Moving and rotating faces

Publication Number
spse01520
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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
User assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Part modification by moving and rotating faces and planes . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Moving faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Graphic handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Moving a face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Rotating a face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Move face workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Activity: Move and rotate faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Activity: Copying a face and using keypoints to define movement . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Selecting faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Selection mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Selection manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

QuickBar options for Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Connected faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Detach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Copy (move or rotate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Activity: Moving and rotating faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Move a face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Move faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Rotate a face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Activity: Copying a face and using keypoints to define movement . . . . B-1

Select the hole to copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Define the move from point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Define the move direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Define the move distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Verify move distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

Activity: Using the Selection Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

Select all rounds of equal radius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Change the round radius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Use the selection box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Define selection box area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5

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Define select box depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7

Change radius of select set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

Activity: Modifying a part by moving select sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

Suspend Live Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Select feature to move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
Move the feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
Select the channel-shaped feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5
Move the channel-shaped feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
Extend the legs of the channel-shaped feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
Move top face of channel-shaped feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7
Move protrusion feature to end of part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9

Activity: Copying and attaching a feature (method 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

Select the feature to copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2
Suspend Live Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2
Set the copy option and move the feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2
Define the move distance and direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-4
Change move direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-5
Move by keying in a distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-6
Attach the copied feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-8
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-9

Activity: Copying and attaching a feature (method 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

Suspend Live Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1
Select the feature to copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2
Set the copy option and move the feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2
Relocate the steering wheel origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-3
Move the copied feature using the steering wheel plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-3
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-4

Activity: Detaching and attaching a feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1

Suspend Live Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1
Select the feature to detach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-2
Position the steering wheel origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-2
Move the feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-3
Attach the feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-5
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-5

Activity: Copying, rotating and attaching a feature to a new location . . H-1

Suspend Live Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-2
Method one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-2
Select feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-3
Move the copied feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-4
Align the feature to the angled face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-4
Position the feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-5
Attach the feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-9
Method two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-10
Select the feature to copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-11

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Copy and paste feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-11

Rotate the feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-12
Center the feature on the face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-13
Align feature center to midpoint on edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-15
Attach feature to model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-16
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-17

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1 Introduction

Welcome to self paced training for Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology. This
course is designed to educate you in the use of Solid Edge with Synchronous
Technology. The course is self-paced and contains instruction followed by activities.

Solid Edge Synchronous Technology self-paced courses

• spse01501—Getting started

• spse01510—Sketching

• spse01515—Constructing base features

• spse01520—Moving and rotating faces

• spse01525—Working with geometric relationships

• spse01530—Constructing treatment features

• spse01535—Constructing functional features

• spse01540—Modeling assemblies

• spse01545—Creating detailed drawings

• spse01550—Practicing your skills with projects

• spse01424—Working with Solid Edge Embedded Client

Start with the tutorials

This training begins where tutorials end. Tutorials are the quickest way for you
to become familiar with the basics of using Solid Edge. So if you do not have any
experience with Solid Edge Synchronous Technology, please start by working
through the tutorials for basic part modeling and editing before starting this
self-paced training.

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User assistance
Solid Edge user assistance makes command information available as you perform
tasks. You can access command, conceptual, reference, and instructional information
any time during a design session.

User interface help features

• The Solid Edge start-up screen provides user assistance, such as tutorials and a
link to Solid Edge support. It also provides basic operations, such as creating
and opening files. The Tip of the Day displays hundreds of suggestions for using
Solid Edge more proficiently.

• Tooltips help you identify a user interface element, including command icons,
option buttons, and other gadgets. When you point the cursor at a user interface
element, a label displays the name of the command and a brief description of
what it is. Where appropriate, the accelerator key combination that you can use
to invoke the command is displayed. There may also be an informational graphic
as well as a pointer to additional online Help. You can turn tooltips off and on
using the Show Tool Tips option on the Helpers page of the Options dialog box.

• The command tips provide contextual assistance as you work with Solid Edge.
You can enable them on the Helpers page of the Options dialog box.

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Learning tools
• A comprehensive library of tutorials is available in every Solid Edge release.
You can find them on the startup screen, as well as by clicking the Solid Edge
Tutorials link in the Help window.

• Self-paced training courses and instructor-led training are available for Solid
Edge. You can find them when you click the Solid Edge On The Web link in
the Help window.

