selected Selectedandhighlighted


Beam

Sketch

Edge

Creatingabeam
Thelibraryofstandardprofilesincludesseveralbasicbeamprofiles.Youcanusetheseprofilesandeditthemto
yourowndimensions.

Createabeam
1. Click CreateintheBeamsgrouponthePreparetab.
TheCreatetoolwon'tbeactiveuntilyouselectaprofile,whichaddstheprofiletoyourdesigndocument.
2. Selectedgesorpointstodefinethebeampath:
ClicktheSelectPointChaintoolguideandthenselectanedgeorcurve,orclickonaseriesofpointsto
createthepath.
ClicktheSelectPointPairstoolguideandthenselectabeginningandendpointforthepath.
Youcanuseintersectionpointsandmidpointsonedgesandotherbeams.Clickonthesmalltriangles
ontheendsandmidpointwhenyouhoveroveranedgeorbeam.
Thebeamobjectisdefined,andtheBeamsandBeamProfilesfoldersarecreatedintheStructuretree.Theprofile
nameisdisplayedinparenthesisafterthebeamnameintheStructuretree.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:
UsetheSelectPointChaintoolguidetocreateabeamalonganedgeoraseriesofpointsthatyou

select.
UsetheSelectPointPairstoolguidetocreateabeambetweentwopoints.

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Extractingabeamfromasolid
Usethismethodtoconvertanexisting3Dsolidintoabeam.

Toextractabeamfromasolid
1. Click ExtractintheBeamsgrouponthePreparetab.
2. SelectasolidintheDesignwindow.
Thebeamobjectisdefined,andtheBeamsandBeamProfilesfoldersarecreatedintheStructuretree.
Ifyouselectfacesonmultiplebodies,thenbeamswillbeextractedforeachbody.
Similarprofilesaredetectedwhenyouextractbeamsfrom3Dgeometry.Theresultingbeamsarelinked
tothesameprofile,somultipleprofileswiththesameshapearenotcreated.

Beamproperties
SelectabeamintheBeamsfolderandyoucanchangethefollowingproperties,whicharefoundintheBeam
sectionofthePropertiespanel:
ProfileName
Orientation:Theangleoftheprofilerelativetothepath.
Reversed:Changingthispropertyflipstheprofile.
SectionAnchor:Selectthelocationwheretheprofileintersectswiththepathofthebeam:AreaCentroid,Shear
Center,orLocation.IfyouselectLocation,thenyoucanentertheXandYcoordinatesoftheanchorlocation.
AreaCentroidisthedefault.
Location:CorrespondwiththeorientationarrowsinthebeamOrienttool.
TorenameabeamintheStructuretree,rightclickandselectRename.
YoucanedittheBeamSectionpropertiesbyhighlightingvaluesandchangingthemaccordingly.Thisallowsyouto
createbeamsthathavedifferentgeometrycharacteristicsfromtheirprofilesketches.
Beamscanalsohavematerialpropertiesjustlikeotherobjects.
SeeChangingbeamprofilesforinformationaboutbeamprofileproperties.

FormulasusedforBeamSectionproperties
ThefollowingbeamcrosssectionpropertiesarecalculatedbySpaceClaimandtransferredtoANSYS.
Theareaofsection:


TheXcoordinateofthecentroid:


TheYcoordinateofthecentroid:


MomentofinertiaabouttheXaxis:


MomentofinertiaabouttheYaxis:

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Productofinertia:


Thewarpingconstant,shearcenterandtorsionalconstantsarecalculatedfromthewarpingfunction,?t.The
warpingfunctionisthesolutiontotheSt.Venantboundaryvalueproblemforpuretorsion:


UsingtheTrefftzdefinition,theshearcenterandwarpingconstantarecalculatedpurelyasapropertyofthe
section:
Xcoordinateofshearcenter:


Ycoordinateofshearcenter:


Warpingconstant:


with

Changingbeamprofiles
ProfilesarefoundintheBeamProfilesfolderintheStructuretree.

Tochangetheprofileforabeam
1. SelectthebeamintheStructuretreeorDesignwindow.

2. Click ProfilesintheBeamsgrouponthePreparetab.
3. Selectaprofilefromthelistorthelibrary.
ThenameofthebeamintheBeamsfolderchangestothenameoftheprofile,andthenewprofileis
addedtoyourBeamProfilesfolder.

Toviewbeamprofileproperties
SelectabeamprofileintheBeamProfilesfolderintheStructuretree.
TheprofilepropertiesaredisplayedinthePropertiespanel.Thesepropertiesarereadonlyandcannotbe
changed.
SeeBeamproperties.

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Toeditaprofile
1. RightclicktheprofileontheStructuretree.
2. SelectEditBeamProfile.
TheprofilewillopenasasketchinanewDesignwindow.
3. Changetheprofilelikeyouwouldasketch.
EachprofilehasdrivingdimensionssetupintheGroupspanel,andeachannotationdimensionislabeled
toshowyouwhichgroupitcorrespondswith.Youcanchangethesedimensionstoaltertheprofile.See
Workingwithgroups.

Tosetthedefaultprofile
1. ClearyourselectionbyclickinginemptyspaceintheDesignwindow.

2. Click ProfilesintheBeamsgrouponthePreparetab.
3. Selectaprofilefromthelistorfromtheprofilelibrary.
Newbeamsyoucreateduringthissessionwillusethisprofilebydefault.
ThedefaultprofileisnotpersistentandwillbeclearedwhenyourestartSpaceClaim.

ToremoveaprofilefromtheBeamProfilesfolder
1. SelecttheprofileintheStructuretree.

2. Click ProfilesintheBeamsgrouponthePreparetab.
3. ClickRemoveProfile.

Examples


Thelabelsoftheannotationdimensionsonabeamprofilecorrespondwiththegroupnames.

Changingbeamorientation
Usethistooltochangethedirectionofabeam,rotateitarounditsanchorpoint,andoffsetitfromitsanchor
point.

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Tochangeabeam'sorientation
1. ClickOrientintheBeamsgrouponthePreparetab.
2. SelectabeamintheStructuretreeorDesignwindow.
YoucanclickDisplayintheBeamsgroupandchangethedisplaymodetoSolidBeamswhiletheOrient
toolisactive.Youmaywanttodothissoyoucanseethebeam.
3. (Optional)ClicktheOrienttoObjecttoolguideorholdtheAltkeyandselectareferenceobject,andthe
beamwillbeorientedtotheprojectedZdirectionoftheplaneoftheselectedobject.
4. Usethebluearrowstochangethebeam'sorientation:
Clickthestraightbluearrow(Xaxis)toreversethebeam'sdirection.
Dragthecurvedbluearrowtorotatethebeamarounditsanchorpoint.
Doubleclickthecurvedbluearrowtorotatethebeam90.
Dragtheredorgreenarrows(YandZaxes)tooffsetthebeam.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:
TheSelecttoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectthebeamobjectthatyou

wanttoreorient.
TheOrienttoObjecttoolguideallowsyoutoselectaface,edge,oraxisandorientthebeaminthat

direction.

Examples


OffsettingabeamalongtheYaxis.

Movingbeams
YoucanusetheMovetooltomovebeams.TheMovetoolhasaspecialKeepbeamfixedoptionforbeams.This
optionscausesthebeam(shownindarkgreen)tobeoffsetwhiletheprofile(shownasagreensemitransparent
3Dobject)remainsfixed.

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WhenyoumovemorethanonebeamatatimeandselecttheKeepbeamfixedoption,thebeamprofilesmoving
alongatrajectorythatcanbereversed(normaltothetrajectory)aremovedandthebeamprofilesthatcan'tbe
reversed(alongthetrajectory)remainfixed.ThebeamisoffsetwithequalandoppositechangestotheLocation
propertyandthelocationofthebeam'ssectionismaintained.Youcanseethisinthepreviewgeometryforthe
beam.
MovingthebeamswithouttheKeepbeamfixedoptionmovesallbeamsandprofiles:


Movingthebeamswiththeoptionselectedmovesthetwobeamsthatarenormaltothetrajectory,butthetwo
beamsthataren'tnormaltothetrajectoryareoffset:

Changingbeamdisplaystyle
Youcandisplaythebeamasawireframeorasalightweightmodel.

Tochangethebeamdisplay

1. Click DisplayintheBeamsgrouponthePreparetab.
2. Selectadisplaytype:
WireBeamsdisplaysthebeamasawireorathinlineintheDesignwindow.
SolidBeamsdisplaysthebeamasalightweightsolid,soitisdisplayedasasemitransparent3Dobject.

Creatinganewbeamprofile
Youcancreateyourownbeamprofilesandsavethemasfiles.
Tousetheseprofiles,clickProfiles,selectMoreProfiles,andthenbrowsetolocatetheSCDOCfile.

Tocreateaprofilewithoutcreatingabeam
1. Sketchtheprofile.
2. ClickPullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
3. Pulltoextrudetheprofileintoasolid.
4. Changethecolorofthefaceyouwanttouseastheprofile.
Youcanchangethisfacetoanycolor,aslongasitoverridesthecolorofthesolid.Onlyonefacecanhave
acoloroverride,otherwiseSpaceClaimwon'tknowwhichfaceisusedfortheprofile.
5. Insertanoriginatthelocationwheretheprofileshouldintersectwiththepathofthebeam.
6. SavethedesignasanSCDOCfile.

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Tocreateaprofilebasedonanextractedbeam
1. Sketchtheprofile.
2. ClickPullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
3. Pulltoextrudetheprofileintoasolid.
4. Click ExtractintheBeamsgrouponthePreparetab.
5. Selectthesolidyoucreatedintheprevioussteps.
6. RightclicktheprofileintheBeamProfilesfolderandselectSavebeamprofile.
7. Browsetothefolderwhereyouwanttosavetheprofile,typeafilename,andclickSave.

Creating,opening,andsavingdocuments
Whenyoucreateanewdesign,itappearsonatabintheworkspace.Designscancontaindrawingsheets,multiple
windows,and3Dmarkups.Eachdrawingsheetand3Dmarkupappearsonitsowntabintheworkspace.Youcan
edityourdesigndirectlyusingthedrawingsheet.
Youcancreateadrawingsheetforanexistingdesign,oryoucanbeginwithanemptydrawingsheet
ClickatabatthebottomoftheSpaceClaimapplicationwindowtodisplaythatdesign,drawingsheet,or3D
markupdocument,orclickthearrowiconstocyclebetweenthem.Clickthexicontoclosethetab.

Tocreateanewdesign
SelectNew>DesignfromtheApplicationmenu.

Tocreateanewdrawingsheetfortheactivedesign
SelectNew>DrawingSheetfromtheApplicationmenutocreateadrawingsheetwiththreestandardviewsof
thedesign.
SelectNew>EmptyDrawingSheettocreateadrawingsheetwithoutaformatorviews.
Ifthesemenuoptionsaredisabled,createanewdesign.

Tocreateanewdesignandassociateddrawingsheet
SelectNew>DesignandDrawingSheetfromtheApplicationmenutocreateanewdesignandanassociated
drawingsheet.

Toopenanexistingdesign,drawingsheet,or3Dmarkupdocument
SelectOpenfromtheApplicationmenuandselectthefileyouwanttoopen.Thedesignanditswindows,drawing
sheets,and3Dmarkupsopen.
YoucanCtrl+clickorShift+clicktoopenmultiplefilesatonce.Mouseoverarecentfiletoseeanimageofthe
designandthefullpathtothefile.

Toopenanexistingdesignbydragginganddropping
Dragthe.scdocfileicontoanywhereinthetitlebarandribbonarea.
Youcanalsodragtheiconintothedesignwindowifnodesigntabisopen.
Thiswillopenthedesignin3Dmodealongwithallofitsdrawingsheets,annotations,etc.

Toinsertadesignbydragginganddropping
Dragthe.scdocfileiconintothedesignwindow.
Thiswillinsertthedesignintotheactivewindowin3Dmode.Drawingsheets,annotations,etc.arenotinserted.

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Tosaveadesign
SelectSavefromtheApplicationmenu.
IfyouimportedoropenednonSpaceClaimdesignsasmultipleexternaldocuments,clickReferencestospecify
wherethedocumentsaresaved.Otherwise,openeddesigndocumentsarestoredintheiroriginallocationsas
.scdocfiles,andinserteddocumentsaresavedinthesamedirectoryasyourdesign.

Tocopyadesign
1. Saveanychangesmadetoexternalcomponents.
2. SelectSaveasfromtheApplicationmenuandenteranewnameforthedesign.
3. ChecktheSaveascopycheckboxifyouwanttosaveacopyandcontinueworkinginyouroriginaldesign.
LeavethisboxuncheckedtoclosetheoriginaldesignanddisplaythenewdesignintheDesignwindow.
4. ClickSave.

Tosaveaversionofyourdesign
SelectSaveas>NewversionfromtheApplicationmenu.
Savingaversionallowsyoutocreate3Dmarkups.

Tosaveadesignasanotherfiletype
PleaseseeImportingandexporting.

Tocloseadesign
Makesureitswindowisactiveintheworkspace,thendooneofthefollowing:
SelectClosefromtheApplicationmenu.
RightclicktheDesignwindowtabandselectClose.
ClickthexontheDesignwindowtabbar(atthebottomoftheapplicationwindow).
ClickthexattheupperrightoftheDesignwindowifyouhaveundockedit.

Tomodifydesignproperties
DocumentpropertiesaredisplayedwhenyouselectthetopleveldesignintheStructuretree.Rightclickinthe
PropertiespanelandselectAddPropertytocreateacustomproperty.Expandthepropertytodisplayitsvalue.
Enteranamefortheproperty,selectitstype(date,Boolean,number,orstring),andenteritsvalue.

Importingandexporting
UsetheOpencommandtoopenfilescreatedwithSpaceClaim(.scdoc)oranyothermodelingapplication.Usethe
SaveAscommandtoexportparts,assemblies,drawingsheets,and3Dmarkupstoformatsreadbyother
applications.Yourlicensetypedetermineswhichoftheseactionsaresupported.
IfyouworkfrequentlywithnonSpaceClaimfiles,werecommendthatyousetyourfileoptionstooptimizethe
importingandexportingprocessforyourneeds.
ObjectIDsforedges,faces,andbodiesarenowstoredwithintheSCDOCfile.ObjectIDsarepreservedwhenother
filesareopenedorinsertedintoSpaceClaim,andtheIDscanalsobeexported.Forexample,ifyouexportadesign
toananalysiscompany,andtheytaggeometrywithloadpositions,boundaryconditions,andsoon,thenwhen
youreimportthatdesign,makechanges,andreexporttotheanalysiscompany,theywillnotneedtorecreate
theirtagsonthenewdesign.
Ifyouimportafileanditfails,thereasonforthefailureisreportedintheStatusLogonthelowerrightedgeofthe
SpaceClaimwindow.

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Filetype Openorinsert Saveas


3DPDF parts,assemblies,Geometry(PRCB parts,assemblies,Facetsand
Rep) Geometry(PRCBRep)
.pdf .pdf

Detailedinformation
AdobeAcrobat9or9.1ProExtendedisrequiredtoopenorsavePRCBRepsolids.
Only32bitplatformsaresupported.
Colorinformationisimportedfor3DPDFs.
AdobeAcrobat9ProExtendedrequiredforBREPimportandexport,32bitplatformsonly
ACIS parts,assemblies(versionsupto21) partsandassemblies(versions6,7,
.sat,.sab 1521,V21default)

Detailedinformation
WhenyousaveanSATfiletoanX_Tfile,edgeswithzerolengthareremovedfromthedesign.
WhenyouimportACISfiles,theinstancename"partn(bodym)"isnowimported,butonlyifthebodynameis
differentfromthepartname.Thecomponentandbodynamesareseparatedbyacharacterwhichyoucan
defineintheoptionsforACISfiles.Forexample,thedefaultcharacterisaperiod,sotheimportednamewould
becomponent.body.Thisway,iftherewereonebodynamedwheelinonecomponent,thenameofthe
importedcomponentinSCwouldbewheel.Aninstanceisacopyofabody(acopiedorpatteredsolid).
ACISbodiescanbeimportedusingtheRealDWGoption,SketchcurvesandtextcanbeimportedintoDesigns,
2D.
AutoCAD modelspaceentities(R12to14,2000, modelspaceentities(R12to14,
2004,2007,2010) 2000,2004,2007,2010).dwg,.dxf
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Detailedinformation
AutoCADdrawingscanbeinsertedaslayouts.
IfyouimportanAutoCADfileandyoudon'tseethegeometryyouexpect,trychangingtheimportoptions.See
Fileimportandexportoptions.
WhenyousaveadesignwithashadedgraphicsstyleasaDWGfile,itisconvertedtothehiddenlinestyle.
WhenyousaveasheetmetaldesignasaDXFfile,notesandbendlinesaresavedonthesamelayer,andthe
overallunfolddimensionsareremoved.
LineweightscanbeexportedtoAutoCAD(DXForDWG).Hatchlinesondrawingsheetsareexportedasstand
alonelines.
YoucanimportpolyfacemeshesfromAutoCADfilesas3Dsolids.SeeFileimportandexportoptionsforalistof
polyfacemeshimportoptions.
SpaceClaimimports"Proxyentities"inAutoCADDXFandDWGfileswhenyouselecttheOpenDWGoption.
IfanAutoCADfilewon'topen,trychangingtheDWGoptiontoRealDWG.SomeAutoCADfilescontain
embeddedACISmodels;however,thesemaynotbestandardACISmodels.TheRealDWGlibrariescontainan
APItosavebackthesevariantACISmodelsinthelastcommonformat,ACISv7.TheOpenDWGlibrariesdonot.
ACISbodiescanbeimportedusingtheRealDWGoption,Polyfacemeshesimportaslightweight(readonly),
Sketch
Exportas2Dsnapshot
BunkspeedShot notsupported partsandassemblies
.bip
CATIA parts,assemblies(versionsV44.1.9to partsandassemblies(V4,V5R6to
4.2.4,V5R2toR20) R20,R17default)
.model,.CATPart,.CATProduct,.cgr, .CATPart,.CATProduct
.exp

Detailedinformation
CATIAfaceted(.cgr)filescanbeopened,butappearaslightweightcomponentsthatcannotbeloaded.Youcan
saveimported.cgrfilesasSpaceClaimdocumentsthatcanbeopenedlater;however,thisdocumentscontent
remainslightweight.ItisvisibleintheDesignwindowbutyoucan'tchangethemodel.
CATIAfileswithproductmanufacturinginformation(PMI)canbeopenedorinserted.Visibilityisturnedoff.Ifa
layerdoesn'texist,itiscreatedautomatically.
WhenexportingCATIAV5files,youcandeselecttheSimplifySplineSurfaceDataoption.
IncludesProductManufacturingInformation(PMI)placedontheImportedAnnotationPlanes
ECADBoard,ECADLibrary files notsupported
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Detailedinformation
NamedcomponentsarecreatedattheheightsandcontoursdefinedbytheECADfile.Areasdefinedas"Keep
in"or"Keepout"appearasopensketchlines.Whenyouinsertaboardfile,SpaceClaimautomatically
assemblestheSpaceClaimdocumentcreatedfromtheselectedfile.YoucanalsoinsertanECADlibraryfile
(EMN)topreprocessitintoalibraryofcomponentsforboardfiles.
ToimportanECADfile,firstopentheEMPfiletogenerateafolderoflibraryfilesinthesamedirectoryasthe
EMPfile.ThenopenthecorrespondingEMNfiletodisplaytheECADmodelinSpaceClaim.
Ifthelibraryfolderalreadyexistsanditcontainsfileswiththesamenamesasthosethatwouldbecreated,the
existingfilesareused.ThesefilesmayexistifyoupreviouslyimportedtheIDFdata,orifdifferentboardlayouts
sharethesamecomponents.
Thelibraryfolderisnamed<filename>ECADLibrary,where<filename>isthenameoftheIDFfile.Each
importedfilemusthaveitsownlibrary.SpaceClaimdoesnotsupportasharedlibraryforIDFfiles.
ECADIDF files(versionsIDF3.0andIDF4.0) notsupported
.idf,emn

Detailedinformation
MostcontentwithinIDF4.0filesissupported.
Assemblyofpanelsandboards,cutouts,filledareas,keepins,materials,panelsandeverythingrelated,
sublayouts,andthermalmodelsarenotsupported.
OpenIDFandPADfiles
IGES parts,assemblies(versionsupto5.3) parts,assemblies(version5.3,
.igs,.iges JAMAIS,Types:186,144,143)
.igs,.iges
Imagefiles files(insertonly) parts,assemblies,drawingsheets,
SeeInsertinganimage .bmp,.gif,.jpg,.png,.tif 3Dmarkupslides(exportas2D
snapshot)
.bmp,.gif,.jpg,.png,.tif
Inventor parts(versions6through10) notsupported
partsandassemblies(versions11to
2011)
.ipt,.iam
JTOpen parts,assemblies(versions6.4,7.0,8.0, parts,assemblies(version8.0)
8.1,8.2,9.0) .jt
.jt

Detailedinformation
JTOpen5.3librariesareavailableforreadingandwritingJTfilesthatwerecreatedwithversion5.3.
Keyshot notsupported parts,assemblies
.bip
NX parts,assemblies(versionsNX1 notsupported
throughNX7andUG11through18)
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Parasolid parts,assemblies(versions10.0 parts,assemblies(versions12


through22) through22)
.x_t,.x_b,.xmt_txt,.xmt_bin .x_t,.x_b
Pointcurvetext curves(insertonly) notsupported
.txt

Detailedinformation
AsplinecurveiscreatedbydefaultoriftheoptionPolyline=Falseisused.IftheoptionPolyline=Trueisused,
thenthepointsareconnectedbystraightlinesegments.
Bydefault,2Dcurvesarecreated.Whenspecifying2Dcurves,thefirstcolumnofthedatapointsmustbean
integerandgivestheheightoftheplaneofoneofthecurves.Thebeginningofanewcurveisspecifiedby
changingthisheightfromonelinetothenext.Ifoption3D=Trueisused,thecurvescanbe3D
Multiplecurvesareseparatedbyblanklines.
Youcanimportpointcurvetextfilesthatcontainsinglepointcurves,whichwillbecreatedaspoints.
PointcurvetextfilesopenedorinsertedinSpaceClaimdisplayaclosedcurvewhenthefilehasarepeated
value.
Curvescanbeimportedtocoordinatesystemsorothergeometrylikeotherimportedobjects.
PointcurvetextfileswithcolumnsseparatedbycommascanbeopenedorinsertedinSpaceClaim.Thisfeature
allowsyoutoimportanycommaseparatedvaluefileintoSpaceClaim.
Ifthereisanerrorreadingtheinputtextfile,amessagewillappearwiththelinenumberoftheerrorin
parenthesesfollowedbythetextappearingonthatline.
Thefollowingexampleshowsthecontentsofapointcurvetextfileontheleftandthe3Dcurvesitcreateson
theright:
3d=true
polyline=false
100
101
110
111
201
210
300

301
310
Thefileincludesthepolyline=falseoption,sosplinecurvesarecreated.Ifthisoptionwaspolyline=true,then
straightlineswouldhavebeencreated.
3Dcurvesarecreatedbecausethefilecontainsthe3d=trueoption.Ifthisoptionwasnotpresentinthefile,or
ifitwas3d=false,thenthecurveswouldbetwodimensional.
Theblanklineafterthefirstsetofcoordinatesindicatesthatthenextsetofcoordinatesisanewcurve.

Youcancopythefilecontentsaboveandpastethemintoatextfile,thenuse InsertFiletotryityourself.
MicrosoftPowerPoint notsupported 3Dmarkupslides.ppt

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Pro/ENGINEER parts,assemblies(versions16through notsupported


Wildfire5.0)
.prt,.asm

Detailedinformation
WhenyouimportPro/ENGINEERUnigraphicsassembliesandpartsaremissing,youwillbepromptedtosearch
forthemissingfiles.
Wildfire5PMIisnotsupported.
RealDWG Inventorfiles.ipt(versions611,2008 Inventorfiles.ipt(versions611,
2010) 20082010)
Inventorassemblyfiles.iam(versions Inventorassemblyfiles.iam
20082010) (versions20082010)

Detailedinformation
Youcanreadthelimitationshere:
http://doc.spatial.com/index.php/InterOp:Connect/Inventor/Inventor_Reader#Limitations.
LimitedsupportforInventorassembly
Assemblyattributessuchascolorsandlayersarenotsupported.
InventorpartsandInventorsubassembliesshouldbepresentinthemain(root)oftheInventorAssembly
directory.
Assemblylevelfeaturesarenotsupported.Forexample,aninstancecanbemarkedassuppressed(thatis,
notvisible)inanInventorassembly.Becausethetranslatordoesnotsupportreadingsuppressed
information,suppressedinstancesaretranslated.
Inventorsurfacesnotsupported
Thetranslatorcurrentlydoesnothandle"helical"surfacesinInventor6filesand"cylspl"surfacesinInventor7
files.IftheInventorfilecontainsanyofthesesurfaces,apartialtranslationtakesplaceskippingthedatafor
thesesurfacesandconvertingtheremainingentities.
LimitedentitysupportforInventor11,2008,2009,and2010
ThetranslatorcurrentlydoesnotsupportsomespecificentitiesresultingfromadvancedfeatureInventor
operationssuchasLofting.
Nosupportforattributes
Thetranslatordoesnotsupporttranslatingattributessuchascolorsandlayers.
Nosupportforhiddenflag
Thetranslatordoesnotsupportfilteringhiddenbodies.Thus,allhiddenbodiesaretranslatedaswell.
Limitedsupportforunits
ThetranslatorsupportsonlymillimeterandinchforInventor611and2008.Forversions2009and2010,the
translatorsupportsonlymillimeterasunit.Allunsupportedunitsareassumedtobemillimeter.
Rhino parts,assemblies(version4.0) parts,assemblies(version4.0)
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WhenimportingaRhinofile,multisegmentedcurvesareconsolidated.
Youcanexportlayernames,colorinformation,sketchlines,andmaterialinformation.N
Neighboringtopologyistakenintoconsiderationbydefault.Thismeansthatifproblemsarefoundwithaface,
thenitsneighboringfacescanprovideinformationusedtofixtheface.
TheRhino32/64bitpluginsupportstheRhinoV5Betaversion.YoucanuseittoimportandexportusingRhino
V4formatteddata.Asbefore,youcanalsocutandcopyworkinprogressoutofRhinoandMOI,andpasteit
intoSpaceClaim.
SupportedRhinoentities
Rhinoobject SpaceClaimentity
Solids Closedpolysurfaces Solidbody
Closedsurfaces:sphere,torus,
ellipsoiddots;
Polysurfaces(open) Sheetbody
Surfaces Trimmedsurfaces Sheetbody
Untrimmedsurfaceswith
boundaryedges
Curves(curve,polycurve) Namedsketchcurve
Pointobjects(point,pointcloud) Notsupported
Polygonmeshobjects Notsupported
Objectname Entityname
Objectcolor Entitycolor
Layers Layername Layername
Layercolor Layercolor
On/offlayer Show/hidelayer
Locked/unlockedlayer Locked/unlockedlayer
Layerstructure Componentstructure
Materials Materialname Materialname
Othermaterialattributes Notsupported


Groups Notsupported
SketchUp parts,assemblies(version7) parts,assemblies(version6)
.skp .skp
SolidWorks parts,assemblies(version98through notsupported
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IfyouopenaaSolidWorksfile,SpaceClaimsearchesforrequiredassemblyandexternalpartfilesinthe
followinglocations:
Rootfolderoftheassembly
Equivalentsubfolderinnewrootfolder
Absolutepathtothecomponentsavedintheassemblyfile
WhenyouimportadesignfromSolidWorks,theunitsarechangedtomatchthepart.
STEP parts,assemblies(versionAP203, parts,assemblies(versionAP302,
AP214[geometry]) AP214[geometry])
.stp,.step .stp,.step

Detailedinformation
WhenyouimportSTEPassembliesfromonefile,selecttheCreatemultipledocumentswhenimporting
assembliesSpaceClaimfileoptionifyouwanttheassembliestoremaininonefileinsteadofbeingsplitinto
multiplefiles,oneforeachinternalcomponent.
STL parts,assemblies(facetsonly,as parts,assemblies
lightweightcomponents) .stl
.stl

Detailedinformation
STLfilescanincludepolyfacemeshes,andtheycanbeimportedaslightweightobjects.Polyfacemeshesare
importedassolids.
Whensavingasan.STLfile,thequalityisbasedyourgraphicsqualitysetting.Werecommendsettingthe
optiontoenablethehighestpossiblegraphicsqualityifyouwantyourdesigntobeusefulasanSLArapid
prototypeforform,fit,andfunctionpurposes.
VDAFS parts,assemblies(version1.0and2.0) parts(version2.0)
.vda .vda
Videofiles files(insertonly) notsupported
SeeInsertingavideo .wmv,.avi
VRML notsupported parts,assemblies
.wrl
Wavefront notsupported parts,assemblies
.obj

Detailedinformation
StructureisnotmaintainedwhenyousaveasanOBJfile.
WhenyousaveyourdesignasanOBJfile,thecurrentgraphicstessellationisusedforaccuracy.Youcanmodify
thetessellationbysettingtheImagequalityvs.graphicsspeedSpaceClaimoption.
XAML notsupported partandassemblysolidsonly
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TheorientationandtranslationofthecurrentviewissavedinanXAMLfile.
XPS notsupported 3Dmarkupslides
.xaml

Toimportadesign
1. SelectOpenfromtheApplicationmenuorclick intheQuickAccesstoolbar,orclicktheInserttoolin
theInsertribbongroupontheDesigntab.
Dependingontheselectedfiletype,additionalelementsappearintheOpenwindow.Fordescriptionsof
theseoptionsortosettheirdefaultvalues,clickOptions.
2. SelectCheckgeometrytorunthegeometrycheckafterthefileisopenedorimported.SeeChecking
geometry.
3. Navigatetoandselectthefileyouwanttoopenorinsert.
Ifyouareopeningafile,itisdisplayedinanewDesignwindow.Ifyouareinsertingafile,itappearsasan
externalcomponentwithintheactivedesign.
Ifthereisaninvalidcharacterinthepathofafileyouaretryingtoopenorinsert,thatcharacteris
replacedwithavalidcharactertoavoiderrors.
IfyouopenanInventor,Pro/ENGINEER,orUnigraphicsfilethathasmissingcomponents,youwillbe
promptedtolocatethemissingfiles.
ClickStopinthestatusbartocancelanimportwhileitisinprogress.
ThenameoftheimportedfileisdisplayedintheStatusLogwhenitissuccessful.

Toimportadesignbydragginganddropping
Dragthefileicontoanywhereinthetitlebarandribbonarea.Youcanalsodragtheiconintothedesignwindowif
nodesigntabisopen.
Thiswillopenthedesignandallofitsdrawingsheets,annotations,etc.
Youcanalsocutandpastedatafromcertainapplications.SeeCopyingandpastingfromotherapplications.

Toexportadesignor3Dmarkup
1. SelectSaveasfromtheApplicationmenu.
YoucanalsopressF12orCtrl+Shift+S.
YourdesignmustbesavedasaSpaceClaimdocumentbeforeyoucanexportitinanotherformat.
2. SelectafiletypefromtheSaveastypedropdown.
3. Dependingontheselectedfiletype,additionaloptionsappearintheSaveAswindow:
Saveascopyifyouwanttosavecopiesofexternalcomponentsreferencedbythedesignwithnew
namesorreplaceexternalcomponentswithotherexternalcomponents.YoumustclickResourcesto
dothis.
Referencestodisplayalltheexternalcomponentsreferencedbythefile.Selectoneormoreexternal
componentsandclickBrowsetorenameorreplacethecomponents.
OverrideUnitsisavailablewhenyouexportsomefiletypes.Selecttheunitsfromthelist.
Optionstoalsosetyourdefaultexportoptionsfortheselectedfiletype.
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Hiddenlinesareexportedwiththedefaultlineweight.Componentsmaintaintheirmirrorrelationships
whentheyareexported.
ForCATIA,Parasolid,STL,andSTEPfiles,youcanselectwhichversionorprotocoltosaveas.Youcanalso
setyourdefaultexportoptionsbyclickingOptions.
YoucansavedocumentsthatonlycontainsketchcurvestoACISbinary(.sab),ACIStext(.sat),Parasolid,
CATIA,IGES,STEP,andVDAformats.YoucanimportandexportfreepointsforRhino,PDF,ACIS,IGES,JT
Open,Parasolid,STEPandVDAformats.
ImporteddesignswithidenticalfilenamesaregivenuniquefilenameswhenyousaveyourSpaceClaim
design.Forexample,ifyouimportedname.prtandname.asm,thesefilesaresavedasname.scdocand
name2.scdoc.
4. Browsetoafolderandtypeafilenameinthedialog.
5. ClickSave.

