About the Project User Interface
The
Project tab consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. Click
Model >
Project to open the
Project tab.
Commands
• Surfaces collector—Displays the surface sets onto which to project the sketch or chains.
• Direction—Sets the direction type to be in a specified direction or normal to the target surfaces.
• Direction reference summary collector—Displays the direction reference.
• —Flips the direction of the projection.
Tabs
• References
◦ Projected item list—Sets the item to project to chain, sketch, or cosmetic sketch.
◦ Chains collector—Displays curves or edge chains to project.
▪ Details—Opens the Chain dialog box to modify chain properties.
◦ Sketch—Displays a sketch or cosmetic sketch to project.
▪ Define—Opens the Sketch dialog box.
▪ Edit—Opens the Sketch dialog box to edit the internal sketch.
◦ Surfaces collector—Displays the surface sets onto which to project the item.
▪ Details—Opens the Surface Sets dialog box to modify surface set properties.
◦ Direction Reference—Displays a plane, axis, coordinate system axis, or straight entity to specify the projection direction.
▪ Flip—Flips the direction reference.
• Properties
◦ Name box—Sets a name for a projection.
◦ —Displays detailed component information in a browser.
Shortcut Menus
Right-click the graphics window to access shortcut menu commands.
• Select Sketch—Activates the Sketch collector if Project a sketch or Project a cosmetic sketch is selected on the References tab.
• Select Chain—Activates the Chains collector when Project chains is selected on the References tab.
• Select Surfaces—Activates the Surfaces collector to select the surfaces or datum planes onto which to project the sketch or chains.
• Select Direction Reference—Activates the Direction Reference collector.
• Clear—Clears the active collector.
• Define Internal Sketch—When Project a sketch or Project a cosmetic sketch is selected, opens the Sketch dialog box.
• Edit Internal Sketch—When Project a sketch or Project a cosmetic sketch is selected, opens the Sketch dialog box.
• Along direction—Projects the selected chains or sketch in a specified direction.
• Normal to surface—Projects the selected chains or sketch normal to the target surface.