If necessary, navigate to select the catalog of interest using
Browse another catalog
.
Select the part you want to place.
In the geometry area, a manipulator displays allowing you to
select:
The placement point
The privileged plane
The direction. By pressing the Shift key, you can
invert the direction.
Point to the chosen position and click to place the
support.
The support is placed on the plane selected, with a compass
automatically snapped to the part.
Use this compass to orientate the support.
You can also select an edge in the geometry area:
A green arrow appears showing the orientation. By pressing the
Shift key, you can invert the arrow direction.
Click to select the chosen orientation.
The support is orientated according to the edge you have selected:
the rotation applied to the object aligns the compass V axis to the
manipulator's green arrow.
Point to the next position if you want to place the
support again.
Otherwise, click a different part from the catalog and repeat these
steps.
Click Close when you are done.
The part is stored in the catalog with:
An origin point
An x, y and z direction.
The origin of the part (the support in this example) is placed at the
point selected with the compass.
The x, y plane of the part is parallel to the plane selected using
the compass.
The z direction of the part is collinear to the z direction selected
using the compass.