Volume Placement Modes

A number of placement modes help you position your volumes. This section describes these modes.

This page discusses:

Robot Positioning

The point on which the robot is attached, is driven by the following options:

Robot Positioning Selection The robot is positioned where you click.
Robot Positioning Origin The robot is positioned at the (0, 0, 0) coordinates of the object.
Robot Positioning Anchor The robot is positioned at the bottom center of the object’s bounding box.

The orientation of the robot is driven by the following options:

Robot Orientation Orthogonal to Selection The Z|W axis of the robot is oriented following the orthogonal direction to the selected surface.
Robot Orientation Local Axes The robot is oriented following the volume’s internal referential.
Robot Orientation Parent Axes The robot is oriented following the referential of the 3D parent selected before the creation of the volume.
Note: If you rotate the volume in this mode, the robot is reoriented back to its original state at the end of the orientation.
Robot Orientation Global Axes The robot follows the global referential of the product structure root.
Note: The robot goes back to its original orientation after being rotated.

Coordinates Positioning

Position Parent The coordinates are displayed in the parent’s referential.
Position Global The coordinates are displayed in the global referential of the product structure root.

Offset Positioning

The Offset Positioning allows you to rotate the volume so that the “Z|W” axis is aligned with the orthogonal direction of another object.