• You can use the About Solid Edge link on the Help window to see the software
version and license information.

Online Help
Solid Edge provides links to online Help, tutorials, and online training from the Help
window displayed when you click the Help Index icon . The Help Index button is
located at top-right on the command ribbon.
You also can press F1 whenever you need online Help during a design session. When
a command is active or if you have selected something in the graphic window, the
Help topic for that command appears. If no command is active, then the table of
contents for the Help topics appears.
There are different books of online Help available.
• Explore the What’s New information available in online Help. This also contains
links to Try It! exercises that you can use to quickly become familiar with the
most important new features in Solid Edge.

• If you are used to working with AutoCAD, you can benefit from the special Help
topics for AutoCAD users.

• For topics on customizing Solid Edge, use the Programming with Solid Edge
command on the Help window.

• Each Help book provides a structured table of contents, an index, and full-text
search capabilities provide easy access to Help topics.

• If you open Help by pressing F1, the appropriate Help book is opened
automatically.

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Search tips for online Help

One of the most widely used features of online Help is the search function. Follow
these tips to get the most out of searching Help.
• To narrow your search results—Group elements of your search using double
quotes or parentheses.
Example
To get information about the Zoom slider but not the other zoom functions,
type “zoom slider” in the search box, and then click the List Topics button.

• To widen your search results or when you are not sure what something is
called—Use wildcard expressions to search for words or phrases. Wildcard
expressions allow you to search for one or more characters using a question
mark or asterisk.
Example
The search string dimension* displays topics that contain the term
"dimension," "dimensional," and so on.

• Further specify your search criteria—There are several things you can do to
tailor the search to get more specific results.
– Narrow your previous results by searching within the subset of topics using
the Search Previous Results option.

– To search for topics that include all forms of a word, use the Match Similar
Words option.
Example
For example, a search on the word "add" will find "add," "adds," and
"added".

– To find topics where the keyword is of primary focus, set the Search Titles
Only option before you search.

• Sort results alphabetically—After you have searched, click the Title column
header to sort the generated topic list alphabetically.

• Searches are not case-sensitive.

• Punctuation marks such as the period, colon, semicolon, comma, and hyphen
are ignored during a search.

• You cannot search for quotation marks.

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2 Part modification by moving and

rotating faces and planes

Overview
A solid model is defined as a set of connected facial topology that encompasses a
volume. A solid model is modified by manipulating the facial topology. In this course,
you will learn to modify a solid model by moving and rotating facial topology.
• Solid model faces and reference planes can be moved or rotated.

• When a face is selected, QuickBar (A) displays the commands available for the
selected face.

• Move is the default command.

• Move includes both a linear direction movement and a rotational movement.

Note
Extrude and Revolve commands are covered in the Base feature creation
course.
Relate command is covered in the Geometric relationships course.

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3 Moving faces

When a face or reference plane is selected, a graphic handle displays at the select
point. Click the primary or secondary axis to start the Move command.

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Graphic handle

(A) primary axis

(B) secondary axis

(C) origin

(D) primary knob

(E) secondary knob

(F) torus

(G) plane

(H) cardinal points

Moving a face
• Move a face in a direction along the primary axis or secondary axis by selecting
either axis.

• Move a face freely along a plane where the graphic handle is connected by the
clicking the plane on the handle.

• Set the direction of the primary axis by dragging the handle origin to an edge or
vertex. The primary knob also locks onto the edge to define the direction.

• Reposition the primary knob to change the direction of the primary axis.

• Reposition the secondary axis direction in 90° increments by selecting one of

three cardinal points.

• The origin is the “move from” point. The origin can be moved prior to a move.

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Rotating a face
• Rotate a face by positioning the primary axis on an edge. The primary axis
becomes the axis of revolution. Select the torus to begin dynamic rotation or type
a rotation angle in the dynamic input box.

Note
You can lock and drag a graphic handle orientation. Hold the <Shift> key,
click the handle origin and drag it to a desired edge or vertex.

Move face workflow

Single face move

1. Using the Select tool, select a face. The steering wheel graphic handle is
displayed on the selected face.

2. QuickBar displays with the available operations that can be performed on the
selected face. Move is the default operation and thus does not need to be selected.

3. Click the primary axis on the handle to move the face in or out in a direction
normal to the face.
Defining the ’move to’ location

• Dynamically drag the face to a new location and then click.

