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Moving with a fulcrum

The FulcrumHinge; pivot point. When using the Move tool, you can select an object and use the Fulcrum tool guide to move other objects around it. tool guide moves objects around a point, edge, or face. You can use this tool guide to pivot patterns or faces, and to create a simple exploded assembly.

To move objects with the Fulcrum tool guide

1. Click MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. in the Edit group on the Design2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. tab.

2. Select the point(s), edge(s), or face(s) you want to move. You can select surfaces, solids, or components in the Structure treeDisplay in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. You can expand or collapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components..

   This object will be highlighted a shade darker than its normal color. Selected components will be highlighted with a red bounding box.

3. Click the FulcrumHinge; pivot point. When using the Move tool, you can select an object and use the Fulcrum tool guide to move other objects around it. tool guide on the right side of the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace..

4. Select the point, edge, or face you want to use as the fulcrum. You can select surfaces, solids, or components in the Structure treeDisplay in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. You can expand or collapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components..

   This object will be highlighted in blue.

5. Drag an arrow or radius on the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. handle to move the object(s).

Examples

In the examples below, the object was dragged in the direction indicated by the red arrow.

Moving an edge using another edge as the fulcrum point.

Moving a pattern with one pattern member as the fulcrum point. You must select all the faces on the pattern member that you move.

Moving components with a face of one component as the fulcrum point. Select the components in the Structure treeDisplay in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. You can expand or collapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components..