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- Copyright and Trademark Information
- File Operations
- Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents
- Creating a New Design
- Creating a New Drawing Sheet for the Active Design
- Creating a New Design and Associated Drawing Sheet
- Opening an Existing Design or Drawing Sheet
- Opening an Existing Design by Dragging and Dropping
- Inserting a Design by Dragging and Dropping
- Saving a Design
- Saving a Design and Using It as a Template
- Copying a Design
- Archiving a Design
- Sending a Design
- Saving a Version of Your Design
- Saving a Design as Another File Type
- Closing a Design
- Modifying Design Properties
- Adding Custom Properties
- Importing and Exporting
- Importing a Design
- Exporting a Design
- Importing: Supported File Types
- Exporting: Supported File Formats
- Importing a Design by Dragging and Dropping
- Exporting a Design as an Image
- Copying the Contents of the Design Window to Windows Clipboard
- Opening the Parent Document of a Design
- Converter Utility
- Running the Converter
- Copying and Pasting from Other Applications
- Locking and Unlocking Objects
- Printing Drawing Sheets and Designs
- DesignSpark Mechanical File Format
- Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents
- Introduction
- User's Guide
- Getting Started Using DesignSpark Mechanical
- Quick Reference Card
- Mouse and Touch Gestures
- The DesignSpark Mechanical Interface
- DesignSpark Mechanical Objects
- Working with Components
- Creating a Component
- Activating a Component
- Cutting, Copying and Pasting a Component
- Mirroring a Component
- Sorting Objects within a Component
- Renaming a Component
- Deleting a Component
- Flattening Assemblies
- Internal, External, and Independent Components
- Internal Components
- External Components
- Dependent and Independent Components
- Notes About Dependent and Independent Components
- Examples
- Inserting a Component or Assembly
- Making a Component Independent
- Making an Internal Component External
- Making a Copy of an External Component Internal
- Saving a Copy of an External Component
- Lightweight Components
- Working with Faceted Bodies
- Working with Components
- Undo and Redo
- Selecting
- Select Tool and Modes
- Using the Select Tool
- Using the Selection Context Menu
- Clearing a Selection
- Reverting Your Selection
- Selecting by Rolling the Mouse Wheel
- Select Tool Guide
- Clip with Plane Tool
- Clip with Volume Tool
- Filtering the Selection
- Using Box Mode
- Using Lasso Mode
- Using Polygon Mode
- Using Paint Mode
- Using Boundary Mode
- Select Components Mode
- Designing
- Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
- Sketching
- Locking a Base Point
- Changing the Location of a Base Point
- Editing a Sketch
- Toggling Between a Curve and a Construction Curve
- Mirroring in Sketch Mode
- Sketch Ribbon
- Sketch Tool Guide
- Sketch Mini-toolbar
- Sketch Tool Options
- The Sketch Plane
- Move Grid Tool
- Sketch Options
- Sketching with Constraints
- Sketch Tools
- Line Tool
- Rectangle Tool
- Ellipse Tool
- Circle Tool
- Arcs
- Polygon Tool
- Splines
- Point Tool
- Trimming and Modifying
- Face Curve Tool
- Project to Sketch Tool
- Equation Tool
- Working with Sketch Curves in 3D
- Editing Sketches
- Copying a Sketch
- Layout Sketches
- Moving in Two Dimensions
- Dimensional Sketching
- Design Modes
- Editing
- Edit Ribbon Group
- Pulling with the Pull Tool
- Creating and Editing a Solid
- Pull Tool Guides
- Pull Tool Options
- Pull Tool Examples
- Offsetting or Extruding Faces
- Extending or Extruding Surface Edges
- Rounding Edges
- Rounding Between Faces and Surfaces
- Modifying Rounds