• Click a keypoint location. Choose the keypoint type on the Move QuickBar.

• Type in a ± distance in the dynamic input box.

4. Press <Esc> key to terminate move.

Note
Workflow is the same for multiple faces in a select set.

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Single face rotate

1. Using the Select tool, select a face. The steering wheel handle is displayed on
the selected face.

2. Click and drag the origin of the steering wheel handle to an edge to rotate about.

3. Make sure the primary axis of the handle lies on the edge to rotate about. Click
and drag the primary knob to position if necessary.

4. Click the torus on the handle to rotate the face. Dynamically rotate the face by
moving the cursor or by typing in a ± angle in the dynamic edit input box.

5. Press <Esc> key to terminate rotate.

Note
Workflow is the same for multiple faces in a select set.

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Activity: Move and rotate faces

This activity guides you through a move and a rotate face process to reinforce the
use of the graphic handle.
Change the shape of part (A) to a modified part (B).

Turn to Appendix A for the activity.

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Activity: Copying a face and using keypoints to define movement

This activity guides you through the process of copying a face and using other
geometry to define the movement direction and distance. The lower hole will be
copied and positioned at the same angle and distance as the upper holes.

Turn to Appendix B for the activity.

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4 Selecting faces

Select faces using the Select tool.

A collection of selected faces to perform an action on is referred to as a select set.

Face selection methods

• Select and deselect faces manually (one face at a time).

• Select and deselect faces with the assistance of a selection manager.

The selection manager uses the topological and attribute data of the face selected
to add faces to a select set.

Selection mode
A selection mode symbol is located in the upper-right corner of the graphics window.
Press the <spacebar> to change the select mode. The select mode selection is also
available on the Home tab in the Selection Filters group.

Normal mode

normal mode
Normal mode is the default selection mode. Normal mode is a single selection.
Select a face and the steering wheel displays on that face. Select another face and
the steering wheel moves to that face. The face previously selected is deselected.
Only one face selected per click.

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Add/remove mode

add/remove mode
The add/remove selection mode is used to build a select set. In the normal mode,
select a face and then press the <spacebar> to switch to the add/remove mode. Each
face selected in this mode is added to the select set. If a face is selected that has
already been selected, it is deselected. The graphic handle remains on the first face
selected. Both selected and unselected faces highlight as the cursor moves over them.

Add mode

add mode
The add mode only adds faces to the select set. Only unselected faces highlight as
the cursor moves over faces. To set the mode to add, cycle through the select modes
by pressing <spacebar>.

Remove mode

remove mode
The remove mode only removes (deselects) faces from the select set. Only selected
faces highlight as the cursor moves over faces. To set the mode to remove, cycle
through the select modes by pressing <spacebar>.

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Selection manager
Selection Manager is used to add or remove items from a select set using the
topological and attribute data of a selected object.

A green dot displays when the cursor moves over a selected face.

Note
If the green dot does not display, it is hidden by the graphic handle. Move the
graphic handle and then the green dot can be seen.

As the cursor touches the green dot, it turns red .

Clicking the red dot displays the Selection Manager menu.
The topological relations relate only to the face where the green dot is selected.

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The topological relations listed in the Select Manager menu are determined by
the type of face selected.

(A) planar, (B) non-planar, (C) cylindrical, (D) partial cylindrical

Selection manager options

The Selection Manager shortcut menu is available when valid elements are selected.
To display the Selection Manager shortcut menu, position the cursor over the green
dot in the graphics window and left-click.
Drag the shortcut menu to a new location to better visualize the model.

Connected
Add faces which are connected to the focus element. Use the flyout options to specify
what type of connected elements to add.
• Connected – Adds all faces which are connected to the focus element.

• Interior Faces – Adds all interior faces which are connected to the focus
element.

• Exterior Faces – Adds all exterior faces which are connected to the focus
element.

Related Items
Adds elements that have a persistent relationship to the focus element.

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Face Set
Adds faces which are part of the same face set as the focus element. Use the flyout
options to specify whether system defined sets (features) or used-defined sets (face
groups) are recognized.
• System Defined Set – Adds faces which are part of the same system defined set
as the focus element.

• User Defined – Adds faces which are part of the same used defined set as the
focus element.

• Exterior Faces – Adds all exterior faces which are connected to the focus
element.