Toexportadesignasanimage
1. SelectSaveasfromtheApplicationmenu.
YoucanalsopressF12orCtrl+Shift+S.
YourdesignmustbesavedasaSpaceClaimdocumentbeforeyoucanexportitinanotherformat.
2. Selectanimagefiletype(GIF,JPG,PNG,orTIFF)fromtheSaveastypelist.
3. (Optional)ClickImagesizetochangethesizeoftheimage.
4. Browsetoafolderandtypeafilenameinthedialog.
5. ClickSave.

TocopythecontentsoftheDesignwindowtoWindowsclipboard
RightclickintheDesignwindowandselectCopyScenetocopyanimageofthecontentsoftheDesignwindowto
theWindowsclipboard.Youcanthenpastetheimageintoadocument.

Toopenatheparentdocumentofadesign
RightclickthetoplevelcomponentintheStructuretreeandselectOpenrootparttoopentheparentdocument
ofadesignthatwassavedafteritsparentwasclosed.Thisproblemmayexistinfilesthatwerecreatedwith
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Examples


PMIinformationfromaCATIAfile


ConsolidatedmultisegmentedcurvesfromaRhinofile

Copyingandpastingfromotherapplications
YoucancopyfromanotherapplicationandpasteintoSpaceClaim.ThisiscurrentlysupportedforRhinoand
MomentofInspiration(MoI).SimplycopyanobjectinRhinoorMoI,thenopenSpaceClaimandclickPaste.
ObjectsareplacedintheiroriginalpositionandwillnotbeplacedrelativetoselectedobjectsinSpaceClaim.
ObjectspastedfromMoIdonothavetheirunitsdefinedbydefaultandcouldbescaledverydifferentlywhenyou
pastethemintoSpaceClaim.TochangetheunitsinMoI,clickOptions,thensettheUnitSystemfield.

Printingdrawingsheetsanddesigns
Yourzoomsettingsdeterminehowadrawingsheetordesignwillprint.Forbestresults,selectapapersizefrom
thePrintwindowthatisthesameasthedrawingsheetformat.Ifyouchangedtheorientationofthedrawing
sheet,thentheviewthatappearsintheDesignwindowistheonethatwillbescaledtofittheselectedpapersize.
Thiscanresultinaclippeddrawing.
ShadeddesignsareconvertedtohiddenlineremovedgraphicsstylewhenyouselectPrintfromtheapplication
menu.SelectShadedfromtheGraphicsStyledropdownafterprintingtoreturnyourdesigntotheshadedstyle.
Whenacurveisclipped(orhidden)behindasolidorsurfaceintheDesignwindow,itwillnotbeclippedwhenitis
printed.Thecurvewillappeartobeinfrontofthesolidorsurfaceontheprintedpage.Theexamplebelowshows
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Toprintadrawingsheet
1. PositionyourdesignintheDesignwindowasyouwouldlikeittoappearontheprintedpage.
Tip:SelectZoom>ZoomExtentsfromtheOrientribbongroupintheDesigntab.
Youcanalsoprintthedesignatdifferentzoomlevelsbyzoominginorout,butforthebestresultswe
recommendyouuseZoomExtents.
2. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenuandclickDetailing.
3. SelectAllNewDocumentsfromtheDetailingoptionsfordropdownlist.
4. ClickNoformatandselectthepapersizeandorientation.
5. ClickOK.
6. SelectPrint>PrintPreviewfromtheApplicationmenutopreviewtheprint.
Youcanzoom,setthepageorientation,setprintproperties,andprintthesheetfromthiswindow.
7. SelectPrintfromtheApplicationmenu.

Toprintallopendrawingsheets
1. ClickPrintintheApplicationmenu.
2. SelectAllOpenSheetsfortheSheetRange.
3. Setthepapersize,margins,andotheroptionsasdesired.
4. ClickPrint.

Toprintadesign
1. PositionyourdesignintheDesignwindowasyouwouldlikeittoappearontheprintedpage.
Tip:SelectZoom>ZoomExtentsfromtheOrientribbongroupintheDesigntab.
Youcanalsoprintthedesignatdifferentzoomlevelsbyzoominginorout,butforthebestresultswe
recommendyouuseZoomExtents.
2. SelectPrintfromtheApplicationmenu.
3. Setthefollowingoptions:
Numberofcopies
Papermargins:Setthemarginsinmillimeters(mm)orinches(in).
Paperorientation:Choosebetweenlandscapeorportraitmode.
Papersize:Selectfromthelistofstandardpapersizes.
Printcontent:SelectScenetoprintthedesignbasedonthesizeshownintheDesignwindow.This
settingisusedbydefaultfordesigns.SelectExtentstoexpandthedesignuntilitfillstheprintablearea
ofthepage.Thissettingisusedbydefaultfordrawingsheets.
Printscale:IfyouselectExtentsforthePrintcontent,youcansetthescaleoftheprintedimage.Enter
avalueforthescale,orselectScaletofit.
Shadedquality:Youcansettheresolutionfor3Dobjectsindpi(dotsperinch).SelectSystemdefined
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4. (Optional)ClickPreviewtoseehowyourprinteddesignwilllook.
5. ClickPrint.
TheDesignwindowcontentswillbezoomedsothatitfitsthepagesize.

Toadjustthedesign'ssizeonthepage
1. SelectPrintfromtheApplicationmenuandclickPrintPreview.
2. SelectoneofthefollowingfromtheContentribbongroup:
ScenetodisplaythedesignbasedonthesizeshownintheDesignwindow.Thissettingisusedby
defaultfordesigns.
Extentstoexpandthedesignuntilitfillstheprintableareaofthepage.Thissettingisusedbydefault
fordrawingsheets.
3. IfyouselectedExtents,selectorenteroneofthefollowingfromtheScaleribbongroup:
Scaletofittoscalethedesigntofitthepage.Thissettingisusedbydefault.
Enteravalueinthescaledropdowntoscaleyourdesignbythatamount.

Tocorrectaclippedprintpreview
1. Closetheprintpreview.
2. SelecttheHometoolfromtheOrientribbongroup.
3. SelectPrintfromtheApplicationmenuandclickPreferencestodisplayyourprinter'sPrinting
Preferenceswindow.
4. SetyourprintersettingsintheLayoutareatomatchtheformatandorientationofthedrawingsheet.
5. SetthepapersizeintheAdvancedareatomatchtheformatpapersize.
Ifyourprinteronlyhandles8.5x11"paper,selecttheoptionthatscalestheimagetofitthepaper.
6. ClickOKontheAdvancedOptionsandPrintingPreferenceswindows,andclickApplyonthePrint
window.

Tosetpagemargins
1. SelectPrintfromtheApplicationmenuandclickPrintPreview.
2. ClicktheDisplaytabandcheckMarginsintheShowgroup.
3. ClickthePrintPreviewtabandenterthemarginsintheMarginsribbongroup.

Journalsandlogs
Journalsrecordtheactionsyouperformedwhilecreatingyourdesign,includingfileactions,suchasclosinga
design.YoumustplayajournalfromanewlyopenedSpaceClaimapplicationtoavoiderrors.
SpaceClaimalsologsinformationautomaticallyintotheSpaceClaim.logfile,whichcanbefoundinoneofthe
followingdirectories:
C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\SpaceClaimonVistasystems
C:\DocumentsandSettings\<User>\ApplicationData\SpaceClaimonXPsystems
YoucanreplayjournalfilesinCosmeticReplaymode,whichskipsextraneouscursormovementsandshowsonlya
minimumofspin,pan,zoom,andothernavigationmovements.Thisallowsyoutomakeajournalfileandrecordit
asavideowithoutdoingasmucheditingafterthevideoisrecorded.Animationsareshownforpullsandgeometry
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Todisplaythejournaltools
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenuandclickPopular.
2. ChecktheShowJournaltabintheRibbonboxandclickOK.
TheJournalToolstabisdisplayed.ItcontainstheJournalribbongroup.

TosaveallyouractionsinthecurrentSpaceClaimsessiontoajournal
1. ClickSaveCurrent.
2. Navigatetothedirectorywhereyouwanttosavethejournal,enteranameandclickSave.
3. Savethedesignfilesusedinthesession.

Toplaythejournalfromyourlastsession
1. ExitandrestartSpaceClaim.
2. ClickReplayPrevious.

Toplayasavedjournal
1. ExitandrestartSpaceClaim.
2. ClickPlayorCosmeticReplay.
Playplaysbackeverymovementyoumadeinthesession,whileCosmeticReplayskipsextraneouscursor
movementsandshowsonlyaminimumofspin,pan,zoom,andothernavigationmovements.
3. NavigatetoandselectthejournalfileyouwanttoplayandclickOpen.
4. Reviewtheactionsfromthesession.

SpaceClaimfileformat
OurfilescomplywiththeMicrosoftOpenPackagingConvention,whichisalsousedbyMicrosoftOffice2007.
Thesefilesareactuallyziparchiveswithaspecialstructure,thecontentsofwhichareprimarilyXMLdata.
ThisopenformatmakesitpossibleforthirdpartiestogettheinformationtheyneedfromSpaceClaimwithout
talkingdirectlytotheSpaceClaimAPI.Forexample,aPDMsystemcouldcheckinaSpaceClaimdocumentwithall
externaldependenciesandshowa3Dpreviewofthemodel.Onecouldalsocreateabatchtranslatorthatrunson
aUNIXoperatingsystem.
ThirdpartiesplanningonworkingwithSpaceClaimdatashouldcontactSpaceClaimforadviceonhowtobest
integratetheirsolutions.Ingeneral,thebenefitofworkingwithSpaceClaimfilesisthatthereisnoneedfora
licenseofSpaceClaimtobepresenttoreadSpaceClaimdata.WhencreatingSpaceClaimdataorextendingthe
SpaceClaimuserinterface,theAPIisabetterchoice.SpaceClaimprovidessamplecodeforextractingsolidsfrom
SCDOCfiles.

FilescontainedwithintheSpaceClaimfile
ThisfigureshowsthefilescontainedwithinasampleFlashlight.scdocfile.

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FilescontainedwithintheSpaceClaimfile
Thedocument.xml.relsfilecontainspointerstoallthefilesrequiredtoloadthedesignintoSpaceClaim.Thefigure
belowshowsthiscontentfortheFlashlightexample.


Forexample,youcanusetheinformationinthisfiletodetermineallthepartsrequiredforaBOMbylookingat
theassemblyComponentrelationship.Inthiscase,itpointstoanotherfilecalledStandardParts.scdoc.Byopening
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Therearethreetypesofexternalfilepointers:
assemblyComponentpointstoafilethatcontainssubcomponentsusedintheassembly
drawingFormatpointstothefileusedtoformatthedrawingsheet
redlineComponentpointstoa3Dmarkupslide
Therearealsomultipleinternalfilepointerstothegeometryfiles,thumbnail,tessellateddata,andwindow
settings.ThebodyGeometryIdprovidesthekeytoidentifyingthebodiesdescribedintheotherXMLandXAML
files.

ToviewthedatacontainedwithinSCDOCfiles
1. Copythe.scdocfileyouwanttoview.
2. Replacethe.scdocfileextensionwiththe.zipfileextension.
3. Extractthefileswithinthezipfile.
4. OpenthefoldersandviewthecontentsofthexmlandxamlfileswithanXMLviewerlikeXMLNotepad.

ToeditthedatacontainedwithinSCDOCfiles
Youcansafelymodifysomeofthedatacontainedwithinthe.scdocfile;however,whencreatingSpaceClaimdata
orextendingtheSpaceClaimuserinterface,theAPIisabetterchoice.Thefollowingstepsexplainhowtoeditan
annotationwithintheFlashlight\SpaceClaim\document.xml.
1. Onceyouextractthefiles,openthedocument.xmlwithanXMLviewerlikeXMLNotepad.
2. Searchforthetextoftheannotationyouwanttochange.
3. Editthetext.
4. Savethefile.
5. Createanewzipfilecontainingallthepreviouslyextractedfiles.Makesurethatyoudonotincludethe
toplevelfolder.
6. Replacethe.zipextensionwitha.scdocextension.
7. OpenthefileinSpaceClaimtocheckyouredits.

Toviewatessellatedmodel
Openthefacets.xamlfilewithInternetExplorer,oranyotherxamlviewer.

Toviewathumbnailofthefile
Openthethumbnail.pngfilewithanygraphicsprogram.ThethumbnailisdisplayedinWindowsExplorer.

Workingwithsheetmetal
YoucanuseSpaceClaimtocreatesheetmetaldesignsandcomponents.
SpaceClaimrecognizesacomponentassheetmetalifitconsistsofonlyplanar,cylindrical,andconicalfaces,and
whenfacesareoffsetsofthesamesize.
Sheetmetalpartsaredisplayedinazure(blue)bydefault.Unfoldedpartsaredisplayedinpurple,asshowninthe
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Creatingandeditingsheetmetal
CreateanewsheetmetaldesignusingthetoolsontheSheetMetaltab.SeeConvertingadesigntosheetmetalif
youhavealreadymodeledthepart.

Tocreateanewsheetmetaldesign
1. ClickontheSheetMetaltab.
2. SelectatoolintheSketchgroup.
3. Sketchthefirstwallofyoursheetmetalpart:


Youcanseeapreviewofthewall'sthicknessasyousketch.
SeeSketchingsheetmetalpartsfordetailedinformationandinstructions.

4. Click PullontheSheetMetaltab.
5. Selectanedgeoredgesandpullsidewallsonyourpart:


Junctions,cornerreliefs,andbendsareautomaticallycreatedasneeded.
SeePullingsheetmetalpartsfordetailedinformationandinstructions.

Tohighlightobjectsinasheetmetaldesign
SelectoptionsintheHighlightribbongroupontheSheetMetaltab.
Youcantogglehighlightingonandoffforjunctions,reliefs,notches,andothersheetmetalobjects.Youcan
customizethehighlightingcolorsintheSpaceClaimSheetMetalOptions.

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Sketchingsheetmetalparts
ThetoolsintheSketchgroupontheSheetMetaltabarealittledifferentfromnormalsketchtools:
Rectangles,circles,polygons,andellipsesareautomaticallyextrudedtothethicknessofasheetmetalwallasyou
sketch.SeeSheetmetaloptionstochangethedefaultwallthickness.Lines,splines,andarcsareextrudedwhen
theyformaclosedprofile.
Sketchinginemptyspacecreatesnewwalls.
Apreviewisdisplayedasyousketchthatshowsyouthewallthicknessforeachsketchcurve:


Sketchingperpendiculartoanexistingwallcreatesanewwallwithabendbetweenthewallswithcornerorrip
reliefswhereneeded.Thebendradiusiscreatedinsidewhenthesketchisconnectedtothetopedgeandoutside
whenthesketchisconnectedtothebottomedge:


SketchingonanexistingwallcreatessketchcurvesonthewallthatyoucanusewiththeBendandSplittools.
Sketchingadjacenttooroverlappinganexistingwalladdsmaterialtothewallandmayimprinttheoverlapping
curvesonthewall:


Inaddition,youcanusetheSheetmetaloptionstocreateawallthatisperpendiculartothesketchplaneasyou
sketch:

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SheetMettalsketchtoolss
Lines Rectangles Circle
es Polygons

Tangen
ntlines Threepointrectangles Three
epointcircles Splines

Tangen
ntarcs Ellipses Swee
eparcs Thrreepointarcs

SheetMettaloptions
Thefollow
wingSheetMetalsketchoptioonsallowyouttochoosebetw
weensketchinggaflatwallorawallthatis
perpendicuulartotheskettchplane:
Whensketcchinganopenp profile(serieso oflines),aperpendicularwalliscreated.W
Whensketchingga
Auto
closedprofile(square,circcle,etc.),aflattwalliscreated
d.
Flat Anyclosedssketchcreatesaflatwall.
Whensketcchinganopenp profile(serieso oflines),aperpendicularwalliscreated.W
Whensketchingga
e
Profile
closedprofile(square,circcle,etc.),aflattwalliscreated
d.
Thefollow
wingoptionsare
eavailableforallSheetMetaalsketchandP
Pulltools:
Whenyyoupullanedggeofasheetm
metalwall,thetypeofjunctio oncreateddep pendsontheedge
youselectandthedirrectionyoupull.Ifyoupullacrosstheotheeredge,thesellectededge
Autom
matic becomesanoutsideccorner.Ifyoup
pullawayfrom mtheotheredgge,theselected dedgebecomeesan
insideccorner.
Inside Thelen
ngthoftheinsidesurfaceoftthewallismain
ntained.

Outsid
de ngthoftheouttsidesurfaceoffthewallismaaintained.
Thelen

Commonssketchoptions
Thefollow
wingoptionsare
eavailableforeverysketchttool:
Cartesiaandimensionss:Selectapointinasketchan
ndthenclickth
hisoptiontoseeeCartesiandimensionsfrommthe
point.C
Cartesiandimensionsshowyo outheXandYdistancesfrommthepointyouselect.Ifyouudon'thaveap
point
selectedd,itshowsyou
utheXandYdistancesfromttheorigin.
Polardiimensions:Selectapointinaasketchandth
henclickthiso
optiontoseePo nsfromthepoint.
olardimension
Polardimensionsshow wyouanangleeandadistanccefromthepointyouselect.Ifyoudon'thaaveapointseleected,
itshowssyoutheangle
eanddistancefromtheorigiin.
Snapto
ogrid:Selectth
hisoptionturnsnappingonooroffwhileskeetching.Thecu
ursorwillsnaptotheminorggrid
spacingincrementwh hileyousketch.Thedefaultsare1mmforM Metricand0.1225inforImperiialunits.SeeU
Units
optionsstochangetheeminorgridspacing.
Snapto
oangle:Selectthisoptiontotturnanglesnappingonorofffwhilesketchiing.Thecursorrwillsnaptoth
he
angularsnapincrementwhileyouskketch.Thedefaaultis15degreees.SeeSnapoptionstochaangetheangular
incremeentusedforsn
napping.
urves.SeeSkettchingonplanes.
Createllayoutcurves:Thesketchcurvesarecreateedaslayoutcu

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Lines(Shee
etMetal)
TheSheetMetalLinetoo
olisprimarilyu
usedtosketchfreeformshap
pesandtodraw
wlinesthatwilllbecomebend
ds.
ngasheetmettalwall.
SeeBendin
Lines,splin
nes,andarcsareextrudedto
othethicknessofasheetmetalwallwhenttheyformaclo
osedprofile.Yo
ou
canchangeethedefaultwwallthicknessinthesheetme
etalpropertiess.
Inaddition hatisperpendiiculartotheskketchplaneasyou
n,youcanusettheSheetmettaloptionstoccreateawallth
sketch.

Todrawaline
1. CllickontheShe
eetMetaltab.
2. Cllick LineintheSketchgro
ouporpressL..
3. (O
Optional)ClickaSheetmetalloptionifyouwanttocreateewallsasyoussketch.
4. Cllicktosettheffirstpointofth
heline.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
hersketchobjeects.
5. Cllicktosetthen
nextpointsofttheline.
Ifyouwantanysectionofthelinetobeanaarc,rightclickandselectSwiitchtoArc,theenclicktosettthe
raadius.RightclicckandselectSSwitchtoLinettoreturntodrrawingstraighttlinesbetween
npoints.Youm
must
crreateatleasto
onelinesegmeentbeforeusingthisoption.
6. En
ndtheline:
Doubleclicktosettheendpointoftheline.
ndselectFinish
Rightclickan hLine.
PressEsc.
Connecttheendpointtoth
hestartpoint.
Clickanytool(excepttheC
ClipboardandO
Orienttools).

Doitfasteer
Clickandd
dragtodrawon
nestraightlinee.

Example


SketchingaapolylineusingtheProfileSheetmetalopttion.

Tangentlin
nes(SheetMe
etal)
UsetheSh
heetMetalTangentLinetooltosketchlinessthataretangenttocurvesinyourdesign.
Lines,splin
nes,andarcsareextrudedto
othethicknessofasheetmetalwallwhenttheyformaclo
osedprofile.Yo
ou
canchangeethedefaultwwallthicknessinthesheetme
etalpropertiess.

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Inaddition
n,youcanusettheSheetmettaloptionstoccreateawallth
hatisperpendiiculartotheskketchplaneasyou
sketch.

atangentlineinsheetmeta
Tosketcha al
1. CllickontheShe
eetMetaltab.
2. Cllick Tangen
ntLineintheSSketchgroup.
Cu
urvesarehighlightedasyoumoveyourmo ouseoverthem m,andthetanggencyindicatorappearsatyo our
cu
ursorlocation.Ifthereareno
ocurvesinyou
urdesign,thisttoolisdisabled
d;youmustaddacurvetocrreate
atangentline.
3. Optional)ClickaSheetmetalloptionifyouwanttocreateewallsasyoussketch.
(O
4. Cllickthecurveyyouwanttodrrawtangentto.
Assyoumovethe
emouse,thesstartpointmovvessothattheelineremainsttangenttothecurve.
5. (O
Optional)Dime
ensionthelinewithalength..
Yo
oucannotdimensionfroman
nothersketchobjectwhencreatingatangeentline.
6. Cllicktosetthee
endpointofth
heline.
Ifyoumoveyouurmouseoveranothercurve,thelinesnapssothatitistaangenttothessecondcurve.Hold
Alttostopyourrcursorfromsn
nappingtocurrves.

Rectangless(SheetMetall)
TheSheetMetalRectanggletoolismosttoftenusedtoodrawthebaseeofasheetmetalpart.Afterryousketchabase,
youcanussethePulltooltocreatewalllsperpendiculaartotherectangle.
Rectangless,circles,polyggons,andellipssesareautomaaticallyextrudeedtothethicknessofasheetmetalwallassyou
sketch.You
ucanchangetthedefaultwalllthicknessintthesheetmetaalproperties.
Inaddition hatisperpendiiculartotheskketchplaneasyou
n,youcanusettheSheetmettaloptionstoccreateawallth
sketch.

arectangleinsheetmetal
Tosketcha
1. CllickontheShe
eetMetaltab.
2. Cllick Rectan
ngleintheSkettchgrouporpressR.
3. (O
Optional)SelecctDefinerectanglefromcenterintheOptionspaneltosttartdrawingth
herectanglebyy
clickingthepoin
ntforitscenterinsteadofaccorner.
4. Optional)ClickaSheetmetalloptionifyouwanttocreateewallsasyoussketch.
(O
5. Cllicktosettheffirstcorner.
Moveyourmou
M useoverthesketchgridtoprreviewtherecttangle.Dashed
dlinesappearw
whenyoucreaatea
sq
quareorgoldenrectangle.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
hersketchobjeects.
6. Cllicktosettheo
oppositecorneeroftherectan
ngle.

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Options
wingoptionsare
Thefollow eavailableinttheOptionspanel:
Definerrectanglefrom
mcenter:Selecctthisoptiontoosketchrectannglesfromtheircenters.Clicktodefinethee
centero
oftherectangle,thenclickaggaintosetthelengthofthessides.Youcanalsodragtodrawtherectanngle.
HoldtheeAltkeywhile
edrawingarecctangletotoggglethisoptiono
onthefly.

Threepoin
ntrectangles(SheetMetal)
PointRectangleetoolisusedtodrawarectangleatanyangleontheskettchplane.
TheSheetMetalThreeP
Rectangless,circles,polyggons,andellipssesareautomaaticallyextrudeedtothethicknessofasheetmetalwallassyou
sketch.You
ucanchangetthedefaultwalllthicknessintthesheetmetaalproperties.
Inaddition hatisperpendiiculartotheskketchplaneasyou
n,youcanusettheSheetmettaloptionstoccreateawallth
sketch.

athreepointrrectangleinsh
Tosketcha heetmetal
1. CllickontheShe
eetMetaltab.
2. Cllick ThreePointRectanggleintheSketcchgroup.
3. (O
Optional)SelecctDefinerectanglefromcenterintheOptionspaneltosttartdrawingth
herectanglebyy
clickingthepoin
ntforitscenterinsteadofaccorner.
4. Optional)ClickaSheetmetalloptionifyouwanttocreateewallsasyoussketch.
(O
5. Cllicktosettheffirstcornerofttherectangle.
Moveyourmou
M useoverthesketchgridtoprreviewtherecttangle.Dashed
dlinesappearw
whenyoucreaatea
sq
quareorgoldenrectangle.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
hersketchobjeects.
6. Cllicktosetthellengthofthesecondside.


Clickaanddragtodraawthefirstsid
de,thenclickto
osetthelength
hofthesecond
dside.

Options
wingoptionsare
Thefollow eavailableinttheOptionspanel:
Definerrectanglefrom
mcenter:Selecctthisoptiontoosketchrectannglesfromtheircenters.Clicktodefinethee
centero
oftherectangle,thenclickaggaintosetthelengthofthessides.Youcanalsodragtodrawtherectanngle.
HoldtheeAltkeywhile
edrawingarecctangletotoggglethisoptiono
onthefly.

Polygons(SheetMetal)
heetMetalPolyygontooltodrrawapolygonwithbetween3and64sidess.
UsetheSh
Rectangless,circles,polyggons,andellipssesareautomaaticallyextrudeedtothethicknessofasheetmetalwallassyou
sketch.You
ucanchangetthedefaultwalllthicknessintthesheetmetaalproperties.
Inaddition hatisperpendiiculartotheskketchplaneasyou
n,youcanusettheSheetmettaloptionstoccreateawallth
sketch.

Todrawapolygoninsheeetmetal
1. CllickontheShe
eetMetaltab.
2. Cllick Polygon
nintheSketch
hgroup.

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3. (O
Optional)SelecctUseinternalradiusintheO
Optionspaneltodimensiontthepolygonbaasedonthe
diiameterofacircleinscribedw
withinthepolyygon.Uncheckktheoptiontodimensiontheepolygonbaseedon
acircumscribedcircle.
4. Optional)ClickaSheetmetalloptionifyouwanttocreateewallsasyoussketch.
(O
5. Cllicktosettheccenterofthep
polygon.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
hersketchobjeects.
6. Dragthemouse
etodrawthep
polygonandchangeitsorienttation.
heorientationisthepolygon
Th n'sanglerelativvetotheXand
dYaxis.
Yo
oucanpressTaabandtypeanumbertochaangethediameeter,orientatio
on,ornumberofsides.
7. Cllicktocomplettethepolygon.
Th epolygonareaallrelated,andactasoneobjject.Whenpulledin3D,theedgesandfaceesof
hesidesofthe
th
hepolygonalsoolidwillalsom
maintainthisrelationship.
mAwaytool,yyoucandragtheoriginalsideesofthepolyggon
TiipIfyoutrimaapolygonsketcchwiththeTrim
w
withtheSelectt tooltorecreattethepolygon.

Options
Thefollow eavailableinttheOptionspanel:
wingoptionsare
Useinteernalradius:Selectthisoptio
ontodimensio onthepolygonbasedonthediameterofacircleinscribed d
withintthepolygon.Unchecktheopttiontodimenssionthepolygo onbasedonaccircumscribedcircle.Intheim
mage
below,tthebluecircleisinscribedwiithinthepolyggonandtheoraangecircleiscircumscribedaaroundit.

Circles(SheetMetal)
heetMetalCirccletooltodraw
UsetheSh wcirclesinsheetmetal.
Rectangless,circles,polyggons,andellipssesareautomaaticallyextrudeedtothethicknessofasheetmetalwallassyou
sketch.You
ucanchangetthedefaultwalllthicknessintthesheetmetaalproperties.
Inaddition hatisperpendiiculartotheskketchplaneasyou
n,youcanusettheSheetmettaloptionstoccreateawallth
sketch.

acircleinsheeetmetal
Tosketcha
1. CllickontheShe
eetMetaltab.
2. Cllick CircleiintheSketchggrouporpressC.
3. (O
Optional)ClickaSheetmetalloptionifyouwanttocreateewallsasyoussketch.
4. Cllicktosettheccirclescenter.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
hersketchobjeects.
5. Cllicktosettheccircle'sdiameter.
6. Th
hecirclewillsn
naptoexistingsketchesordeeterminedcircclesandarcsin
ntheplaneoftthesketch.
Ifyousketchtwwocirclesthataaretangenttoeachother,an
ndthenchangeethediameterrofonecircleb
by
edditingitsdimen
nsion,tangenccywiththeothhercircleismaintained.
diusoftheotheercirclechangesto
Ifyoudragtheccenterofacircclethatistangeenttoanotherrcircle,therad
m
maintaintangen ncy.

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Threepoin
ntcircles(Shee
etMetal)
UsetheSh
heetMetalThreeePointCircleetooltodrawccircleswhenyo
ouknowtheloocationoftheeedgeofthecircle
butyoudo
on'tknowthelocationforitscenter,orwheenyouwantto odrawacirclethatistangenttotwoobjectts.
Rectangless,circles,polyggons,andellipssesareautomaaticallyextrudeedtothethicknessofasheetmetalwallassyou
sketch.You
ucanchangetthedefaultwalllthicknessintthesheetmetaalproperties.
Inaddition hatisperpendiiculartotheskketchplaneasyou
n,youcanusettheSheetmettaloptionstoccreateawallth
sketch.

athreepointccircleinsheetmetal
Tosketcha
1. CllickontheShe
eetMetaltab.
2. Cllick ThreePointCircleintheSketchgro
oup.
3. (O nspaneltocreateanarcthattisasegmentofa
Optional)SelecctThreepointcirclesegmentintheOption
th
hreepointcircle.
4. (O
Optional)ClickaSheetmetalloptionifyouwanttocreateewallsasyoussketch.
5. Cllicktosettheffirstpointonthecirclesedge.
Ifyouclickacurrveorline,thecirclewillbed
drawntangentttothecurveo
orline,unlessyyouclickthe
m
midpointorvert tex.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
hersketchobjeects.
6. Cllicktosetthessecondpointo
onthecircleseedge.
Ifthecircledisappearsasyoumoveyourmo ouseoverthessketchgrid,theenthecursorlocationcanno otbe
ncludedinanycircledrawnth
in hroughthefirssttwopointsandthecurrenttpoint.Ifyoucclickacurveorrline,
th
hecirclewillbe
edrawntangennttothecurveeorlineunlesssyouclickthem
midpointorveertex.
7. Cllicktosetthellastpointonth
hecirclesedgee.

Options
Thefollow eavailableinttheOptionspanel:
wingoptionsare
Threep pointcircleseggment:Checktthisoptiontoccreateanarcth hatisasegmen
ntofathreep
pointcircle.To
createaanarcwiththissoption,clickttosetthefirstpoint,clicktosetthesecond
dpoint,thenenterthediameeter
orclicktosetthefinalpoint.

Tangentarrcs(SheetMettal)
UsetheSh
heetMetalTangentArctoolttosketchanarrcthatistangeenttoacurveo
orlineinyourd
design.
Lines,splin
nes,andarcsareextrudedto
othethicknessofasheetmetalwallwhenttheyformaclo
osedprofile.Yo
ou
canchangeethedefaultwwallthicknessinthesheetme
etalpropertiess.
Inaddition hatisperpendiiculartotheskketchplaneasyou
n,youcanusettheSheetmettaloptionstoccreateawallth
sketch.

Todrawatangentarc
1. CllickontheShe
eetMetaltab.
2. Cllick Tangen
ntArcintheSkketchgroup.
Th
hetoolisdisab
blediftherearenocurvesorrlinesintheskketchplane.
3. (O
Optional)ClickaSheetmetalloptionifyouwanttocreateewallsasyoussketch.
4. Cllickthelineorcurveyouwan
nttodrawtanggentto.

