Smart Move with Viewer

You can move a component and create a coincidence constraint between two axes in an engineering connection.

Before you begin: open an assembly.
See Also
Engineering Connections
  1. Select the blue component then the red component in the tree.
    Important:

    In a flexible assembly, the first selected component must be repositionable.

  2. From the Assembly section of the action bar, click the Smart Move icon and expand the Smart Move dialog box, including the viewer that appears.
    • The Viewer frame: this window appears only if you pre-select the components affected to perform the smart move.

      These components must belong to the same parent component.

      Using the viewer allows you to select with more accuracy the geometrical element to be moved and constrained.

      In the viewer window, you can move and rotate the component regardless of its position in the work area.

      The viewer do not forbid the selection of the geometrical element in the work area.

    • The Automatic constraint creation option allows you to create constraints to keep the move operation.
    • The Fix Component command allows you to prevent the current component from moving from its parents during the update operation.
    • The Quick Constraint frame contains the list of the constraints that can be set. This list displays these constraints in a hierarchical order and can be edited by using both arrows to right of the dialog box.



  3. Select the Automatic constraint creation option.
    The application creates the first possible constraint specified in the list as having priority. For more about this list, refer to Quick Constraint.
  4. Select the face of the blue component as shown in the dialog box.

  5. Click Next component.
  6. Select the face of the red component as shown in the dialog box.

    The engineering connection is created and contains a contact constraint.



  7. Click OK in the Smart Move dialog box.