Move Body

You can move and rotate a body parametrically.

  1. From the Features section of the action bar, click Move Body .
  2. Select one or more Bodies to move.

  3. Optional: Click Create copy to keep a copy of the body in the original location.
  4. Set the Robot Alignment:
    • Global axis system. Aligns the Robot with the global coordinates.
      1. Use the Robot handles to reposition to the Bodies to move.
    • Selected entity. Aligns the Robot to an entity on another body.
      1. Select a face, line, or vertex on a body that is not selected as Bodies to move.

        The Robot moves to the selected entity.

      2. Use the Robot handles on the selected entity, to reposition to the Bodies to move.
  5. Set the Move type:
    • Translate. Aligns the Robot with the global coordinates or Selected entity. Enter an X, Y, and Z distance to position the Robot. To reverse any of the distances, click .

      You can also drag the Robot handles.

    • Rotate about X-axis. Rotates the body about the X-axis.

      Type in a Rotation angle. To reverse the direction, click .

    • Rotate about Y-axis. Rotates the body about the Y-axis.

      Type in a Rotation angle. To reverse the direction, click .

    • Rotate about Z-axis. Rotates the body about the Z-axis.

      Type in a Rotation angle. To reverse the direction, click .

    Note:

    The Dimension Edit Box is displayed as you move. Type the value for the dimension and press Enter.

  6. Click .