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Th
hisisusuallydo
oneattheend
dpointofalinee,arc,orsplinee,butitcanbeeontheline.If
ftwolinessharrean
en
ndpoint,usethescrollwheeeltosettangenncytotheotheerline.
5. (O
Optional)Dime
ensiontheradiiusandchordaangle.
6. Cllicktosetthee
endpointofth
hearc.
Th endonitsstarttpointtomakeacircleoren
hearccannote ndonthesameelineasitsstartpoint.

Sweeparccs(SheetMetal)
UsetheSh
heetMetalSwe
eepArctooltosketchanarcwhenyoukno
owthelocation
nofitscenteraandendpointss.
Lines,splin
nes,andarcsareextrudedto
othethicknessofasheetmetalwallwhenttheyformaclo
osedprofile.Yo
ou
canchangeethedefaultwwallthicknessinthesheetme
etalpropertiess.
Inaddition hatisperpendiiculartotheskketchplaneasyou
n,youcanusettheSheetmettaloptionstoccreateawallth
sketch.

Todrawasweeparc
1. CllickontheShe
eetMetaltab.
2. Cllick Sweep
pArcintheSkeetchgroup.
3. Cllicktosettheccenteroftheaarc.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointrrelativetootheersketchobjeccts.
4. (O
Optional)ClickaSheetmetalloptionifyouwanttocreateewallsasyoussketch.
5. Cllicktosetthesstartpointand
dradiusofthesweepcircle.
Yo
oucandimenssionthechordangleoroffsetttheangulard
dimension.
6. Cllicktosetthee
endpointofth
hearc.

Threepoin
ntarcs(SheetMetal)
UsetheShheetMetalThre
eePointArcto ordangleandthelocationofits
ooltosketchanarcwhenyouknowitscho
startandeendpoints.
Lines,splin othethicknessofasheetmetalwallwhenttheyformaclo
nes,andarcsareextrudedto osedprofile.Yo
ou
canchangeethedefaultwwallthicknessinthesheetme
etalpropertiess.
Inaddition hatisperpendiiculartotheskketchplaneasyou
n,youcanusettheSheetmettaloptionstoccreateawallth
sketch.

Todrawathreepointarrc
1. CllickontheShe
eetMetaltab.
2. Cllick ThreePointArcinth
heSketchgroup.
3. (O
Optional)ClickaSheetmetalloptionifyouwanttocreateewallsasyoussketch.
4. Cllicktosetthesstartpointofthearc.
5. pline,thentheearcwillinitiallybedrawntangenttothatlline,
Ifthestartpointtisonanotherrline,arc,orsp
arrc,orspline.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointrrelativetootheersketchobjeccts.
6. Cllicktosetthee
endpointofth
hearc.
7. Cllicktosettheaarc'sradius.
oucandimenssionthechordangleorradius.
Yo

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Th
hearcwillsnap
ptotangentobjects.

Ellipses(Sh
heetMetal)
UsetheSh
heetMetalEllip
psetooltodraw
wellipsesinsh
heetmetal.
Rectangless,circles,polyggons,andellipssesareautomaaticallyextrudeedtothethicknessofasheetmetalwallassyou
sketch.You
ucanchangetthedefaultwalllthicknessintthesheetmetaalproperties.
Inaddition hatisperpendiiculartotheskketchplaneasyou
n,youcanusettheSheetmettaloptionstoccreateawallth
sketch.

anellipseinsh
Tosketcha heetmetal
1. CllickontheShe
eetMetaltab.
2. Cllick EllipseintheSketchgroup.
3. (O
Optional)ClickaSheetmetalloptionifyouwanttocreateewallsasyoussketch.
4. Cllicktosettheccenteroftheeellipse.
Yo
oucandimenssionthepointssrelativetooth
hersketchobjeects.
5. Cllicktosettheo
overalllengthaandangularorrientationofth
hefirstaxis.
6. Cllicktosetthellengthofthesecondaxis.

Splines(Sh
heetMetal)
heetMetalSplinetooltodraw
UsetheSh wcurvylinesin
nsheetmetal.
Lines,splin
nes,andarcsareextrudedto
othethicknessofasheetmetalwallwhenttheyformaclo
osedprofile.Yo
ou
canchangeethedefaultwwallthicknessinthesheetme
etalpropertiess.
Inaddition hatisperpendiiculartotheskketchplaneasyou
n,youcanusettheSheetmettaloptionstoccreateawallth
sketch.

Todrawaspline
1. CllickontheShe
eetMetaltab.
2. Cllick SplineintheSketchggroup.
3. (O
Optional)ClickaSheetmetalloptionifyouwanttocreateewallsasyoussketch.
4. Cllicktosettheffirstpointofth
hespline.
5. Cllicktosetthen
nextpointsoftthespline.
Yo
oucanDimenssionsplinepointsbyenteringgthecoordinatedistancefro
omthestartpo
ointtoeachpo
oint,
orrdimensioneaachpointrelatiivetoanothersketchobject..
6. En
ndthespline:
Doubleclicktosettheendpointofthesp
pline.
ndselectFinish
Rightclickan hSpline.
PressEsc.
Connecttheendpointtoth
hestartpoint.
Clickanyothertool(exceptttheClipboard
dandOrientto
ools).

aclosedspine
Tocreatea
Youcancreateaclosedssplineinthefo
ollowingways:

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Whend
drawingaspline,enditonthestartpoint.
Wheneeditingthesplin
ne,dragoneendpointonto
opoftheotherpoint.
Onceyouh
havecreatedaaclosedspline,,youcannoted
dititintoanop
penspline.

Selecting
g sheet metal objects
TheSelecttoolontheSh
heetMetaltabworksmuchliikethestandarrdSelecttool,withthefollow
wingdifferencees:
olsontheSheetMetaltabreccognizejunctio
Thetoo ons,bends,ben ndreliefs,andformsfirst,thenedgesandp
points
whenyoouscrollthem
mousewheeltooselecttheund
derlyingentitiees.
Yourselectionisnowautomaticallyconvertedfrom mfacestojuncctions,bendreeliefs,orformsswhenyouswitch
totheSSheetMetaltab
bandthePull,Select,orMovvetoolisactivee.Theselectio
onisconverted
dbacktofaceswhen
youswitchtoadiffere
enttab.
Youcannboxselectshe eetmetalobjeects.Forexamp ofthefacesinthe
ple,toselectacornerrelief,boxselectallo
cornerrrelief.Ifyoubo
oxselectanyo
ofthefacesfromrighttoleft,,theentiresheeetmetalobjectisalsoselected,
evenifyyouhavenotffullyenclosedttheobjectwith
hintheselectioonbox.
metalaredisplayed.
Onlytheetoolguidesaandoptionsthaatareappropriiateforsheetm
Shortcutkeeysworkforallofthetoolso
onbothtabs.FForexample,yo
oucanpressS toactivatetheeSelecttoolfrrom
eithertheDesigntaborttheSheetMetaltab.

Pulling sheet
s metal parts

Usethe ntheCreaterib
Pulltoolin bbongroupon
ntheSheetMeetaltabtochan
ngesheetmetaalparts.Pullinggan
edgecreattesanewwall,asshownbelo ow.


Junctionsaandbendrelieffsareautomatticallycreatedandaredeterm minedbytheccurrentsettingsoftheJunctio on
andRelieftools.Pullingaanedgeonaninsidecontourrcreatesawallwithagapon nbothsidesifaacircularorsq
quare
bendrelieffischosenatthestandardbeendreliefwidtth.IfaRiprelieeftypeisselectted,thentheggapisequaltothe
ripwidth.
Youcanseelectanedgelo
ooptopullmultiplewallssim
multaneously,aasshownbelow
w.


Whenyoupullwallsupo onadesign,thesideedgesoffthenewwallwillfollowtheeanglesofitsn
neighbors.Thiss
angleisusually90,butccanbealmostanyangle.Ifth
heneighboringgwallsareobtuuseangles,theeneighborwall
mustbelessthan135fo orthenewwallltofollowalongtheneighboors.
Shortcutkeeysworkforallofthetoolso
onbothtabs.FForexample,yo PtoactivatethePulltoolfrom
oucanpressP m
eithertheDesigntaborttheSheetMetaltab.

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Topullsheeetmetalpartss

1. Cllickthe Pulltoolinthe
P CreategroupontheSheetM
Metaltab.
2. Ch
hangetheJuncctionandRelie
eftoolsettingssintheCreategroup,ifnecessary.
Thhesettingsoftthesetoolsareeusedwhenyo oupull.Forexaample,iftheJu
unctiontoolissettoSharp,thena
sh
harpedgeiscreatedwhenyo oupull.Thetoo
ols'iconschangetorepresen nttheircurrenttsettings,soyyou
caanseethemattaglance.
3. Optional)ChangethebendbeehaviorintheOptionspanel:
(O
Th
hebendoption
nscontrolwheerebendradiiaarecreatedinrelationtoadjacentwalls.
elocationanddirection:Whenyoupullassheetmetaledge,thelocatio
Useedge onofthebend
radiusdepen
ndsontheedgeeyouselectan
ndthedirectionyoupull.


Whenyoupu
ullawayfromttheotheredgee(1),theselecttededgebecomesaninsidecorner.
Whenyoupu
ullacrosstheo
otheredge(2),theselectedeedgebecomesanoutsidecorrner.
Maintainninsidesurface
e:Thelengtho
oftheinsidesu wallismaintained,like1inthe
urfaceofthew
illustrationab
bove.
Maintain hoftheoutsideesurfaceoftheewallismaintained,like2in
noutsidesurfaace:Thelength nthe
illustrationab
bove.
Bendangle:TTheanglebetw
weenthetwow
walls.
Bendradius:Theinsiderad
diusofthebend.
4. Seelectoneofthefollowing:
Anedgetocrreateanewwaallwiththedefaultsheetthicckness.
Athicknessfaacetoextendaanexistingwall.
Awallfaceto
ooffset(ormo nthedirectionofthePullarro
ove)thewallin ow.
Athicknesse
edgetoroundo
orchamfertheeedge.
5. Optional)ClickthePullDirecttiontoolguideeorholdAltan
(O ndselectarefeerenceelementtosetthe
diirectionofthepull.
6. (O orpointtopullupto.
Optional)ClicktheUpTotoolguideorpresssUandselectaface,edge,o
7. CllickayellowPu
ullarrowandd
draginthedireectionofthearrrow.

Examples


Pullingaw
wallwithanadjjacentwallcreatesamatchin
ngangleintheendofthenew
wwall.

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Pullingonesideofawallmovesthewallandchangesadjacentwalls.


MovingwallsusingtheUpTotoolguide.


Pullingawalluptoanangledwall.Thewallmergestothewallsfromwhichitextends.Theextensionandangled
walldonotmergeasmallgapismaintained.


Creatingsweptsheetmetalwallsbyselectingatangentchainofedgesandpullingthemperpendiculartothechain
(left).Sweptsheetmetalwallscanbeunfolded(right).


Pullingtheedgeofaninnerlooptocreateaflangeform.Edgereliefsarecreatedautomaticallyandcanbe
unfolded.(Reliefsarenothighlightedinthefigurebecausetheyarenotyetclassifiedasedgereliefs).

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Pullinganangledsheetmetalwall.Theneighboringwallismodifiedsothatitdoesnotmaintainthejunction.


UsingtheRevolvetoolguidetomakeranangledendface.

Topullapartialwall
1. ClickthePulltool.
2. ChangetheRelieftoolsettingintheCreategroup,ifnecessary.
3. Selectanedgeonthewall.
4. Dragoneorbothoftheyellowballstothedesiredwidth.
Typeanumbertodimensionthelocationfromtheendoftheedge.
5. ClickayellowPullarrowanddraginthedirectionofthearrow.
6. Reliefsarecreatedasnecessary.TheshapeandsizeofthereliefisdeterminedbytheEdgeRelieftooland
yourSheetmetaloptions.


Topullawallbetweentwoparallelwalls

1. Click PullintheCreategroupontheSheetMetaltab.
2. Selectanedgeonthefirstwall.
3. ClicktheUpTotoolguideorpressU.
4. Selectanedgeonthesecondwall.
ThePullhandlepreviewsthedirectionofthepulldirectionwhenyoumoveyourmouseoveranedge.
Bendsareautomaticallyaddedasneeded.

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Tocontrolthebendanglleofapull
EnteravalueintheBend
dangleoptionbeforepullingg.
Theangleismeasuredfromtheflatstaateofthesheeet.Thefollowin
ngimageshow
wsa10(left)an
nd170(right))bend


aroundorcha
Tocreatea amfer
1. CllickthePulltool.
2. Seelectoneormorethicknesseedges.
3. CllickRoundorC
ChamferintheePulloptionsp
panel.
Yo
oucanalsoselectRoundorC
Chamferfromtheminitoolb
bar.
4. CllickayellowPu
ullarrowandd
draginthedireectionofthearrrow.


Tocreatea
ajogorSjunction

1. Cllickthe P
PulltoolintheeCreategroupontheSheetM
Metaltab.
2. Seelecttheedgeofasheetmettalwall.
3. SeelectaBendop
ptionintheSh
heetMetalOpttionspanel.
4. Pu
ullalongthedirectionofthewall.
Thhewallwilljogguponewallth
hicknessandccontinueinthesamedirectio
on,asshownbeelow.Thebend
d
faacesbecomejo oggles.

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Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguidesareavailableforthistool:
TheSelecttoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectanobjecttopull.

TheRevolvetoolguideallowsyoutorevolveinsteadofpullinginadirection.

ThePullDirectiontoolguideallowsyoutosetthedirectiontopull.

TheUpTotoolguidepullstheobjectuptoanotherobject.

Sheetmetaloptions
Thefollowingoptionsareavailableforthistool:
Useedgelocationanddirection:Whenyoupullasheetmetaledge,thelocationofthebendradius
dependsontheedgeyouselectandthedirectionyoupull.


Whenyoupullawayfromtheotheredge(1),theselectededgebecomesaninsidecorner.
Whenyoupullacrosstheotheredge(2),theselectededgebecomesanoutsidecorner.
Maintaininsidesurface:Thelengthoftheinsidesurfaceofthewallismaintained,like1intheillustration
above.
Maintainoutsidesurface:Thelengthoftheoutsidesurfaceofthewallismaintained,like2inthe
illustrationabove.
Bendangle:Anglebetweenthetwowalls.
Bendradius:Insideradiusofthebend.

Pulloptions
Add:Onlyaddmaterialwhenyoupull.Ifyoupullinasubtractivedirection,nochangewilloccur.Youcan
combinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.
Cut:Onlyremovematerialwhenyoupull.Ifyoupullinanadditivedirection,nochangewilloccur.Youcan
combinethisoptionwithotherPulloptions.
Nomerge:Pullswithoutmergingintootherobjectsevenwhentheobjectpulledintersectswithanexisting
object.
Round:Createaroundedcorner(fillet)onathicknessedgewhilepulling.

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Chamfer:Createachamferonathicknessedgewhilepulling.

Moving sheet metal objects

The MovetoolontheSheetMetaltabislikethestandardMovetool,withthefollowingdifferences:
ThetoolsontheSheetMetaltabrecognizejunctions,bends,bendreliefs,andformsfirst,thenedgesandpoints
whenyouscrollthemousewheeltoselecttheunderlyingentities.
YoucanselectaformwithoneclickandmoveorrotatetheformusingtheSheetMetalMovetool.The2D
Movehandleisdisplayedforaform,anditislinedupwiththeframeoftheform.
Yourselectionisautomaticallyconvertedfromfacestojunctions,bendreliefs,orformswhenyouswitchtothe
SheetMetaltabandthePull,Select,orMovetoolisactive.Theselectionisconvertedbacktofaceswhenyou
switchtoadifferenttab.
Onlythetoolguidesandoptionsthatareappropriateforsheetmetalaredisplayed.
Thesideofthewallyouselectdetermineshowthebendchangeswhenyourotateawall.SeeRotatingsheet
metalwalls.
Shortcutkeysworkforallofthetoolsonbothtabs.Forexample,youcanpressMtoactivatetheMovetoolfrom
eithertheDesigntabortheSheetMetaltab.

Tomoveanedgerelief

1. Clickthe MovetoolintheCreategroupontheSheetMetaltab.
2. Selecttheedgerelief.
3. Clickanaxisanddraginthatdirection.

Tomoveawallbetweenjoggles


1. ClicktheMovetool.
2. Selectawallbetweenjoggles.
3. Clickanaxisanddraginthatdirection.
Thewallistranslatedbetweenthejoggles.


Ifyouhavetroublemovingajoggle,usethesheetmetalSelecttooltoselectthejoggle,thenusetheMove
toolintheEditribbongroupoftheDesigntabtomoveit.

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Example


Translatingawallbetweenfourjoggles.

Rotatingsheetmetalwalls
SelectonefaceofthesheetmetalwallandrotateitwiththeMovehandle.Ifyouselecttheinsideofafaceto
rotatearoundtheinsidebendcenter,orselecttheoutsidefacetorotatearounditsoutermoldline
Adefaultjunctiontorotatearoundischosenbasedonwhichjunctioncausesthesmallerportionofthepartto
rotate.Torotatearoundtheotherjunction,dragtheMovehandleanchor(thecenterball)toanedgeontheother
junction.

Torotateasheetmetalwall

1. Click MoveintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selectafaceofthewallyouwanttorotate.
Thefaceyouselectdeterminestherotationpoint:
Selecttheinnerfacetorotatearoundtheinsideofthebend:


Selecttheouterfacetorotatearoundtheoutsideofthebend(theoutermoldline):


Whenawallisrotatedaroundtheoutermoldline,thesizeofthewallschange.Thistypeofrotationis
usefulbecausethemoldlineisameasurablepointforinspection.
Ifthefaceisconnectedtomorethanonejunction,thenthejunctionclosesttothepointwhereyouclick
isselected:

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3. Selectthebluerotationaxisandrotatethewall.
TheMovetoolwillstopwhenthewalltouchesanotherwall.
Thebendwillreversedirectionifyourotatethewallsoitsangleisgreaterthan180.

Example


Rotatingtheinsidewallsothebendisreversed.


Rotatingwallsthataresplitonanedgearoundabendjunctionandthentranslatingthabasefacesharedbythe
splitwalls.

Modifying sheet metal parts


SpaceClaimautomaticallycreatesreliefs,junctions,andothersheetmetalfeaturesasyoucreateasheetmetal
designorconvertadesigntosheetmetal.UsethefollowingtoolsintheModifyribbongroupontheSheetMetal
tabtochangethetypeofexistingsheetmetalfeaturesortocreateadditionalfeatures.

Modifyribbongroup
TheModifyribbongroupcontainsthefollowingtools:

Junction


Edgerelief


Cornerrelief


Notch

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Hem

Changingjunctiontypes

Usethe Junctionoptiontooltosetthedefaultjunctiontypeandtochangethejunctiontypeofanexisting
junction.Thejunctiontypecanbechangedforjunctionswithorwithoutreliefs.


TheiconontheJunctionoptiontoolchangestoreflectthejunctiontype.Thissettingissaveduntilyouclose
SpaceClaim.ThejunctiontypecanalsobefoundintheSheetMetalsectionofthePropertiespanelwhenyou
selectajunction.
SelectJunctionsintheHighlightgrouptohighlightalljunctionsinyoursheetmetaldesign.

Tochangethejunctiontype
Selectanoptionfromthe JunctiontoolintheCreategroupontheSheetMetaltab:

Atraditional,circularbendbetweentwosheet
Bend
metalwalls.

FullOverlap Onewalloverlapstheother.

PartialOverlap Onewalloverlapstheotherhalfway.

NoOverlap Thewallsmeetbutdonotoverlap.

Sharp Removesripsandbendsfromthegeometryand
returnsittoashell,wherethereisnoinsideor
outsideradii.(Youcanalsorotatea180"hem"to
createa90flange.)

Flange Onesideofthejunctionisbentandtheotheris
straight.UseReversetochangethebentand
straightsides.

None Thejunctionwillnolongerberecognizedby
SpaceClaim.
Thejunctiontypeyouselectissavedasthedefaultforthesession,soanyjunctionscreatedbyPullwillbethis
junctiontype.

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Tochangeajunctiononasheetmetaldesign
1. Selectanedgeorfaceofajunction.
YoucanCtrl+clicktoselectmultiplejunctions.
2. SelectanoptionfromtheJunctiontool.
YoucanalsoselectanoptionfromtheminitoolbarorchangetheJunctiontypevalueintheSheetMetal
sectioninthePropertiespanel.

Examples


SelectinganedgetochangeanSBendjunctiontoaNoOverlapjunction


SelectingtheedgeofacornerjunctiontochangethejunctiontypefromNoOverlaptoFullOverlap


ChangingaBendtoaFullOverlapjunction


UsingthejunctionminitoolbartochangeajunctiontypewhenSelectandPulltoolsareactive

Toremoveajunction
1. SelectanedgeorfacethatbelongstooneormoreFulloverlap,Partialoverlap,orNooverlapbend
junctions.
2. Ctrl+clicktoelectmultipleedges.
3. SelecttheNoneoptionfromtheJunctionoptiontool.
Youcanalsorightclicktheedgeorfaceandclick inthejunctionminitoolbarorselectNoneasthe
JunctiontypeintheSheetMetalsectionofthePropertiespanel.

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Thegeometryatthejunctionwillnotchange,butthejunctionwillnolongerberecognizedby
SpaceClaim.Youmayneedtodothiswhenyouwanttomakechangesthatcan'tbemadetoarecognized
junction,suchascreatingapartialflange.

Toreverseanoverlapjunction
RightclickapartialoverlaporfulloverlapjunctionandselectReversefromthecontextmenu.

Creatingandchangingedgereliefs
Edgereliefsareautomaticallycreatedwhenyoupullapartialwall.

Theedgerelieftypeisdeterminedbythe EdgeReliefoptiontoolintheCreategroupontheSheetMetaltab.
Thedefaultisround,butyoucanchangeittoanothertype.TheiconontheEdgeRelieftoolchangestoreflectthe
relieftype.ThissettingissaveduntilyoucloseSpaceClaim.
TheshapeoftheendofapartialsplitisalsodeterminedbytherelieftypeyouhavesetfortheEdgeRelieftool.
SeeSplittingasheetmetalface.
ThedimensionsofareliefaredeterminedbythereliefsettingsinSheetmetaloptions.


Draggingayellowballendpointtopullapartialwallcreatesanedgerelief.
Amessageappearsinthestatusbarifareliefcannotbecreated,suchaswhenitistooclosetotheside.
Afteryoucreateabendthathasanedgerelief,youcanselectthereliefandchangethetypeusingtheEdgeRelief
tool,oryoucanchangethetype,depth,andwidthinthePropertiespanel.Youcanalsomoveanedgereliefalong
asheetmetalwall.

Edgerelieftype Icon
Round

Square

Rip

Circular

Smooth

Tochangeanedgerelieftypeanddimensions
1. Selectanedgeorfaceofarelief.

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YoucanCtrlclicktoselectmultiplereliefs.
2. SelectanoptionfromtheEdgeRelieftoolintheCreateribbongroupontheSheetMetaltab.
YoucanalsoselectarelieftypefromtheminitoolbarormodifytheBendReliefTypeintheSheetMetal
sectioninthePropertiespanel.Dependingontherelieftype,youcanalsomodify:
BendReliefWidth:ThewidthofthereliefisAintheimagesbelow.
BendReliefDepth:ThedepthofthereliefisBintheimagesbelow.

Creatingandchangingcornerreliefs
Cornerreliefsarecreatedautomaticallywhenyoucreateasheetmetaldesignorconvertadesigntosheetmetal.
Thecornerrelieftypeisdeterminedbythe CornerReliefoptiontoolintheCreategroupontheSheetMetal
tab.Thedefaulttypeissquare,butyoucanchangeittoanothertype.TheiconontheCornerReliefoptiontool
changestoreflectthecornerrelieftype.ThissettingissaveduntilyoucloseSpaceClaim.
YoucanselectacornerreliefandviewitspropertiesintheSheetMetalsectionofthePropertiespanel.


Youmayneedtocreateacornerreliefonasheetmetalpart,forexample,whenyouimportashelledpart
thatdoesn'thaveanyreliefs,orwhenyouwanttoconvertawatertightcornertoaregularcorner.Whenyou
changeasharpedgetoanotherjunctiontypeorwhenyousplitawallatacorner,cornerreliefsare
automaticallyadded.

Tochangethetypeofacornerrelief
1. Selectoneormorecornerreliefsbyclickinganyfaceinthecornerrelief.
2. SelectanoptionfromtheCornerRelieftoolintheCreategroupontheSheetMetaltab:

Cornerrelieftype Icon Application


Default Anycorner
Filled Anycorner
Smooth Cornersbetweenbendsorangles
Square Anycorner
Circular Anycorner
Triangular Anycorner
Rectangular Anycorner
Oblong Anycorner
Diagonal Cornersbetweenbendsofunequalradiusorangles
LaserEdge Anycorner
LaserSymmetric Anycorner
None Anycorner

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3. YoucanalsoselectacornerrelieftypefromtheminitoolbarormodifythefollowingvaluesintheSheet
MetalsectionofthePropertiespanel:
ReliefType:Selectacornerrelieftype.
Reference:SelectCornerorMiddlebasedonhowyouwantthecornertobepositioned.
Diameter,Offset,Width,Height:Entervaluesfortheselectedrelieftype.

Examples
Changingacornerrelieftypeto
Lasersymmetric.

SelectingtheSmoothoptionfrom
theCornerRelieftoolforunequal
radiusbends.

SelectingtheSmoothoptionfor
anon90degreecorner.

ThefollowingexamplesshowtheeffectoftheReferencecornerreliefpropertyinanunfoldedsheetmetalpart.
Cornerrelieftype:Circular
Reference:Corner

Cornerrelieftype:Circular
Reference:Middle

Cornerrelieftype:Square
Reference:Corner

Cornerrelieftype:Circular
Reference:Middle

Toaddacornerrelief
1. SelectanoptionfromtheCornerRelieftoolintheCreategroupontheSheetMetaltab.
2. Selectoneormorepointswhereyouwantacornerreliefadded.

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Example


Addingacornerrelieftoashelledpartthatwaspreviouslyconvertedtosheetmetal.Thispartwillneedjunctions
andsplitfacesbeforeitcanbeunfolded.

Tochangeacornerrelieftypebacktodefault
1. Selectoneormorecornerreliefs.
YoucanselectaFilledcornerbyselectingthevertexwherethecornerreliefwouldbe.
2. SelecttheDefaultoptionfromtheCornerRelieftool.
YoucanalsomodifytheReliefTypevalueintheSheetMetalsectionofthePropertiespanel.

Tocreateasmoothcornerreliefbetweenequalbends
1. Ctrl+clicktoselectequalbendsneighboringacornerrelief.
2. SelecttheSmoothoptionfromtheCornerRelieftool.

Toremoveacornerrelief

Toremovebutleavethegeometry
1. Selectoneormorecornerreliefs.
2. Select NonefromtheCornerRelieftoolintheCreategroupontheSheetMetaltaborfromthemini
toolbar.
Thecornerreliefobjectisremoved.Thegeometryremains.

Toremovebyfilling
1. Selectoneormorecornerreliefs.
2. ClicktheFilltoolintheEditsectionoftheDesigntab.

Creatingandchangingnotches

Usethe NotchoptiontoolintheCreateribbongroupontheSheetMetaltabtocreateanotchinanedgeof
asheetmetalwall.Thenotchtypeisalsodeterminedbythistool.TheiconontheNotchtoolchangestoreflect
thetype.
ClicktheNotchesoptionintheHighlightgrouptohighlightallthenotchesinyoursheetmetaldesign.

Tocreateanotch


1. Selectavertexorthicknessedge.

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2. SelectanoptionfromtheNotchtoolintheCreateribbongroupontheSheetMetaltabtocreatethe
notch.

Notchtype Icon
Square

Rectangular

45DegreeBevel
XYBevel

Radius

Tomodifyanotch
1. Selectoneormorenotches.
2. SelectanoptionfromtheNotchtool.
YoucanalsoselectanotchtypefromtheminitoolbarormodifytheNotchTypeintheSheetMetal
sectioninthePropertiespanel.DependingwhichNotchTypeyouselect,youcanmodifytheWidth,L1,
L2,andRadiusvalues.

Toremoveanotch

Toremovebutleavethegeometry
1. Selectthenotch.
2. Select NonefromtheNotchtoolintheCreategroupontheSheetMetaltaborfromtheminitoolbar.
Thenotchobjectisremoved.HighlightingNotchesnolongerhighlightstheobject.
Thegeometryremainsandcannowbemanipulated.

Toremovebyfilling
1. Selectthenotch.
2. ClicktheFilltoolintheEditsectionoftheDesigntab.

Creatingandchanginghems
UsetheHemoptiontoolintheCreateribbongroupontheSheetMetaltabtocreateaheminasheetmetalwall.
Thehemtypeisdeterminedbythistool.TheiconontheHemtoolchangestoreflectthetype.
Ifyoumoveawallwithahem,thehemmoveswiththewall.
ClicktheHemsoptionintheHighlightgrouptohighlightallthehemsinyoursheetmetaldesign.

Tocreateahemonasheetmetaledge
1. SelectanoptionfromtheHemtoolintheCreateribbongroupontheSheetMetaltab.

Hemtype Icon
Simple

UBend

Teardrop

Rolled

None

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2. Pulltheedgebackalongthewall.
YoucanonlycreateHemsonstraightedgesthathavesquaredstraightthicknessedges.
Thehemisoffsetbyonewallthickness.

Tocreateapartialhem
1. SelectanoptionfromtheHemtool.
2. ClickanedgewiththePulltool.
3. Adjusttheedgepoints.
4. Tabbetweenthearrowstoselectthedirection.
5. Pulltheedgebackalongthewall.tocreatethepartialhem.


TocreateahemusingtheMovetool

1. Click MoveintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. Selecttheinsidewallofthebend.
Turnthemousewheeltoselectafacethatishiddenbyanotherface,ifnecessary.
3. Rotatethewallbackonitsneighboringface,asshownbelow.
A0.0001mmgapiscreatedautomatically.

Tomodifyahem
1. Selectoneormorehems.
2. SelectanoptionfromtheHemtool.

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YoucanalsoselectahemtypefromtheminitoolbarormodifytheHemTypeintheSheetMetalsection
inthePropertiespanel.Dependingwhichhemtypeyouselect,youcanmodifytheLength,Height,Gap,
andDiametervalues.

Toremoveahem

Toremoveahemobjectbutleavethegeometry
1. Selectthehem.
2. Select NonefromtheHemtoolintheCreategroupontheSheetMetaltaborfromtheminitoolbar.
Thehemobjectisremoved.HighlightingHemsnolongerhighlightstheobject.
Thegeometryremainsandcannowbemanipulated.

Makingwatertightcorners
Watertightcornersaresheetmetalcornersthatdon'thavereliefs,sotomakethemyousimplyremovethereliefs.
Partswithwatertightcornerscanbeunfoldedandmodifiedjustlikeanyothersheetmetalpart.

Tomakeacornerwatertight
1. Selectthefacesofthecorner,likethis:

2. Click FillintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
Thecornerisnowwatertight:


Toconvertawatertightcornertoacornerwithreliefs
1. Selecttheedgeorpointwherethebendsmeet,asshownbelow.

or

2. Click PullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.

3. Click CornerreliefintheOptionspanel.
Thecornernowhasarelief:

Creatingapartialflangejunction
Thepartshownbelowhaspartialflangejunctionsonthefrontandbackcorners:

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Tocreatea
apartialflang
ge
1. Seelectanedgeo
orfacethatbelongstoajuncction.
2. Ch
hangethejuncctiontypetoN
NoOverlap,ifn
necessary.
3. Ch
hangetheJuncctiontypeparaameterintheSSheetMetalseectionofthePropertiespaneeltoNone.

4. Cllick PullintheCreateggroupontheSSheetMetaltab
b.
5. Seelecttheoutsid
deedgeofoneewallofthejunction.
6. Dragtheyellowballsintothepointswhereyouwanttheflangetoend,asshownbelo
ow.

7. ullinthedirecttionthatisparrallelwiththeadjacentwall,asshownbelo
Pu ow.

