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Volume Modification displays handles, arrows, and labels for modifying the selected volume. This control is available on the the Modify Volume Command for volumes placed using the methods below:

Place a volume by two points

Place a volume by four points

Place a volume by selection

Place a volume by grids (if the volume has no associations)

The appearance and functionality of volume modification handles depend on whether you placed the selected volumes using associations. The illustration below describes the handles for volumes placed using Com_Link ICON Assoc Enabled. You need to break any associations before modifying the volume.

VolumeModificationHandles_Assoc

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Com_Link ICON Assoc Enabled - click an enabled association to change the association to Assoc Disabled Com_BrokenLink ICON.

If you break an association, you must manually select a new corner position before restoring a broken association.

Clicking a broken association (Com_BrokenLink ICON) changes the label to an enabled association (Com_Link ICON); however, Smart 3Dx does not commit the restoration if you did not select a new corner position.

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Blue sphere - indicates the intersection driving the association. You need to break the corresponding association to modify the dimension. The handle displays as a white sphere for a broken association.

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Red sphere - locked corner handle.

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Red arrow - locked plane handle.

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Blue dashed line - dimension leader line.

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Label - the dimension value. You cannot modify this value when the association is enabled.

You can modify volumes using the handles if you placed the volume without associations. Click a handle and point to a new location, and then click again to release the handle. The software draws a wire frame for the new dimension. The modified volume displays when you finish the command. The illustration below describes the handles for volumes placed using Com_BrokenLink ICON Assoc Disabled.

VolumeModificationHandles_NoAssoc

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Com_BrokenLink ICON Assoc Disabled - clicking a broken association (Com_BrokenLink ICON) changes the label to an enabled association (Com_Link ICON); however, Smart 3Dx does not commit the restoration if you did not select a new corner position.

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Corner handle - resizes the dimensions of the entire volume. Selected corner handles display in magenta.

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Magenta sphere - selected corner handle.

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Blue dashed line - dimension leader line.

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Label - the dimension value. Click a label and type a new value to change the dimension. The change is applied evenly to both sides of the dimension. For example, if you change a dimension from 4000 mm to 6000 mm, the software adds 1000 mm to each side of the dimension.

Press TAB or ENTER to move to the next label in the volume, or finish the command to apply the change.

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Blue dashed line - the dimension along the corresponding face.

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Arrow - Resizes the selected volume face. Selected arrows display in magenta.

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Selected volume face.