About Moving Geometry
This topic discusses the following items:
How the Move tool works
Use the Move tool for one of two options:
• Remove selected geometry and place it in a new location.
• Create a copy of the selected geometry and move the copy to a new location.
The Move tool acts on a single geometry selection. To move another geometry selection, you must create a new move feature. You can move the geometry selection more than once, and multiple move steps are stacked in one feature. A translation and a rotation move can be included in one step, as they are independent of each other.
Selecting items to move
You can select the following items to move:
• Surfaces—One or more surfaces.
You can select any number of surfaces in the following combinations:
◦ Solid surfaces
◦ Solid surfaces and whole quilts
◦ Quilt surfaces selected from the same quilt
◦ Quilt surfaces selected from the same quilt, and other whole quilts
You cannot select the following combinations:
◦ Solid surfaces and individual surfaces selected from a quilt
◦ Quilt surfaces selected from different quilts
• Curves—One or more curves.
• Datums—One or more datums. The default datums at the top of the Model Tree are always copied, and the copy moves to a new location. The selection can include:
◦ Datums only, including different types of datums in the same selection.
◦ Datums and curves.
◦ Datums and surfaces.
Methods for moving geometry
You can move geometry in one of three ways:
• Using the dragger—Moves the selected geometry in an ordered sequence of rigid translations and rotations. Each time you reposition the dragger, you create a new step.
• Creating dimensions (distance or angle)—Moves selected geometry using a set of dimensions that can be modified. A single move feature can contain up to three linear nonparallel dimensions or a single angular (rotation) dimension.
• Specifying constraints—Moves selected geometry using a set of constraints that partially or fully define the position and orientation of the geometry selection. You can place the geometry in the approximate position using the dragger before you specify constraints.