Add Component: Place on Cone Face

Access: Open this function from one of the following locations:

Add Component

  • Click in the toolbar.

  • Select Assembly > Main Tools > Add Component from the menu bar.

  • Select Add Component in the popup menu when no geometry is selected.

Add a Duplicate Copy

  • Click in the toolbar.

  • Select Assembly > Main Tools > Add a Duplicate Copy from the menu bar.

  • Select Add a Duplicate Copy in the popup menu when no geometry is selected.

  • Select Add a Duplicate Copy from the Mold Design Guide Toolbar.

Add Electrode

  • Select Electrode > Add Electrode > Add Electrode from the menu bar.

 

Function variations

Add Component

Add a component to the assembly / sub-assembly.

Add a Duplicate Copy

Add a component that is a duplicate copy of an existing component, to the assembly / sub-assembly.

This function is used to add mechanisms, assemblies, and other components that you have used in previous projects. Add a Duplicate Copy is similar to Add Component, however, Add a Duplicate Copy creates a free copy of the component and allows you to add it to your current assembly without affecting the original assembly.

Add This Component

Add a preselected component to the assembly / sub-assembly.

Add Electrode

Add an existing electrode part.

Required Step 2

Place the component. The options displayed depend on the type of entity to be added:

Place on Cone Face

Using this option, the component to be added can be placed on various types of cone facevarious types of cone face. The component can be added to any cone face (also on cone faces that are in higher level sub-assemblies).


Select Place on Cone Face and pick the cone face on which to place the component. A connect operation of type UCS to Cone Face will be created for this component.

 

Pick the cone face on which to place the component.

The component is added.

A control dialog is attached to the added component to make the following operations available:

  1. Move the added component to the other side of the cone face and flip the added component.

Click the arrow in the control dialog.

The component is moved to the other side of the cone face and flipped.

  1. Deselect the place point.

Click the X in the control dialog.

The added component is removed.

Press MMB to <exit><exit>(middle mouse button) when finished.

Click OKOK or ApplyApply in the Feature Guide to complete the function.

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.