Dialog: CAD-Line

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Dialog: CAD-Line

CAD-Line

Each Part you add to the model has a CAD-Line from its start-Point to its end-Point.

You can also add CAD-Lines to Parts with the Part-Editor.

See Part-Editor: Add CAD-Line

Use the CAD-Line dialog-box to:

•Import and display one(1) CAD-Solid

•Display one(1) DXF-Drawing - to import the DXF-Drawing, do File menu > Open DXF-Drawing

•Import and/or edit user Mass-Properties

•Change how to display the CAD-Solid

How to open the CAD-Line dialog-box

Double-Click CAD-Line element in an Added-Part

Double-Click CAD-Line element in an Added-Part

 

To open the CAD-Line dialog-box

1.Double-click a CAD-Line in the graphic-area, or the Assembly-Tree

- or -

1.See How to Open a Dialog-Box

The image shows a CAD-Line that is from the start-Point to the end-Point of a Part.

The CAD-Line dialog-box is now open - see below

CAD-Line dialog-box

CAD-Line dialog-box

CAD-Line dialog-box

The CAD-Line dialog has 5 tabs.

SOLIDWORKS tab

Mass Properties tab

DXF tab

STL Import tab

Display Options tab
tog_minusMore about the CAD-Line

You can open the CAD-Line dialog-box from the Part-Editor AND the Mechanism-Editors.

The X(0),Y(0) of each CAD-Line is its start-Point.

Its +X direction is from its start-Point to its end-Point.

All Parts you add to the model have one CAD-Line.

You can use the Part-Editor to add CAD-Lines to all Parts (and Base-Part) - see Part-Editor: Add CAD-Line