Moving and Reconnecting Components

There are two ways to change the position of components using Modeler:

§         Moving

§         Reconnecting

You may move either an individual component or a group of components; however you cannot preview or manipulate the components while moving them. You must preview or manipulate them as a separate procedure. The Move command in 3DSMART is identical to the Move command in AutoCAD and the two commands may be used interchangeably.

You may also reconnect either an individual component or a group of components.  Again, it is not possible to preview or manipulate the components while reconnecting them.

To move components...

1.   From the Toolbox Changes tab, select Move.

The cursor changes to a square.

Select objects appears in the command line.

2.   In the design, click the component or components you want to move.

3.   Press Enter.

Select base point or connection point appears in the command line.

4.   Click the connection point or base point of the component(s) you want to move.

Select second point for displacement appears in the command line.

5.   Click the destination point for the component(s).

The component(s) appear(s) in the new location.

To (re)connect design components...

1.   From the Toolbox Changes tab, select Reconnect.

The cursor changes to a square.

Select component to reconnect appears in the command line.

2.   In the design, click the component(s) you want to move and (re)connect to another component.

Select connection point appears in the command line.

3.   Click the connection point on the component you want to move.

Select second connection point appears in the command line.

4.   Click the connection point on the target component. The components are (re)connected.