Selection list (to the left)

The list of elements that you Click with your mouse in the graphics-area or Element-Explorer.

Owner list (to the right)

“Mechanism”: when the element is a child to a Mechanism-Editor.

“Part”: when the element is a child to a Part.

You cannot see any Constraints in the graphics-area after you add them to sketch-elements.

You can, however, list the Constraints in the Selection-Window.

To list the Constraints in the Selection-Window:

1.SHIFT + Click a sketch-element to list the sketch-element and any Constraints that you have added to the sketch-element.

Selection list

The sketch-element that you SHIFT + Click, AND

Constraints that you have added to the sketch-element - for example TangentCtoL, AND

Constraints that you have added between sketch-elements - for example, Perpendicular.

Owner list

Part - the Part to which you have added the sketch-element or Constraint.

To list an Extrusion in the Selection-Window:

SHIFT + Click the Profile to list the Profile and the Extrusion that is a child to the Profile.

Selection list

The Profile that you SHIFT + Click

The Extrusion that is a child to the Profile.

Owner list

Part: the Part to which the Profile is a child.

To show the shortcut menu

1. Right-click an element

Use the shortcut menu to:

•Show Element References - see below

•Edit element

•Delete element

•Rename element

•Show or Hide Extrusion - if you right-click an Extrusion

Many elements need other elements to exist in the model. The other elements are Reference Elements.

For example, the Reference Elements of a:

•Line are its start-Point and end-Point

•Pin-Joint are two Points, which may be the start-Point or end-Point of a Line or the center-Point of a Circle.

The columns in the dialog identify the element's: