There are a number of reasons why you may want to edit a Part.
When you add a Part, you 'Drag out a Line' in the Mechanism-Editor. You must edit the Part to give the exact length to the Part. |
In an Added-Part, you can use the CAD-Line and its Points for Pin-Joints and Slide-Joints You can also add new Lines and Points for Joints in other places in a Part. You MUST add Lines and Points to the Base-Part. |
You can add a Point to a Part and then view the trace that that Point has on the Mechanism Plane during a machine-cycle. There are some rules: see Add Trace-Point. |
Each Extrusion references a sketch-loop. You must use the Part-Editor to add sketch-elements for the sketch-loop. |
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Each Cam needs a Cam-Follower. A Cam-Follower must be sketched in the Part as a sketch-loop. You must also sketch the shape of the 'Cam-Blank' with the 3D-Cams. |
For any Point that you add to a Part, you can:
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There is a CAD-Line between the start and end Point of every Added-Part. You can add one or more new CAD-Lines to any Parts. You use the CAD-Line to import DXF drawings, SolidWorks parts or STL files onto them. CAD-Lines can be stacked on top of each other or at different positions in the Part Plane. |
See Mechanism-Synthesis.
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Add a Measurement FB between two sketch-elements. See Add Measurement FB The output from the Measurement FB continually reports the dimension, velocity and acceleration between the two sketch-elements. Add a Point-Data FB to report the position, velocity and acceleration of the Point. You can use the output of a Measurement or Point-Data FB as the independent variable (X-axis) of a different FB. |
Add a Point or Line added to attach a Spring FB. |
A Motion-Path needs a sketch-path, sketch, chain or sketch-loop. You can use a Motion-Path for a Belt, Chains, Motion-Trajectory. |