Recognize
Adds all faces which are part of the same feature as the focus element. Use the
flyout options to specify what feature type is recognized.
• Feature – Adds all faces which as part of the same feature as the focus element.

• Rib/Boss – Adds all faces which are part of the same rib/boss as the focus
element.

• Cutout – Adds all faces which are part of the same cutout as the focus element.

Parallel
Add planar faces or reference planes which are parallel to the focus element. Use the
flyout options to specify what type of parallel faces to add.
• Faces – Adds all planes which are parallel to the focus element, regardless
of whether they are aligned or opposing. This option supports the Use Box
Selection option.

• Aligned – Adds all planes which are parallel and face the same direction as the
focus element. This option supports the Use Box Selection option.

• Opposing – Adds all planes which are parallel and face the opposite direction
as the focus element. This option supports the Use Box Selection option.

Perpendicular
Adds all planes which are perpendicular to the focus element. This option supports
the Use Box Selection option.

Coplanar
Adds all planes which are coplanar to the focus element. This option supports the
Use Box Selection option.

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Concentric
Adds all faces that are concentric to the focus element. This option is available
only on faces that are cylinders, cones, and torii, both partial and full. This option
supports the Use Box Selection option.

Blend Chain
Adds faces which are part of the same blend chain as the focus element to the
select set.

Equal Radius
Adds faces which have a radius equal to the focus element to the select set. This
option is available only on faces that are partial cylinders, partial cones, and partial
torii. This option supports the Use Box Selection option.

Equal Diameter
Adds faces which have a diameter equal to the focus face to the select set. This
option is available only on faces that are full cylinders, full cones, and full torii. This
option supports the Use Box Selection option.

Tangent Faces
Adds faces which are tangent to the focus element.

Tangent Chain
Adds faces which are part of the same blend chain or tangent to the same blend
chain as the focus element.

Symmetric About
Adds faces which are symmetric to the focus element about the same reference
plane type specified. Use the flyout options to specify what type of reference plane
to use as the symmetry plane.
• Base XY Plane – Adds faces which are symmetric to the focus element about
the base XY plane.

• Base ZX Plane – Adds faces which are symmetric to the focus element about
the base ZX plane.

• Base YZ Plane – Adds faces which are symmetric to the focus element about
the base YZ plane.

• Local Plane – Adds faces which are symmetric to the focus element about
a reference plane you select.

Axis
Adds faces which have an axis that is parallel or perpendicular to the focus element.
This option is available only on faces that are cylinders, cones, and tori, both partial
and full. Use the flyout to specify whether the axis must be parallel or perpendicular.

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• Parallel–Adds faces which have an axis that is parallel to the focus element.

• Perpendicular–Adds faces which have an axis that is perpendicular to the

focus element.

Use Box Selection

Defines a 3D box in the graphic window to add or remove items to the select set.
When using box selection, the elements which are inside or overlapping the 3D box
are included in the selection. This option is available only for a specific shortcut
menu options.
When using the Use Box Selection option, there are two key in options to help
define the location or area the selection box covers. The first option for box select is
to define an area box. Use the <C> key to switch between a center or corner area box
definition. Once the area of the box is defined, define the depth of the box. Use the
<S> key to define a symmetric or non-symmetric box.
Use the Selection Manager shortcut menu as many times as required to build the
select set.

Deselect Items
Deselects elements which match the focus element criteria when set.
Set the Deselect Items option and then define criteria to remove items from the
select set.

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Select tool menu

The Select Tool shortcut menu is available when valid elements are selected.
To display the Select Tool shortcut menu, position the cursor over the green dot
in the graphics window and right-click.
Drag the shortcut menu to a new location to better visualize the model.

Select menu options

Deselect
Removes the focus element from the select set.

Clear Selection
Removes all elements from the select set.

3D Box Select
Specifies that you want to define a 3D box in the graphics window to add items
to the select set. When using box selection, the elements which are inside or
overlapping the 3D box are included in the selection.

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 Selecting faces

Activity: Using the Selection Manager

Activity guides you through the process of using the selection manager.
Turn to Appendix C for the activity.

Activity: Modifying a part by moving select sets

This activity demonstrates how to move multiple faces in a single operation. You
will modify part (A) to the shape of (B).

Turn to Appendix D for the activity.

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Lesson

5 QuickBar options for Move

You can control the results of the Move command with options that control the
interaction of the select set and the rest of the model.
By setting these options, the resultant transformation can be altered within the
command.
The options are connected faces, copy and detach.

