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Changing position |
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To change the solid or surface position, use the Change position 
command.
Step-by-step instructions
1.Specify the object (solid or surface) whose position should be changed, in the Design Tree or in the graphic area.
The names of the objects are displayed in the Objects field on the Parameters Panel, and the objects themselves are highlighted in the Design Tree and in the graphics area.
After specifying the first object, a dialog box placement element
appears in the graphic area. It allows you manually to change object position in an arbitrary way. When the basing element moves, the phantoms of all specified objects move with it. The relative positions of the basing element and the phantoms remain unchanged.
2.Changing the position of spatial curves and points in the model creates new curves and points. The original objects remain unchanged. They can be hidden or left visible using the Hide source curves option.
•Enabling this option means that the original curves and points will be hidden from the graphics area after the operation is completed. Please note that if you delete the Reposition operation, the visibility of the curves and points is not restored automatically.
•Disabling this option means the source curves and points will remain visible in the graphics area after the operation is completed.
•The visibility of source curves and points can also be manually disabled after the operation is completed.
3.Changing the position of bodies and/or surfaces creates new bodies and/or surfaces. If necessary, copies of the original objects can be saved in the model using the Save copies of bodies and surfaces option.
•If this option is enabled, the number of objects in the model will increase after the operation is completed, as bodies and/or surfaces in the new position and copies of the bodies and/or surfaces in the original position will be created.
•If necessary, you can hide source objects copies manually or change parameters of their display.
•Enabling the option means that after the operation is complete, the number of solids (surfaces) in the model does not change, the initial solid (surface) will be hidden in the graphic area. You cannot enable its display. If the position change operation is deleted, the initial object will become visible again.
4.Specify the position and orientation of the reference element. Two methods for specifying the position and orientation are available, similar to those used when creating a local coordinate system. Click the appropriate button in the Method group:
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Relative to CS — relative to the specified coordinate system. More...
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By object — by an object whose properties allow the position and orientation of the basing element to be uniquely determined. More...
Shift and/or rotation of the coordinate system phantom is reflected on the object phantom: it takes the position according to the new position of the coordinate system.
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If you want to position an object relative to any coordinate system (let’s call it CS1) in the same way as it is located relative to another coordinate system (CS2), specify CS2 as the coordinate system where the position change is performed, and CS1 as the object defining position and orientation of the coordinate system phantom. |
5.You can use another coordinate system. To do that, use the Coordinate System. Details...
6.If necessary, change the name and properties of displaying the new solid or surface in the Properties.
7.Click Create Object 
, button to complete the construction.
The specified object(s) will change their position in the graphics area, and a corresponding icon with subordinate objects will appear in the Design Tree. More about quantity and subordinate objects names...
8.To complete operation of the command, click Finish 
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When changing the solid or surface position, it is necessary to consider the following: •designations and manually entered dimensions are rearranged in accordance with the new position of their base objects, •the conventional image of the thread is reconstructed in accordance with the position of the base objects, the thread parameters (diameter, pitch, length, etc.) remain the same, •derived dimensions do not change. |
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