Addingshe
eetmetalform
ms

Usethe Formsinthe pontheSheetMetaltabtocchoosefromagalleryofstandardformedsheet


eCreategroup
nbeplacedontheedgeofaface.
metaldetaails.Formscanbeplacedonaanysheetmetalfaceandcan

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SelectForm
msintheHighlightgroupontheSheetMettaltabtohighlightallformsiinyoursheetm
metaldesign.

Toaddafo
ormtoyourdeesign

1. Cllick FormssintheCreategroupontheSSheetMetaltaab.
2. Seelectaforminthegallerythaatopensbelow
wthetoolicon.
3. Ch
hangetheform
mparametersiintheOptionspanel.
Hoverovertheillustrationthu
umbnailintheOptionspaneltoseealargerillustrationw
witheachdimension
orrvalue.
Th erswillbesaveedaspropertieesfortheform.
heseparamete
4. Ch
hangetheRotaationangleintheOptionspaanel,ifavailable.
5. Cllickonafacetoplacetheforrm.
Ifyouwanttodimensionthep positionoftheeform,clicktheePlacetheforrmusingagrid
dtoolguideand
seelectafacetoplaceasketchgrid.Youcantthensnaptoth hegridorhold
dthemouseovveranedgeand
prressShiftford
dimensionstolines,points,andintersection ns
Anoutlineoftheformwillbeshownontheface.Youcanclickagaintorrepositiontheform.
6. CllicktheCompletetoolguidetocreatethefformordoubleeclicktoplaceeandcompleteetheformino
one
sttep.

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userdefinedpu
unch,knockou
ut,extrusion,o
orcupform

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Click Form msgroupontheSheetMetaltab.
msintheForm
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efinedformintthepunch,kno
ockout,extrusion,orcupsecttionsofthegaallerythatopen
ns
beelowthetoolicon.
3. Ifyouareaddinganextrusionorcupform,yyoucanchangeetheformparrametersintheeOptionspaneel.
umbnailintheOptionspaneltoseealargerillustrationw
Hoverovertheillustrationthu witheachdimension
orrvalue.
Th erswillbesaveedaspropertieesfortheform.
heseparamete
4. Seelectthefacettouseasthefo
ormshape.
5. CllicktheCompletetoolguidetocreatethefformordoubleeclicktoselecctthefaceandcompletetheform
in
nonestep.

Toaddaccustomembosssedformtoyo
ourdesign

1. Cllick msintheFormsgroupontheeSheetMetalttab.
Form
2. CllickEmbossintheCustomTo
oolssectionatthebottomoffthegallery.
Cllickonthearro
owatthebotto
omofthegalleerytoscrolldo
ownifyoudon''tseetheCusto
omToolssection.
3. SeetthefollowingparametersintheOptionspanel:
edistancethattthesectionoffwallwillbeo
Distance:The offset.

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Roundradiuss:Alledgesthaatarecreatedareautomaticallyroundedto
othisradius.SSettheoptiontto0if
youdon'twaanttheedgestoberounded.
Draftangle:TTheangleofth
heinsidewallo
oftheembosseedarea.Setthisvalueto0orholdAltandsselect
theedgesofthesketchareeatopreventadraft.Thedraaftisangledinw
wardfromtheprofileyouselect.
ShiftfacesorrOffsetfaces:Intheillustrattionbelow,theeembossedareeaontheleftw
wasdonewiththe
Shiftmethoddandtheembo ossedareaonttherightwasd donewiththeO
Offsetmethod d.


Removetopface:Thetopffaceisremoveedandtheendfacesaresquaaredup.
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Chamferhole nsideholes.
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edregiontouseastheformsshape.
Cllosedsketchessinsidethereggionyouselectwillbecomeh
holes,asshown
nintheexamp
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hamferholeso optionhasbeeenselectedintthisexample:

5. (O
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estoolguideandselectsidessthatyouwan

6. CllicktheCompletetoolguidetocreatethefformordoubleeclicktoselecctthefaceandcompletetheform
in
nonestep.

Toaddaccustompunchfformtoyourd
design

1. Cllick msintheFormsgroupontheeSheetMetalttab.
Form
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Cllickonthearro
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omofthegalleerytoscrolldo
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omToolssection.
3. SeetthefollowingparametersintheOptionspanel:
eholewillgoaallthewaythro
Through:The oughthesheettmetalwall.
Partial:Theh
holewillgoonlytothedepth
hthatyousetintheDepthfield.
Depth:Ho
owdeepthepu
unchedholesh
houldgointothesheetmetalwall.
Countersink::Thesidesofthepunchedarreaaredrafteddata45anglee.Thedraftanggleismeasures
acrosstheho
oleandmadessothatitsextentsareoutsideeofthesketch
hedarea.
Full:Ifyou
uselectCounte
ersink,theinsidewallsoftheeholeareangledfromtheto
opoftheholettothe
bottom.

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Partial:IfyyouselectCou
untersink,theiinsidewallsoftheholeareangledfromD1
1toD2inthe
illustration
nbelow.


Diameter::Thesmallerddiameterofap
partialcounterssink;labeledassD2intheillusstrationabovee.Only
usedifyou
uselectPartial.
4. CllicktheCompletetoolguidetocreatethefformordoubleeclicktoselecctthefaceandcompletetheform
in
nonestep.

Toremoveeaformfromyyourdesign
1. Cllickontheform
mtoselectit.
Allfacesthatbeelongtotheforrmareselectedbydefault.YYoucanscrollyyourmousewh
heelifyouneedto
seelectasinglefaaceoftheform
m.
2. CllicktheFilltoo
olintheEditseectionoftheDeesigntab.

Tochangeeformpropertiies
1. Cllickontheform
mtoselectit.
2. Ch
hangetheparaametersintheSheetMetalssectionoftheP
Propertiespanel.
ThheparameterssintheProperttiespanelaretthesameasth
heparametersintheOptionsspanelwhenyyou
crreatedtheform
m.Noparamettersareshown nforformsthatcan'tberotatedorthatdon
n'thave
paarameters.
Yo
oucanalsochaangetheFlatte mponenttochangehowtheformistreated
enFormpropeertyforthecom d
w
whenthesheet metalpartisu
unfolded.SeeC
Changingshee etmetalpartp
properties.

Toolguidees
Thefollow
wingtoolguidesshelpstepyou
uthroughthep
process:
TheePlacetheform
mtoolguideissactivebydefaault.Thistoolgguideallowsyo
outoplaceafo
ormonanysheeet

mettalface.
TheePlacetheform owsyoutoseleectafaceforaasketchplane,andthenyoucan
musingagridtoolguideallo

placcetheformon
ntheplaneusin
ngthegrid.Youmaywanttoousethistoolgguidetohelpaaccuratelyposition
you
urform.Youcaanuseanydimensioningmetthodsnormallyyavailableforasketchgrid.
owsyoutoseleectthefacethaatwillbecometheformwhenyoucreateaauser
TheeSelectafacetoolguideallo

definedform.


TheeCompletetoo
olguidecreateestheformand
dallowsyouto
oplacemorefo
ormsuntilyouexitthetool.

Options
Eachformhasitsownop mensionsareshownintheth
ptionsforthefform'sdimensions.Thesedim humbnailillustration
intheOptiionspanel.Hovverovertheth
humbnailwithyourmouseto oseethefullsizeimage.
Mostform
mshavethefollowingoptionss:
Rotationangle:Useth
hisoptiontotu onthefacewheereitisplaced.
urntheformo
Createrrounds:Useth
hisoptiontoro
oundtheedgessoftheform.

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Examples


Creatingauserdefinedpunchformontheedgeofafaceremovesmaterialfromtheedge.


Youcancreateapatternofforms,andtheformsarerecognizedbytheConverttool.

Splittingasheetmetalface
UsetheSplittooltodividesheetmetalfacesandcreatepartialrips.
YoucanusetheSplittoolandtheSelectTwoCutterPointstoolguideandselectacornerforeitherorbothpoints
tomakeamiterjunction,asshownbelow.Cornerreliefsareautomaticallycreatedwhereneeded.


Youcanonlyselectafacenotathicknessedgewiththistool.Youcannotsplitabendface.
TheSplitfacegapoptioninSheetMetaloptionscontrolsthewidthofagapwhenyouusetheSplittool.

Tocreateapartialsplitorrip

1. Click SplitintheCreatesectionontheSheetMetaltab.
2. SelecttheSelectTwoCutterPointstoolguide.
3. ChangetheselectionfortheRelieftool,ifnecessary.
TheshapeoftheendofapartialsplitisdeterminedbythetypeofreliefselectedfortheRelieftool.The
RelieftoolissettoSquareintheexamplebelow.


4. Clickapointonanedge.
5. Youcanenteradimensionforthepercentageofthedistancealongtheedgeorthedistancefromtheend
oftheedge.
Theyellowballturnsgreenwhentheendpointsnapstoapoint.

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6. Clickthepointfortheendofthesplitorrip.


Tosplitusinganimprintededgeorsketchcurve
ClickSplitandthenselectanimprintededgeorsketchcurve.

Toolguides
Thefollowingtoolguideshelpstepyouthroughtheprocess:
TheSelectCutterPointtoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguidesplitsafaceperpendiculartoanedge

atthepointyouselect.
TheSelectTwoCutterPointstoolguideallowsyoutoselecttwopointsandasplitismadebetweenthe

points.ThesnapradiusfromSpaceClaimOptions>Snapisused.

Addingasheetmetalbead
Usethe BeadtoolintheCreateribbongroupontheSheetMetaltabtocreateabeadonafaceofasheet
metalpart.
Youcancreateabeadusingaline,spline,arc,tangentcurvechain,layoutcurve,imprintededge,orothercurveon
aface.Thecurvemustbecompletelyonthefaceandmustnotselfintersect.Thecurvecanextendfromanedge
ofthefaceoritcanextendfromedgetoedgetocreateafullbead.
Adottedlinepreviewsthebead.Ifthepreviewextendsbeyondtheedgeoftheface,orifthecurveistootight,the
beadwillnotbecreated.
Thebeadunfoldsinthesamewayasaformunfolds.
SelectBeadintheHighlightgroupontheSheetMetaltabtohighlightallthebeadsinyoursheetmetaldesign.

Toaddabeadtoyourdesign
1. Clickthe BeadtoolintheCreategroupontheSheetMetaltab.
2. TheSelectPathtoolguideisenabled.
3. Selectoneormorecurvestousetocreatethebead.
4. (Optional)ModifytheBeadradiusvalueintheOptionspanel.
5. (Optional)ModifytheRoundradiusvalueintheOptionspanel.

6. Clickthe CreateBeadtoolguide.

Doitfaster
SelectthecurvethenclicktheBeadtool.
YoucanalsocreateabeadusingthesheetmetalBendtool.

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Options
Beadradiu
us Therradiusofthebeead,whichisaalsotheheightofthebead.TTheminimumb
bead
radiu
usis0.25xT(sheetmetalthickkness).
Roundrad
dius Radiu
usoftheround
datthebaseo
ofthebeadwhereitintersecttswiththesurfface.

Examples

Createabeeadfromaline
eonasheetm
metalface.


Creatingabeadusingalinethatextend
dsacrossaface.

wall
Bendingasheetmetalw
TheSheetMetalBendtooolworkssimilaartoSplitFacee,anditisused
dtocreateben
ndsinasheetm
metalflator
part.Youcanbendalongaskketchcurveonthesheetmettalface,bendp
unfoldedp perpendiculartoanedge,orbend
betweentwwopoints.


Tobendallongaline
1. Cllickthe BendtoolintheCreategroupo
ontheSheetM
Metaltab.
Th
heCreateBend
doptionisenaabledintheBeendOptionspaanel.
2. (O
Optional)Modiifythefollowin
ngvaluesintheeBendOptionspanel:
Bendangle:TTheangleofth
hebend.
Bendradius:Theinnerradiusofthebend
d.
3. Cllickonasketch
hcurveonthesheetmetalfaace,orselectaatoolguideandselectbendpointsbasedo
onthe
to
oolguideyouu use:

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Bendingalongasketchcurve:Click
onasketchcurveonthesheetmetal
face.Thebendwillbemadeacross
thefulllengthoftheface,regardless
ofthelengthofthesketchcurve.

SelectCutterPointtoolguide:Click
apointonanedgetocreateabend
thatisperpendiculartotheedgeat
thepoint.PressTabtoenteravalue
forthepercentageordistancefrom
thebendtotheendpointalongthe
edge.

SelectTwoCutterPointstoolguide:
Clickapointononeedgeandapoint
onanotheredgetocreateabend
betweenthepoints.Youcanseea
previewofthelineasitextendsto
thesecondedgebeforeyouclickon
it.PressTabtoenteravalueforthe

percentageordistancefromthe
bendtotheendpointalongthe
edge.
SelectAnchorPointtoolguide:
Selectthefaceyouwanttoremain
fixedwhenthebodyisbent:

4. Thedashedlinestoeithersideofthebendlineshowtheextentsofthebendallowancearea,basedon
theradiussetbydefaultoroverriddenbytheuserintheoptionsarea.
5. Ifnecessary,youcanclickanemptylocationintheDesignwindowwhileatoolguideisactivetoclearthe
bendlineandactivatetheSelectCutterPointtoolguide.
6. (Optional)Clickthebendlinetocyclethroughbendingup,bendingdown,ortoremoveasegmentfrom
thebend:
Clickingabendsegmentuntiltheyellowguidearrowschangedirectionreversesthedirectionofthe
bend.

Clickingabendsegmentuntilthebendlineturnsredremovesthesegmentfromthebend.

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7. CllicktheCompletetoolguidetocreatethebend.

Toaddben
ndsteps
1. Seelectabend.
2. M
ModifytheBend
dStepsvalueiintheSheetM
MetalsectionoffthePropertieespanel.
Addingben ndstepscreateesabumpedb
bend,whichinsstructstheopeeratorandmacchinetocreateealargeradiussbend
bybumpinnginsteadof"rrolling"smooth
hly.Thebendishitwithashaarptool,creatingcloselyspacedsharpbends
thatformaalargebend.
Todisplaythebendstepsandbenddimmensionpropeertiesofthebeendinanunfoldedsheetmettalpart,turnonthe
dBendDimenssionslayersintheLayerspan
visibilityintheBendsand nelorintheSttyleribbongroupontheDisp
play
tab.


ajoggle
Tocreatea


1. Cllickthe BendtoolintheC
Creategroupo
ontheSheetM
Metaltab.
2. Seelectthe C
CreateJoggleo
optionintheBeendOptionspaanel.
3. (O
Optional)Modiifythefollowin
ngvaluesintheeBendOptionspanel:
Bendangle:ttheangleforb
bothbendsoftthejoggle
Bendradius:theinsiderad
diusforbothbeendsofthejogggle
Joggleheightt:themeasureementbetween nthetopofthesheetgoingintothebottom
mbendandth
hetop
ofthesheetccomingoutofthetopbend.
4. UsetheSelectC
CutterPointorrSelectTwoCu
utterPointsto
oolguidetocreeatethebottom
mbendofthe
oggle.
jo
5. Cllicktoselectth
hesecondbendofthejogglee,whichisprevviewedasyoumouseoverth
hesheetmetalface,
assshownbelow w.

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Ifnecessary,you
ucanclickaneemptyspacein
ntheDesignwindowtoclearryourselection
nsandactivateethe
SeelectCutterPo
ointtoolguide.
6. UsetheSelectA dwhentherestofthebodyisbent
AnchorPointtoolguidetoseelectthefacettoremainfixed
ocreatethejogggle.
to
7. CllicktheCompletetoolguidetocreatethejjoggle.
Yo
oucanmovethewallsbetweeenjoggles.

Tocreatea
ajogglefromeexistingbendss


1. Seelecttwobend
dswithafaceb
betweenthem.
2. RiightclickandsselectCreateJo
oggleFromBe
endsfromtheccontextmenu..
Th
hefacebetwee
enthetwoben
ndsisaddedto
othejoggle.Th
hehighlightinggcolorchangesstoindicateth
he
jo
oggle.

Toreturna
ajoggletoind
dependentben
nds
Rightclickthejoggleand
dselectExplod
deJogglefromthecontextm
menu.
Theindepeendentbendsrremainselecteed.Ifyouwanttoreturnthebendstoajoggle,rightclickandselectCre
eate
JoggleFrom
mBends.

Examples


Jogglescreeatedusingthe
eBendtool.

Tocreatea
abeadusingttheBendtool
1. Cllickthe BendtoolintheC
Creategroupo
ontheSheetM
Metaltab.

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2. Selectthe CreateBeadoptionintheBendOptionspanel.
3. (Optional)ModifythefollowingvaluesintheBendOptionspanel:
Beadradius:Theradiusofthebead,whichisalsotheheightofthebead.Theminimumbeadradiusis
0.25xT(sheetmetalthickness).
Roundradius:Radiusoftheroundatthebaseofthebeadthatintersectswiththesurface.
4. Clickonacurveonthesheetmetalface,orselectatoolguideandselectbendpointsbasedonthetool
guideyouuse.

5. Clickthe Bendtoolguidetocompletethebead.
YoucanalsocreateabeadusingtheBeadtool.

Toolguides
TheSelectCutterPointtoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguidecreatesabendthatisperpendicularto

theedgeatthepointyouselect.
TheSelectTwoCutterPointstoolguideallowsyoutoselectapointononeedgeandapointonanother

edgetocreateabendbetweenthepoints.
TheSelectAnchorPointtoolguideallowsyoutoselectthefacethatwillbefixedwhenthebodyisbent.


ClicktheCompletetoolguidetocreatethebend.

BendOptions


UsetheCreateBendoptiontobendasheetmetalfacealongaline.


UsetheCreateJoggleoptiontocreateajogglebendinaface.

UsetheCreateBeadoptiontocreateabeadalongacurveonaface.

Addingengravedorcutouttextinsheetmetal
Anoteistextthatisengravedorcutoutofthesheetmetalpartwhenitisfabricated.Thespecialsheetmetalnote
canonlybecreated,edited,moved,ordeletedintheflattenedstate,butyoucanseeitinthefoldedstate.The
textcancrossbends,asshownintheexamplebelow.
Youcanonlycreatelightweightnotes,whichmeanstheyarerenderedsimplyanddon'trequireasmanyresources
asnormalrendering.Theirfacescannotbeediteddirectly;youcanonlychangethetextbychangingthenote.

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Toaddeng
gravedorcuto
outtexttoyou
urdesign
1. Unfoldtheshee
etmetalpart.

2. Cllick NotteintheAnnottationgroupon
ntheDetailtab.
3. Cllickontheface
ewhereyouw
wanttoplaceth
henote.
4. Cllickagaintoplacethenote.
5. Tyypethenotete
ext.
6. Riightclickthen
notetextandselectConvertTToLightweigh
ht>CutoutorEEngraving.
Yo
oucanchangethenotetextlikeanormalaannotationnotte.SeeFormatttingnotetext.

Toconverttasheetmeta
alnotetoareg
gularannotatio
onnote
RightclickthenotetextandselectCon
nvertToNote.

Creatingalightweightpaattern
htpatternsallo
Lightweigh owyoutocreattepatternsinssheetmetalth
hatcontainhun
ndredsofthousandsofmembers.
Theyaredisplayednearlyyasfastasoneememberbeccauseonlytheoriginalmemb ber'sgraphicsffacetsarecalcu
ulated
andthentranslatedintographicsaccorrdingtothepaatterndimensioons.


mbers.Allchangesaredrivenfromthepatteernleaderand
Youcan'tsselectthegraphicsonlymem dallpattern
membersm movewhenyo oumovetheleaader.
Whenyoutogglefromarealtoalightw weightpatternn,theholethattisselectedasthepatternleaderremains
selected.TThisallowsyou
utoconvertalightweightpattterntoaregularpattern,changethecenteerofmodificattionor
theleaderposition,thennconvertthepatternbacktolightweightfoorspeedpurpo oses.
htpatternsareautomaticallyyconvertedtoregularpatternswhenyoueexportasheetmetaldesign.
Lightweigh


patternusingapatternofholles.
Youcaanonlymakeaalightweightp

Tomakea
alightweightp
pattern
1. Fo
ollowtheinstructionsinCreaatingapattern
ntocreateapaatternofholess.
Yo
oucanmakeanytypeofpatttern,includingglinear,circular,radial,etc.
2. Riightclickthep
patternleaderandselectTogggleLightweigh
htPattern.

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Toconvertalightweightpatterntoanormalpattern
RightclickthepatternleaderandselectToggleLightweightPattern.

Changingsheetmetalpartproperties
Youcanmodifythethickness,innerradius,andKfactorofsheetmetalcomponentsinthePropertiespanel.
Modifyingthecomponent'spropertiesaffectsalltheobjectsinthecomponent.Modifiedpropertyvaluesappear
inbold.Youcansetthedefaultvaluesforsheetmetalcomponentsbysettingsheetmetaloptions.Deletea
modifiedpropertyvaluetoreturnittothedefaultvalue.
Thethicknessofsheetmetalismaintainedwithanoffsetrelationship.Asheetmetalcomponentretainsits
propertieswhenyoumoveitintoanonsheetmetalcomponent.

Tochangesheetmetalpartproperties
1. SelectthesheetmetalcomponentintheStructuretree.
2. ChangethefollowinginthePropertiespanel:
BendTable:Thebendtabletouseforthissheetmetalpart.
FlattenForm:Howformsshouldberepresentedintheunfoldedpart.Youcanchoosefromthe
followingvalues:
Noflatten:Theformisshownasisintheunfoldedpart.
Outline:Adottedlineisshownfortheextentscurveandcentercrosshair.Theoutlineisaddedto
theBendslayerontheunfoldedpart,whichishiddenbydefault.Thisisthedefaultvalue.
Remove:Theformisnotshownontheunfoldedpart.
InnerRadius:Howtheinsideradiusofabendiscalculated.Thisfieldshowsyouwhatyouhavesetin
thetwofieldsbelow.
Radius:Theradiusofabend.
Type:SelectThicknessRatioorAbsolute.


WhentheBendRadiusinSheetMetaloptionsissettoThicknessratioandyouchangethesheetmetalpart
thicknessforthepart,thevaluefortheInnerRadiusnowchangesinthePropertiespanel.Inotherwords,
changingthepartthicknesspropertywillnotchangeallthebendradii,butthedisplayedbendradiuschanges
toshowthatthereisaproblemforyoutofix.Youcanfixthembyselectingthedesiredbendsandchanging
theirpropertiesmanually.

KFactor:TheKFactorisusedtocalculatethebendradius,andisdeterminedbythematerial,thetype
ofbend,andtheratioofthebendradiustothethicknessofthemetal.
SheetMetal:Trueorfalse;determineswhetherornotthecomponentisasheetmetalpart.Allsheet
metalpropertiesandparametersareremovedfromapartwhenyouturnofftheSheetMetalproperty
inthePropertiespanel.Thisincludesthingslikejunctions,reliefs,forms,etc.
Thickness:Thethicknessofthesheetmetalpart.
Youmayneedtochangetheinsideradiusofbends,changethebendorcornerreliefs,oralterthe
geometryafteryouchangethethickness.

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Examples


Changingtthethicknesso
ofpartscauseddtheSjunction
nstobecomennooverlapjuncctionsbecauseetheradiuswaastoo
smallforth
henewthickne ess.Youwould
dneedtochangetheinsiderradiustoconveertthejunction
nsbacktoS
junctionsoontheseparts..

Converttingadesiigntoshee
etmetal

Usethe Convertto
oolintheImpo
ortribbongrou
upontheSheeetMetaltabto
oconvertanexxistingdesigntto
sheetmetaalwithinSpace
eClaim.Youmaayneedtocon nvertifyouimp
portedregulargeometryoriffyoumovedapart
toanotherrcomponent.
Afteryoucconvertthebo
ody,youcanussetheIdentifytooltocallou
utforms,jogglees,hems,etc.
Walls,bends,junctions(o
onlycreated,ddefaultsizedjuunctions,notim
mportedjunctions),andform msthatwerem made
Metalareidentiifiedbycolor:FFacesareblue,junctionsarepurple,formsareorange,paartialbendsarre
inSheetM
yellow,and
dedgesofenddfacesthatareenotsquarearrered.Identificcationisimporrtantbecauseitallowsthe
elementtoobeunbentorrflattenedwheenyouunfoldtthepart.
SeeConvertingasolidto
oasheetmetaalparttutorialforahandson hadditionalstepsyoumayn
nexamplewith need
mwhenyoucon
toperform nvertapart,su
uchasaddingrreliefsandjuncctions.


Toconverttasolidtosheeetmetal

1. Cllick ConvvertintheImp
portgrouponttheSheetMetaaltab.
Th
heSelectBodiestoolguideissenabledbyd
default.
2. Seelectthebodyyouwanttoconvert.
Yo
oucanCtrlcliccktoselectmu
ultiplebodies.
Walls,bends,an
W onlydefaultsizedjunctionsyoucreatedasssheetmetal,notimported
ndjunctions(o
ju
unctions)areautomaticallydetectedandid dentifiedbycolor.Edgesshow
wninredindiccateendfacesthat
arrenotsquare,asshowninth
hefollowingfiggure.

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3. CllicktheAssignObjectstoolgguide.
4. Co
onvertharded
dgestojunctions:
1. Selectaanoptionfrom
mtheJunction toolintheCreeategrouponttheSheetMetaltab.
2. Selecttthehardedgessthatyouwan
nttoconvertto
othecurrentju
unctiontype.
Clickingganedgeshow
wninredcreattesajunctiono
orsquaresupaasharpface.TTheedgeyoucllickto
squareafacedetermminesthefinalllengthofthesheetmetalwaall.

Example


Convertinggasheetmetaldesignwithb
bendsautomatticallydetected
d.

Toolguidees

UsetheSelectBod
diestoolguideetoselectthepart(s)youwaanttoconvertttosheetmetal.

UsetheAssignOb
bjectstoolguid nctiontypes,reliefs,andnottches.Youcanonly
detoassignorchangethejun

seleectgeometryth
hatisappropriateforthetoo
olguide.

Identifyinggsheetmetal

Afteryouh
haveconverted dadesigntosheetmetal,ussethe Ideentifytoolinth
heImportribbo
ongrouponthhe
SheetMetaltabtocalloutsheetmetalgeometrysucchasforms,heems,joggles,beeads,notches,andgussets.
Somegeom metryisautom maticallyidentiffiedandothergeometrymustbemanuallyyassigned.Astthegeometryiis
identified,thehighlightin
ngcolorchangestoindicate.tthesheetmetaalobject.
Objectsinaconvertedsh
heetmetalparrtmustbeiden
ntifiedbeforettheycanbeunfolded.

Toidentifyysheetmetalg
geometry

1. Cllickthe Identifytoolin
ntheImportgroupontheSh
heetMetaltab
b.
Geometrythatccanbeidentifieedishighlighteedinred.
2. dentifyeachofthefollowingasneeded:
Id
heFormstoolguide,selectthedetailtoideentifyasaform
Form:Clickth m,andclicktheeCompletetool
guide.
heHemstoolgguide,selectan
Hem:Clickth noptionfromttheHemtool,sselectthebendtoidentifyassa
hem,andcliccktheComplettetoolguide.

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Joggle:ClicktheJogglestoolguide,selecttwobendstoidentifyasajoggle,andclicktheCompletetool
guide.
Bead:ClicktheBeadstoolguide,selectthefacetoidentifyasabead,andclicktheCompletetool
guide.
Notch:ClicktheNotchestoolguide,selectanoptionfromtheNotchtool,selectthevertexorthickness
edgetoassignasanotch,andclicktheCompletetoolguide.
Gusset:ClicktheGussetstoolguide,selectoneofthefacestoidentifyagusset,andclicktheComplete
toolguide.

Doitfaster
Ctrlclicktoidentifymultipleobjects.
PressEnterordoubleclickanobjecttocompletetheidentification.

Examples
Automaticallyidentifying
forms.

Automaticallyidentifying
ahem.

Selectingtwobendsto
identifyajoggle.

Selectingthefrontfaces
andbackfacestoidentify
abead.

Selectingthethickness
edgestoidentifyanotch.

Automaticallyidentifying
gussets.

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Unfoldingasheetmetal
designafteeridentifying
thegeomeetry.

Toolguidees
UssetheFormsto
oolguidetofin
ndandidentifyyformedsheettmetaldetailsonapart.

UssetheHemsto
oolguidetofind
dandidentifyhems.

UssetheJogglesttoolguidetofindandidentiffyjoggles.

UssetheBeadsto ndandidentifybeads.
oolguidetofin

UssetheNotchesstoolguidetoffindandidentiifynotches.

UssetheGussetstoolguide

UssetheComplettetoolguideto
ocompleteeacchidentificatio
on.

Unfoldingsheetm
metalcomponents
Youcanun nfoldasheetm
metaldesignan
ndchangesapp
pearsimultaneeouslyintheun
nfoldedcompo
onentandinth
he
originaldeesign.
Unfoldedppartsarenotexportedwithtthesolidwhenyouexportassheetmetalpaart;however,yyoucanexplicittly
exporttheunfoldedpartt.
nfoldthefollow
Youcanun wingtypesofw
walls,butyoum
mustrightclickkaplanarfaceeandnotacylinderoraconee.
Planarw
walls
Cylindricalwalls,inclu
udinglargediam
metercylinderrs(rollbends)
onicalwalls,suchasapartwiithvariablerad
Mostco diusroundbettweenarcsthatwasshelledaandconvertedtoa
sheetm
metalpart.Parttsthataremad
dewithblendsbetweenradiiialsounfoldreeliably.
ZbendssandSbends,evenwhentheeyneighboraccylindricalorconicalwall.

Tounfolda
asheetmetalcomponent
1. Seelectafaceofasheetmetalcomponentwithatleastoneebendjunction
n.
Th
heselectedfaccesetstheorieentationoftheeunfoldeddesiign.

2. Cllick UnffoldintheFlatgroupontheSSheetMetaltaab.
AnunfoldedverrsionofthecomponentisdissplayedinaneewDesignwind dowasatopviiewwithitsovverall
diimensions,assshowninthefiigurebelow.IttalsoappearsiintheStructurretreeasanun nfoldedpart .
Th
hevisibilityofttheunfoldedp
partintheorigginaldesignisinitiallysettoO
OffintheStruccturetree.Thee
unnfoldedpartisssavedaspartofyourdesign n.

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Overalldimensionsonanunfoldedpartaremeasuredbasedontheorientationofthesketchgrid.The
insideangleofabendisusedtocalculatedimensions.Thetwoflatextentdimensionsareautomatically
displayed.
BendsarelistedasobjectsintheStructuretreefortheunfoldedpart.Bendlinesandbenddimensionsare
placedonaBendslayerwiththevisibilityoff.TurnthevisibilityonintheLayerspaneltoviewthebend
lines.
Ifachamferisrecognizedasaform,itunfoldsbasedontheFlattenformasvalueintheSheetMetal
sectionofthePropertiespanelforthedesign.
Ifanunfoldedcomponenthasconflictinggeometry,theconflictinggeometryismadeaseparatesurface
intheStructuretreeandhighlightedinred,asshowninthefigurebelow.Theedgethatpreventsthe
unfoldisalsohighlighted.


Ifyousaveanunfoldedsheetmetalpartwithinacomponent,openingthatcomponentinanassembly
displaysacheckboxandiconfortheunfoldedpartintheStructuretree.Youcantogglethevisibilityofthe
unfoldedsheetmetalpartintheunfoldedpartdesignwindow.

Examples


Unfoldingaform.Outlinesareshownontheunfoldedpartonthesideonwhichtheywereplaced.Onlythe
topmostoutlinesofformsaredisplayed.FormoutlinesareontheBendslayer,whichishiddenbydefault.


Unfoldingaflangeform.

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Toworksimultaneouslyonthefoldedandunfoldedviewofadesign
Theunfoldedviewofasheetmetalpartcanbeplacednexttothefoldedviewinordertoworksimultaneouslyon
bothviews.Changesmadetothepartinoneviewupdatesintheotherview.
YoucanusethePulltooltomakethefollowingchanges,andthechangewillbereflectedintheunfoldedview:
Punchholesinplanarandcylindricalwalls
Pullwallstochangetheirheightorwidth,orpulltochangethedimensionsofahole
Usetheannotationdimensionsthatareautomaticallycreatedwithanunfoldedparttochangetheheightor
widthofawall(seetheanimatedexamplebelow)
Toplaceviewsnexttoeachother,clickanddragthetabforaDesignwindowanddropitnexttoanotherview.


