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File Edit View Model Display Datum Display

System Toolbar
Browser Controls

Navigator Feature Toolbars

- Model Tree
- Folder Browser
Plane
- Favorites Axis
- History Curve
Datum

- Connections
Sketched curve
- Search
Point
Coordinate system
Analysis

Hole
Shell
Pick/Place

Web Browser Quick Sash Status Bar Filter

Controls Rib
Draft
Round
Dashboard
Chamfer
Slide-up Panel
Extrude
Reference Collector/Dimension Box
Slide-up Revolve
Panel Tabs
Base

Variable section sweep

Boundary blend
Feature Tool
Style

Copy

Message Area Dialog Bar Mirror

Feature Control
Editing

- Pause/resume Move
- Verify
Merge
- Ok
- Cancel Trim
Pattern
 S e l e c t i o n

Mouse Controls

ACTION RESULT COLORS

Move Pointer Items under pointer are highlighted

Preselection highlight
(Cyan)
Items under the pointer are
Right-click
query highlighted Selected
(Bright Red)

Secondary selected
Left-click Highlighted item is selected (Orange)

Preview geometry
(Yellow)
CTRL + Add/Remove items
Secondary preview geometry
(Pale Yellow)

SHIFT + Select chain or surface set

D i r e c t V i e w i n g

Mouse Controls Wheel Mouse Controls

3D Modes 2D Modes ZOOM

(Drag MMB)

Quick-zooming with
a wheel mouse

SPIN PAN

PAN SHIFT + ZOOM CTRL + + .5x

SHIFT

ZOOM CTRL + 2x
CTRL +

TURN CTRL +
Spin Center
Enabled: Icon = Spin Center
Disabled: Cursor = Spin Center

View Mode
Allows DELAYED and VELOCITY
Viewing Modes

Shortcut tip: Use CTRL-SHIFT-MMB to

enable/disable view mode
 Smart Level 1 features, then level 2 geometry objects
from the level 1 set (edges, surface, etc.)
Feature Features

Geometry Surfaces, edges, curve segments, vertices

Datums Datum planes, axes, coordinate systems,

points, curves
Quilts Surface quilts

2 selected Smart

Selection Status Area Current Filter Selection

Shows # of items in 'Selection List'

Shortcut tip: Double-click to see

Selection List

Using the Smart Filter

Feature First, Geometry Second
Moving between Features and Geometry is fast and easy with the Smart filter. First, select one or more features.
Perform an action on the selected feature(s) or proceed to select some geometry of that feature.

Level 1:

Select Feature

• Act on feature
or

• Select a different feature

or

• CTRL-Select new feature (adds feature to list)

Level 2:
or

• Select Geometry of selected feature Act on geometry

• Select a geometry
or

• CTRL-Select a new geometry

or

• Clear Selection (resets to Level 1)

H a n d l e B e h a v i o r

Snapping

Press LMB and Holding SHIFT Move pointer over Release LMB, Handle is snapped, handle
begin dragging reference geometry Release SHIFT appearance changes to
indicate snapping

Handle stretches from anchor White 'snap indicator' circle Reference geometry is Geometry is selected Anchor point and extendor arm
point and is highlighted appears on the drag handle highlighted (cyan) as reference will disappear, leaving handle
(filled black) while dragging with black 'snap' circle

Unsnapping

Holding SHIFT Move pointer over handle Drag handle off Release
reference geometry

Snapped handle is 'at rest' Reference geometry White 'snap indicator' circle Handle is unsnapped and
is highlighted disappears from the handle reverts to its original state

Copying for Variable Features

Move pointer over Press and hold LMB Dragging from anchor Release
anchor to copy Press and hold CTRL copies and places the
new handle

The anchor point is highlighted The sequence of mouse/ Original handle is unchanged,
keyboard commands while dragging new copy
is important