Manuals - eCATALOGsolutions

7.6.4. Context menu component(name)

7.6.4.5. Move/rotate... (component)

Click on Move/Rotate [Move/Rotate...]... the dialog area of the same name opens.

You can position the component accordingly in space by making entries under Shift [Displacement] and Rotation. The alignment of the coordinate system remains unaffected.

	Note
When executing Move/Rotate [Move/Rotate...]... dependencies are created, so that there may be no simple "back". Please note the dependencies when deleting automatically generated plans. Error message

Note

When executing Move/Rotate [Move/Rotate...]... dependencies are created, so that there may be no simple "back". Please note the dependencies when deleting automatically generated plans.

Error message

The use of Rotate may be related to a manipulation of the coordinate system ( PARTproject -> Edit project -> General tab -> General -> Coordinate axes ). See the following example.

Example

Initial situation: In eCATALOGsolutions modeled component, "faulty" with Y-axis upwards.
Requirement: The component should retain its horizontal position in space, but the coordinate system should be reoriented with the Z-axis pointing upwards.

Initial situation
The coordinate system is realigned in PARTproject via the Coordinate axes function so that the Z-axis points upwards and the Y-axis points backwards.

PARTprojectfunction "Coordinate axes [Coordinate axes] "

Result:

Note
Not only was the coordinate system rotated, the component was also rotated.

Coordinate system realigned

In PARTdesigner the component can be returned to its original position in space by rotating it [Rotate].

After applying rotation [Rotation] x: 90, the component appears in its original position again. Compare Fig. „Initial situation“.

Part with same position within space, but with desired orientation of coordinate system

	Note
	The orientation of the coordinate system remains unaffected when using rotation [Rotation].

Note

The manipulation can be seen in the automatically generated MoveRotate XY, MoveRotate ZX and MoveRotate YZ plans.

Part with same orientation in space, but with desired orientation of coordinate system

Dependencies are created when rotating [Rotate], so there may be no simple "back". When deleting automatically generated plans, the dependencies must be taken into account.

A correct parts assembly from the ground up is absolutely preferable!

Example: Error message after deleting the automatically generated tarpaulin

Note

Restriction

Rotate in PARTdesigner only works with fully modeled parts and not with Q&S parts.

The alignment of Q&S parts can be manipulated in the project file. There you will find a string starting with REF1@MATRIX. General: Calculate the rotation matrix and multiply the two matrices. There are help pages on the Internet for the calculation: http://danceswithcode.net/engineeringnotes/rotations_in_3d/demo3D/rotations_in_3d_tool.htmlor https://matrix.reshish.com/de/multiplication.php.

The change is not in PARTdesigner but only in the PARTdataManager to see.

Move (part)

	Note
	When executing Move/Rotate [Move/Rotate...]... dependencies are created, so that there may be no simple "back". Please note the dependencies when deleting automatically generated plans.

Depending on which setting you perform, the part is moved "in space":

in X direction...
in Y direction...
in Z direction...

Example: in the X direction. [in X direction...].

Click on Move/Rotate.... [Move/Rotate...]
-> The same-named dialog is opened.
Enter the desired displacement [Displacement] [10 in this example] and confirm with OK.

Preview: Displacement by 10

-> The manipulation can be seen in the automatically generated MoveRotate XY, MoveRotate ZX and MoveRotate YZ plans.

Part displaced on the X axis by 10

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