<< Click to Display Table of Contents >> Navigation: MechDesigner Reference & User Interface > 2.3 Part-Editor: > Geometry > Geometry | CAD-Line |
Use a CAD-Line to:
•Specify Mass & Inertia Properties
There is a CAD-Line from the start-Point to the end-Point of each Part you add to the model.
You can do Add CAD-Line to import more CAD files onto one Part.
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Part-Editor: Geometry toolbar > Add CAD-Line |
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Menu : |
Part-Editor: Add menu > Geometry sub-menu> > Add CAD-Line |
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To Add : |
The CAD-Line is now in the graphic-area. |
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To Edit : |
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Notes: To add with Free-Points*
To add with Merged-Points*
Point* : usually start-Point, end-Point, or center-Point. |
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Note : |
You can open the CAD-Line dialog-box from the: • Part-Editor • Mechanism-Editor AND •Model-Editor (when you a Solid linked to the CAD-Line) |
![]() CAD-Lines in an Added-Part |
In the Graphic-Area: Mechanism-Editor : Add-Part - a CAD-Line Part-Editor : Add CAD-Line to add one or more CAD-Line CAD-Lines have a Coordinate System, which is important to orientate CAD files that you import •+X–axis: from its start-Point •+Y–axis: at +90º from the +X–axis •+Z-axis: perpendicular to the Mechanism Plane (towards you in the default view (Front-View)) |
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In the Assembly-Tree: •CAD-Lines are the only sketch-elements that show in the Assembly-Tree.
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