Connected faces

simple
Default option. Selected face moves by extending and trimming the adjacent faces.

advanced
Selected face is rigid. Adjacent faces change to meet the movement of the rigid
selected face.

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Lesson 5 QuickBar options for Move

Copy

The copy option creates a copy of the faces in the select set.
The faces are collected into a face set feature.
The face set feature can be moved or rotated.
This option is similar to a “copy and paste” operation.
The original selected faces are unchanged.

Activity: Copying and attaching a feature (method 1)

The activity guides you through the process of copying a cutout feature and then
attaching the copied feature at a new location on the model.

Turn to Appendix E for the activity.

Activity: Copying and attaching a feature (method 2)

The activity has the same goal as method 1. This activity uses a different approach.
Turn to Appendix F for the activity.

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 QuickBar options for Move

Detach

The detach option removes the select set from the part body.
The removed select set can be moved or rotated.
This option is similar to a “cut and paste” operation.

Activity: Detaching and attaching a feature

The activity guides you through the process of detaching an extruded feature and
then attaching the copied feature at a new location on the model.

Turn to Appendix G for the activity.

Copy (move or rotate)

Activity: Copying, rotating and attaching a feature to a new location

This activity guides you through the process of copying a feature, aligning the
feature to an angled face, and then positioning the feature on the model. Two
methods are used in the activity.

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Lesson 5 QuickBar options for Move

Turn to Appendix H for the activity.

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 A Activity: Moving and
rotating faces

Open activity file

▸ Open move_01.par.

Move a face
Move the back face of the top boss a distance defined by a vertex on the back face
of the lower base.

▸ Select the face shown. Use QuickPick if necessary.

▸ Click the primary axis on the graphic handle to start the move command. By
clicking the primary axis, the direction vector for the move is defined. All that is
needed to complete the move is a distance to move.

▸ The selected face is connected to the cursor and moves dynamically as the
cursor moves.

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A Activity: Moving and rotating faces

▸ Use a keypoint locate to define the “move to” distance. On the Move QuickBar,
select the (Endpoint, Midpoint, Circle center) option.

Move the cursor over the corner shown and click when the endpoint or vertex
displays.

▸ Press the <Esc> key to terminate the move command.

Move faces
▸ Move the side faces on the top boss a distance defined by a vertex on the side
face of the lower base

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Rotate a face
Rotate the angled face.
▸ Select the angled face.

▸ To rotate the selected face, a rotation axis needs to be defined. The primary
axis must lie on an edge that the face will rotate about. Click the steering
wheel origin and then move the cursor over the edge shown. Click to position
the graphic handle.

▸ Click the steering wheel torus to start the rotation. As the cursor moves, the
rotation angle tracks with the cursor. Type 35 in the input box to define the
rotation angle.

▸ Press the <Esc> key to terminate the command.

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A Activity: Moving and rotating faces

▸ This ends the activity. Exit the file and do not save.

Summary
In this activity you learned how to move and rotate faces. You can define distances
to move by dragging and clicking, typing in a distance or by using keypoints. To
rotate a face, position the primary axis of the steering wheel on an edge to rotate
about. Click the torus and move the cursor to define rotation angle or type a rotation
angle in the edit box.

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 B Activity: Copying a face and
using keypoints to define
movement

Open activity file

▸ Open move_02.par.

Select the hole to copy

▸ Select the cylindrical face shown.

▸ In QuickBar, click the copy option.

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B Activity: Copying a face and using keypoints to define movement

Define the move from point

At this point, the steering wheel origin is at the center of the selected cylindrical
face. Move the origin to the top left hole.
▸ Click the origin and then move the cursor to the upper left hole. Click when the
origin locks to the center of the hole.

Define the move direction

▸ Hold the <Shift> key down and click the cardinal point shown. This controls
the secondary axis direction.

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▸ Move the cursor over the cylindrical face shown, and click when the center point
symbol displays.

▸ Notice that the secondary axis now points to the center of the hole. Direction
definition is complete.

Define the move distance

▸ Click the secondary axis to start the Move command.

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B Activity: Copying a face and using keypoints to define movement

▸ Click the center of the hole shown. This defines the move distance. Click again
to terminate the command.

Verify move distance

▸ Let’s check the copied distance. On the Inspect tab, in the Measure group, choose
the Measure Minimum Distance command.

