Editing

Use the editing tools to create and edit 2D and 3D solids. You can select, pull, move (in 2D and 3D), edit in cross-section, fill (heal), bend lines and edges, and tweak faces.

In SpaceClaim, there is little need for a distinction between creating and editing. There is no hierarchical feature tree, so you have considerable freedom when designing. Create a box by pulling on a rectangular region. Edit the size of the box by pulling on one of its faces. Draw a rectangle to create a pull-able region. Draw a rectangle on a face to create a new face.

In general, you are either editing or creating with one of the main tools (Select, Pull Closed , Move Closed , Combine Closed , or sketching and editing in Section mode Closed See Section), the many secondary tools, or inserting relationships between faces in the design (Shell Closed , Offset Closed , Mirror Closed ). Combining objects (intersecting, merging, cutting, etc.) is handled by the tools in the Intersect Closed A tool used to split solids and faces. ribbon group.

Selection is integral to face and edge manipulation. You can extend selections with standard controls (double-click, Ctrl, Shift), by right-clicking and selecting from the Select menu, or using SpaceClaim's power selection functions.

A quick note about solids and surfaces: SpaceClaim always converts a closed set of surface faces into a solid. Similarly, sketched lines that clearly create regions on faces are replaced with real edges. The change in face transparency and edge lines reflects this transformation.

You can cut, copy, paste, and detach objects in most tools.

You can also nudge objects in most tools. Hold Ctrl+Alt and the up or down arrow to nudge an object. The up arrow increases the dimension and the down arrow decreases the dimension. If you nudge multiple times then click Undo, all the nudges will be reverted. You can view and change the nudge distance in the Snap options.

In SpaceClaim, there are three modes you can use to edit your designs:

	Sketch mode displays the sketch grid, so you can use any of the sketch tools to sketch in 2D.
	Section modeSee Section lets you edit solids by working with their edges and vertices in cross-section.
	3D mode lets you work directly with objects in 3D space.

Edit ribbon group

The Edit ribbon group contains the following tools:

	Use the Select tool to select 2D or 3D objects in your design for editing. You can select vertices, edges, curves, planes, axes, faces, surfaces, rounds, solids, and components in 3D. In 2D, you can select points and lines. You can also select circle and ellipse centers, the midpoints of lines and edges, and the internal points and end points of splines. The Select tool can also be used to edit a sketch.
	Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, scale, drape, and blend faces; use it to round, chamfer, or extrude edges.
	Use the Move tool to move one or more faces, surfaces, solids, or components. The behavior of the Move tool changes based on what you have selected.
	Use the Fill tool to fill in the selected faces with the surrounding surface or solid. The region must be completely surrounded to be filled. You can also use the Fill tool to patch new surfaces through loops of edges.
	Use the Replace tool to replace one face (or multiple faces) with another face (or faces). You can also use it to simplify a spline face that is very similar to a cylinder or plane, or to align a set of planar faces that are almost aligned.
	You can edit any face or surface with Tweak Face to change its surface geometry. This tool is available in 3D mode and in drawings.