Examples


UsingthePulltoolandannotationdimensionstochangetheheightofawallontheunfoldedpart(ontop);the
changesarereflectedinthefoldedpart(onthebottom).

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UsingtheP
Pulltooltoputtaholeinanu
unfoldedcylind
deralsocreatesstheholeinth
hefoldedpart.

Tocreatea
aviewofanun
nfoldedpartin
nadrawingsh
heet
1. Unfoldtheshee
etmetalpartin
nthedrawingssheet.
M
Movethemousetopreviewtheunfoldedpaart.
2. Cllickthedrawin
ngsheettoplacceageneralviewatthatlocaation.


Toexporta
anunfoldedpa
artas.dxf
1. eddimensionsandnotesonttheunfoldedvviewusingthettoolsintheDeetailingtab.
Pllacethedesire
2. SeettheGraphicssStyleintheD
DisplaytabtoW
Wireframe.
Th
hissteppreparresthemodelfordxfexportandshowsyou
uwhattheresultingimagew
willlooklike.
3. SeelectSaveAsffromtheSpaceeClaimmenuandspecifyAuttoCADfiles(*.d
dxf)astheexporttype.
Th
heunfoldedmodelissavedaasa2Ddxffilewiththeincludedannotationsandcanbeusedin
m
manufacturing.

Calculatinggunfoldedlen
ngths
SpaceClaim
mcanuseshee deductiontocalculateunfold
etmetalbendd dedlengths.Yo
oucansetthedefaultSheetMetal
OptionsintheSpaceClaimOptionswin
ndow.

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Youcanchangethedefaultbendpropertiesforaspecificcomponentorbendbyselectingthecomponentorbend
andmodifyingthevaluesinthePropertiespanel:
TheBendAllowancepropertycontainsthelengthofthearcthroughthebendattheneutralaxisofthesheet
metalwallbeingbent.BendallowanceandBenddeductionarelinked.Ifyouenterthevalueforoneproperty,
theotheriscalculatedautomatically.
TheBendDeductionvaluefortheselectedbendis2timesthedistancefromtheoutsidemoldlinetothe
beginningofthebend(thatis,the"setback")minusthebendallowance.
BendAllowanceandBendDeductionarelinked.Modifyingonevaluecausestheothertobeautomatically
recalculated.

Bendallowances
Thedefaultbendallowanceproducesanaccurateresultfornormalbendsmadewithnormaltoolsandanormal
pressbrake.Forbasicparts,youshouldusethedefaultallowances.Forspecialcases,youcanuseabend
allowancetable.
ThecurveforthedefaultvaluesusedinSpaceClaimisshownbelow.


Thegraphshowsthreesegments:red,blueandgreen.
Theredsegmentshowsbendsthatcannotbemanufacturedbecauseofthephysicallimitofthesteel
compressibility.Itisdifficulttoobtainlessthat1xthicknessinanairbendprocess.
Thepointwheretheredandbluesegmentsmeetisimportant.Whenyoumakeanormalbend(usuallyaVeedie
of8Xthickness),theexternalcompensationisabout2Xthickness.Thiscanbeconfirmedbythepressbrake
manufacturers.Ifyoumakeareversecomputationtogettheexactpositionoftheneutralaxis,youwillfindthat
K=(4PI)/PI=0.27324.Thisvalueiscorrectfornormalbendsbecauseitisbasedontheactualphysicalresult.
Thebluesegmentshowsthatwhentheinnerradiusvalueincreases,theKfactorisnotconstant.Theneutralaxis
increasesuptoapproximately0.5,whichisreachedwhentheinnerradiusreachesabout4.Itdoesnotincrease
beyondthatbecausethematerialisnolongerstretched,soitcanneverbemorethan0.5.IftheKfactorincreases
theneutralaxisbeyond0.5,thentheresultsarenotpossibleintherealworld.
Thegreensegmentisconstantat0.5,whichistheneutralaxisforbendswitharadiusgreaterthan4.
YoushouldonlychangetheKfactorsoitcorrespondstotheworkingpropertiesofthemetal.
TheKfactorisanintellectualconcept;asheetmetalworkerdoesn'tknowthevalueoftheKfactorbecauseitis
notmeasurable.Theonlythingthesheetmetalworkerknowsistheexternalcompensationbecauseitistheonly
thinghecanmeasure.
InmostCADsoftware,youmustinputtheKfactortocomputethedevelopedlength.Theproblemwiththisisthat
youcan'tknowthisvalueunlessifyoumakeareversecalculationstartingfromtheexternalcompensation.
SpaceClaimdeterminesthecorrectKfactorcurvesoyouhaveamoreaccurateresult,withoutrequiringyouto
changetheKfactororfrequentlychangebendtables.
Whenyourexternalcompensationstablesarefilled(whichisaonetimetask),youcanunfoldbydefaultorwith
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Usingabenddeductiontable
Youcanassignbenddeductiontablestoamodeltocalculatethedevelopedlengthsforunfoldedorflatpatternsto
bemachined.Ifabendtableisnotassignedtoapart,thebendallowanceiscalculatedfromthedefaultKfactor
foundintheSheetMetaloptions.IfyouentervaluesinthePropertiespanelforasheetmetalparameter,itwill
overridethebenddeductionfromthebendtable.

Touseasheetmetalbendtabletocalculateunfoldedlengths
1. CopyaCSVfiletotheSpaceClaimLibrary/BendsfolderorintoaSpaceClaimSupportFiledirectory.
2. SetthebendtableforasheetmetalcomponentbyselectingthecomponentintheStructuretreeand
selectingthebendtablefromtheBendTableproperty.
Allvaluesmaythenbeobtainedfromthebendtableinsteadofbeingcalculated.Anyvaluesnotobtainedfromthe
bendtablemayresultinanerrorwhenyouunfoldthedesign.
Youcanclearthesheetmetalbendtableassignmentfromacomponentbyselectingtheblankvaluefromthe
BendTablepropertydropdown.
Thetablebelowshowsasimplebendtableasitwouldappearinaspreadsheeteditor.Keywordsareshownin
bold.Thetableofvaluesforagiventhicknessisshownwithashadedbackground:anglevaluesinblue,radius
valuesingreen,andbenddeductionvaluesinyellow.


Whenyouunfoldasheetmetaldesign,thethickness,innerbendradius,andanglefromthedesignareusedto
determinethevalueintheselectedtable.
Onceyouselectabendtable,youcanedittheVeeDieWidthpropertyinthePropertiespanel.Veediewidthsets
thewidthofthetoolingthatproducesthebend.

Commaseparatedvaluefile
Bendtablefilesarestoredascommaseparatedvalue(CSV)files,whichcanbeeditedinaspreadsheeteditor,such
asMicrosoftExcel,orinaplaintexteditor.
Thefilebelowshowsthesamedataasintheprevioustable,butasitappearswhenstoredinthecomma
separatedvaluefile.Eachlineconsistsofakeyword,followedbyoneormoreparameters.Thisexamplealso
showshowdataformultiplethicknesseswouldbestoredbyincludingtwobenddeductiontables.

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Keyworddescriptionparametersforbendtables

Keyword Description Parameters


Version,<version Specifiesthefileformatversion. Thefileformatversionnumberisprovided.The
number> currentversionis1.00.
Type,<typename> Thetypeofdatacontainedinthe Asinglestringrepresentingthetypeofdata
file. containedinthetables.Currentlytheonly
supportedvalueisBendDeduction.
Units,<unitstype> Thedefaultunitsareusedfor Mustbein,mm,orcm.
numericvalueswhichdonothave
unitsprovidedexplicitly.
Thickness,<value> Beginsabendtabledefinition. Asingleparameterspecifyingthethicknessfor
whichthebenddeductionsinthetableare
defined.
VeeDieWidth,<value> Optional.Specifiesanoptional Asingleparameterspecifyingthewidthofthe
toolingparameter,allowing dietool.
multiplesetsofbenddeduction
valuesforagiventhickness.
MustoccurafteraThickness
keyword.
AngleValues,,<value>, Definesthecolumnsofthebend Alistofangles,specifiedindegrees.
deductiontable.
Notetheextraemptycelltoaidin
tablealignment.
Thevaluesdefinedbythetableare
associatedwiththepreceding
ThicknessandVeeDieWidth
keywords.
Radius,<radius>, Definesthebodyofthebend Thefirstparameter(radius)providestheinner
<deductionvalue>, deductiontable. bendradiusforthetablerow.Thefollowing
Individualdeductionvaluesmaybe parametersallprovidethedeductionvaluesfor
omitted. eachcombinationofangleandradius.

Thetotalnumberofdeduction
valuesprovidedcannotexceedthe
numberofvaluesprovidedabove
fortheAngleValueskeyword.

Correcting a sheet metal component


SpaceClaimssheetmetalfunctionalitycanbeusedtofixcomponentsthatareintendedtobemadefromsheet
metalbutwhichdonotconformtothesheetmetalstandardsrequiredforproduction.Thereareanumberof
typicalerrorsinsheetmetalcreationthatcanbeeasilyremediedinSpaceClaim.

Tocorrectasheetmetalcomponent
1. Fixjointsthatarenotbendable.

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Selecttheedgeofanimproperjoint,clickJunction,andselectajunctiontype.Onceaproperjointhas
beencreated,itwillupdatewithchangestopartthickness,bendradius,andKfactoraswellasshowthe
jointsbendallowanceontheunfoldeddesign.Anexampleofthischangeisshownbelow.


2. Fillinextraneousgeometry.
Asheetmetalcomponentoftenhasanumberofdetails(suchaspunches,louvers,andvents)thatmay
notberelevanttoeachpersoninvolvedinthemanufacturingprocess.SpaceClaimallowsthesedetailsto
bequicklyandeasilyfilledinordertosimplifypartsandretainfocusononlytheelementsnecessaryfor
eachstepofthemanufacturingprocess.
Tofillingeometry,useSelecttoboxselectdesiredfeaturesandthenFilltoremovethem.Anexampleis
shownbelow.


Toidentifyproblemswhenunfoldingparts
Ifanunfoldedcomponenthasconflictinggeometry,theconflictinggeometryismadeaseparatesurfaceinthe
Structuretreeandhighlightedinred,asshowninthefigurebelow.Theedgethatpreventstheunfoldisalso
highlighted.

CustomizingSpaceClaim
YoucancustomizeSpaceClaimtobestsuityourworkingstyle.MostcustomizationisdoneontheSpaceClaim
optionswindow,accessiblefromtheApplicationmenu.

TocustomizeSpaceClaim
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenutodisplaytheSpaceClaimOptionswindow.
2. Clickthetypeofoptionyouwanttosetfromthenavigationpanelontheleft.
Youcanusetheupanddownarrowkeystonavigatetheleftpanel.

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3. Modifytheoptionsonthepage.
4. ClickOKtosaveallyourchangesandclosethewindow.


IfyoutrytoenteravaluethatisoutoftheallowedrangeintheOptionspanelortheSpaceClaimOptions
dialog,youwillseearedexclamationmarkiconnexttothefield.Youcanhoverovertheicontoseeatooltip
thatwillexplainthevalidvaluesfortheoption.

Optiontypes
Youcansetthefollowingoptiontypes:
Popular Changeyourapplicationcolorscheme,setfileoptionsforimportingandexporting,gridsize,
applicationperformance(speedvs.graphicsquality),andcustomizethetoolsthataredisplayed
whileyouareworkingintheDesignwindow.
Detailing Changeoptionsforannotationsanddrawingsheets.
Color ChangethecoloroftheSpaceClaimapplicationwindow.
Snap Changetheobjectssnappedtowhileyouaresketchingandeditingsolids.
Units Settheunitsfordimensions,thesketchgrid,andtextheight.
SupportFiles Setthesearchpathforsupportfiles,suchasstandardthreadsizetables.

SheetMetal Setthethickness,bend,andreliefdefaultsforsheetmetalcomponents.
Advanced ModifyhowyourdesignchangesaredisplayedintheDesignwindow,whethertoolsandhintsare
displayed,enablebackgroundloading,changethelanguage,customizetheSpin,Select,andUndo
tools,resetthelayoutofthepanels,andadjustthelicensewarning.
Customize AddorremovetoolsandcommandsfromtheQuickAccesstoolbar.
Navigation Changethekeyboard/mouseactionsusedforcommonnavigationtasks.
AddIns IncludeorremoveSpaceClaimaddins.
License ViewandactivateSpaceClaimlicenses.
Resources Downloadsampledesigns,checkforupdates,contactSpaceClaim,orviewinformationaboutthis
versionofSpaceClaim.

Popularoptions
Setthestartupoptions,interface,applicationperformance(speedvs.graphicsquality),andcustomizethetools
thataredisplayedwhileyouareworkingwithyourdesign.

Tocustomizepopularoptions
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenutodisplaytheSpaceClaimOptionswindow.
2. ClickColorinthenavigationpanelontheleft.
3. Modifytheoptionsonthepage.
4. ClickOKtosaveallyourchangesandclosethewindow.

Graphicsperformanceoptions
Renderingquality:Selectavaluefrom1to7,where1isthelowestqualityand7isthehighestquality.Selectalow
numbertoincreasethespeedoftheapplication;selectahighnumbertoincreasethequalityofthegraphics.
IncreasinggraphicsqualitymaylowertheSpaceClaim'sresponsivenesstoactionsintheDesignwindow.Ifyou
noticeadelaywhenworkingwithyourdesign,modifythisoptiontoincreaseapplicationspeed.

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Antialiasing:Theamountofsmoothingappliedtotext,edges,andfaceboundariesintheDesignwindow.This
optionappearsonlyifyourgraphicscardsupportsantialiasing.
RecalculateRendering:Clickthisbuttontoupdatethe3DdisplayintheDesignwindow.Thisallowsyoutoseethe
affectsofanychangesyoumadeinthesettingsdialog.

Startupoptions
Showsplashscreen:SelectthisoptiontodisplaythesplashscreenwhenyoustartSpaceClaim.
Showwelcomescreen:SelectthisoptiontodisplaytheWelcomewindowwithlinkstotutorials,trainingvideos,
andothersupportresourceswhenyoustartSpaceClaim.
Checkforsoftwareupdates:Selectthisoptiontouseyourinternetconnectiontocheckforupdateseachtimeyou
startSpaceClaim.

Interfaceoptions
Showtooltips:Selectthisoptiontodisplayhintswhenyouhoverovertools,toolguides,andothericons.They
brieflyexplainwhatwillhappenwhenyouselectthetoolandprovidesomehintsonhowtousethetool.
Showstatusmessagesindesignwindow:Selectthisoptiontodisplaymessagesfromthestatusline(thelowerleft
corneroftheSpaceClaimwindow)inthedesignarea.Thesemessagesprovidehintsandfeedbackwhileyouwork
inSpaceClaim.
ShowtoolKeyTips:Selectthisoptiontoenablekeyboardshortcuts.PressingandreleasingtheAltwilldisplay
shortcutsthatcanbeusedtoaccesstheQuickAccesstoolbar,theRibbongroups,andthetoolsintheRibbon
groups.
ShowJournaltabintheRibbon:SelectthisoptiontoenableJournaltools,whichyoucanusetosaveandplay
backarecordofactionsusedtocreateadesign.

Controloptions
ToolGuideposition:SelectLeft,Right,Top,Bottom,orNotShown.
Showminitoolbaronselection:Selectthisoptiontodisplayasmalltoolbarnearyourcursorwhenyourightclick.
Thecontentsoftheminitoolbardependonthetoolyouareusing.Youcanclickorscrollthemiddlemousebutton
tohidetheminitoolbar,anditfadesasyoumovethemouseawayfromit.Theminitoolbarisshownintheimage
below.


Showradialmenu:Allowsyoutousetheradialmenutochangeselectmodeswhileothertoolsareactive,and
givesyouquickaccesstothePull,Move,Fill,andCombinetools.Ifyouselectthisoption,youcanselectoneor
bothofthefollowingmethodstoopentheradialmenu:
ShowafterholdingleftmousebuttonforNms
Showafterclickingrightmousebutton,whileholdingleftmousebuttondown
Showcursorarrows:Selectthisoptiontodisplayarrowsnexttoyourcursorthatindicatethedirectionsinwhich
youcanmoveyourmousetoedittheselectedobject.Thearrowsalsoconveythechangeinsizethatwilloccurif
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Arrowtransparency:Adjusttheslidertocontrolthetransparencyofthecursorarrows.Movetheslidertothe
righttomakethearrowsmoreopaque;moveittotherighttomakethemmoretransparent.Thearrowsaresetto
opaqueintheimagebelow.


Movehandlesize:MovetheslidertoincreaseordecreasethesizeoftheMovehandlerelativetothesizeofthe
Designwindow,asshownintheimagebelow.


Gridguide:Changethepositionandsizeofthesmalltoolbardisplayedforthesketchgrid.Itisshowninitsdefault
position(corner)andsize(small)intheimagebelow.Whenamultitouchdeviceisdetected,thissettingdefaultsto
largesizeandbottomposition.

Settinggeneraldetailingoptions
Youcancustomizethestyleofyourannotationsinasingledesignorsetacustomstyleasthedefaultforall
designs.YoucanquicklycustomizethestyletoconformtoASMEorISO/JISstandards,oryoucancreateastyleby
customizingnoteleaders,dimensions,andgeometrictolerances.

Tochangedetailingoptions
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenuandclickDetailingorclick intheAnnotation
ribbongroupontheDetailingtab.
2. SettheoptionsforDefaults:
Newwindowfont:Choosefromanyfontinstalledonyoursystem.Thisfontwillbeusedasthedefault
fontforallnewwindows.Whenanewwindowiscreatedforanoldornewdocument,thisfontwillbe
used.ItwillalsobeusedfornewSpaceClaimsessions.
Defaultdrawinggraphicsstyle:Thedefaultgraphicsstyleusedfornewdrawings.

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3. SelectoneofthefollowingfromtheDetailingoptionsfordropdownlist:
AllNewDocumentstocreateadefaultdetailingstyleforallyourdesigns.Thesesettingswillnotaffect
anycurrentlyopendocuments.
ThisDocumenttosetoptionsforthecurrentdesignonly.
4. Toresetalloptionstopredefineddefaults,clickoneoftheResetto<standard>Defaultbuttonstosetall
documentoptionstothedefault.
5. Settheremainingoptions.
6. ClickOKtosaveallyourchangesandclosethewindow.

Viewoptions
Defaultviewprojection:
FirstAngletolabeltheviewbythedirectionyouarelooking.Forexample,ifyouarelookingfront,youseethe
backofanobject.Therefore,thebackoftheobjectisthe"Frontview."
ThirdAngletolabeltheviewbytheobject.Forexample,thefrontoftheobjectisthe"Frontview."
Defaultfrontviewposition:
Toplefttoplacethefrontviewatthetopleftcornerofthedrawingsheet.ThisistheISOstandard.
Toprighttoplacethefrontviewatthetoprightcornerofthedrawingsheet
Bottomlefttoplacethefrontviewatthebottomleftcornerofthedrawingsheet.ThisistheASMEandJIS
standard.
Bottomrighttoplacethefrontviewatthebottomrightcornerofthedrawingsheet.Ifyouusethirdangle
projection,ISOstandardsalsoallowthisposition.

Detailviewoptions
DetailviewnametextheightratioSettheratioofacharacter'sheighttowidth.Forexample,avalueof1.4
setsthecharacterheightto140%ofitswidth.
DefaultviewnotelayoutSelectOneLinetodisplaythedetailnameandscaleononeline.SelectTwoLinesto
displaythescalebelowthedetailname.
DefaultdetailnamenoteprefixSelecthowyouwantthedetaillabeltoappearonthedrawingsheet.
DefaultviewscalenoteprefixSelecthowyouwantthescalelabeltoappearonthedrawingsheet.
DetailviewboundarynoteplacementSelecthowyouwantthedetailnameandscaleinformationtobe
positionedrelativetothedetailboundary.

Threadedsurfaceoptions
SelectavaluefromtheCosmeticthreaddisplaystandarddropdown.
ASMESimplifiedisthesameasISOandJISConventionaldisplaystandards.

Annotationoptions
DefaulttextheightEntertheheightoftheannotationtext.
LeadercirclesizeEnterthesizeofthecirclethatconnectsnoteleaderstofaces.
LeaderarrowlengthEnterthelengthofthearrowonnoteleaders.
LeaderarrowwidthEnterthesizeofthearrowheadonnoteleaders.
LeadershoulderlengthEnterthelengthofthelinefromthenotetexttothenoteleaderarrow.
LeadertextboxgapEnterthesizeofthemarginbetweenthenotetextandthebeginningofthenoteleader.

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CenterlineextendEnterthelengththatacenterlinewillextendpasttheedgeoftheobject.
DefaultarrowfillstyleSelectthestyleyouwanttouseforthearrowheadsonnoteleadersfromthedrop
downlist.
DefaultdimensiontextlocationSelecthowyouwanttoalignthenoteleadertextwiththenoteleaderline
fromthedropdownlist.
DefaultGTOLfontnameSelectthefontyouwanttouseforgeometrictolerancesymbolsfromthedropdown
list.Thetwofontsinthisdropdownlistcontainallthegeometrictolerancesymbolsnecessary.Thesesymbols
willbeusedasnecessaryinannotations,evenwhenyouselectadifferentfontfortheannotationtext.
VirtualsharpsrenderingstyleSelectthesymbolyouwanttousetoindicatethevirtualsharp.
DatumsymbolframeSelecttheframestylefordatumsymbols.
DatumsymbolattachmentSelecttheattachmentstylefordatumsymbols.
ShowthreaddesignationinthreaddiameterChoosewhetherthreaddesignationsareshowninsteadof
threaddiameters:
Never:Showthediameterandnotthethreaddesignation.
Always:Showthethreaddesignationinsteadofthediameter.
Perthreadtable:UsethevalueforShowThreadDesignationInDiameterDimensionsinthethreadtableXML
file.Thevaluecanbesettotrueorfalse.
Ifunitsmatch:Showthethreaddesignationifthesystemunitsmatchtheunitsfromthethreadtable.
Perthreadtableifunitsmatch:Showthethreaddesignationiftheunitsmatchandifthe
ShowThreadDesignationInDiameterDimensionsvalueistrue.
EnforcedimensionlineChecktheboxtousetheEuropeanstandardofkeepingthedimensionlinewhenthe
extensionlinesareshown.
TightgapbetweendimensionlineandtextChecktheboxtoshrinkthegapbetweenthedimensiontextand
witnesslines.
HorizontaldimensiontextChecktheboxtokeepallannotationtextorientedhorizontally.
OverridelayercolorforannotationsChecktheboxtosetallannotationtexttothecolorselectedshownin
theAnnotationcolorcontrol.Ifyouchoosetooverridethelayercolor,selectthecolorusedfortheoverride
fromtheAnnotationcolorcontrol.
ExtensionlinegapEnterthesizeofthemarginbetweengeometryandtheendofdimensionlines.
ExtensionlineextendEnterthelengththatthedimensionlinescrosseachother.
DimensionlineextendEnterthelengthofthearrowthatappearsoutsidethedimensionlines.
DimensiontextoffsetEnterthedistancebetweenthedimensiontextanditsleaderline.
ShowzerovalueforbaseordinatedimensionDisplaythebaselinedimensionasa0.
ShowcommondimensionlineforordinatedimensionsDisplayalldimensionsalongthesameline.Check
Rotatetextifyouwantthedimensionstobedisplayedalongthelineinsteadofperpendiculartotheline.

Linestylesettings
DefaultthicklineweightEnterthedefaultwidthforthicklines.
DefaultthinlineweightEnterthedefaultwidthforthinlines.
Selectanobjecttype,thenselecttheLinestyleandThicknessforthatobject.
ThevaluesintheTrimbacksectioncontrolthelineweightforsideoffsethandles.
ThickEmptyThicklineslooklikethis:

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ThickThinThicklineslooklikethis:


IfyoutrytoenteravaluethatisoutoftheallowedrangeintheOptionspanelortheSpaceClaimOptions
dialog,youwillseearedexclamationmarkiconnexttothefield.Youcanhoverovertheicontoseeatooltip
thatwillexplainthevalidvaluesfortheoption.

Drawingsheetsizeandformatoptions
Thedrawingsheetsizeandformatoptionsallowyoutochooseadrawingsheetlayout.
Touseapredefineddrawingformatthathasbeensavedasan.scdocfile,selectUseexternalformatandselect
aformatfromthelistorclickBrowsetochooseafile.
Tocreatedrawingswithoutaformat,selectNoformatandselectasizeandorientation,orsetacustomwidth
andheight.
DeselectShowSpaceClaimprovideddefaultformatsintheuserinterfaceifyoudon'twanttolistdrawing
sheetformatsthatwereinstalledwithSpaceClaimintheexternalformatsselectionlist.

Modulargridoptions
Modulargridoptionsallowyoutochangehowmodulargridsappearbydefaultinyourdrawings.Whenyou
changetheseoptions,allnewmodulargridswillusethesesettings;existinggridsinyourdrawingswillnotchange.
Mostoftheseoptionsarealsofoundinthepropertiesforagrid.Tochangeoneinstanceofamodulargrid,see
Displayingamodulargrid.

Tochangemodulargridoptions
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenuandclickDetailing>ModularGrid.
2. Setthedefaultsforthefollowingoptions:
Color:Thecolorofthegrid,labels,andthelegendaxis.
Gridtextheight:Theheightofalltextlabelsforthegrid.
Font:Thefontandtextheightusedforgridlabels.Typethecompletenameforafont,followedbya
commaandthefontheightinunits(mm,in,etc.).Youcanalsoclickthe...buttonandselectafontand
asizeinpoints;thesizewillbeconvertedtothecurrentunits.
Gridinterval:Thedistancebetweengridlines.
Intervalspergridline:Thenumberofrowsbetweeneachgridline.
Linestyle:Thetypeoflineusedforgridlines.
Thickness:Thethicknessofgridlines.
Horizontaltextlocation:Showlabelsforthebottomofgridlines,thetopofgridlines,both,orneither.
Verticaltextlocation:Showlabelsfortheleftendofgridlines,therightendofgridlines,both,or
neither.
Axislabels:OverrideX,Y,orZwithyourownlabels.
Negativeandpositiveprefixes:Aprefixshownbeforethedistanceonagridlabel.
Negative,positive,andzerosuffixes:Asuffixshownafterthedistanceonagridlabel.
Modulargriddescriptionlabel:Alabelshownnexttothesectionlinewhenyoushowamodulargrid
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Automaticcreationfornewviews:Selectanoptionfordisplayingmodulargridsforallnewviewsin
drawingsheets.
Automaticallyshowmodulargridwhentwogriddirectionsareparalleltothesheet:TwooftheX,
Y,orZaxesintheviewmustbeparalleltothedrawingsheettodisplaythemodulargrid.
Automaticallyshowmodulargridwhenatleastonegriddirectionsareparalleltothesheet:TheX,
Y,orZaxisintheviewmustbeparalleltothedrawingsheettodisplaythemodulargrid.
Donotautomaticallyshowthemodulargrid
Automaticallyshowmodulargriddescription:Ifselected,thenthedescriptionlabelisdisplayednext
tothesectionlineforacrosssectionview.
Showballoonsaroundgridlabels:Showcirclesaroundgridlabels.
Automaticallyshoworigin:Showthelegendaxisonthelowerleftcorneroftheview.
3. ClickOKtosaveyourchanges.

Fileimportandexportoptions
YoucanopenandinsertfilesfrommanyothermodelingapplicationsintoSpaceClaimforediting,andsaveyour
SpaceClaimdesignsasmanydifferentfiletypes.IfyouworkfrequentlywithnonSpaceClaimfiles,werecommend
thatyousetyourfileoptionstooptimizetheimportingandexportingprocessforyourneeds.

Tocustomizeimportandexportoptions
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenutodisplaytheSpaceClaimOptionswindow.
2. ClickFileOptionsinthenavigationpanelontheleft.
3. Selectafiletypeinthepanelonthelefttochangeoptionsforjustthattypeoffile.
Descriptionsofalloptionsarelistedbelow.
4. ClickOKtosaveallyourchangesandclosetheSpaceClaimOptionsdialog.


IfyoutrytoenteravaluethatisoutoftheallowedrangeintheOptionspanelortheSpaceClaimOptions
dialog,youwillseearedexclamationmarkiconnexttothefield.Youcanhoverovertheicontoseeatooltip
thatwillexplainthevalidvaluesfortheoption.

Tosetgeneralfileoptions
1. ClickGeneralinthepanelontheleft.
2. Check:
UseSpaceClaimcolortoneswhenimportingtousetheSpaceClaimcolorschemeforlayers.This
optionisenabledbydefaulttoavoidfullysaturatedcolors,onwhichhighlightingislessvisible.Facesof
importeddatawillretaintheiroriginalcolortonesifthisoptionisturnedoff.
CreatemultipledocumentswhenimportingassembliestoopenorinsertanonSpaceClaimassembly
asmultipledocuments.Whenyousaveyourdesign,clickReferencestoadjustwherethedocuments
aresaved.
UsematchingSpaceClaimdocumentsforfasterimportifadesigncontainsanexternalcomponent
thatwaspreviouslyimportedandconvertedtotheSpaceClaim.scdocformat,andyouwanttoreuse
thatpreviouslyimportedfile.
AutomaticallysaveimporteddocumentstoimmediatelysaveanopenedorinsertednonSpaceClaim
filetoanSCDOCfile.(Ifyoudonotselectthisoption,thenopenedorinsertedfilesarenotsaveduntil
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Improveimporteddatatoimproveafilewhenitisopenedorinserted.Deselectingthisoption
importsthefilewithoutstitching,healing,orotherimprovements.Asaresult,thefileappearsmore
quickly,butyoumayneedtoperformtheseactionsmanually.
Improvedataonexporttoimproveafilewhenitisexported.Thisallowsyoutoturnoffthebehaviorif
youdon'twanttomergefacesandedgesbeforeamodelisexported,suchasexportingtoRhino.
Loadmodelinbackgroundtoorientlargedesignswhiletheyareloading.
CheckUselightweightassembliestodisplayagraphicsonlyrepresentationofSpaceClaimfilesinthe
Designwindow.Thesefilesbecomecomponentswhenloaded,opened,orinserted.Whenyouimport
anonSpaceClaimfileasalightweightassembly,youcansavetheunloadedlightweightcomponentas
anSCDOCfilewithonlyrenderingdata(thatis,withoutgeometrydata).YoucanthenopenthisSCDOC
fileinanewdesignandloaditnormallytoincludethegeometrydata.
UselightweightassembliesforSpaceClaimdocuments:IfyouopenaSpaceClaimdocumentwith
externalcomponents,theexternalcomponentswillbeopenedaslightweight.
UselightweightassembliesforimportedSpaceClaimdocuments:Ifyouselectthisoption,thenyou
canselectoneofthefollowingloadmethods:
Saveimporteddocumentandloadaslightweight:Whenthisoptionisselected,the
importedfilewillbeopenedinmemory.AnSCDOCfilewillbecreatedforeachpartinthe
file,saved,andthenloadedaslightweight,whichfreestheheavyweightdatafrom
memory.Youwillseeanentirelylightweightassembly.Ifyouthenrightclickononeofthe
lightweightcomponentsandselectLoadComponent,thenthepartwillbefullyloadedvery
quickly.Also,thismethoddisplaysthecolorofimportedparts.Themethodsbelowdonot.
Lightweightassemblystructureandgeometry:Thismethodimportsthedocumentjustlike
intheaboveoption,creatinglightweightpartsinSpaceClaim,butnoSCDOCfilesare
createdorsaved.Asaresult,thisoptionuseslessmemorythantheabovemethodwhen
importingthedocument;however,ifyouuseLoadComponentononeofthelightweight
components,theentiredocumentmustbereimportedinordertogetallofthedatafor
thecomponent.Loadingthecomponentcanbeveryslow.Thismethodisrecommendedif
youintendonlytousethelightweightfacetsandnottheheavyweightgeometryorifyou
areworkingwithsmallerimporteddocuments.
Assemblystructureonly:Onlythecomponentnameandhierarchyiscreated.No
lightweightfacetsarecreated.
AllowimportofhiddencomponentsandgeometrytoopenorinserthiddencomponentswithinCATIA
v5,Parasolid,SolidWorks,andSketchUpfiles,andturnofftheirvisibilityintheStructuretree.
Allowimportoffreecurvesandpointstoimportcurvesandpointsthataren'tattachedtoasurfaceor
solid.
Allowexportofhiddencomponentstosavecomponentsthathavetheirvisibilityturnedoffinyour
designashiddencomponentswhenyousavethemasanyotherfiletype.Thisoptionissupportedfor
ACIS,Rhino,SketchUp,andSAT/SABformats.

