About the Robot

The axes and directions are identified by the colors red, green, and blue, following the "RGB" color sample as memory aid:

• The Red axis is oriented to the X axis of the model coordinates or in U direction of a geometry object,
• the Green axis to model y axis or in v direction, and
• the Blue axis to model z axis or normal direction.

For transforming using Remote Mode, the mouse button functions are also assigned according to the axes order:

	Transforms in x or u direction.
	Transforms in y or v direction.
	Transforms in z or normal direction.

	R	G	B
Axis	X	Y	Z
Direction	U	V	N
Mouse Button Assignment

You can choose various translation modes used with different robot types. The robot type and the number of axes depend on the selected Transform option. It can have 3 or 5 axes which are not imperatively orthogonally to each other.

Activate Transform

Toggles Transform options availability.

Local Modification

Only available for subobject manipulation.

The robot is oriented locally, that is the movement direction is specified in each geometry point.

Notes:

• Scaling and rotating is not possible in this mode.
• The axes are not oriented orthogonally to each other.

Depending on the selected subobject type, two robot types are used:

UVN Orientation

The UVN oriented robot has three axes and is used for the manipulation of

• Greville Points
• Global Points
• Corner Points

The axes are oriented as follows:

Red	Surface U direction
Green	Surface V direction
Blue	Surface N ormal direction

Mesh Orientation

The mesh oriented robot has five axes and is used for the manipulation of Control Points .

The axes are oriented as follows:

Red	Surface U direction
Magenta	Surface opposite U direction
Green	Surface V direction
Yellow	Surface opposite V direction
Blue	Surface N ormal direction

Global Modification

The robot is oriented globally, that is all selected objects and subobjects are moved along the axes of the robot at the current position. The axes are oriented orthogonally to each other.

In this mode, you can choose the robot types:

XYZ Orientation

Selected objects and subobjects are moved along the x-, y-, or z-axis of the current robot orientation, or rotated around an axis.

UN Orientation

At the attachment point of the selection object or subobject, the robot axes are oriented as follows:

x-axis	U direction
y-axis	Crosswise to U direction
z-axis	N ormal direction

VN Orientation

At the attachment point of the selection object or subobject, the robot axes are oriented as follows:

x-axis	Crosswise to V direction
y-axis	V direction
z-axis	Normal direction

View Plane Orientation

The robot z-axis is oriented in normal direction of the view plane and points towards the user out of the screen. It is fixed in the current view plane and not aligned when changing the view.

View Plane Align Orientation

Like View Plane Orientation type, but not fixed in the current view. When manipulating the view, the robot is dynamically aligned to the new current view plane.

OmniPlane Orientation

The robot z-axis is oriented in normal direction of the current OmniPlane.

Translation

The robot is oriented globally, that is all selected objects and subobjects are moved along the axes of the robot at the current position.

Scaling

Only available for Global Modification .

The selected objects and subobjects are scaled depending on the selected orientation in xyz or uvn direction. The robot origin is the scaling center.

The robot shape changes to

Rotation

Only available for Global Modification .

You can rotate the selected entity without dragging directly a robot axis. The robot behavior depends on the Remote Mode setting in the More section.

Click More to display additional Transform options.

Robot Behaviors

Remote Mode

None

Remote mode is disabled.

Mouse Buttons

Depending on the Remote rotation setting in the Transform section, you can translate (Remote Rotation cleared) or rotate ( Remote Rotation selected) the selected entity without dragging directly a robot axis.

	Translation along x axis or rotation around x axis in yz plane
	Translation along y axis or rotation around y axis in xz plane
	Translation along z axis or rotation around z axis in xy plane

Screen zone

Left-drag moves the entity in direction of the axis closest to the mouse position.

Dynamic Axis

Controls the robot's visibility.

• On: The robot is always visible on the first selected object.
• Over: The robot is only visible when moving the cursor over the robot. The origin is always visible and displayed as small circle.
• Off: Only the robot's origin is visible.

Size

Modifies the robot's size.

Mouse Warp

Lets you modify the translation ratio between mouse movement and robot movement on the screen. With factor 1, the point movement corresponds exactly to the cursor movement (transition ratio 1:1).

You can set a translation factor between 1 and 10,000 by

• entering a value in the box,
• moving the slider,
• pressing v + click or v + right click to decrease or increase the value in steps to 1, 10, 100, 1000, and 10000, or
• pressing v + turning the mouse wheel down or up to decrease or increase the value continuously.

In the work area, the selected value is displayed.

Snap

Snaps to objects and subobjects.

Increments

• Step mode: Selects or clears step mode.

  When selected, you can use and + click, middle-click, or right-click to move the robot stepwise in x, y, or z positive or negative direction.

• Linear: Specifies the translation step size.
• Angular: Specifies the rotation step size.
• Dynamic Measurement:

  Move or rotate the robot to display the numerical distance or angle value in the work area.

  Release the robot to enter a value in the text box.