KOMPAS-3D v23

You can edit the macro-element in the macro-element editing mode. To switch to this mode, double-click the macro-element or select the macro-element and run the Edit macroelement command.

After the command is invoked, the mode icon will appear in the graphic area of the document.

In this mode, you can:

•edit individual objects within the macro-element,

•create new or add existing objects in the macro-element,

•create, move or delete the defining point of macro-element,

•add or remove the leaders of macro-element.

In the macro-element editing mode, all the remaining document objects are unavailable; they are displayed in the graphic area using the background style.

All objects created in the macro-element editing mode are automatically included into the macro-element.

To exit the editing mode, click the mode icon in the graphic area.

Examples of editing graphic macro-elements

Example 1. Excluding an object from the macro-element (without removing it from the document).

1.Switch to the editing mode of the macro-element you need to exclude an object from.

2.Select the object to exclude from the macro-element and select Cut to put it to the clipboard.

3.Exit the Macro-element Editing mode.

4.Insert the object from the clipboard using the Paste command.

The document will contain the macro-element without the excluded object, and the object itself.

Example 2. Splitting a macro-element into two macro-elements.

1.Switch to the editing mode of the macro-element you need to split.

2.Select the objects for the first macro-element and run the Create macroelement command.

3.Put the new macro-element to the clipboard using the Cut command.

4.Exit the Macro-element Editing mode.

5.Insert the macro-element from the clipboard using the Paste command.

The document will contain two macro-elements instead of one.