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To edit a 2D-Cam, Gear-Pair, Profile, Extrusion.
There are certain elements that are coincident with each other in the graphic-area.
For example: A Polyline element may be above a 2D-Cam, and a Profile/ Extrusion element may be above the Polyline.
When you want to edit one of these elements - the - you may find you open a dialog-box that you do not want to open.
To edit the element that you want to edit 2D-Cam, Polyline, Profile, or Extrusion
There are two basic methods:
Method 1 - Selection-Window (preferred) 1.Click the element you want to edit the graphic-area All of the coincident elements will show in the Selection-Window 2.Right-click the element you want to edit 3.Click Edit Element in the contextual-menu Method 2 - Assembly-Tree 1.Find the element in the Assembly-Tree 2.Click the element in the Assembly-Tree to select it. 3.Right-click the element you want to edit 4.Click Edit Element in the contextual-menu |