TosetACISfileoptions
1. SelectACISinthepanelontheleft.
2. Setthefollowingoptions:
ConvertACISbodiestoSpaceClaimcomponentstocreatecomponentsandusethenameoftheACIS
bodiesforthecomponents.Ifyoudeselectthisoption,thentheACISstructureisusedintheStructure
tree.
Splitbodynamebythefollowingcharacterstoinsertthecharacterbetweenthepartnameandthe
bodyname,whenthenamesaredifferent.Forexample,withthecharactersettoaperiod,thename

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TosetIGESfileoptions
1. SelectIGESinthepanelontheleft.
2. SelectanImportMethod:
Usefacewiseconnectionstoattempttostitcheverythingtogetherandmakeasolidifpossible.With
thisoptionselected,theimportmayfailifthemodeliscorrupt.
Importfacesindependentlytoimportmodelsasacollectionofindividualsurfaces,skippingonlythe
surfacesthatarecorrupt.
3. SelectanExportSpaceClaimbodyoption:
ManifoldSolidBRepObject(MSBOType186):MSBOdefinesamanifoldbodywithallthenecessary
topologyinformationlikeshells,faces,loops,edgesandvertices.
Trimmedsurfaces(Type144):TheboundariesofthesesurfaceswillberepresentedbyCurveona
ParametricSurfaceEntity(Type142).
Boundedsurfaces(Type143):TheboundariesofthesesurfaceswillberepresentedbyBoundaryEntity
(Type141).Theboundaryentitywillrefertomodelspacecurvesandsurfaceparametriccurves,with
preferencesettomodelspacecurves.

TosetJTOpenfileoptions
1. SelectJTOpeninthepanelontheleft.
2. SelectOverridequalitytochangethefacetingsettingforexportedfilessoitisdifferentfromthegraphics
facettingsetting.
Coarse,Medium,Finetousethedeviationandanglepresetvalues.
CustomtousetheDeviationandAnglesliderstosetacustomresolution.
Resolutionindicatesthenumberofsidesofapolygonusedtorepresentacircle.Thedeviationisthe
differenceindistancebetweenthecirclesradiusandthepolygonsradius.Theangleistheangle
betweentheedgeofthepolygonandatangentdrawnthroughthecircleatthesamepoint.

TosetOBJfileoptions
1. SelectOBJinthepanelontheleft.
2. SelectOverridequalitytochangethefacetingsettingforexportedfilessoitisdifferentfromthegraphics
facettingsetting.
Coarse,Medium,Finetousethedeviationandanglepresetvalues.
CustomtousetheDeviationandAnglesliderstosetacustomresolution.
Resolutionindicatesthenumberofsidesofapolygonusedtorepresentacircle.Thedeviationisthe
differenceindistancebetweenthecirclesradiusandthepolygonsradius.Theangleistheangle
betweentheedgeofthepolygonandatangentdrawnthroughthecircleatthesamepoint.

TosetParasolidfileoptions
1. SelectParasolidinthepanelontheleft.
2. SelecttheParasolidversiontosettheformatofexporteddesigns.

TosetPDFfileoptions
1. SelectPDFinthepanelontheleft.
2. SelectGeometry(PRCBRep)tosavethegeometryofthedesign,suchasequationsforsurfaces,edges,
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3. SelectFacetsonly(Universal3D)tosaveonlythetrianglesthatmakeuptherenderingofthesolids(that
is,anapproximation).

TosetRhinofileoptions
1. SelectRhino.
2. SelectConvertRhinolayerstoSpaceClaimlayersonimporttoimportlayers.
3. SelectConvertSpaceClaimlayerstoRhinolayersonexporttoexportlayers.

TosetSTEPfileoptions
1. SelectSTEPinthepanelontheleft.
2. SelectanImportMethod:
Usefacewiseconnectionstoattempttostitcheverythingtogetherandmakeasolidifpossible.With
thisoptionselected,theimportmayfailifthemodeliscorrupt.
Importfacesindependentlytoimportmodelsasacollectionofindividualsurfaces,skippingonlythe
surfacesthatarecorrupt.
3. SelecttheSTEPprotocoltousetoformatexporteddesigns.

TosetPro/ENGINEERoptions
1. SelectPro/ENGINEERinthepanelontheleft.
2. SelectAllowimportofQuiltsifyouwanttoimportquilts.AQuiltinPro/ENGINEERisacollectionof
individualsurfacebodies.

TosetVRMLfileoptions
1. SelectVRMLinthepanelontheleft.
2. SelectOverridequalitytochangetheprintresolutionoptionsandtolerances.
Coarse,Medium,Finetousethedeviationandanglepresetvalues.
CustomtousetheDeviationandAnglesliderstosettheresolutionoftheVRMLmesh.
Deviationisthedistancebetweenachorddrawnthroughacurvedcrosssectionofthemodelandthe
curvesmostdistalpoint.Theangleistheanglethatthechordlinemakeswithalinetangenttothe
crosssectioncurve.
FacetAspectRatiotochangethetrianglefacetingratiowhenyouexportaVRMLfile.

Appearanceoptions
YoucanadjustSpaceClaim'sappearance,suchasitsmenubarstyleandcolorschemes.Thisoptionspagealso
containsplaceholderelementsforfuturecolorcustomizationoptions.

Tosetcoloroptions
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenutodisplaytheSpaceClaimOptionswindow.
2. ClickAppearanceinthenavigationpanelontheleft.
3. Modifytheoptionsonthepage.
4. ClickOKtosaveallyourchangesandclosethewindow.

Skin
Ribbonstyle:ChoosebetweenFluent(Office2007)orScenic(Office2010)styleribbonbarstyles.
Colorscheme:SelectSilver,Blue,Black,orCustomfromthemenu.

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ResetDockingLayout:ClickthisbuttontoreturnthelayoutofthedockingpanelsandSpaceClaimwindowsto
theiroriginallocations.

General
Designcolorscheme:Selectacolorschemefromthemenu.Thisoptioncontrolsthecolorschemeusedinthe
Designwindow.Youcanchoosebetweentwopresetcolorschemes:WhiteBackgroundorBlackBackground.
Elementsdisplayedinthedesignareawillchangetocolorsthatworkwellforthebackgroundcolor.
Youcanchangethecolorsforotherelements.Clickthecolornexttoanindividualelementandchooseanewcolor
fromthedropdown.SelectcolorsfromtheCustom,Web,orSystempalettes.
ClickResettochangeallthecolorsbacktotheSpaceClaimdefaults.
Drawingcolorscheme:Theseoptionsarenotyetimplemented.

Snapoptions
Youcansetsnappingoptionsforsketchingandeditingsolids.UnitsforsnapoptionsaresetbyyourUnitsoptions
forallnewdocuments.

Tocustomizesnapoptions
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenutodisplaytheSpaceClaimOptionswindow.
2. ClickSnapfromthenavigationpanelontheleft.
3. Modifytheoptionsonthepage.
4. ClickOKtosaveallyourchangesandclosethewindow.


IfyoutrytoenteravaluethatisoutoftheallowedrangeintheOptionspanelortheSpaceClaimOptions
dialog,youwillseearedexclamationmarkiconnexttothefield.Youcanhoverovertheicontoseeatooltip
thatwillexplainthevalidvaluesfortheoption.

Tosetincrementaloptionsforsketchingonthesketchgrid
1. CheckAngularsnaptosnaptoobjectswhilesketching.
2. EntertheangleincrementyouwanttosnaptowhenyouselecttheSnaptoangleoptioninSelect,Move,
andSketchtools.

Toenablesnappingtoobjectswhensketchingonthesketchgrid
1. CheckEnablesnappinginsketchestosnaptoobjectswhilesketching.
Whileyousketch,objectsyoucansnaptoarehighlighted.Thepointstowhichthesketchtoolsare
snappingappearasmessagesinthestatusbar.
2. Checktheboxnexttoeachiteminthelisttodeterminewhichobjectsyoucansnaptowhilesketching:
LineSnappointsalonglines(atintersectionswithsketchgrid)indicatedbyrectangles
EndpointSnappointsatallendpointsindicatedbysquares
MidpointSnappointatcenteroflinesindicatedbytriangles
Arc/circlecenterSnappointsatcenterofarcsandcirclesindicatedbycircles
TangentfromendpointSnappointsattangentangletoendpointsindicatedbytangentguides
PerpendicularfromendpointSnappointsperpendicularangletoendpointsindicatedby
perpendicularguides
Tangent/perpendicularfromlineSnappointsattangentandperpendicularanglesalonglines
indicatedbytangentandperpendicularguides

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ParalleltolineLinesparalleltothesketchedlineindicatedbyhighlighting
ParalleltogridSnapenabledparalleltothegridwhensnaptogridisdisabled
GridSnapenabledtothegrid

Tosetincrementaloptionsforeditingsolids
1. CheckLinearsnaptosnaptoconstraintoalinearincrementandsetthelinearintervalfortool
movementsintheIncrementalarea.
Forexample,ifyousettheLinearincrementto1mm,youwillpulltowholemillimetersinsteadof
fractionsofmillimeters.
2. CheckAngularsnaptosnaptoconstraintoanangleincrementandsetthedegreeintervalfortool
movementsintheIncrementalarea.
Forexample,ifyousettheAngularincrementto5degrees,youwillmoveinlargerincrementsthanifset
to1degree.

Tosetsnappingoptionsforeditingsolids
1. CheckEnablesnappingtosolidswiththeShiftkeytosnapwhenyoupressandholdShiftusinganytool.
2. Checktheboxnexttoeachsituationorobjectinthelisttodeterminewhenatoolwillsnapwhileediting
solids:
FaceparallelSnaptoaparallelface
RotateparalleltofaceSnaptoaparallelfacewhenrotating
RotateperpendiculartofaceSnaptoaperpendicularfacewhenrotating
EdgeSnaptoanyedge
CylinderradiusSnaptotheradiusofacylinder
RoundradiusWhencreatingaround,snapitsradiustheradiiofexistingroundsonthecomponent

Tosetthenudgeoptions
YoucanchangethevaluesforDistanceorAngle:
NormalThenudgeincrementwhenyoupressAltandanarrowkey.
SmallThenudgeincrementwhenyoupressAlt+Ctrlandanarrowkey.
BigThenudgeincrementwhenyoupressAlt+Shiftandanarrowkey.

Examples


Snappingtothemidpointofaline

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Editingasolidwithangularsnapsetto15degrees


Snappingtoaroundradius

Unitsoptions
Youcansettheunitsfordimensions,thesketchgrid,andtextheight.

Tocustomizeunits
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenutodisplaytheSpaceClaimOptionswindow.
2. ClickUnitsfromthenavigationpanelontheleft.
3. SelectoneofthefollowingfromtheUnitssettingsfordropdownlist:
AllNewDocumentstocreateadefaultdetailingstyleforallyourdesigns.Thesesettingswillnotaffect
anycurrentlyopendocuments.
ThisDocumenttosetoptionsforthecurrentdesignonly.
4. Modifytheoptionsonthepage.
5. ClickOKtosaveallyourchangesandclosethewindow.


IfyoutrytoenteravaluethatisoutoftheallowedrangeintheOptionspanelortheSpaceClaimOptions
dialog,youwillseearedexclamationmarkiconnexttothefield.Youcanhoverovertheicontoseeatooltip
thatwillexplainthevalidvaluesfortheoption.

Units
Type:SelectMetricorImperialfromthemenu.
Length:Selectthedefaultunitsusedforlength.Anglesarealwaysshownindegrees.
Decimal/fraction:IfyouuseImperialunits,youcanselectDecimalorFractiontodisplaydistancemeasurements
thatarelessthan1unit.
Mass:Selectthedefaultunitsusedformass.

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Density:SelectIndependenttospecifythedensityunitsfromthedensityfieldsorDerivedtocalculatetheunits
fromyourselectionsforlengthandmass.
Symbol:SelecttheabbreviationyouwantdisplayedforunittypeyouselectedforLength.
Primaryprecision:Thenumberofdecimalplacesyouwantdisplayedfordistancemeasurementsfortheprimary
units.
Usetighttolerances:Whenthisoptionisselected,tolerancesareroundedtoavaluethatgivesatightertolerance
whenyouhavedualdimensionsorwhenadimensionfromthedesignwindowisshowninthedrawingwindow
withadifferentunitsettingthanthedesignwindow.Thepurposeistonotloseanyprecisionwhenconverting
fromoneunitsystemtoanother.Whenthisoptionisnotselected,thevaluesareroundedaccordingtomethodA
inISO3701975(E).Whenselected,valuesareroundedaccordingtomethodB.
Showsymbolinuserinterface:SelectthisoptiontodisplaytheunitsabbreviationinSpaceClaim.Theabbreviation
willappearinmeasurementfields,suchasadistancefieldwhenyoupullaface.
Showsymbolinannotations:Selectthisoptiontodisplaytheunitsabbreviationafterthemeasurementin
annotationdimensions.
Showtrailingzero:Selectthisoptiontodisplaytrailingzerosindecimalmeasurements.
Show""separator:Selectthisoptiontodisplayahyphenbetweenwholevaluesandfractions.
Dualdimensions:SelectthisoptiontodisplayannotationdimensionsinbothMetricandImperial.Theunittype
youhaveselectedisdisplayedfirstandtheotherisdisplayedinsquarebrackets.Youcanseeapreviewofthe
displaybelowthisoptioncategory.
Secondaryprecision:Thenumberofdecimalplacesyouwantdisplayedfordistancemeasurementsforthe
secondaryunits.

Grid
ResettoDefaults:ClickthisbuttontoresetthegridsettingstotheSpaceClaimdefaults.
Minorgridspacing:Typethedistanceyouwantbetweenthesmallestgridlines.
Numberofgridlinespermajor:Typethenumberofsmallergridlinesbetweenlarger,darkergridlines.

Text
Textheightunits:Selectaunittypefornotetext.

Toconvertanexistingsolidorsurfacefrommillimeterstoinches
1. Changetheunitstoinchesasdescribedabove.
2. SelectthePulltoolintheEditribbongroupontheDesigntab.
3. Selecttheobjectyouwanttoconvert.
4. Scaletheobjectby25.4.

Supportfileoptions
Youcanspecifythedirectoriesinwhichyoustoresupportfiles,suchasdrawingsheetformatsorthreadsize
tables.DrawingsheetscontainedinthesedirectoriesaredisplayedwithintheFormattool.

Tosetthelocationofsupportfiles
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenutodisplaytheSpaceClaimOptionswindow.
2. ClickFilesfromthenavigationpanelontheleft.
3. ClickAddorBrowseandnavigatetothefileordirectoryyouwanttoinclude.(Youcanalsoselectthe
pathandclickRemovetoremoveit.)

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4. SelectapathandclickMoveUporMoveDowntoorderthefilepaths.
5. ClickOK.

Tochangethesupportfiledisplay
Dragnodestoreorderthesearchpaths,whichdeterminestheorderinwhichfilesaresearched.
Rightclickonthetoplevel(orroot)nodeandselectAddtoaddanewsearchpath.
RightclickanodeandselectBrowse,Remove,MoveUp,andMoveDown.

Sheetmetaloptions
Youcansetthewallthickness,bend,andreliefdefaultsforsheetmetalcomponents.Thesedefaultscanbe
changedforeachcomponentorbendbyselectingthecomponentorbendandmodifyingthepropertyvaluesin
thePropertiespanel.UnitsforsheetmetaloptionsaresetbyyourUnitsoptionsforallnewdocuments.
OptionsintheBasicDefaultssectionapplytoallnewdesigns,andpersistafteryoucloseSpaceClaim.Optionsin
theReliefDefaultssectionapplyonlytonewdesignsinthecurrentsession.

Tocustomizesheetmetaloptions
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenutodisplaytheSpaceClaimOptionswindow.
2. ClickSheetMetalinthenavigationpanelontheleft.
3. Modifytheoptionsonthepage.
4. ClickOKtosaveallyourchangesandclosethewindow.


IfyoutrytoenteravaluethatisoutoftheallowedrangeintheOptionspanelortheSpaceClaimOptions
dialog,youwillseearedexclamationmarkiconnexttothefield.Youcanhoverovertheicontoseeatooltip
thatwillexplainthevalidvaluesfortheoption.

BasicDefaults
Thickness:Typeavalueforthedefaultwallthicknessofsheetmetalparts.
KFactor(forR=T):TypeavaluefortheKfactor.TheKfactorisavaluebetween.25and.50thatisusedto
calculatethebendradius.Kfactorisapercentageofthemetalthicknessanddependsonfactorssuchasthe
materialandtypeofbendingoperation.
Bendradius:Typeavalueforthedefaultbendradius.ThevalueisaThicknessratiobydefault,butyoucanselect
Valuetoenteranabsolutevalue.


WhentheBendRadiusissettoThicknessratioandyouchangethesheetmetalpartthicknessforthepart,
thevaluefortheInnerRadiusnowchangesintheSheetMetalPropertiespanel.Inotherwords,changingthe
partthicknesspropertywillnotchangeallthebendradii,butthedisplayedbendradiuschangestoshowthat
thereisaproblemforyoutofix.Youcanfixthembyselectingthedesiredbendsandchangingtheir
propertiesmanually.

ReliefDefaults
BendRelief:Thesevaluesarethedefaultsusedwhenyoucreateabend.SelectthedefaultType,Width,and
Depthfromtheirmenus.Youcanchangethistypeforanindividualbendreliefbyselectingthebendreliefwiththe
PulltoolandclickingadifferentoptionintheOptionspanel.
Intheimagesbelow,AisthewidthandBisthedepthofthebendrelief.
Squarerelief Roundedrelief

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Splitfacegap:Setthedefaultgapcreatedwhenyoubendasplitface,whichisshownasCintheimagebelow.


Cornerrelief:Setthedefaultdepthofcornerreliefs,whichisshownasDintheimagebelow.


Ifyouchangethewidthordepthfortheseoptionyoucanselect:
Thicknessratiotochangethereliefwidthanddepthbasedonthethicknessofthewall.
Valuetospecifytheexactwidthanddepthofthebendrelief.

Export
RoundallsharpcornersatDXFexport:Selectthisoptiontoroundalltheedgesinyourdesignwhoseneighboring
facesarenotcoplanarwhenyouexportaDXFfile.Youcansettheroundradiusvaluesifyouselectthisoption.

Colors
Selecthighlightingcolorstouseonsheetmetaldesigns.Todistinguishbetweencornerreliefsandedgereliefs,
selecttwodifferentcolors.Colorsondesignswillappearmoresaturatedthanthecolorsshowninthesheetmetal
options.
ClickResetColorstorestorethedefaultcolors.

Advancedoptions
ModifyhowyourdesignchangesaredisplayedintheDesignwindow,whethertoolsandhintsaredisplayed,
enablebackgroundloading,changethelanguage,customizetheSpin,Select,andUndotools,resetthelayoutof
thepanels,andadjustthelicensewarning.

Tosetadvancedoptions
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenutodisplaytheSpaceClaimOptionswindow.
2. ClickAdvancedinthenavigationpanelontheleft.
3. Modifytheoptionsonthepage.
YoucanclickResetallusersettingstoadjustallsettingsbacktotheirdefaultstates.Youmayneedto
restartSpaceClaim.
4. ClickOKtosaveallyourchangesandclosethewindow.


IfyoutrytoenteravaluethatisoutoftheallowedrangeintheOptionspanelortheSpaceClaimOptions
dialog,youwillseearedexclamationmarkiconnexttothefield.Youcanhoverovertheicontoseeatooltip
thatwillexplainthevalidvaluesfortheoption.

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General
Animatechangestoviewprojection:Selectthisoptiontoanimatethestepswhenyouselectaview.
AnimateFullPull:SelectthisoptiontoanimateallthestepswhenyouselecttheFullPulloptiontorevolve,
sweep,orblendyourdesign.
Showpreviousselectionswithprehighlighthint:Selectthisoptiontohighlightallthegeometryyoulastactedon
thatincludestheselectedvertex,edge,orface.IfyouclickagainwiththeSelecttool,thepreviouslyselected
groupwillbeselectedforyouwiththatoneclick.
Autoextrude/revolvesketchesinSectionmode:Selectthisoptiontoautomaticallyextrudeorrevolveinsection
mode.AsyousketchinSectionmode,linesthatbeginonanexistingedgeareextrudedtoformsurfaces,and
closedsurfacesformsolids.Ifthelinebeginsonasolid,thelineisfinishedautomaticallywhenyouclickanother
pointonthesolid.
Enableassemblymechanisms:Selectthisoptionifyouwantassemblyrelationshipstobesolvedwhen
componentsaremoved.ThisallowsyoutocreatecomplicatedmechanismsbylettingSpaceClaimrepositionand
reorientcomponentsasnecessaryinordertosatisfyassemblyconstraints.Withthisoptiondisabled,aconstraint
willonlyaffectthecomponentwhichcontainstheassemblyconstraint.LookintheStructuretreetoseewhich
componentscontainconstraints.
Language:Selectalanguagefromthemenu.Theuserinterfaceandonlinehelpappearintheselectedlanguage.
Maximumundosteps:Typethenumberofactionsyouwantavailableforundo.Werecommendthatthisvaluebe
settoatleast50.

Selection
Hitradius:Typethenumberofpixelsyourcursorcanbefromtheobjectyouwanttoselect.
Selectedgeloopsusingthemousescrollwheel:Selectthisoptiontoprehighlighttheselectionasyouscroll
throughedgeloopchoices.Youcanclickaprehighlightededgelooptoselectit.Thisoptionisalwaysenabledif
youareconnectedtoamultitouchmonitor.
AutomaticallycalculatePowerSelectionresults:SelectthisoptiontoautomaticallydisplayobjectsintheSelection
panel.Youdonotneedtoclick tosearchwhenpowerselecting.Objectssimilartotheselectedobjectare
automaticallydisplayedintheRelatedlist.Thisoptionisonbydefault.
PowerSelectionrelativetolerance:Typeapercentagetochangetherelativetoleranceusedwhensearchinginthe
Selectionpanel.Enteranonzeropercentagetofindobjectswithsimilar,butnotexactlythesamedimensions
whenpowerselecting.Forexample,ifyouenter10%inthisoptionfield,selecta10mmradiusroundinyour
design,thenclick intheSelectionpanel,roundswitharadiusbetween9mmand11mmwillbereturnedinthe
Allroundsequalto10mmresultslist.Thedefaultis1%.Adjustthisvalueto0%todetectperfectroundsexactlyor
increaseittofindimportedrounds.

Behavior
Previewbeforemodifying:Selectwhenyouwantinterimcalculationsperformedwhenmodifyingsolidsfromthe
menu.Ifthisoptionisturnedon,thepreviewofachangeisdisplayedasaroughwireframemodelratherthana
rendered,3Dmodel.Ifyouworkwithverylargedesigns,awireframepreviewcanbefasterthandoingthe
calculationsnecessarytorenderthechangeasashaded3Dmodel.Select:
AutotoallowSpaceClaimtodeterminewhentorenderthepreviewbasedonthesizeofthecomponentand
thecapabilitiesofyourgraphicscard.
Ontoalwaysdisplaychangesasroughwireframepreviewsratherthanrenderedpreviews.
Offtoalwaysrenderthepreviewinsteadofdisplayingitasawireframemodel.
Enablegeometryconvergence:SelectthisoptionifyouwantSpaceClaimtohelpyouwhenyouaremovingsolids
togethersothattheedges(suchasrounds)convergeperfectly.Ifthisoptionisenabled,whenyouaremoving
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Showcrosssectionsinsketch:Selectthisoptiontodisplaycrosssectionsofsolidswithhatching.Youmightwant
todisablethisoptionifyouareworkingwithcomplicatedcrosssections.
Showcoaxialfacegroups:Displayfacesthatshareanaxiswithblueshading.
Fillcrosssection:ControlsthevisualizationofacrosssectionedsolidinSectionmode.Ifthisoptionisonandyou
viewasectionthroughabody,thebodyisfilledwithcolor.
Showarccenters:Selectthisoptiontodisplaysmallcrossesonthesketchgridatthecenterofcircles,ellipses,
polygons,andarcs.
Offsetedgesbygeodesiccalculation:Withthisoptionselected,allthepointsontheoffsetedgearethesame
distancefromtheinitialedge.Intheexamplesbelow,theoriginaledgeishighlightedingreen,theregularoffsetis
showninorange,andthegeodesicoffsetisshowninblue.


Topviewdirection:AllowsyoutochangethetopviewtoZorY.Thissettingissavedwiththedocumentandonly
appliestonewdocuments.YoumaywanttochangethissettingwhenyouimportdrawingsfromotherCAD
applicationsthatuseadifferentupwarddirection.ThisoptionisautomaticallysettoYwhenyourunSpaceClaim
withanANSYSlicense.ThisgivesyourdesignthesameorientationinSpaceClaimandANSYS.

Examples


ExtrudingwhilesketchinginSectionmode

QuickAccesstoolbaroptions
TheQuickAccesstoolbar(QAT)islocatedonthetitlebar.TheRibbonisthemenubarthatcontainsallthetoolsin
groups.YoucanaddorremovetoolsfromthistoolbarandcontroltheplacementanddisplayoftheRibbon.

TocustomizetheQuickAccesstoolbar
1. Click nexttotheQuickAccesstoolbar.

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2. Selectanyitemsyouwanttoappearinthetoolbar.
3. SelectPlaceQuickAccessToolbarbelowtheRibbontocreateaseparatetoolbarontheSpaceClaim
interface.
4. SelectCustomizeQuickAccessToolbartodisplaytheSpaceClaimoptionswindow.(Anychangesyou
madeinthepreviousstepsaresavedautomatically.)
YoucanalsoselectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenuandclickCustomize.
5. SelecttheribbongroupthatcontainsthetoolyouwanttoincludeintheQATfromtheChoosecommands
fromdropdownmenu.
6. ClickthetoolyouwanttoincludeandclickAdd.
SelectatoolandclickRemovetoremoveitfromtheQAT.
7. ClickOK.

Totemporarilyminimizetheribbonbar
DoubleclickthenameoftheactivetaborpressCtrlF1.DoubleclickataborpressCtrlF1againtorestorethe
ribbonbar.

Tokeeptheribbonbarminimized
1. Click nexttotheCustomizeQuickAccesstoolbar.
2. SelectMinimizetheRibbontohidetheribbonwhenyouareworkingintheDesignwindow.
Tousetheribbonwhileitisminimized,clickatabtodisplaytheribbonbartemporarily.

Torestoretheribbonbar
1. Click nexttotheCustomizeQuickAccesstoolbar.
2. SelectMaximizetheRibbon.

Navigationoptions
SpaceClaimallowsyoutocustomizehowyouspin,pan,andzoom.Youcancustomizewhichmouse
button/keypresscombinationsareusedasshortcutsforthesetools,oryoucanselectathemetomatchanother
CADapplicationyouarefamiliarwith.

Tosetnavigationoptions
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenutodisplaytheSpaceClaimOptionswindow.
2. ClickNavigationinthenavigationpanelontheleft.
3. SelectthedefaultSpaceClaimtheme,selectanalternativetheme,orcreateacustomtheme.
4. SelectanoptionintheZoomgrouptosethowturningthemousewheelzoomsthedesign:
InZoommode:TurningthemousewheelonlyzoomswhiletheZoomtoolontheOrientgrouponthe
Designtabisactive.
InSpin/Pan/Zoommode:TurningthemousewheelzoomswhenanyoftheSpin,Pan,andZoomtools
areactive.
Always(holdCtrltoQuerySelect):Themousewheelalwayszoomsinanytool.
5. SelectaspinmethodintheSpingroup:
Arcball:Rotatestheviewusingthespotwhereyoustartdraggingastherotationaxis.Imaginetheaxis
runningstraightupanddownfromyourmousepositionandperpendiculartoyourcurrent
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Turntable:Rotatestheviewusingthetopofyourdesignastheupdirectionandthelocationofyour
mouseastherotationaxis.ThisisthespinmethodcommonlyusedinarchitecturalCADpackages.
6. SelectShowspincentertodisplaytheaxisaboutwhichyouarespinningthedesign.
7. SelectRotateaboutpreselectedobjecttospinthedesignaroundthehighlightededge.
Youmaywanttouncheckthisboxifyouareworkingwithlargeorcomplicateddesigns.
8. ClickOKtosaveallyourchangesandclosethewindow.

Alternativenavigationthemes
ThefollowingtableshowsCADapplicationsmatchedtoalternativethemes.

CADApplication Navigationtheme(closestmatch)
SpaceClaim Default
Pro/ENGINEER Default
SolidEdge Default
CATIA Alternative1
Rhino Alternative2
ANYSYS Alternative3
SolidWorks Alternative3
ALGOR Alternative3
KeyCreator Alternative3
Inventor Alternative4

Tocreateacustomtheme
ModifythekeyandmouseshortcutsshownintheThemelistforanytheme.Customisdisplayedastheselected
Theme.Yourchangesaresavedimmediately.
ModifytheSpin,Pan,andZoomsettingstosetthemouseandkeyshortcutsusedforthoseactions.Youcanalso
changetheZoomindragdirectionandtheZoominwheeldirectiontoUpward(turningthemousewheelaway
fromyouzoomsin)orDownward(turningthemousewheeltowardsyouzoomsin).

Todeleteacustomtheme
ClickResetAlltodeletethecustomthemeandselecttheDefaulttheme.

Licenseoptions
YoucanviewandactivateSpaceClaimlicenses.

Toviewandsetlicenseoptions
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenutodisplaytheSpaceClaimOptionswindow.
2. ClickLicenseinthenavigationpanelontheleft.
3. Modifytheoptionsonthepage.
4. ClickOKtosaveallyourchangesandclosethewindow.

Tochangetheexpirationwarning
Licenseexpirationwarning:EnterthenumberofdaysyouwanttobewarnedwhenyourSpaceClaimlicenseis
abouttoexpire.

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Tochangeaddins
Thelicensedaddinsthatareavailabletoyouarelisted.Selectanaddintoactivatethelicense.Whenyoutryto
activateanaddin,andalicenseisnotavailable,youwillreceiveawarningmessage.

Toswitchtoadifferentlicensetype
ClickNewLicensetoreconfiguretheSpaceClaimlicense.
YourWindowsloginmustbesetupasanadministrator.
Reconfiguringallowsyoutochangefromanevaluationtoacustomerlicense.

FlexLicensing
Ifflexlicensingisavailableforyou,yourlicenseisstoredonaserver.Youcancheckoutaflexlicenseonaspecific
computer,andthengooffthenetworkandcontinuetousetheborrowedlicense.Youborrowthelicensefora
specifiedperiodoftime,afterwhichitisreturnedtotheserveronthedateandtimeyouspecify.

Toborrowthelicense
1. Dooneofthefollowing:
CheckSpecificBorrowLengthandenterthenumberofdaysyouwanttoborrowthelicense.
ThemaximumnumberofdaysisdeterminedwhenSpaceClaimispurchased.
CheckSpecifyreturndate/timeandentertheexactdateandtime.
Usethisoptioniftheborrowtimeisshorterthanoneday.
2. SelecttheTranslatorlicensestoborrow.
3. ClickBorrowLicense.
Whenthelicenseifsuccessfullyborrowed,BorrowLicenseisdisabled(grayedout)andtitlebarshowsthe
expirationdateorthetimeremaining.

