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Creating a 3D Macro-element |
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The following methods are available for adding a three-dimensional element to the model:
•creating a 3D macro-element,
•integration of existing objects into a macro-element.
Creating a 3D Macro-element
Use the Create macroelement command to create a three-dimensional macro-element in the model.
A new macro-element that does not contain any objects will appear at the bottom of the Design Tree. You can add model objects.
Combining objects into a macro-element
Use the Group into Macroelement command to combine the objects existing in the document into a macro-element.
Step-by-step instructions
1.In the Design Tree or in the graphic range select the objects that you want to combine into a macro-element.
2.Invoke the Group into Macroelement command.
After calling the command, a macro-element containing the specified objects will appear in the model. It will be located in the place of the lowest object included in this macro-element. Icons of the objects will be placed at the level following the level of the macro-element. The order of the objects in the macro-element coincides with their order in the Design Tree before creating the macro-element.
Note that including an object into a macro-element does not change the model design history (where the object still remains at its place). This occurs, for example, when you exclude a macro-element from calculation using the Indicator of model build completion.
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If the tree displays the sequence of building the model, then all the macro-elements are located in the Macro section. |
Only objects that are part of the same parent object and located on the same level can be combined into a macro-element, except for:
•bends in the sheet element (for example, bends that make up the incision),
•array instances.
You can’t combine into macro-elements the objects belonging to:
•different components of the model,
•macro-element and the whole model,
•model component and the entire model, etc.
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