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The insertion cursor
Presentation : 
The insertion cursor is represented by a red arrows followed by two values :
The first value indicates the number of calculated operations.
The second value indicates the total number of operations on the part.
The insertion cursor allows you to display the part at different steps in its design, you just have to pick the cursor and drag it to the desired operation. You can also choose the "Modify" function in the contextual menu that appears when you click with the right mouse button on the cursor.
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TOP |
to go directly to the top of the tree. |
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UP |
to go to the operation above the cursor. |
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DOWN |
to go to the operation below the cursor. |
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BOTTOM |
to go to the bottom of the tree. |
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Insertion operation |
to locate the cursor by picking on an operation (the cursor will be located above the picked operation). |
All the operations located above the cursor will be hidden (displayed in thin characters) and the part will be displayed at an anterior step in comparison of the final part. Then you will be able to create an operation that will be inserted at the cursor position.
When a document contains one (or several) element(s) on which the insertion
cursor have been pulled down, a !
character is displayed in its banner.
Application example :
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Symbolic tree |
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Let's take a simple part (shelled block) with its associated symbolic tree We want to add a fillet to the external edges of the part and automatically report them on internal edges. |
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First, we hide the shell operation by pulling down the insertion cursor... |
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And we create fillets on the block edges... |
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Then, when we move the cursor up, the shell operation uses the block with fillets... |
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Click here to see a video of this example
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