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 Activity: Copying a face and using keypoints to define movement

▸ Measure the distance between the top two holes. Notice the minimum distance
and then click Reset in command bar.

Measure the distance between the lower two holes.

The distance between the holes should be equal (14.00 mm).

▸ This ends the activity. Exit the file and do not save.

Summary
In this activity you learned how to use the steering wheel to control a move or copy
operation. You learned how to redefine an origin point (move from point) and how
to modify the direction of a move. You used face keypoints to define the move/copy
direction and distance.

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 C Activity: Using the Selection
Manager

Open activity file

▸ Open select_b.par.

Select all rounds of equal radius

Use selection manager to select all rounds of equal radius and change the radius
value for all the rounds selected.
▸ Select the round.

▸ Move cursor over round to display the green dot.

Note
If the green dot does not display, move the steering wheel or zoom in.

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C Activity: Using the Selection Manager

▸ Click the green dot to display the selection manager. Make sure Use Box
Selection is not checked.

▸ On the Selection Manager, click the Equal Radius option. Notice that all
rounds that have the same radius (1.524) are added to the select set.

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Change the round radius

▸ Select the PMI dimension on the round.

▸ In the dimension box, type 2 and then press the <Enter> key. Press <Esc> to
clear the select set. All rounds in the select set are now equal to 2.

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C Activity: Using the Selection Manager

Use the selection box

Add rounds to a select set using a selection box.
▸ Select the round shown.

▸ Bring up the Selection Manager and then click Use Selection Box.

▸ In Selection Manager, click Equal Radius.

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Define selection box area

▸ The first step in defining the selection box is to define the area. Typing a C
changes the area definition from a corner start point (1) to an area center start
point (2). The start point is the point where the face was selected.

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C Activity: Using the Selection Manager

Use the center option and define an area as shown.

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Define select box depth

▸ The next step is to define the select box depth. Typing an S changes the
definition from a side definition (A) to a symmetric definition (B). Side step
defines depth in either direction (A) normal to the defined area. The symmetric
option defines the depth symmetric (B) about the defined area.

Define a symmetric depth as shown.

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C Activity: Using the Selection Manager

Note
You can rotate the view to better view the positioning of the area and the
depth of the selection box.

Change radius of select set

▸ Edit the radius to 3.

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▸ Press the <Esc> key to clear the select set.

▸ This completes the activity.

Summary
In this activity you learned how to use the Selection Manager to control the selection
process. With practice you will master the use of the box selection.

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 D Activity: Modifying a part by
moving select sets

Open activity file

▸ Open select_a.par.

Suspend Live Rules

Since the Live Rules topic has not been covered, turn off live rules.
▸ A face must be selected for Live Rules to display on the command bar. Click
on any face.

▸ On the command bar, click the Suspend Live Rules check box.

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D Activity: Modifying a part by moving select sets

Select feature to move

Move protrusion feature to other end of part.
▸ To select the feature to move, first select the face shown.

At this point, only the selected face would move.

▸ Move the cursor over the face until the green dot displays.

▸ Move the cursor over the green dot and the red arrow displays. Click the red
arrow to display the Selection Manager.

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 Activity: Modifying a part by moving select sets

▸ In the Selection Manager, click Sets. This will find any sets that contain the
selected face.

▸ QuickPick displays the sets found. Click the Protrusion entry displayed in
QuickPick.

▸ The feature is selected and will participate in the move operation.

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D Activity: Modifying a part by moving select sets

Move the feature

▸ Click the primary axis on the steering wheel and move the feature to the other
side of the channel-shaped feature.

▸ Move the feature to the approximate location and click. The move from point
is the origin on the graphic handle.

▸ Move complete. Press the <Esc> key to clear the select set.

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Select the channel-shaped feature

▸ Select the face shown.

▸ In the Selection Manager, click Recognize ® Rib/Boss.

The Sets option would work here also.

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D Activity: Modifying a part by moving select sets

Move the channel-shaped feature

▸ Click the primary axis on the steering wheel and move the select set to the edge
of the part. Use a keypoint on the edge of the part to define distance to move.
The keypoint option is on Quickbar (C).

Extend the legs of the channel-shaped feature

▸ Select the two faces shown.

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▸ Move the faces to the end of the protrusion feature as shown. Use a keypoint
to define the distance.

