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Triad

The triad facilitates manipulating various objects such as 3D sketch entities, parts, certain features, and components in assemblies. See also Reference Triad.

The rings and wings are displayed when rotation and dragging along the wings' planes are possible.

Triad actions:

  • Dragging the center ball drags the object freely.

  • Alt + dragging the center ball drags the triad freely.

  • Dragging an arm drags the object in the X, Y, or Z direction.

  • Dragging a wing drags the object along the wing's plane.

  • Dragging a ring rotates the object about the ring's axis.

To use the triad:

Show

To display information as the triad or one of its components moves, right-click anywhere on the triad and select:

  • Show Translate XYZ Box

  • Show Translate Delta XYZ Box

  • Show Rotate Delta XYZ Box

Selections

To move the triad to a selection:

  1. Right-click on the triad (anywhere except on the rotation rings) and choose Move to Selection.

  2. Select an entity.

To align the center ball with a selection:

  1. Right-click the center ball and select Align to.

  2. Select an entity.

You can also align the center ball with a component origin or the assembly origin.

To align an arm or wing with a selection:

  1. Right-click an arm or wing and choose Align with Selection.

  2. Select an entity.

Rotate

To rotate a component:

Select a ring and drag.

To snap, right-click the selected ring and choose Snap while Dragging. Close to the ring, the snap increment is 90°. The increment decreases as the pointer moves further away from the ring.

To rotate in specified increments, right-click the selected ring and choose Rotate 90° or Rotate 180°.

 

 

 



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