Toreturnthelicense
ClickReturnLicenseandclickOK.RestartSpaceClaimtocompletethereturn.

Multitouchoptions
TheMultitouchoptionspageisonlyvisibleifamultitouchdeviceisconnectedtoyourcomputer.

Tosetmultitouchoptions
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenutodisplaytheSpaceClaimOptionswindow.
2. ClickMultitouchinthenavigationpanelontheleft.
3. Modifytheoptionsonthepage.
4. ClickOKtosaveallyourchangesandclosethewindow.

General
Enablemultitouch:EnableordisablemultitouchfunctionalityinSpaceClaim.
Usestyle:Selecteitherofthefollowing,thensettheoptionsintheSettingssection.
Timingbased:Thismodeautomaticallychoosestouchfunctionsbasedontheamountoftimeatouchsignalis
maintained.Forexample,usingtwofingersmovingtogethertoimmediatelydraginvokespanning,while
holdingtwofingersdownforawhile,thenmovingthem,invokeswhatarenormallyrightmousebuttondrag
mousegestures.

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Gizmobased:Existingmousebuttonsandpopularkeyboardbuttonsareplacedinanonscreengizmo,to
clearlymapexistingfunctionsontothetouchinterface.ThismodeisintendedtotransitionexistingSpaceClaim
userstothetouchinterface.
SeeUsingamultitouchscreenformoreinformationaboutmultitouchstyles.
Showtouchspots:Displaysaredfilledcircleatthelocationoftherecognizedpenortouchlocationsonthe
screen.Thiswasaddedtofacilitateonlinedemos,sotheviewercanseewherefingersaretouchingontheremote
screen.

Settings
TheoptionsinthissectionchangedependingonyourUsestylesetting.
IfyouselectTimingbased,thenyoucansetQuerynextdirection:Setthedirectionofflickbasedquery.The
defaultisup.
IfyouselectGizmobased,thenyoucansetGizmoconfiguration:SelectSwitchbuttonstoreversethedirectionof
thegizmo.Thedefaultgizmoisconfiguredforrighthandeduseandthereversedgizmoisconfiguredforleft
handeduse.

Configuringwindows
SpaceClaimhasseveraldockingwindowsthatareinitiallydockedalongtheleftsideoftheapplication.Youcan
minimizethesepanels,detachthem,ordockthemtodifferentsidesoftheapplication.Youcanalsodockand
detachyourdesignwindows.

Tominimizeapanel
Clickthethumbtackicontominimizethedockedpanel.Mousingoveraminimizedpanelexpandsthepanelwhile
thecursorisoverit.Oncethecursorleavestheexpandedpanel,itreturnstoitsminimizedstate.

Tomaximizeapanel
Clickthethumbtackicon to"stick"thepaneltotheapplicationwindow.

Todetachapanelorwindow
Dragapanelbyitstitlebartodetachit.Dragadesignwindowbyitstabtodetachit.

Todockapanelorwindow
Dragapanelorwindowbyitstitlebarortab.Asyoumovethepanelorwindowovertheapplication,icons
indicatepossibledockingpositions.
Mouseoveranicontopreviewthedockedlocation.Releasethemousebuttontodockthepanelatthatlocation.

Toreturndockedpanelstotheirdefaultlayout
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenuandselectAppearance.
2. ClickResetDockingLayout.
3. ClickOK.

CustomizingtheWelcomewindow
ThelayoutandcontentsoftheSpaceClaimWelcomewindowcanbecustomizedbyeditingasingleXMLfile.You
canaddorremovebuttons,edittheiconforabutton,controlthelayoutofbuttons,anddeterminetheaction
executedwhenabuttonispressed.
Thefollowingbuttonactionsaresupported:

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LaunchavideoanymediaformatthattheoperatingsystemofthecomputerdisplayingtheWelcomewindow
canplay
LaunchaWebpageusesthedefaultbrowser
LaunchaSpaceClaimHelppageopensSpaceClaimshtmlbasedhelptoaspecificpageofitscontents
LoadaSpaceClaimmodelfromanyfileformatthatSpaceClaimopensintherunninginstanceofSpaceClaim
thattheWelcomescreenisattachedto
Launchanyotherexecutablethattheoperatingsystemcanhandle

TheXMLfile:Welcome.xml
TheXMLfileWelcome.xmlconsistsofalistoftagsthatcontaintheinformationfordisplayingandexecutingthe
buttonsinthedialog.Inthefollowingexample,anewgroupnamedGettingStartediscreated,withonebutton
namedIntroductioninit.


XMLElements
ThefollowingtagsareusedinWelcome.xmltospecifythecontentandbehavioroftheWelcomescreen:

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Filestructureandversioning
WhentheWelcomescreenlaunches,itlooksfirstfortheWelcome.xmlfileandusesthatfiletosetthelayoutand
behaviorofthebuttons.Itlooksfirstinthe%APPDATA%\SpaceClaim\Welcomedirectory(typicallyC:\Documents
andSettings\user\ApplicationData\SpaceClaim\Welcome\)andthenin
SpaceclaimInstallDirectory\Library\Welcome\forthexmlfile.
Thepathstofiles(example:<DocumentPath>folder\intro.scdoc</DocumentPath>)usedinWelcome.xmlshould
berelativepathsfromthelocationofwelcome.xml.ThismeansthatinordertocreateacustomWelcomescreen,
theWelcome.xmlfileshouldbeplacedineitheroftheselocationswiththesupportingfilesandimages.
OncetheWelcomescreenhasloaded,itcheckstheSpaceClaimserver(ifconnectedtotheinternet)toseeifa
newerversionofWelcome.xmlexists.Ifitdoes,itautomaticallydownloadsitandreplacesthecurrentWelcome
screendisplay.ThismeansthatifauserwishestohaveacustomWelcomescreencreatedandusedby
SpaceClaim,theyshouldassignalargeversionnumberinthe<Version>taginWelcome.xmlsothatSpaceClaim
willnotdownloadandoverwritethecustomversionwithanewerversion.
Lastly,inordertominimizethesizeoffilesincludedwithaSpaceClaiminstall,theWelcomescreenneednothave
thefilesreferencedintheWelcome.xml.Forexample,ifthexmlfileusesthelink<Link>Videos\intro.wmv</Link>
(toapossiblylargevideofile)andthevideofileisnotpresentontheusersmachine,whenthebuttonispressed
towatchthevideo(andonlywhenthebuttonispressed)theuserwillbepromptedtodownloadthevideofrom
theSpaceClaimserver(ifitexists).Thiswaylargevideoscanbestoredonaserverandonlyaccessedifandwhen
theusertriestowatchthem.

Additionalnotes
The<Link>tagcanbeusedtoopenanyexecutableorwindowsdocument.
Thepreferredbuttonimagetypeis.pngwithatransparentbackground.Thisapproachproducesthebest
highlightedappearancewhenthebuttonispressed.
The<Tooltip>,<Link>,<HelpId>,and<DocumentPath>tagsareoptional.
The<Name>tagforanitemmustbeunique.Thistagisusedinternallytoidentifybuttonssothattheycanuse
differenttranslatedtext.

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SpaceClaimaddins
ThefollowingaddinsarecurrentlyavailableforSpaceClaim:
ANSYSLauncherPassdesignsbackandforthbetweenSpaceClaimandANSYS.SeeANSYSaddin.
ConversionBatchconvertfilestotheSpaceClaimformat.
TracePartsInsertacomponentfromanexpansivelibraryofstandardparts.
Youmustinstallandactivateeachaddinbeforeyoucanuseit.Youwillreceiveawarningmessageifyoutryto
activateanaddinandalicenseisnotavailable.Ifyouwanttouseanaddin,butitisnotavailable,contact
SpaceClaimCustomerSupport.

Toactivateanaddin
1. SelectSpaceClaimOptionsfromtheApplicationmenuthenclickAddIns.
2. Checktheboxnexttotheaddintoactivateit.
3. ClickOK.
4. ExitSpaceClaimandrestartit.

ToinsertaTracePart
1. SelectInsertfromTracePartsfromtheInserttoolontheDesigntab.
2. Selectthepartyouwanttoinsert.
3. ClickOK.
Theselectedpartappearsasanewcomponentinyourdesign.

SpaceClaimAPI
TheSpaceClaimApplicationProgrammingInterface(API)allowsyoutocreateaddinapplicationsthatextendthe
functionalityofSpaceClaim.AnaddinapplicationisamanagedcodeDLLthatusesMicrosoft.NETFramework3.0
andtheSpaceClaimAPI.
InformationabouttheSpaceClaimAPIcanbefoundinhelpfilesinasubfolderintheSpaceClaiminstallation
folder.Thesubfolderhasanameoftheform"SpaceClaim.Api.Vx",where"Vx"referstotheversionoftheAPI.For
example,informationaboutAPIV4canbefoundinthe"SpaceClaim.Api.V4"subfolder.
Thefollowingdocumentsareprovided:
SpaceClaim_API.chmtheDeveloper'sGuidetowritinganaddin.
API_Class_Library.chmdocumentationforclasses,structs,methods,andpropertiesintheAPI.
APIOverview.pdfanoverviewoftheSpaceClaimAPIanditsconcepts.
Thesedocumentsarewrittenbydevelopersfordevelopers,andareavailableonlyinEnglish.

ANSYSaddin
SpaceClaimandANSYSprovideacombinedsolutionthatyoucanusetosimplifyCADmodelsforanalysis.Withthis
addin,youcansendamodelthatwasimportedorcreatedinSpaceClaimtoANSYSWorkbench,ANSYS
Mechanical,ANSYSDesignModeler,oranyotherintegratedANSYSproducts.ThegeometryissentintoANSYS
alongwithanydrivingparametersoranalysisspecificattributes(spotwelds,midsurfacesthicknesses,etc)thatyou
havedefined.DrivingparameterscanbeeditedwithinANSYStorunsetsofiterativeanalyses.
Thebasicprocessissimple:
1. ImportaCADmodelintoSpaceClaim.
2. Simplifyandmodifythemodelforanalysis.

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3. DefineparametersandnamedselectionsthatyoucanuseinANSYS.
4. SenddatatoANSYS:
ANSYS11.0,12.0,and12.1:LaunchANSYSfromSpaceClaim,andthensetupanalysisconditionsand
constraintsusingthepowerfulsimulationtoolsinANSYS.
ANSYS13.0:StartANSYSWorkbenchandcreateageometrycell:
Toworkwithanexistingdesign,clickImportGeometryinANSYSandchooseanexistingSCDOCfile,
thenuseEditGeometrytolaunchSpaceClaimwiththatdocumentloaded.
Tostartanewdesign,clickNewSpaceClaimGeometryinANSYStolaunchSpaceClaimwithan
emptydesign.
5. ModifyandsenddatabetweenSpaceClaimandANSYS,andrerunthetestsasoftenasnecessary.
6. Returnthevalidateddesignoptionsorrecommendedchangestothedesignerwhentestingiscomplete.

DatayoucansendtoANSYS
YoucantransfertheactivemodeltoANSYS,evenifithasnotbeensaved.Youcanalsosenddatafromadocument
thatisopeninSpaceClaimorfromasavedSpaceClaimdocument.
OnlyvisibleobjectsaresenttoANSYS;hiddenobjectsarenotsent.
ThefollowingdataistransferredtoANSYS:
Geometry
Solids
Surfaces
Linebodies(Beams)
Origins
NamedSelections(groups)
Drivingdimensions(groups)
Rulerdimensions
Patterncount
Drivingannotationdimensions
Shellthickness
Midsurfacethicknessvaluesonsurfaces
Spotwelds
Materialproperties

ANSYSdemosandtutorials
Thefollowingtutorialsprovideindepthandhandsonexamplestohelpyougetstarted:
Spotweldstutorial
Midsurfacetutorial
Sharedtopologytutorial
UsinggroupsanddimensionsinANSYStutorial

Spotweldstutorial
ThistutorialwillteachyouhowtodefinespotweldsonapartandanalyzetheminANSYSMechanical.

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Openthedocument
1. Clickonthefollowinglinkandsavethefileonyourcomputer:spotweld.scdoc.
2. OpenthedocumentinSpaceClaim.
Thedesignlookslikethis:


Spotweldstutorial:Step2
Nowyoucandefinethefirstsetofspotweldsinthedesign.
YoushouldreadDefiningweldpointstobecomefamiliarwiththeSpotWeldtoolbeforeyoucontinue.
ThefourtoolguidefortheSpotWeldstoolare:
SelectBaseFacestoolguideselectsthefaceorfacesonwhichtheweldpointswillbedefined.You

shouldselectasinglefaceorachainoftangentfaces.
SelectGuidingEdgestoolguidedefinestheedgealongwhichtheweldpointswillbedefined.

SelectMatingFacestoolguidechangesthematingfacefromthefacethatisautomaticallydetected.You

canselectmorethanoneface.Clickingonamatingfaceremovesallpreviouslyselectedfacesand
holdingCtrladdsaface.


Completetoolguidecompletesthespotwelddefinition.

Definespotwelds
1. Click SpotWeldintheDefinegrouponthePreparetab.
2. Selectthebaseface.Thisisthefaceorfacesonwhichtheweldpointswillbedefined.Youshouldselecta
singlefaceorachainoftangentfaces.
1. TheSelectbasefacetoolguideshouldbeactive.
2. Moveyourmouseovertheredfaceshownhere:


3. Scrollthemousewheelforwardtoselectthebottomface:

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Note:IfthenavigationoptionslocatedintheApplicationmenuhavebeenchanged,thenyouwill
needtoholdCtrlasyouturnthescrollwheel.
Thisisthefaceorfacesonwhichtheweldpointswillbedefined.Youshouldselectasingleface
orachainoftangentfaces.
3. Selecttheguidingedge.Thisistheedgealongwhichtheweldpointswillbedefined.Thetoolsearchesfor
matingedges.
1. TheSelectguidingedgestoolguideshouldbeactive.
2. Selecttheforwardedgeofthebaseface:


Thespotweldswillbeplacedalongthisedge:


Spotweldstutorial:Step3
Spotweldoptionscontrolhowthespotweldsareappliedinrelationtotheguidingedge.Thevaluesaredisplayed
intheOptionspanelwhentheSpotWeldtoolisactiveandintheDesignwindowwhenyouselectaweldjoint.You
canchangethevaluesintheOptionspanelorintheDesignwindowbytabbingbetweentheboxes.
TheOptionspanellookslikethis:

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Changespotweldoptions
ChangetheStartoffset,Edgeoffset,andEndoffsetto2.


Theplacementofthespotweldschangesaccordingly.

Spotweldstutorial:Step4
Youcanselectanotherbasefacetosimultaneouslycreateanotherspotweldonthatface.

Addanotherface
1. ClicktheSelectbasefacestoolguide.
2. Selectthelowerfaceoftheredparttowardthebackofthedesign:


3. ClicktheSelectguidingedgestoolguide.
4. Selectthefaredgeofthebaseface:

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Anidenticalpatternofweldpointsisaddedtothesecondbaseface,usingthesameoptionsasthefirst
baseface.

Completethespotwelddefinition
1. ClicktheCompletetoolguidetocompletethespotweld.
ThespotweldsaredisplayedaslightbluedotsintheDesignwindow:


ThespotweldjointisalsoaddedintheStructuretree:


Spotweldstutorial:Step5

Defineaspotweldjointformultiplematingfaces
1. Click SpotWeldintheDefinegrouponthePreparetab.
2. Selectthisfaceasthebase:


3. Selectthisedgeastheguidingedge:

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4. ClicktheCompletetoolguidetocompletethespotweld.
Theweldjointwilllooklikethis:


Theblueandblackdotsrepresentnodepairsandthegreydotsrepresentmissingnodes.
YoushouldalsoseeanotherspotweldjointintheStructuretree.
5. NextwewanttomakeapatternoftheyellowcomponenttoseehowANSYShandlesinstances:

1. Click MoveintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
2. SelectCreatepatternsintheOptionspanel.
3. SelectthecomponentnamedwallintheStructuretree.
4. MovethecomponentupbydraggingtheblueaxisoftheMovehandle.
5. Pressthespacebarandtype4tosetthepatterncount,likethis:


6. PressTabandtype20tosetthedistance,likethis:

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Nowyouhaveapatternofcomponents.Eachmemberofthepatternisaninstance,soachange
toonewillchangeallofthecopiesinthepattern.

Spotweldstutorial:Step6
Thespotweldjointfortheyellowcomponentisoutofdate.Let'supdateitandredefinethematingface.

Updatespotweldsandmatingfaces
1. Updatethespotwelds:
1. FindthespotweldjointwithawarningiconintheStructuretree:


2. RightclickthespotweldjointandselectDetectMatingFaces.


Thespotweldhasdetectedallparallelfaceswithinthesearchrange.Thesearchrangeisfound
inthePropertiespanelwhenyouselectthespotweldjointintheStructuretree.
2. Weonlywantthebottomfaceonthebottompartdefinedasthematingface,solet'schangeit:

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1. Click SpotWeldintheDefinegrouponthePreparetab.
2. SelectthesecondspotweldintheStructuretree.
Nowwecaneditthisspotweldjoint.
3. ClicktheSelectmatingfacestoolguide.Thistoolguideallowsustochoosethematingface,
ratherthanacceptingthematingfacethatisselectedautomatically.
4. Rotatethedesignandselectthelowerfaceofthelowestpartinthepattern,likethis:


Spotweldstutorial:Step7
Youcansimulateseamweldsbycreatingaspotweldjointwithcloselyspacedspotwelds.

Defineaseamweld
1. Click SpotWeldintheDefinegrouponthePreparetab.
2. Selectthefaceshownhere:


3. Selectthethreeedgesshowninbluehere:


YounormallymustholdCtrltoselectmultipleedges;however,youcanselectmultipleedgeswithoutCtrl
whentheSelectguidingedgetoolguideisactive.
4. ChangetheStartoffset,Edgeoffset,andEndoffsetvaluesto0.
5. ChangetheNumberofpointsvalueto16.
Theseamweldisjustaseriesofspotwelds,likethis:

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6. Increasethenumberofpointsto32:


Themorepointsyoumake,thecloserthejointwillbetoacontinuousweld.Thenumbercanbechosenat
yourdiscretiondependingonyoursimulation.
7. ClicktheCompletetoolguidetocompletethespotweld.

Spotweldstutorial:Step8
YourdesignisreadytosendtoANSYSforanalysis.Itshouldlooklikethis:


TherearesomelimitationsonsendingspotweldstoANSYSWorkbench:
Onlypointswithmatescanbeusedforsimulation.
Youmayplaceweldpointsbetweenmultibodypartsifthetwobodiesbelongtodifferentparts.Spotwelds
definedbetweenbodiesinthesamepartarenottransferredtosimulation.
Youcanapproximateseamweldsbyplacingweldpointsontheguidingedgewithanoffsetofzero,ifnomating
faceisfoundoneithersideofthebaseface.

StartANSYSWorkbenchandsendyourdesign
1. ClickANSYSWorkbenchontheANSYStab.
ANSYSshouldopenandyourdesignshouldbeloaded.
2. ExpandthestructuretreeinANSYSandyouwillseethespotweldsundertheConnectionsnode,likethis:

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3. GobacktoSpaceClaimandchangeoneofthespotweldjoints.
4. InANSYSWorkbench,rightclicktheGeometrynodeandselect
YourdesignshouldnowbeuptodateinSpaceClaimandANSYS.

Spotweldstutorial:Conclusion
Inthistutorialyoulearnedhowto
Definespotweldjoints
Changespotweldjoints
LaunchANSYSWorkbenchfromSpaceClaim
SenddesignstoANSYSWorkbench

Midsurfacetutorial

Midsurfacetutorial:Step1
Thistutorialwillteachyouhowtodefinemidsurfaces.

Openthedocument
1. Clickonthefollowinglinkandsavethefileonyourcomputer:w8872.scdoc.
2. OpenthedocumentinSpaceClaim.
Thedesignlookslikethis:


Wewillusethisdesigntoshowbasicmidsurfacecreation.

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Midsurfacetutorial:Step2
Firstyouwilldefinethemidsurfacebyselectingoffsetfacepairs.
YoushouldreadCreatingmidsurfacefacestobecomefamiliarwiththeMidsurfacetoolbeforeyoucontinue.
ThefourtoolguidesforMidsurfaceare:
SelectFacestoolguideisactivebydefault.Thistoolguideallowsyoutoselectapairofoffsetfaces,and

allotherfacepairswiththesameoffsetdistanceareautomaticallydetected.
Add/RemoveFacestoolguideallowsyoutoselectadditionalfacestooffsetorremovedetectedface

pairsfromtheselection.
SwapSidestoolguideallowsyoutoswitchthefacepairs.Youmayneedtodothiswhenthesetsof

detectedcoloredfacesarenotgroupedcleanly.


Completetoolguidecreatesthemidsurfacefaces.

Definemidsurfacefaces
1. Click MidsurfaceintheDefinegrouponthePreparetab.
TheSelectFacestoolguideisactivebydefault.
2. Selectthefaceshownhere:


Afteryouselectthefirstface,SpaceClaimwillfiltertheselectionandwillonlyallowyoutoclickon
parallelfaces,orfacesthatproduceanoffset.
3. Selecttheoffsetface,shownhere:


Thisistheonlyfaceyoucanselect.
Allsurfaceswiththesamethicknesswillbeidentifiedonthepartandhighlightedinblue:


Asyoucansee,onerounddoesnothavethesamethicknessandisnotidentifiedasanoffsetpair.Faces
thatlooklikeoffsetpairsmightnotbeidentifiedasamidsurfacebecauseoferrorsintranslation,orwhen
thepartwasnotmodeledwithanoffsetface.

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4. ClicktheAdd/RemoveFacestoolguideifitisnotalreadyactive(itshouldbe).
5. Selecttheroundface:


Thisfacewillnowbeincludedwhenthemidsurfaceiscreated.
Note:Facesonlyneedtobeidentifiedononesideofthemodel.

Midsurfacetutorial:Step3
Nowyoucanfinishdefiningthemidsurface.

Completethemidsurface
1. ClicktheCompletetoolguide.


Thesolidistemporarilytransparentsoyoucanseethenewlycreatedmidsurface.
2. Forabetterviewofthemidsurface,hidethesolidandexpandtheMidsurfacecomponentintheStructure
tree,likethis:


Midsurfacetutorial:Step4
Nowlet'stryamorecomplicatedexample.
1. Clickonthefollowinglinkandsavethefileonyourcomputer:Midsurfacing.scdoc.
2. OpenthedocumentinSpaceClaim.
Thedesignlookslikethis:

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3. Click MidsurfaceintheDefinegrouponthePreparetab.
4. Selectthefaceshownhere:


5. Nowselectitsoffsetpair:


6. Theouterfacesofthepartwillbeidentifiedasoffsetpairs:


Thebasesideofanoffsetpairishighlightedinblueandtheoffsetsideishighlightedingreen.
Midsurfacesaregeneratedfromtheblue,orbase,faces.

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Midsurfacetutorial:Step5
Theinsideribshaveadifferentthicknessoroffsetfromtheoutsidewalls,sowehavetoaddthemtotheselection.
WecandothisusingtheSelectFacestoolguide.

Addfacepairs
1. ClicktheSelectFacestoolguide.
YoucanalsoholdCtrlandthistoolguidewillbecomeactive.
2. Selectoneoftheinnerribs:


3. Andselectitsoffsetpair:


Mostoftheinsidefacesarenowhighlighted:


4. Continueselectingfacepairsuntilyourdesignlookslikethis:

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Midsurfacetutorial:Step6
Althoughwenowhaveallofthefacepairsselected,thereisamoreefficientwaytoselecttheoffsetfacepairsin
designslikethis.

Changetherangeoption
1. ClickinwhitespaceintheDesignwindowtoclearyourselection.
2. SelectUserangeintheOptionspanelandmakesuretheminimumandmaximumthicknessvaluesareset
likethis:


3. Clickonthesolid:


Allfacepairswithoffsetsbetweentheminimumandmaximumthicknessareselected.

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Midsurfacetutorial:Step7
Ifyouzoomin,you'llnoticethatthebaseandoffsetsidesontheribsarenothighlightedcorrectly.Youcanusethe
SwapSidestoolguidetochangethebaseandoffsetsides.Thisisimportantbecausethemidsurfacesarecreated
fromthebase(blue)face.Theoffsetface(green)isonlyhighlightedsoyoucanseeitasyoudefinemidsurfaces.


Swapsides
1. ClicktheSwapSidestoolguide.
2. Selectthefirstincorrectface:


Itshighlightingchangesfrombluetogreen.


3. Selecttheotherincorrectface:

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Nowallinnerfacesarehighlightedcorrectlyasbaseandoffsetfaces.
4. ClicktheCompletetoolguidetofinishdefiningthemidsurfaces.
NoticethatthemidsurfacesarecreatedinanewcomponentintheStructuretree:


Midsurfacetutorial:Step8
Inadditiontonormalfaceproperties,amidsurfacehasathicknesspropertythatissenttoANSYSandappliedto
theshellelement.

Viewmidsurfaceproperties
1. HidethesolidintheStructuretree.
2. Selectamidsurfaceface:


ThePropertiespaneldisplaysthepropertiesfortheface:

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TheThicknesspropertyisintheMidsurfacesectionofthepanel.

Midsurfacetutorial:Step9
ThemidsurfacesarereadyforanalysisinANSYSWorkbench.

LaunchANSYS
1. ClicktheANSYSWorkbenchbuttonintheribbonbartosendthecurrentmodelinSpaceClaimtoanew
projectinWorkbench.
EverythingthatisvisibleintheDesignwindowwillbesent,sohidethesolidsoitwillnotbesentto
ANSYS.
2. GotoWorkbenchandclickononeofthemidsurfacesunderGeometryintheproject:


3. LookinthePropertiespanel(belowthestructuretree)andyouwillseethatathicknessisassignedtothe
midsurface.ThisisthethicknessfromtheoriginalsolidinSpaceClaim.
4. Generateamesh:
1. RightclickMeshundertheprojectandselectGenerateMesh.

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Workbenchwillusethethicknesspropertyassignedtoittogivethemodelthepropermesh.

Midsurfacetutorial:Conclusion
Inthistutorialyoulearnedhowto
CreateamidsurfaceinSpaceClaim
Addfacestothemidsurfaceselection
Automaticallydetectoffsetfaceswithinarange
Swapthesidesofmidsurfacefaces
ViewmidsurfacepropertiesinSpaceClaimandANSYS
Generateameshthatusesthemidsurfacethicknessproperty

Sharedtopologytutorial

Sharedtopologytutorial:Step1
ANSYSutilizessharedtopologywhenbodiesaregroupedintomultibodypartsandthesolid(s)andsurface(s)are
touchingorintersecting.AcomponentinSpaceClaimbecomesamultibodypartinANSYS.
SeeSharedtopologyinANSYSformoreinformation.

Openthedocument
1. Clickonthefollowinglinkandsavethefileonyourcomputer:Top_Level_Assy.scdoc.
2. OpenthedocumentinSpaceClaim.
Thedesignlookslikethis:

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Sharedtopologytutorial:Step2
YoushouldseesixsolidsandtwocomponentsintheStructuretree:


SolidsunderthesamecomponentwillbesenttoANSYSasamultibodypartiftheSharedTopologypropertyisset
totrue.Inthiscasethesolidsareatthetoplevel,andtwomidsurfacesarealsointheirowncomponents.See
SharedtopologyinANSYSfordetailedinformationabouthowsharedtopologypropagatesthroughthestructure
fordesignssenttoANSYS11.0vs.ANSYS12.0and12.1.
OnlyvisibleobjectsaresenttoANSYS;hiddenobjectsarenotsent.

Hideandunhidecomponents
1. RightclickthebluesolidandselectHide:


Asyoucansee,thesmallerpartsthatsharethecomponentwiththebluepartarenotimprinted.Youdo
notneedtoimprintedgesfromonebodytoanothertohaveamultibodypart.Itwillbecreated
automaticallyifthesolidsareinthesamecomponent.

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2. ClicktheboxnexttoTop_Level_AssytwicetohideandthenunhidealloftheobjectsintheDesign
window.
Allobjectsshouldnowbevisible.
3. ClickANSYSWorkbenchontheANSYStabtolaunchWorkbenchandsendthedesign.

Sharedtopologytutorial:Step3
GenerateameshtoseehowANSYSWorkbenchhandlesmultibodyparts.

Generateamesh
1. SwitchtoANSYSWorkbench.
2. Expandthedesigninthestructuretree.
Allofthesolidsareinthesamecomponentsotheywillberecognizedasamultibodypartanduseshared
topology.
3. RightclickMeshandselectGenerateMesh.


4. Thesolidsshouldnowbemeshed.Takesometimetoviewthemesh.Noticehowitlooksaroundallofthe
components.

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Sharedtopologytutorial:Step4
Nowlet'stakeacloserlookatthemesh.

Hideabodyandlookatthemesh
1. Selectthecentersolidandrightclicktohidethebody.


2. Noticethatthemeshhasbeenformedaroundthesolidsthatusedtobethere.


Alsonoticethatthetopfacehasbeensplitintoregionsinordertousesharedtopology.Noimprintingof
edgesneedstobedoneinSpaceClaimtomakethisoccur.Overlappingpartsalsocreatesharedtopology.

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Sharedtopologytutorial:Step5
ForANSYS11.0,therearetwomethodstopreventmultibodyparts:
Putthesolidorsurfaceinitsowncomponent.
SettheSharedTopologypropertyonthecomponent.
ForANSYS12.0and12.1,youmustmakesurethetoplevelcomponenthasitsSharedTopologypropertysetto
False,andthenchangethepropertyforeachcomponentasdesired.Keepinmindthatthepropertyisappliedto
everythingbelowacomponent,includingitssubcomponents.
InthisexercisewewillputthesolidsinsubcomponentsandsettheSharedTopologypropertybecausethis
methodworksforallsupportedversionsofANSYS.

PreventmultibodypartsinANSYSWorkbench
1. GobacktoSpaceClaim.
2. RightclickthebluesolidthatwehidinStep2andselectMovetoNewComponent.


3. Namethecomponentbearing.


4. Puttheremainingsolidsinacomponent:
1. SelectthesolidsintheStructuretree.
2. RightclickandselectMovetoNewComponent.

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5. SelectComponent1andchangeitsSharedTopologypropertytotrue.
6. GobacktoWorkbenchandselectthemodelinthestructuretree.
7. ClickUpdate:UseGeometryParameterValues.


ThiswillupdatethegeometryinWorkbenchfromSpaceClaim,soyourchangewillbesentover.
8. NoticethatthebearingcomponentisnowinthestructuretreeinWorkbench.
9. RightclickMeshandselectGenerateMesh.

Sharedtopologytutorial:Step6
Spendsometimelookingatthemeshandhowitwascreatedforthemultibodyparts.

Inspectthemesh
1. Hidethebearingsandnoticethatthesmallcomponentsarenolongersplit.


2. Hidetheplugontopofthedesigntoseethatthesolidsthatarestillunderthesamecomponentarestill
usingthesametopology.Thisincludesthemidsurfaces.


Note:Tomakeamultibodypart,thesolidsneedtoexistinthesamecomponentandtheShared
TopologypropertyforthecomponentmustbesettoTrue.

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Sharedtopologytutorial:Conclusion
Inthistutorialyoulearned
SharedtopologyispassedfromSpaceClaimtoANSYSautomaticallyyoudon'thavetosetanyoptions;
however,youcanchangetheSharedTopologypropertyoncomponents.
ForANSYS11.0,theSharedTopologypropertyonacomponentonlyappliestothatcomponentandnotits
children.
ForANSYS12.0and12.1,theSharedTopologypropertyappliestothecomponentanditschildrenwhenitisset
totrue.Inthiscase,theSharedTopologypropertyofcomponentslowerinthestructureareignored,soyou
can'tusethemtocreatesharingexceptions.
OnlyvisibleobjectsaresenttoANSYS;hiddenobjectsarenotsent.
Solidsorsurfacesinthesamecomponentwillbetreatedasamultibodypartandwillusesharedtopology.
Topreventsharedtopology,placesolidsintheirowncomponentsorsettheSharedTopologytofalsefora
component.

