Getting Started Tutorials - MechDesigner > Tutorial 0: Open Dialogs & Edit Parameters

How to open an element's dialog

To edit an element, you must open its dialog.

Use one of these methods to open the element's dialog.

Method 1: Selection-Window

Click element in graphic-area

STEP 1: Select the element

1. Click the element in the graphics-area or Assembly-Tree

Exceptions

1.SHIFT+CLICK a Profile contour to edit an Extrusion

The element(s) you click (or Shift+Click) are in the Selection-Window. There may be one or many elements.

STEP 2: Edit the element

In the Selection-Window:

1.Right-click the element you want to edit.

2.Click Edit Element in the shortcut menu

The element's dialog is now open.

Edit Elements in the Selection-Window

Method 2: Double-Click the element

Double-click is the fastest method.

Double-click may not be successful if it is difficult to double-click the element you want to edit.

Double-click may not work with complex elements, such as a 3D-Cam.

Double-Click element in the graphic-area.

Option 1: Double-click in the graphics-area

1.Double-click the element in the graphics-area

If the element you want to edit is near to other elements, you can:

•Filter for the element-type with the Selection Filters toolbar

•Hide other element symbols with the Display Filters toolbar

The element's dialog is now open.

Option 2: Double-click in the Assembly-Tree

1.Double-click the element (Design-Set name) in the Assembly-Tree.

The element's dialog is now open.

Option 3:: Double-click in the Selection-Window

1.Click the element (Design-Set FB) one time in the graphics-area

The element should now be in the Selection-Window.

2.Double-click the element in the Selection-Window.

The element's dialog is now open.

Double-Click in the Assembly-Tree

Double-Click in the Selection-Window

Method 3: Right-Click the element

You can right-click the element in the graphics-area, the Assembly-Tree, and the Selection-Window.

Right-click in the graphic-area

Option 1: Right-Click in the graphics-area

1.Right-click the element in the graphics-area

A shortcut-menu is next to your mouse-pointer.

In the shortcut-menu:

2.Click Edit Element

The element's dialog is now open.

Option 2: Right-Click in the Assembly-Tree or Assembly-Tree

1.Right-click the element in the Assembly-Tree

A shortcut-menu is next to your mouse-pointer.

In the shortcut-menu:

2.Click Edit Element

The element's dialog is now open.

Right-Click in the Assembly-Tree.

Method 4: Edit toolbar > Edit Element command

1: Click an element in the Graphic-Area

1.Click the element one time

The element you want to edit must be:

a)In the Selection-Window,

And, if there is more than one element in the list, it must be:

b)At the top of the list of elements

2.Click Edit toolbar > Edit Element

The element's dialog is now open.

2: Click the Edit Element icon:

Other Methods

Edit Parts with the Part-Editor

Double-Click Part-Outline

Double-Click Y-axis of a Part-Outline

Option 1: Edit Part: Select a Part-Outline

1.Click a Part-Outline

2.Click Edit-Part in Part-Editor icon

Note: the Edit Part in Part-Editor icon is in the vertical toolbar to the left of the graphics-area.

The Part-Editor is now open

Option 2: Edit Part: Select a Sketch-element

1.Double-click a sketch-element that is a child to the Part

The Part-Editor is now open

Option 3: Edit Part: Select a Y-axis

1.Double-click the Y-axis of the Part

The Part-Editor is now open

To edit a Profile or an Auto-Profile

Shift-Click Profile

Profile and Extrusion in Selection-Window

When the Extrusion is not in the graphics-area, you must:

1.SHIFT-CLICK the Profile in the graphics-area

The Profile and Extrusion elements are in the Selection-Window - (see bottom image, left)

In the Selection-Window:

2.Right-click the Extrusion element

3.Click Edit element in the shortcut-menu

The Extrusion dialog is now open

Reasons you cannot open a dialog to edit an element

You cannot open a dialog to edit an element when:

•A different dialog is already open. Close all other dialogs.

•You click more than one element and there is a conflict.

•A command is active in the Command-Manager. Complete or cancel the active command.

•It is not possible to edit the element - e.g. : Profile, Line, Tangent

•You must SHIFT+CLICK a Profile to see in the Selection-Window the Extrusion that you can edit

How to open a dialog

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Reasons you cannot open a dialog to edit an element