Transforming Solid or Volume Faces

You can snap an edge or a vertex of a solid or volume face to another close element. You can:

Snap an edge to any edge of the same size, parallel to it, and create a rectangle.
Snap a vertex to any vertex, wire, face, or plane.

This task shows you how to:

Move and Snap a Cube Edge

Before you begin: Open a 3D Shape containing two parallel cubes of the same size.

From the first cube, select one of the two edges that face the second cube.
In the context toolbar, click Robot .
The Robot is attached to the edge.
Select Create features mode , Local mode , and Modify Face Creation .
Drag the handle in the direction of the other cube.
The ruler appears and the edge is moved by the specified length.
Drag the handle again in the same direction until the copilot appears.
The copilot snaps the translated edge to the edge of the second cube as soon as it is close enough.

Note: If you hold Shift while dragging the Robot handle, the copilot never appears even if a candidate edge is being intersected.
Click in the work area to validate.

Before you begin: Open a 3D Shape containing two offset cubes.

In the View section of the action bar, click *left .
The viewpoint is moved to enable an easier selection of the vertices.
Select the highlighted vertex.
In the context toolbar click Robot .
The Robot is attached to the vertex.
Select Create features mode and Local mode .
Drag the Robot horizontally until the copilot appears.
The copilot snaps the translated vertex as soon as a vertex is close enough.
Move the viewpoint to see the result.
Drag the handles successively along the axes of the Robot until the model looks as follows:
Move the Robot towards the closest face until the copilot appears.
The copilot snaps the vertex as soon as a face is intersected.
Click in the work area to validate.