Datasheet
Contents
Along Entity .............................................................................................................................34
By Delta XYZ ............................................................................................................................34
To XYZ Position ......................................................................................................................35
Selecting Move Component options ..............................................................................35
Dynamic Clearance ...............................................................................................................36
Using the Mate interface .................................................................................................................36
Considering workflow .........................................................................................................36
Looking at the rest of the Mate interface ....................................................................38
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................40
Chapter 3: Visualizing Assemblies .............................. 41
Manipulating the View .................................................................................................................................41
Using arrow keys ...............................................................................................................................42
Using the middle mouse button ..................................................................................................42
Clicking the triad ................................................................................................................................42
Using mouse gestures ......................................................................................................................43
Using the Magnifying Glass ............................................................................................................44
Investing in a 3D mouse device ...................................................................................................45
Controlling Appearances ............................................................................................................................45
Removing appearances and overrides .....................................................................................47
Using the Display Pane ....................................................................................................................48
Using the DisplayManager .............................................................................................................50
Controlling Appearances with the DisplayManager ..............................................51
Applying decals ......................................................................................................................52
Controlling Scene, Lights, and Cameras .......................................................................56
Creating a walk-through.....................................................................................................56
Using Display States ......................................................................................................................................59
Using Edge and Wireframe Settings ......................................................................................................61
Making the case for shaded with edge display .....................................................................61
Using tangent edge display ............................................................................................................63
Using Assembly Visualization ...................................................................................................................64
Tutorial: Using Assembly Visualization ...............................................................................................65
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................66
Part II: Working with Assemblies 67
Chapter 4: Building Efficient Assemblies.........................69
Identifying the Elements of an Assembly ............................................................................................69
Understanding standard reference geometry items ..........................................................70
Working with assembly equations .............................................................................................71
Solving external references ..............................................................................................72
Understanding link values and global variables ......................................................72
Renaming ..................................................................................................................................72
Recommendations ................................................................................................................73
Using an assembly layout sketch ................................................................................................73
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