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Moving sheet metal

The  MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. tool on the Sheet Metal tab is similar to the standard Move tool, with the following differences:

• The tools on the Sheet Metal tab recognize junctions, bends, bend reliefs, and forms first, then edges and points when you scroll the mouse wheel to select the underlying entities.
• You can select a form with one click and move or rotate the form using the Sheet Metal MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. tool. The 2D MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. handle is displayed for a form, and it is lined up with the frame of the form.
• Your selection is automatically converted from faces to junctions, bend reliefs, or forms when you switch to the Sheet Metal tab and the PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid., Select, or MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. tool is active. The selection is converted back to faces when you switch to a different tab.
• Only the tool guides and options that are appropriate for sheet metal are displayed.
• The side of the wall you select determines how a bend changes when you rotate a wall. See Rotating sheet metal walls. When you move a wall, any associated sheet metal objects associated with that wall, such as junctions, edges, reliefs, corner reliefs, and bends, also move with the wall.

Shortcut keys work for all of the tools on both tabs. For example, you can press M to activate the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. tool from either the Design2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. tab or the Sheet Metal tab.

Faces which have beads can be moved with the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. tool.

To move an edge relief

1. Click the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. tool in the Create group on the Sheet Metal tab.
2. Select the edge relief.
3. Click an axis and drag in that direction.

To move a wall between joggles

1. Click the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. tool.
2. Select a wall between joggles.
3. Click an axis and drag in that direction.

   The wall is translated between the joggles.

You can move a joggle along a bend. If you have trouble moving a joggle, use the sheet metal Select tool to select the joggle, then usethe MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. tool in the Edit ribbon group of the Design2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. tab to move it.

Example

Translating a wall between four joggles.