- Chamfering Edges
- Extruding Edges
- Pivoting Edges
- Revolving Faces
- Revolving Edges
- Revolving Helices
- Sweeping
- Drafting Faces
- Creating Slots
- Scaling Solids and Surfaces
- Copying Edges and Faces
- Pulling with the Select tool
- Pivoting an Edge with the Select Tool
- Using Measure to Drive Pull
- Move Tool
- Fill Tool
- Blend Tool
- Editing with Annotation Dimensions
- Mathematical Expressions
- Intersecting
- Intersect Ribbon Group
- Combine and Split Tools
- Splitting Solids and Surfaces
- Merging Solids and Surfaces
- Making 3D Curves at the Intersection Between Faces
- Combine Tool Guides
- Combine Options
- Combine Examples
- Using Combine to Merge Solids and Surfaces
- Merging Solids
- Merging Surfaces
- Merging Surface Protrusions
- Capping a Surface with a Plane
- Removing Material From a Solid
- Splitting Bodies and Surfaces
- Splitting a Surface
- Splitting a Solid with a Surface, Plane, or Another Solid
- Split Body Tool
- Splitting Faces or Edges
- Project Tool
- Datum Objects and Relationships
- Bodies
- Dimensions
- Detach
- Checking Geometry
- Changing the Display
- Orienting Designs
- Styles
- Applying Colors
- Line Styles
- Layers Panel
- Applying a Graphics Style
- Applying a Rendering Style
- Displaying Edges
- Painting Display Properties with Style Painter
- Flythrough
- Workspace Windows
- Sketch Grid Styles
- Displaying Workspace Tools
- Showing and Hiding Objects
- Displaying Lightweight Components
- Detailing
- General Detailing Options
- Drawing Sheet Size and Format Options
- Modular Grid Options
- Formatting Note Text
- Annotation
- Annotation Ribbon Group
- Dimension Tool
- Note Tool
- Creating a Note
- Creating a Note Field
- Copying a Note
- Editing a Note
- Fitting Text Within a Note Box
- Adjusting the Text Width
- Adjusting Line and Character Spacing
- Aligning Multiple Notes
- Attaching and Detaching Notes to Other Notes
- Attaching and Detaching Free Notes to Drawing Views
- Displaying the Text of an Annotation and Hiding the Plane
- Creating Circular Notes
- Adding Hyperlinks to Annotations
- Note Leader Tool
- Thread Tool
- Center Marks and Lines
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
- Encoding Geometric Tolerances
- ASME and ISO Standards
- What You Need to Encode a GD&T Symbol
- Encoding a GD&T Symbol
- Modifiers
- Multi-Segment Feature Control Frame
- Feature-Relating Tolerance Zone Framework
- Datum Features Symbols for Patterns
- Datum Reference Frame
- Datum Targets
- Datum Targets as Datum Features
- Basic Dimensions
- Creating Symbols from Items in the Tree
- Locking Encoded Features
- Track Encoding
- Track Encoding Example
- Geometric Tolerance Tool
- Datum Symbol Tool
- Datum Target Tool
- Encoding Geometric Tolerances
- Welding Symbols
- Barcode Tool
- Bolt Circle Tool
- Bill of Materials (BOMs) Tool
- Balloon Tool
- Surface Finish Symbols
- Table Tool
- Hole Tables
- Curve Table Tool
- Drawing Sheet Views
- Custom Symbols
- Drawing Sheets
- Measuring and Analyzing
- Customizing DesignSpark Mechanical
- Option Types
- Popular Options
- General Detailing Options
- Drawing Sheet Size and Format Options
- Modular Grid Options
- Limits and Fits Options
- Appearance Options
- Selection Options
- Snap Options
- Units Options
- Navigation Options
- Advanced Options
- File Import and Export Options
- Support File Options
- Quick Access Toolbar Options
- Multitouch Options
- Displaying Workspace Tools
- Configuring Windows
- Customizing a View
- Creating Custom Shortcuts
- Getting Help
- Glossary
Activating a Layer
- Right-click a layer to open the context-sensitive menu.
- Choose Make Active.
- New objects created are assigned to the active layer.