UsinggroupsanddimensionsinANSYStutorial

UsinggroupsanddimensionsinANSYStutorial:Step1
ThistutorialwillteachyouhowtocreategroupsinSpaceClaimtodrivechangesinANSYSWorkbench.

Openthedocument
1. Clickonthefollowinglinkandsavethefileonyourcomputer:keychain.scdoc.
2. OpenthedocumentinSpaceClaim.
Thedesignlookslikethis:


UsinggroupsanddimensionsinANSYStutorial:Step2
YoucanfindtheGroupstabinthesamepanelastheStructuretree,ontheleftsideoftheSpaceClaimwindow.
SeeWorkingwithgroupsformoreinformationaboutgroupsandtheGroupspanel.
Groupscanincludedrivingdimensionsandnamedselections.YoucanusebothofthesetypesofgroupsinANSYS
Workbench.
AnamedselectiongroupallowsyoutoquicklyselectagroupoffacesoredgesinSpaceClaimorANSYS
Workbench.

Createnamedselections
1. Selectthetwocylindricalholesontherightsideofthemodel:

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2. ClickCreateGroupintheGroupspanelorpressCtrl+G.
Group1appearsintheGroupspanelunderNamedSelections.
NamedselectionsaresenttoANSYSandthefacescanbeusedforsupportsorloads.
3. Selectseveralsurfacesonthegreensolid:


4. ClickCreateGroup.
Group2appearsinthepanelunderNamedSelections.
5. RightclickthegroupsandrenameGroup1toholesandGroup2tosupport:


ThesenameswillmakeiteasiertoidentifythegroupswhenyouareworkingwiththedesigninANSYS.

UsinggroupsanddimensionsinANSYStutorial:Step3
DrivingdimensiongroupscanbeusedinANSYStochangeyourdesign,withoutgoingbacktoSpaceClaimand
transferringthechangestoANSYS.

Createdrivingdimensions
1. Selecttheroundontheleftsideofthemodel:

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2. ClickCreateGroupintheGroupspanel.
Adrivingdimensionwascreatedinsteadofanamedselection.Thisdrivingdimensioncanbeusedto
changetheradiusoftheround.Thisisbecausethefaceselectedisaround,whichhasadimension
propertythatcanbecontrolledfromthepropertypanel.
3. ClickPullintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
4. Selecttheholeontherightsideofthemodel:


Noticethatthereisadimensiononthescreen.Whenadimensionisshowingandyoucreateagroup,you
willusuallycreateadrivingdimension.
5. ClickCreateGroup.
AgroupiscreatedintheDrivingDimensionsfolderintheGroupspanel.
6. Selectthetopfaceofthebluepart:


7. ClickCreateGroup.
Thistimeanamedselectionwascreated.Thisisbecausethefaceyouselecteddoesn'thaveadimension
showingwhenthePulltoolisactive,andthereisnotadimensiontobesavedwiththegroup.
8. Deletethegroupcreatedinthepreviousstepbecausewewon'tuseitlater.
9. Selectthetopfaceofthebluepartagain,andthenclicktherulericonintheminitoolbarorinthe
Optionspanel:

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10. Selecttheoppositeendofthemodeltomakearulerdimensionthatcontrolsthetotallengthofthe
design:


11. ClickCreateGroup.
AgroupiscreatedunderDrivingDimensions.
12. RenamethegroupssotheiruseswillbeeasiertorecognizeinANSYS:


UsinggroupsanddimensionsinANSYStutorial:Step4
Nowlet'ssendthedesigntoANSYSandworkwiththegroups.

LaunchANSYSWorkbench
1. ClickANSYSWorkbenchontheANSYStab.
2. OpenthedefaultgeometryoptionsdialoginANSYS.SeeConfiguringSpaceClaimandANSYS11or
ConfiguringSpaceClaimandANSYS12and12.1forinstructions.
TheDefaultGeometryOptionscontrolhowthenamedselectionsandparametersaretransferredto
ANSYSandarelocatedindifferentplacesinANSYSversions11and12.
3. YoumustdeletetheNSandDSprefixessoallofyourparametersandnamedselectionsaresentto
ANSYS.
4. ExpandtheNamedSelectionsintheWorkbenchstructuretreetoviewthenamedselectiongroupssent
overfromSpaceClaim.

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Thefacesstoredinthenamedselectionarehighlightedinred.
5. ClickGeometryinthestructuretree.
ThedrivingdimensionsgroupsaresenttoANSYSWorkbenchasproperties.Youcanfindtheseproperties
inthelowerleftcorneroftheANSYSwindow,intheCADParameterssectionofthepropertiespanel.

UsinggroupsanddimensionsinANSYStutorial:Step5
Whenyouchangethevaluesofadrivingdimension,youcansendthechangesbacktoSpaceClaim.

Changeadrivingdimension
1. ChangethevaluesofthefollowingCADparameters:
roundfrom1to2
holeradiusfrom1.4to1
lengthfrom35to38
InANSYS11,changethevaluesdirectlyinthepropertiespanel.
InANSYS12,clickeachparameteryouwanttodrive.AletterPshouldappearnexttoeachparameter.
GobacktoWorkbenchandedittheparametervaluesusingtheparametergroupthatappearsinanew
cell.
2. SendthechangesbacktoSpaceClaimbyclickingUpdate:UseSimulationParameterValues.
ThiswillchangethemodelinANSYSandinSpaceClaim.
Before: After:

AlsonoticethatwhenyouclickonthegroupsintheGroupspanel,youseethedimensionsspecifiedin
ANSYS.

UsinggroupsanddimensionsinANSYStutorial:Step6
YoucanalsouseannotationdimensionstodrivechangesinANSYS.

Drivingchangeswithannotationdimensions
1. InSpaceClaim,clicktheboxnexttotheannotationplanesoitisvisible.

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2. ClickMoveintheEditgroupontheDesigntab.
3. SelectInner_tube_pushed_in_positionintheStructuretree.
4. Clicktheredaxisofthemovehandle:


YoumustselectanaxisontheMovehandlebeforeyoucanusethedimensionstodrivechanges.Clicking
ahandletellstheMovetoolwhichdirectionthechangewillbemade.Thesparksappearonlyafteranaxis
isselected.
5. Clickthesparknexttothe38mmdimensionandchangeitto40:

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6. ClickCreateGroupintheGroupspanel.
AnewdrivingdimensioniscreatedfromtheannotationdimensionandMovetool.Changingthisdriving
dimensionislikeusingtheMovetooltochangethedimension.
7. GobacktoANSYSandclickUpdate:UseGeometryParameterValue.
Themodelwillupdateandthenewparameterwillbepassedover.Nowyoucanchangethelengthofthe
modelbychangingthelocationofthepartorbystretchingthemodel.

UsinggroupsanddimensionsinANSYStutorial:Conclusion
Inthistutorial,youhavelearned
ParametersandnamedselectionscanbepassedintoANSYSbycreatingthemintheGroupspanel.
Drivingdimensionsarecreatedwhenthereissdimensiononscreenoradimensioninthepropertiespanel.
ParameterscanbeeditedinANSYSwhichwillchangethegeometryinANSYSandalsochangethegeometryin
SpaceClaim.

SpaceClaimpartsandpropertiesinANSYS
Workbenchapplicationsonlysupportflat(singlelevel)assemblies.AnANSYSpartiscreatedforeachSpaceClaim
part,atanylevelintheassembly.Thispartcontainsbodiesthatarevisibleandmatchtheuserimportfilterssetin
ANSYS.ThefiltersareImportSolidBodies,ImportSurfaceBodies,andImportLineBodies.
InANSYSDesignModeler,multibodiedpartsareparts(components)thatcontainmorethanonebody(solid,
surface,orlinebody).Forexample,fortwosurfaceortwosolidstosharetopology,theymustbeplacedinamulti
bodiedpart.
ANSYSMechanicalallowsamaximumoftwoassemblylevels.Youcanhavecomponentsinsidecomponents,but
nothingdeeper.
IfyousendacomponentwithtwoormorebodiesintoANSYSMechanical,thenitshowsupasapartwithmultiple
bodiesinit(multibodiedpart).
IfyousendacomponentwithtwoormorebodiesintoANSYSDesignModeler,theneverythingbecomesflat.
WhenyousendaSpaceClaimassemblytoANSYSmechanical,italsogetsflattenedto2levels.

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SpaceClaim: ANSYSMechanical: ANSYSDesignModeler:

SpaceClaimpartandbodynamesinANSYS
InSimulation,theGeometrynoderepresentstheassembly,andnodesimmediatelybeneaththatrepresentparts.
Ifaparthasmorethanonebody,thenchildnodesareshownforeachbody,butifthereisonlyonebody,nochild
nodesareshown.Thisisbasedonthenumberofbodiestransferred,whichissubjecttovisibilityandfilters.
ForamultibodypartANSYSMechanicaldisplaysthepartnameonthepartnodeandthebodynameonthebody
node,butforasinglebodypartANSYSdisplaysacombinednameonthepartnode,intheform<Partname>
(<bodyname>).Forexample,Wheel(Solid).


TheimageaboveshowsanassemblyinSpaceClaimontheleftandthesameassemblyinANSYSontheright.
Component1isdisplayedasasinglebodypartinANSYSandcomponent3ismovedtotherootlevel.
Componentinstancenamesarenottransferred.

Massproperties
ANSYSwillcalculatethevolume,centerofgravity,andmomentsofinertiaofthepartifthesevaluesarenot
supplied.SpaceClaimsuppliesthevolumeandallowsANSYStocalculatethecenterofgravityandmomentof
inertia.

UsinggroupstodrivechangesinANSYS
SpaceClaimandANSYShavefullroundtripassociativity.Thismeansthatchangestothemodelcanbesentback
andforthbetweenSpaceClaimandANSYS.
Youcandefinegroupstouseasparametersandnamedselections.Iftheobjectsinthegrouparesimilarorrelated,
thenapropertyiscreatedthatcanbeusedtochangeaparameterinANSYS.Forexample,youcouldcreatea
groupofallfacesthathavethesameoffsetandusethisgrouptochangetheoffsetinANSYS.
SeeUsinggroupsanddimensionsinANSYStutorialforhandsonexamples.

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UpdatinggroupparametersinANSYS13.0
InANSYS13.0,groupsareinstantlyaddedtotheParametersgroupinWorkbench.Changestothegroupin
SpaceClaim,suchasrenaminganddeletingthegroup,arealsoimmediatelyreflectedinWorkBench.
However,ifyoueditthedimensionofagroupparameterinSpaceClaim,thenewvalueisnotautomatically
updatedinWorkBench.YoumustclickUpdateParametersintheANSYSgrouptopushthechangetoWorkBench.
YoucanalsosendthechangebysavingtheprojectorclosingSpaceClaim.ThismeansthatifSpaceClaimisnot
running,youknowthattheparametersareuptodate.

UsingdrivingdimensionsinANSYS
YoucancreatedrivingdimensiongroupsinSpaceClaimandusethemtochangekeydimensionsinANSYS.Justclick
onthepartinthestructuretreeinANSYSandfindtheCADParameterssectionintheDetailspanel.Changeavalue
andruntheanalysisagaintoseeitsaffect.YoucanuseUpdatetosendthenewvaluesbacktoSpaceClaim.
CreatingadrivingdimensionwithPull(offset)
CreatingadrivingdimensionwithMove(translationorrotation)
CreatingadrivingdimensionwiththeSelecttool(roundradiusanddistancebetweenoffsetfaces)

UsingnamedselectionsinANSYS
YoucancreatenamedselectionsintheSpaceClaimGroupspanelandthenusethesegroupsasnamedselections
inANSYS.
SeeUsinggroupstodrivechangesinANSYSforinformationaboutusinggroupstomakechangestothedesignin
ANSYS.

Tocreateanamedselection
1. Selecttheobjectsyouwanttoincludeinthegroup.
YoucanusetheSelectionpaneltoselectobjectsinthesamepartthataresimilarorrelatedtotheobject
thatiscurrentlyselected.
2. ClickCreateGroupintheGroupspanel.
IfyouareusingANSYS13.0,thenewgroupisautomaticallyaddedtotheParametersgroupin
Workbench.
3. (Optional)Renamethegroup.
Itishelpfultorenamethegroupswithaprefixthattellsyouthegroup'stype,becausenamedselections
anddrivingdimensionsaregroupedtogetherinthestructureinANSYS.
4. SendyourchangetoANSYS:
IfyouareusingANSYS13.0,clickUpdateParametersintheANSYSgrouponthePreparetab.
IfyouareusinganearlierversionofANSYS,sendthedesigntoANSYS.

SharedtopologyinANSYS
SpaceClaimcansharetopology(face,edge,andvertexconnections)betweentouchingorintersectingbodiesin
designsthataretransferredtoANSYS.
Sharedtopologyistheonlywaytoachieveaconformalmeshwherebodiesmeet,andistheonlywaytobecertain
thattheintersectionofbodiesismeshedperfectly.
Tocreateagroupofpartsthatsharetopology,createacomponentandsettheShareTopologypropertytotruein
thepropertiespanelonthecomponent.Placeanysolids,surfaces,beams,orcomponentsthatyouwanttoshare
topologyintothiscomponent.Ifyouwantallpartsinthedocumenttosharetopology,setShareTopologytotrue
ontherootcomponentoftheassemblysinceallpartsarecontainedintherootcomponent.

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ForANSYS12.0,12.1,and13.0,ifacomponenthastheSharedTopologypropertysettotrue,thenthatcomponent
andallcomponentsbeneathitbecomeasharegroup.TheSharedTopologypropertyofcomponentslowerinthe
structureareignored,soyoucan'tusethemtocreatesharingexceptions.Forexample,ifyousetSharedTopology
totruefortherootcomponent,thentheentiremodelwillbeonesharegroup.Thenameofthecomponentnode
isthenameofthecomponentfromwhichrecursivesharingstarts.Thebodiesunderthisnodearelistedwithfull
pathnamesthroughtheassembly,suchasAxleSubAssy(Front)\Wheel(Left)\Solid,usingcomponentnamesin
parenthesesiftheyarepresent.Youcanhavemultipledistinctsharegroups,butabodycanonlybelongtoone
group.
SeetheSharedtopologytutorialforhandsonexperiencewithsharedtopology.SeeANSYSonlinehelpfor
detailedinformationabouthowANSYShandlesmultibodypartsandsharedtopology.

TosetsharedtopologyforANSYS
ANSYS11.0:Putthebodiesdirectlyunderacomponent(andnotinasubcomponent)andsettheShared
Topologypropertyonthecomponenttotrue.
ANSYS12.0,12.1,and13.0:PutthebodiesanywhereunderacomponentthathasitsSharedTopologyproperty
settotrue,includingasubassembly(regardlessofthesubassembly'sSharedTopologysetting).
ThispropertycanbefoundinthepropertiespanelwhenyouselectoneormorecomponentsintheStructuretree.


TheSharedTopologypropertyonParentcomponentissettotrue,sothesolidsinsidetheshadedareaareshared.

TopreventsharedtopologyinANSYS
ANSYS11.0:Placesolidsintheirowncomponentsorsetthecomponent'sSharedTopologypropertytoFalse.
ANSYS12.0,12.1,and13.0:PlacesolidsinacomponentwhoseSharedTopologypropertyissettoFalse,and
whoseparentcomponentsalsohavethispropertysettoFalse.

Examples


ANSYSmeshestwoblockswithsharedtopology.Theblueblockwillgainanewimprintedfacewhichwillbeshared
betweenthegreenandblueblocks.Noticehowthenodesofthemeshlineupalongthebottomofthesmaller
block.


ANSYScreatesseparatemeshesfortwopartsbecausetheyareindifferentcomponentsandtherootparthas
SharedTopologysettoFalse.

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Themeshforsharedtopologyisnotthesameasmergedgeometry.Heretheboxesaremerged,andyoucansee
thatthemeshisdifferentthanitisfortwobodieswithsharedtopology.

ANSYSWorkbenchsettings
TherearemanyuserpreferencesinWorkbenchthatcontrolgeometrytransfer.Thesettingssupportedby
SpaceClaimareexplainedbelow.

Workbenchsetting Description
ParameterProcessing Thefollowingparametersaretransferred:
Partparameters:Onlyincludesthesheetmetalparametersforthickness,
innerradius,andkFactorifthepartisasheetmetalpart.Theseare
transferredwiththenames,Sheet.Thickness,Sheet.InnerRadius,and
Sheet.kFactor.
Assemblyparameters:Groupsfortheactivewindow(belongingtotheroot
part)thathaveadimension.
Ifyouhavemorethanonepartoccurrenceforthesamepartmasterin
SpaceClaim(forexample,4wheelsinacarassembly),thenpartparametersare
onlytransferredforthefirstoccurrence.Wedonottransfertheparametersfor
eachpartnodebecauseSimulationallowsyoutosetcontradictoryparameters
ondifferentnodes,eveniftheysharethesamegeometry.
TheParameterProcessingoptionalsocontrolswhetherparametersareappliedif
theyhavebeenchangedinSimulationandthentheUpdate:UseSimulation
ParameterValuescommandhasbeenexecuted.
Newassemblyparametersareappliedintheorderthatdimensiongroupsare
listedintheGroupspanelinSpaceClaim.Youcanchangethisorderbydragginga
grouptoanewlocationinthelist.
PersonalParameterKey ThePersonalParameterKeyisastringthatcanmatchthestartortheendofthe
parametername.Youcanspecifymorethanonekeyseparatedbysemicolons.By
default,SpaceClaimgroupshavenoparameterprefixes.
NamedSelectionProcessing Namedselectionsfortheactivewindow(belongingtotherootpart)are
transferred,iftheirmembersarebodies,faces,oredges.WeSpaceClaimdoes
nottransfervertexmembers,sincewecannotdoesnotsupportCAD
Associativityforvertices,becausetheydon'thavepersistentidentifiersin
SpaceClaim.
NamedSelectionPrefixes SupportedbySpaceClaim.
MaterialsPropertyTransfer SupportedbySpaceClaim.
CADAssociativity Thisoptionmayslowthingsdown,whichiswhythereisapreferencetoturnit
off.WithSpaceClaim,theperformancedifferenceshouldbenegligible,soyou
shouldkeepitenabled.
ImportCoordinateSystems Coordinatesystemsbelongingtotherootpartaretransferred.
ImportUsingInstances Simulationallowspartstoshareabrep,whichmeanstransferisfasterandthe

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breponlyneedstobemeshedonce.Becausespotweldpointsmustbedefinedin
termsofspecialverticescreatedinthebrep(forexample,avertexinaface
requiresadegenerateloopcontainingasinglevertex),brepscanonlybeshared
iftheyareidenticalinthespotweldsthattheyhave.SpaceClaimcomparesspot
weldpointsandcreateinstancesthatshareabrepforthosepartoccurrences
thathavethesamespotweldrequirements.
Werecommendthatyouleavethisoptionturnedon.
DoSmartUpdate Smartupdatewillonlyretransferpartsthathavechanged,whichcansavealot
oftimewithalargeassembly.Unfortunately,whatconstitutesachangeinthis
caseisanallornothingconsideration,whichmeansapartwillneedtobere
transferred,alongwithanyotherpartsthatwouldshareitsbrep,ifanyofthe
followinghavechanged:
Theplacementofthepartoccurrenceintheoverallassemblyhaschanged.
Bodieshavechangedgeometry,orbeenadded/removed,orbeenmade
visible/invisible,ortheuserfiltershaveselecteddifferentbodies.
Thenameofthepartoranyofthebodieshaschanged.
Namedselectionmembersforthispartoccurrencehavechanged.
Spotweldpointsforthispartoccurrencehavechanged.
Parameters(currentlyonlysheetmetalparameters)forthisparthave
changed.
IfyousaveyourworkinSimulationasa"dsdb"file,thetimestampsusedfor
smartupdatearesavedwithit,whichmeanssmartupdatecontinuestoworkin
thenextsession.
AttachFileViaTempFile AttachiswhatANSYScallsatransfer.Thispreferenceusesafilefordatatransfer
ratherthanreadingdatastreamsdirectly.Thismaybefasterforlargeassemblies.
AnalysisType Ifthisissetto2D,thenonlysurfacebodieslyingintheXYplanearetransferred.
MixedImportResolution Simulationdoesnotsupportbodiesofmixeddimensionalityinamultibodypart.
Theywilltransfersuccessfully,buttheywillfailtomesh.Mixturesofsurfaceand
linebodiesaresupported,butmixturesofsolidsurfaceorsolidlinearenot.
Therefore,ifapartcontainsamixtureofsolidandsurfacebodies,whichisquite
commoninSpaceClaim,MixedImportResolutioncanbeusedtospecifywhether
solidsbodiesorsurfacebodiesshouldbeused.
IfMixedImportResolutionissettoNone,amixtureofsolidbodiesandsurface
bodiescouldbetransferred,andasalreadymentioned,thepartwillfailtomesh.
ThedefaultsettingisNone,sincemostCADsystemsdonotsupportmixturesof
solidsandsurfacebodies,butthissettingshouldbesettoSolidorSurfacewith
SpaceClaim.

SettingsnotsupportedbySpaceClaim
ThefollowingsettingsarenotsupportedbySpaceClaim:
CADAttributeTransfer
ReaderSavePartFile
EnclosureandSymmetryProcessing
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WorkingwithANSYS12and12.1
Configuring SpaceClaim and ANSYS 12 and 12.1

TosettheaddintransferoptionsinSpaceClaim
1. Click inthelowerrightcorneroftheANSYS12grouponthePreparetab.
TheOptionsdialogopens.
2. Selectthefollowingoptions:
Usetolerantstitching:StitchtheedgesofnearbysurfacestogetherwhentheyaresenttoWorkbench.
Setthetolerancevaluetocontrolthemaximumsizeofthegapbetweenedgesthatwillbemadeintoa
singleconnectededge.Alargertolerancevaluewillbemoreaggressiveinstitchingnearbyedges
together.
3. ClickOK.

TosettheWorkbenchgeometryimportoptions
Inordertotransfergeometry,parameters,andnamedselectionsfromSpaceClaimtoANSYSWorkbench,the
correctimportoptionsmustbesetwithinWorkbench.TosettheimportoptionsinANSYSWorkbench,
1. ClickTools>OptionsintheANSYSWorkbenchmenu.
2. ClickGeometryImportintheleftpaneloftheOptionsdialog.
3. Select3DfortheAnalysisType.
4. MakesuretherearenoprefixvaluestofilterforintheParametersorNamedSelectionsfields.
5. Thefollowingoptionsshouldnotbeselected:ReaderSavePartFile,andSmartUpdate.
Allotheroptionsshouldbeselected.
6. SelectNoneforMixedImportResolution.
7. RestartWorkbenchforthechangestotakeeffect.

ConnectingtoANSYS12and12.1

TolaunchWorkbenchfromSpaceClaim
IfyouhavetheANSYSaddininstalledinSpaceClaimandANSYSinstalledonyourcomputer,thenyouwillseea
newANSYS12grouponthePreparetab.ClicktheANSYSWorkbenchbuttontosendthecurrentmodelin
SpaceClaimtoanewprojectinWorkbench.

ToconnecttoSpaceClaimfromANSYSWorkbench
RightclickonageometrycellinANSYSWorkbenchandselectanactiveSpaceClaimdocumentorbrowsefora
saveddocument.
AfteryouselectaSpaceClaimdocumenttoattachto,thegeometrycellwilldisplayaSpaceClaimicon.

UpdatingdatawithANSYS12and12.1


WhenyoutransfergeometrytoANSYS,onlysurfacebodiesarestitched.Otherbodiesarefused,anda
warningisissuedifsharedtopologyfails.

TosendupdatesfromANSYSWorkbenchtoSpaceClaim
Rightclickageometrycellandselect:

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UpdatetosendparametersthathavebeenmodifiedinWorkbenchtoSpaceClaim.
ThisstepsendsparametersthathavebeenmodifiedinWorkbenchtoSpaceClaim.SpaceClaimmakesthe
modificationstothegeometryusingthevaluesofthenewparametersandsendstheresultingmodelbackto
Workbench.
UpdateFromCADtosendthecurrentversionofthemodelinSpaceClaimtoWorkbench.
ThisstepsendsthecurrentversionofthemodelinSpaceClaimtoWorkbenchsothedataisuptodateinboth.

TosendupdatesfromANSYSMechanicaltoSpaceClaim
WhenamodelisloadedintoANSYSMechanical(thesimulationenvironment),changesmadetothemodelin
SpaceClaimcanbepassedintothesimulationatanytime.
1. RightclickthegeometrynodeintheProjecttreeinANSYSMechanical.
2. SelectRefreshGeometry.
ThecurrentversionofthemodelinSpaceClaimwillbetransferredintothesimulation.

WorkingwithANSYS11
Configuring SpaceClaim and ANSYS 11

TosettheaddintransferoptionsinSpaceClaim
1. Click inthelowerrightcorneroftheANSYS11grouponthePreparetab.
TheOptionsdialogopens.
2. Selectthefollowingoptions:
Usetolerantstitching:StitchtheedgesofnearbysurfacestogetherwhentheyaresenttoWorkbench.
Setthetolerancevaluetocontrolthemaximumsizeofthegapbetweenedgesthatwillbemadeintoa
singleconnectededge.Alargertolerancevaluewillbemoreaggressiveinstitchingnearbyedges
together.
3. ClickOK.

TosettheWorkbenchgeometryimportoptions
Inordertotransfergeometry,parameters,andnamedselectionsfromSpaceClaimtoANSYSWorkbench,the
correctimportoptionsmustbesetwithinWorkbench.YoucanfindtheseoptionsintheOptionspanelontheleft
sideoftheWorkbenchwindow.
Tosetthedefaultimportoptions,
1. ClickTools>OptionsintheANSYSWorkbenchmenu.
2. EnableParametersandNamedselectionsanddeletetheprefixvaluesinthefieldstotherightofthese
options.

ConnectingtoANSYS11

TolaunchWorkbenchfromSpaceClaim
IfyouhavetheANSYSaddininstalledinSpaceClaimandANSYSinstalledonyourcomputer,thenyouwillseea
newANSYS11grouponthePreparetab.ClicktheANSYSWorkbenchbuttontosendthecurrentmodelin
SpaceClaimtoanewprojectinWorkbench.

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ToconnecttoSpaceClaimfromANSYSWorkbench
IntheLinktoGeometryFilesection,clickBrowseandlocatetheSCDOCfile.ThisattachestheSpaceClaimdesign
totheworkbenchproject.

UpdatingdatawithANSYS11


WhenyoutransfergeometrytoANSYS,onlysurfacebodiesarestitched.Otherbodiesarefused,anda
warningisissuedifsharedtopologyfails.

TosendupdatesfromANSYSWorkbenchtoSpaceClaim
Rightclickageometrycellandselect:
UpdatetosendparametersthathavebeenmodifiedinWorkbenchtoSpaceClaim.
ThisstepsendsparametersthathavebeenmodifiedinWorkbenchtoSpaceClaim.SpaceClaimmakesthe
modificationstothegeometryusingthevaluesofthenewparametersandsendstheresultingmodelbackto
Workbench.
UpdateFromCADtosendthecurrentversionofthemodelinSpaceClaimtoWorkbench.
ThisstepsendsthecurrentversionofthemodelinSpaceClaimtoWorkbenchsothedataisuptodateinboth.

TosendupdatesfromANSYSMechanicaltoSpaceClaim
Update:UseSimulationParameterValuestosendparameterchangesfromWorkbenchtoSpaceClaim.
Update:UseGeometryParameterValuestosendthecurrentversionofthemodelinSpaceClaimto
Workbench.

WorkingwithANSYS13
Configuring SpaceClaim and ANSYS 13

TosettheaddintransferoptionsinSpaceClaim
1. Click inthelowerrightcorneroftheANSYS13grouponthePreparetab.
TheOptionsdialogopens.
2. Selectthefollowingoptions:
Usetolerantstitching:StitchtheedgesofnearbysurfacestogetherwhentheyaresenttoWorkbench.
Setthetolerancevaluetocontrolthemaximumsizeofthegapbetweenedgesthatwillbemadeintoa
singleconnectededge.Alargertolerancevaluewillbemoreaggressiveinstitchingnearbyedges
together.
3. ClickOK.

TosettheWorkbenchgeometryimportoptions
Inordertotransfergeometry,parameters,andnamedselectionsfromSpaceClaimtoANSYSWorkbench,the
correctimportoptionsmustbesetwithinWorkbench.TosettheimportoptionsinANSYSWorkbench,
1. ClickTools>OptionsintheANSYSWorkbenchmenu.
2. ClickGeometryImportintheleftpaneloftheOptionsdialog.
3. Select3DfortheAnalysisType.
4. MakesuretherearenoprefixvaluestofilterforintheParametersorNamedSelectionsfields.
5. Thefollowingoptionsshouldnotbeselected:ReaderSavePartFile,andSmartUpdate.

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Allotheroptionsshouldbeselected.
6. SelectNoneforMixedImportResolution.
7. SelectSpaceClaimforthePreferredGeometryEditor.
8. RestartWorkbenchforthechangestotakeeffect.

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ConnectinggtoANSYS13

TolaunchWorkbenchfro
omSpaceClaim
m
IfyouhaveetheANSYSad
ddininstalledinSpaceClaimandANSYSinsstalledonyourrcomputer,theenyouwillseeea
newANSYSS13grouponthePreparetaab.ClicktheANNSYSWorkbenchbuttontoseendthecurren ntmodelin
SpaceClaimmtoanewproojectinWorkbeench.Anewgeeometrycellw
willbecreatedaautomatically.

ToconnectttoSpaceClaim
mfromANSYSSWorkbench
StartANSYYSWorkbenchandcreateaggeometrycell:
Toworkkwithanexistiingdesign,clickImportGeommetryinANSYSSandchooseaanexistingSCD
DOCfile,thenu
use
EditGeo
ometrytolaun nchSpaceClaim mwiththatdoccumentloaded
d.
metryinANSYSStolaunchSpaaceClaimwithanemptydesign.
Tostarttanewdesign,,clickNewSpaaceClaimGeom

Updatingd
datawithANSSYS13
SpaceClaim
misarecognize
edgeometryeeditorinANSYSS13.0.
TheSpaceCClaimtitlebarnowshowsthesystemIDfortheWorkBen nchprojectand
dthesystemnnameasaprefix,as
in:A:Geom
metry<remain nderoftitle>.D
Documenttabsforthecorrespondinggeommetrycellsdisp
playayellowA
ANSYS
iconandth
heuniquesysteemnamefrom mANSYStomakethemeasyttofind.


WhennyoutransferggeometrytoAN NSYS,onlysurffacebodiesareestitched.Oth
herbodiesarefused,anda
warningisissuedifssharedtopologgyfails.

ToeditSpa
aceClaimdata
afromANSYS
Toworkkwithanexistiingdesign,clickImportGeom
metryinANSYSSandchooseaanexistingSCD
DOCfile,thenu
use
EditGeo
ometryinSpacceClaimtolaunchSpaceClaim mwiththatdo
ocumentloaded.
metryinANSYSStolaunchSpaaceClaimwithanemptydesign.
Tostarttanewdesign,,clickNewSpaaceClaimGeom
Toeditadesignthatisusedinasim
mulation,opentheWorkBencchprojectandclickEditGeom
metryin
SpaceCllaim.
ClickRe metrycelltodisconnectthecellandcleariitscontents.
esetinthegeom

Toinitiatechangesfrom
mSpaceClaim
ClicktheeApplicationm
menuandseleectSaveProjeccttosavetheW
WorkBenchpro
oject.
ThisisthesameasclicckingSaveinWWorkbench.Th heentireprojecctschematicisssaved,includiinganygeomeetry
nddesign.wbpjjanddesign_fiilesfolderareccreated,whereedesignisthenameofyourdesign.The.sccdoc
cells,an
fileforeeachgeometryycellissavedinthisfolder.
Youcan
nnotcurrentlyssaveaWorkBeenchprojectth hatislinkedtoan.scdocfiletthatcontainseexternaldocum
ments.
WorkBeenchmovesthe e.scdocfile,so
othelinkstoeexternalfilesarrebroken.

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Corporationn. All other names mentiioned herein are either trademarks
t or registeredd trademarks of their resspective owners.

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