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Context Toolbars

Panels

3D Coordinate System

About 3D Coordinate System

Z-Up Model Orientations

Y-Up Model Orientations

Work Area

Locking and Unlocking Action Bar

Dialog Boxes

Equations

Adding, Editing, and Deleting Equations

Equations in Sketches and Features

Operators, Functions, and Constants

About the Robot

Box Selections

Breadcrumb Selections

Using Mouse, Trackpad, and Touch Devices

Mouse Controls

Shortcut Rings

Touch Functions

Trackpad Functions

Subdivision Command Toolbar

Using the View Selector

Design Manager Tree

Design Manager

Viewing the Design Manager

Working in the Design Manager

Ordered Geometrical Sets

Creating an Assembly from the Content Toolbar

Showing and Hiding Items

Editing a Sketch Plane

Constraint Status

Design Manager Context Options

Delete Selected Features

Deactivating Features

Grouping and Ungrouping Components

Reordering and Moving Components

Reimporting Components

Rolling Back Features in the Design Tree

Command Parking

Design Manager Messages

Action Bar

Standard Area

Sketch Section

Subdivision Section

Features Section

Assembly Section

Tools Section

Lifecycle Section

Marketplace Section

View Section

Design Range

Keyboard Shortcuts

Subdivision Work Area Shortcuts

Predefined Queries

Workflow for Working with Subdivision Objects

Working with 3DSpace and Other Apps

Working with 3DSpace

Working with Content from 3DSpace and 3DDrive

Opening Content Using Drag and Drop

Collaboration with SOLIDWORKS Desktop

Converting SOLIDWORKS Files

About Generate Derived Output

Converting SOLIDWORKS Files With No Exact Geometry in Dashboard Apps

Checking the Status of a Job in Collaboration and Approvals

Standard Area

Creating a Component

Opening and Closing Components

Importing Geometry

Saving Components

Exporting Geometry

Reloading Components

Refreshing Components

Solving Components

Switching Apps

Specifying Preferences

Isolating Components

User Assistance Panel

Learning Assistant Panel

Sketch Section

Working in Sketches

Creating Features from Sketch Mode

Sketching with Freehand Gestures

Using Copy and Paste on Sketches

Sketching Lines

Sketching Rectangles

Sketching Two Corner Rectangles

Sketching Center Rectangles

Sketching Three Point Corner Rectangles

Sketching Three Point Center Rectangles

Sketching Parallelograms

Sketching Arcs

Sketching Circles

Sketching Ellipse

About Ellipses

Sketching Ellipses

Dimensioning Ellipses

Editing Ellipses

Sketching a Polygon

Sketching Spline

About Through Point Spline

Sketching Through Point Splines

Editing a Spline

Sketching Slots

Sketching Centerline Slots

Sketching Midpoint Centerline Slots

Sketching Three Point Arc Slots

Sketching Center Arc Slots

Creating Text

Sketching Points

Dimensioning a Sketch

Filleting Sketch Entities

Splitting Sketch Entities

Trimming and Extending Sketch Entities

Sketch Offset

Transform Sketch Entities

Mirroring Sketch Entities

Converting External Geometries and Sketches

Inserting an Existing Sketch

Selecting Midpoints

Snapping

Inferencing

Interchangeable Curves

Design Assistance for Sketch

About Design Assistance for Sketch

Duplicating Sketch Entities

Sketch Constraints

Types of Sketch Constraints

Working with Sketch Constraints

Sketch Objects

Types of Sketch Objects

Working with Sketch Objects

Boolean Sketch Objects

About Boolean Sketch Objects

Adding Sketch Objects

Subtracting Sketch Objects

Intersecting Sketch Objects

Sketch Diagnostics

About Sketch Diagnostics

Diagnosing a Sketch

Subdivision

3D Subdivision

Creating a Subdivision Box

Creating a Subdivision QuadBall

Creating a Subdivision Cylinder

Creating a Subdivision Globe

Creating a Subdivision Torus

Creating a Subdivision Cone

Creating a Subdivision Pyramid

2D Subdivision

Creating a Subdivision Rectangle

Creating a Subdivision Disk

Creating a Subdivision Ring

Creating a Net Surface

Extruding a Subdivision Edge or Face

Extruding a Subdivision Edge or Face

Bridging a Surface Together by Laminar Edge

Inserting Loops on Subdivision Objects

Subdividing a Subdivision Face

Creasing Edges on a Subdivision Face

Align and Quick Align Points on the Subdivision Mesh

Filling Subdivision Holes

Cutting a Subdivision Object Using a Plane

Deleting Faces and Loops on Subdivision Objects

Creating an Arc Bend

Scaling Subdivisions by Specifying a Distance

Translate or Scale Subdivision Objects

Using Symmetry to Create Subdivision Objects

Using Copy and Paste on Subdivision Features

Features

Reference Plane

Reference Axis

Reference Point

Axis System

About Axis Systems

Defining an Axis System

Loft and Loft Cut

Shell

Thicken

Splitting Bodies or Faces

Combining Bodies

Move Body

Scale Body

Inserting an Existing Geometry

Creating a Loft Surface

Knitting and Unknitting Faces or Bodies

Trimming a Surface

Offsetting a Face or Body

Extending a Surface

Creating a Ruled Surface

Assembly

Working with External References

About External References

Creating External References

Creating Isolated External References

Inserting New Components

Inserting Existing Components

About Make Component

Making Components from Bodies

Replace Component

Mates

Types of Mates

Functional Joints

Add Mate

Compound Joints

Gear Joint

Rack and Pinion Joint

Cable Joint

Edit and Delete Mate

Deactivate and Activate

Making Subassemblies Flexible

Tools Section

Inserting Pictures Into a Plane

Converting a Picture to a Sketch

Using Colors

Measure

Mass Properties

Mesh Inspection

About Draft Analysis

Performing Draft Analysis

Adding Zebra Stripes to Components

Working with Parameters

Inserting an Ordered Geometrical Set

Update Content Library

Sharing Pictures with 3DSwym Communities

Sharing 3D Files with 3DSwym Communities

Printing 3D Models

Applying and Replacing Materials

Fab Connect

Lifecycle Section

Component Properties

Revisions

Creating New Revisions and Branches

Changing Maturity

Locking and Unlocking Components

Lock Unlock Options

Locking Components

Unlocking Components

Sending a Request to Unlock

Marketplace Section

Sending Your Models to 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace Make

Accessing 3D Components from PartSupply

View Section

Zoom, Pan, Rotate, Reframe

Changing Views

View Filters

Customizing the View Modes

Managing the Visualization Quality

Creating a Section View

Tablet or Mobile Device Option

Enabling and Disabling Breadcrumbs

Viewing a Model Normal To

Ambience Options

Shading and Edges Options

Default Appearance Options

Troubleshooting