Move top face of channel-shaped feature

▸ Select the top face.

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D Activity: Modifying a part by moving select sets

▸ Move the top face to the top of the protrusion feature.

Move protrusion feature to end of part

▸ Select the protrusion feature.

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▸ Move the select set to end of part.

▸ This ends the activity. Exit the file and do not save.

Summary
In this activity you learned how to create select sets for a move operation. Live Rules
were suspended for the activity. After the live rules topic is covered, you will be able
to perform the same part modifications in other ways.

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 E Activity: Copying and attaching
a feature (method 1)

Open activity file

▸ Open copy_a.par.

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E Activity: Copying and attaching a feature (method 1)

Select the feature to copy

▸ Select the cutout feature by clicking Cutout1 in PathFinder.

Suspend Live Rules

Live Rules is covered in the Working with geometric relationships self-paced
course. Suspend the Live Rules settings while moving the cutout feature. This will
ensure no other faces in the model participate in the move.
▸ Click the Suspend Live Rules check box.

Set the copy option and move the feature

▸ On QuickBar, click the Copy option.

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 Activity: Copying and attaching a feature (method 1)

▸ Move the copied feature to the face shown in orange.

To begin the move, click the secondary axis shown. The move origin point is
where the origin of the steering wheel is located.

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E Activity: Copying and attaching a feature (method 1)

Define the move distance and direction

As the cursor moves, the feature moves in a direction defined by the secondary axis.

▸ Move the feature to the edge of the part using a keypoint. On QuickBar, click the
keypoints option (A) and click endpoint (B).

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▸ Select keypoint location shown.

Change move direction

▸ Change the move direction by clicking the cardinal point (C) on the steering
wheel and then click the secondary axis.

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E Activity: Copying and attaching a feature (method 1)

▸ Select keypoint.

Move by keying in a distance

▸ Change the direction by clicking cardinal point (C).

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▸ Click the secondary axis and type 10 in dynamic edit box.

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E Activity: Copying and attaching a feature (method 1)

Attach the copied feature

The copied feature is now positioned but is detached from the model.
▸ Attach the copied feature by right-clicking in the part window. On the short-cut
menu, click Attach.

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Summary
In this activity you learned how to copy a feature and then position the copied
feature. There are several other methods available to move the copied feature to a
location than what was shown in this activity.

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 F Activity: Copying and attaching
a feature (method 2)

Open activity file

▸ Open copy_b.par.

Suspend Live Rules

Live Rules is covered in the Working with geometric relationships self-paced
course. Suspend the Live Rules settings while moving the cutout feature. This will
ensure no other faces in the model participate in the move.
▸ Click the Suspend Live Rules check box.

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F Activity: Copying and attaching a feature (method 2)

Select the feature to copy

▸ Select the cutout feature by clicking Cutout1 in PathFinder.

Set the copy option and move the feature

▸ On QuickBar, click the Copy option.

▸ Move the copied feature to the face shown in orange.

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Relocate the steering wheel origin

In this activity, the steering wheel plane is used to move the copied feature instead
of the secondary axis used in the method 1 activity.
▸ To relocate the steering wheel origin, hold the <Shift> key down, click and drag
the steering wheel origin to the midpoint of the face edge (E) and then release
the mouse button. As you drag along the face edge (E), you will notice that
the steering wheel origin will jump to the midpoint of edge (E). When you hold
the <Shift> key down to move the steering wheel origin, the steering wheel
orientation remains fixed.

The move will be from the midpoint of edge (E) to the midpoint of edge (F).

Move the copied feature using the steering wheel plane

▸ Click the steering wheel plane.

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F Activity: Copying and attaching a feature (method 2)

▸ Drag the cursor over the edge shown and click when the midpoint symbol
displays.

▸ Press the <Esc> key to terminate the move command.

Summary
In this activity you learned how to copy a feature and then position the copied
feature by moving the steering wheel origin and using the steering wheel plane to
define the move vector.

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 G Activity: Detaching and
attaching a feature

Open activity file

▸ Open detach.par.

Suspend Live Rules

Live Rules is covered in the Working with geometric relationships self-paced
course. Suspend the Live Rules settings while moving the feature. This will ensure
no other faces in the model participate in the move.
▸ Click the Suspend Live Rules check box.

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G Activity: Detaching and attaching a feature

Select the feature to detach

▸ In PathFinder, click the feature named Protrusion 2.

