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Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775
Choose a Method to Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776
Modify Objects Using Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777
Move or Rotate Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787
Copy, Array, Offset, or Mirror Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796
Change the Size and Shape of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821
Fillet, Chamfer, Break, or Join Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832
Disassociate Compound Objects (Explode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 845
Modify Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846
Modify Splines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853
Modify Helixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858
Modify Multilines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860
Chapter 20
Add Constraints to Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865
Overview of Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865
Constrain Objects Geometrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870
Overview of Geometric Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870
Apply or Remove Geometric Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872
Display and Verify Geometric Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . 878
Modify Objects with Geometric Constraints Applied . . . . . . . 882
Infer Geometric Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885
Constrain Distances and Angles between Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . 888
Overview of Dimensional Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888
Apply Dimensional Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892
Control the Display of Dimensional Constraints . . . . . . . . . 897
Modify Objects with Dimensional Constraints Applied . . . . . 899
Constrain a Design with Formulas and Equations . . . . . . . . . . . 903
Overview of Formulas and Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904
Control Geometry with the Parameters Manager . . . . . . . . . 905
Organize Parameters into Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910
Part 7 Define and Reference Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913
Chapter 21 Work with Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915
Overview of Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915
Insert Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917
Work with Dynamic Blocks in Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922
Overview of Dynamic Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922
Work With Action Parameters in Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923
Work With Constraint Parameters in Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 926
Remove Block Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927
Chapter 22
Create and Modify Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929
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