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Navigating

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Navigating in walk Mode

In walk mode ,you can walk forward and backward (backward in advanced mode only ) as well as turn right or left as you walk aong the horizontal plane.before using the Walk navigation mode , you must be in a perspective view (View->render Style->Perspective).

Navigating in Fly Mode.

In Fly mode You can move upward or downward on any horizontal view plane as you move forward or backward.

 

Viewing Objects

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Press and hold don middle buttom,then drag} pan



Press and hold down the middle mouse button,then the left (or right ) mouse buttom,then drag.}

Press and hold down the middle mouse buttom then click the left mouse ,then drag (still holding the middle mouse buttom down)

Press and hold down CLTR and the middle mouse buttom ,then drag.

Fit all in zooms the current view out so that all the document contents fit into the space avaiable in the geometry area.

Normal View,then select a plane

The object is projected onto the seected plane so you can now view along a normal to the plane.

 

Importance Of 3d Compass

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1) Manipulate viewpoints using the mouse and compass:this is another way of panning and roatating all objects in the document at the same time.

2) Move and rotate non-constrained objects using the mouse and compass.

3) Move and rotate non-constrained objects the Edit................Contextual Command.

4) Lock the compass orientation.

5) Set the plane in which you move object paralle to the screen

6) Switch the privileged plane to the XZ or YZ planes of the compass.

 

Use Of 3D Compass

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You can use '3D compass' tp perform a certain number of manipulation on certain oject created and manged by certain applications.


The 3D comapss is always active.You can show and hide the compass by toggling the View->Compass command.

The letter X, Y, Z represnt the axis .The Z axis is the default orientation.The point close Z axis is the free rotation handle used for freely rotating the compass and the document's object at the same time.The red square is the Compass manipulation handle used to drag the compass and place on objects to manipulated.You can also rotate objects around this point.The base of the compass ,the X y plane .is the privileged plane.

 

Dragging And Dropping Command

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To Drag and drop command onto objects:

Select the Select icon to enter selection mode,if it is not ready activated,Drag the Edge Fillet icon from the toolbar onto a face of the pad.

To Drag and drop command onto objects:

Select the Select icon to enter selection mode,if it is not already activated.
Select an object (eg.Fillet) and copy it to another location on the same part

 

DISPLAYING PROPERTIES

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DISPLAYING AND EDITING GRAPHIC PROPERTIES.

Edit -> properties command or properties command in the contextual menu.

The graphic properties available for editing are:

Fill Color (colors the current object) and transparency

Edge Color,Linetype and Weight.

Line and Curve color,Linetype and Weight

Point color and Symbol.

Show and Pick attributes.

 

Manipulating objects

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1) Select the edit->Undo or undoing action command to reverse the last action. Some actions can not be undone.When this is the case the Undo icon is grayed out.



Select the Edit ->Redo command to recover the last action undone.




Select Edit -> Cut command to cut objects.


Select Edit -> Copy command to copy objects.


Select Edit->Paste comand to paste object at the desired locations.
Edit -> delete command or Delete command in the contextual menu.
Select the object or object you wish to delete ,either in the specifiaction tree or in the geometry tree.

 

PRE SELECTION NAVIGATOR

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Point to the part of the object you want to select ,then

Tools->options->general->navigator->Display the pre selection navigator after.......seconds.

The spinner sets the amount of the time,in second,which elapses before the pre selection navigator appears after pointing at an object using the 'select command'.The following diagram graphic selection tools features.

Click the up arrow to navigates "in -depth".Click the cicrcle in the centre to validate your selection and exit the preselection navigator.

 

catia Select command

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Select Drag:-
1) To select all those object located entirely inside the trap will be selected.

2) Intersecting Trap:-
Any object intersected by the trap will be selected.

3) Polygonal Trap:-
Drag to define (create the polygon ) around the object to be selected,then double-click to close the polygon.

4) Paint Stroke Selection:-
The Paint Stroke icon lets you select objects by simply drawing a paint stroke across them.Drag to create the paint stroke.

 

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