Position the steering wheel origin

▸ Drag the steering wheel origin to the midpoint of the edge shown.

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Move the feature

▸ On QuickBar, click the detach option.

▸ Click the steering wheel plane to start the move.

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G Activity: Detaching and attaching a feature

▸ Select the midpoint of the edge shown to complete the move.

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Attach the feature

▸ Right-click in the part window and choose the Attach command.

Summary
In this activity you learned how to detach a feature, move it to a new location and
then attach the feature to the model. This process is similar to a cut and paste
process.

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 H Activity: Copying, rotating
and attaching a feature to
a new location

Open activity file

▸ Open rotate.par.

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H Activity: Copying, rotating and attaching a feature to a new location

Suspend Live Rules

Live Rules is covered in the Working with geometric relationships self-paced
course. Suspend the Live Rules settings while moving the feature. This will ensure
no other faces in the model participate in the move.
▸ Click the Suspend Live Rules check box.

Method one
Use the copy option on QuickBar. Align the feature using the Relate command.
Position the feature using the steering wheel. Copy feature (A) onto face (B). Center
feature on face (B) with the feature holes aligned to the midpoint of edge (C).

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Select feature
▸ In PathFinder, select the feature named Protrusion 1.

▸ On QuickBar, click the copy option.

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H Activity: Copying, rotating and attaching a feature to a new location

Move the copied feature

▸ Click the cardinal point shown.

▸ Click the secondary axis to start the move command. In the dynamic edit box,
type 125 and press the <Enter> key.

Align the feature to the angled face

▸ On QuickBar, choose the Relate command.

Use the default Parallel alignment.

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▸ Select the angled face.

▸ Click the Accept button on QuickBar and then press the <Esc> key.

Feature is now aligned with angled face.

Position the feature

▸ Move the steering wheel origin to the center of one of the cylindrical faces as
shown.

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▸ Click the cardinal pint shown to define the move direction.

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▸ Click secondary axis and then select the midpoint of the edge shown.

Note
If you cannot locate the midpoint on the edge, make sure the all keypoints
option is set.

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▸ Move the steering wheel origin to any point on the bottom of the feature.

▸ Click the primary axis and then select the endpoint shown.

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Attach the feature

▸ Right-click in the part window and choose Attach.

This completes the first method of copying, aligning and positioning a feature.

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H Activity: Copying, rotating and attaching a feature to a new location

Method two
Use the Copy to and Paste from clipboard commands. Use the short-cut keys
<Ctrl>+C (copy) and <Ctrl>+V (paste). Align the feature using the <F3> key.
Position the feature using the steering wheel. Copy feature (A) onto face (D). Center
feature on face (D) with the feature holes aligned to the midpoint of edge (C).

You press <Crtl>+C to copy the selected feature to the clipboard.

You press <Crtl>+V to paste the feature from the clipboard.
You can also choose the commands from the Clipboard group.

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Select the feature to copy

▸ In PathFinder, select feature named Protrusion 1.

▸ Position the steering wheel origin at any point on the bottom of the feature. This
will come into play when the feature is aligned to the angled face.

Copy and paste feature

▸ Press <Ctrl>+C to copy the selected feature to the clipboard.

▸ Press <Ctrl>+V to paste the feature.

▸ Feature is attached to cursor. Drag cursor over the face shown.

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H Activity: Copying, rotating and attaching a feature to a new location

▸ Press the <F3> key to coplanar align the steering wheel face to the angled face.
This is the reason you positioned the steering wheel to a point on the bottom of
the feature in an earlier step.

▸ Click to place the feature.

Rotate the feature

▸ Click the steering wheel torus.

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▸ In the dynamic edit box, type 90 and then press the <Enter> key.

Center the feature on the face

▸ Move the steering wheel origin to the midpoint of a linear edge on the feature.

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▸ Click the secondary axis point shown to define the move direction.

▸ Click the midpoint on the edge shown.

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Align feature center to midpoint on edge

▸ Move steering wheel origin to the center of a cylindrical face on the feature.

▸ Click the cardinal point shown.

▸ Click the secondary axis.

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▸ Click the midpoint of the edge.

Attach feature to model

▸ Right-click in the part window and choose Attach.

This completes the activity.

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Summary
In this activity you learned how to copy, align and position a feature. Two methods
were shown to help you understand the available tools for copying geometry.

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