Context Toolbars

Context toolbars are smart toolbars that contain only those commands that can be applied to the current selection.

This page discusses:

Customization

Following commands can be removed or added to the context toolbar:

  • Constraints
  • Define Component
  • Define Component Specification
  • Place Components (from Search)
  • Place Components (from Catalog)
  • Place Selected Component Reference
  • Connect or Reconnect
  • Move Components
  • Remove Components and Keep Associated Component Specification
  • Component Impacts
  • Design Table Edition
  • Create Associated Component Family
  • Change Dimensions from Component Family
  • Duplicate and Replace

For more information, see Customizing the Context Toolbar.

Selected Object: Component Specification

Place Components Retrieved from Search
See Placing Components


Place Components Retrieved from Library
See Placing Components
Place Components Retrieved from Catalog
See Placing Components
Place Components Retrieved from Library
See Placing Components
Coincidence
See Flyout for Constraints
Fix
See Flyout for Constraints

Selected Object: Axis or Sketch of Points

Define Component Specifications
Defines the position of one or several components from published axis systems.
See Defining Component Specifications.

Selected Objects: Component and Component Specification

Connect or Reconnect
Connects the selected Component with the selected Component Specification.
See Moving Components.
Place Selected Component Reference
Places the selected component reference on the selected Component Specifications.
See Placing Components.

Selected Object: Occurrence of a Component with Hook

Move Components
Moves one or several Components.
See Moving Components.
Remove Components and Keep Associated Component Specifications
Removes components and their impacts but keeps the associated Component Specifications.
New Reference
See Flyout for Impacts

Selected Object: 3D Part with Assembly Feature and Hook

Impacts
See Flyout for Impacts

Selected Object: Imported V5 Tooling Component

Define Component
Defines a component using title and naming conventions on the impacting bodies.

Place Components

Reverse
Inverts the Z-Axis
New Reference
See Flyout for Impacts
Impacts
See Flyout for Impacts
Cut
See Flyout for Cut
Adaptive Components
Reconnects features with external links of an Adaptive Component in the context.
See Reconnecting Adaptive Components in the Context.
Connect the selected HookingPoint
Connects the selected hooking point.
Content Chooser
Places a selected component or replaces an existing one by another.
See Placing Components
Catalog Browser
Places a selected component or replaces an existing one by another.
See Placing Components
Use Same Reference
Uses the same reference as previous.
Manual Reconnection
Performs a manual reconnection.
User Defined
The adaptive system is defined by user.

Flyout for Constraints

For more information, see Assembly Design User's Guide: Engineering Connections.

Angle
Creates an angle constraint.
Coincidence
Creates a coincidence constraint.
Contact
Creates a contact constraint.
Curvilinear Distance
Creates a curvilinear distance constraint.
Fix
Creates a fix constraint.
Fix in Space
Creates a fix a space constraint.
Fix together relatively
Creates a fix together relatively constraint.
Fix together
Creates a fix together constraint.
Parallelism
Creates a parallelism constraint.
Offset
Creates an offset constraint.
Perpendicularity
Creates a perpendicularity constraint.
Roll
Creates a roll constraint.
Slide
Creates a slide constraint.
Tangency
Creates a tangency constraint.

Flyout for Reference

Duplicate and Replace
Replaces the selected components by a duplicated reference.
New Instance
Creates a new instance.

Flyout for Component Specifications

Content Chooser
Places and defines a V5 Tooling component as a Smart Mechanical component.
See Using V5 Tooling Components
On Selected Component Specification
Placing Components
All Compatible Component Specifications
Placing Components
All Compatible Component Specifications - Single Duplication
Placing Components
Create Assembly Pattern with Component Specifications Pattern
Placing Components

Flyout for Impacts

Impacts
Creates impacts
No Impact
Prevents the creation of impacts

Flyout for Cut

Cut
Available only for a Form Ejection Component Reservation.
No Cut
Available only for a Form Ejection Component Reservation.