Assembly
Assembly
The Assembly item enables you to add triangle and surface models to your
projects.
The availability of this feature is license dependent.
Select the Assembly item to display the Assembly panel below the splitter bar. The following
settings are available:
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Click the Transform button to interactively move, rotate, and scale the selected item. |
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Click the Nudge button to adjust the position of the selected item. |
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Click the Scale button to scale the size of the selected item in any of the three axes, or in all axes simultaneously. |
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Click the Object Selection button to turn on object selection. |
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Click the Lay on Surface button to lay an assembly component on the surface of a model. |
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Click the Mirror button to mirror an assembly along X, Y, or Z, or around its own origin. |
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Click the Copy Rotate button to create multiple copies of an assembly in a circular pattern. |
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Click the Block Copy button to create multiple copies of an assembly in a grid pattern. |
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Click the Emboss Relief Wizard button to automate the process of creating embossed reliefs. |
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Click the Edit Object Attributes button to view details about an assembly and edit certain attributes. |
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Click the Edit Object Shading button to select the shading of the assembly. |
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Click the 3D Machining Wizard button to prepare your assembly for machining. |
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Click the Create Assembly Silhouette button to create a vector outline of all assemblies and their associated meshes currently visible in the 3D view. |
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Click the Subtract Assembly button to subtract the assembly from the active relief layer. |
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Click the Merge Assembly button to combine the assembly with the composite back relief. |
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Click the Add Gem button to add a gem to the assembly. |
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Click the Component Library button to open the component library and add a component to the assembly. |
The top row of the Dimensions area displays the combined dimensions of all visible and hidden meshes within an assembly, or the dimensions of a selected mesh. The bottom row of the Dimensions area, labelled Visible, displays the dimensions of the visible parts of a selected assembly.
The root Assembly in the Project Tree can contain the following items:
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Assemblies — This icon represents each assembly in the project.
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3D Objects — This icon represents each mesh in the project.
To rename any of these items, right-click an item's name and select Rename from the context menu.
Additional options are available from the Assembly and Mesh
item context menus
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