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General

Parent System

Specifies the parent system for the object. Recently used systems that are appropriate to assign as the parent system for this object display in the list along with the Select from Workspace and Select from Model options. The most recently used system displays at the top.

The parent system of the object must have an Approval Status of Working before you can change the Parent System value. If the Approval Status of the parent system is not set to Working, this value is read-only.

Select Interactively

Turns on or off the interactive selection. When this option is on, you can select the parent object in a graphic view or any of the explorers.

Select from Workspace ICON Select from Workspace

Displays the Select Parent System Dialog with the Workspace tab open. The workspace is the subset of the active model database you specified when you started your design session. Navigate the hierarchy to select the parent system, and then select OK.

Select from Model ICON Select from Model

Displays the Select Parent System Dialog with the Model tab open. The model is all the objects in the active model database, including those that are not part of your workspace. Navigate the hierarchy to select the parent system, and then select OK.

Name

Specifies the name of the selected object. If the name is too long to entirely display in the box, point to the box to display the complete name as a tool tip. If the name is not defined by a rule, User Defined displays. If this name is generated by a naming rule, TagName Rule displays. If you enter a name in this box, Smart 3Dx automatically changes the naming rule to User Defined.

Design Solid Operators

Inserts and manages shapes under the design solid. Select a design solid operator, and then graphically select one of the following:

  • A design solid under another design solid

  • A design solid under another design equipment

  • Design equipment

  • Equipment component

  • Design component

The software moves that shape into the design solid according to the operator type (add, subtract, or suppress). You can also select a design solid operator, and then select a shape using the Shapes Gallery.

Add Operator Add Operator

Adds the shape you inserted from the Shape Gallery (or selected graphically under another design solid, design equipment, equipment component, equipment, or design component) to the current design solid. The example below shows a sphere that is added to the slab. Add Operator Add Operator is the default.

PlaceDesignSolid_AddOperator

Subtract Operator Subtract Operator

Removes the shape you inserted from the Shape Gallery (or selected graphically under another design solid, design equipment, equipment component, equipment, or design component) from the selected design solid. The example below shows a sphere that is subtracted from the slab. If you apply the Subtract Operator Subtract Operator to the first shape, the Notifications Pane displays a notification that the first shape under a design solid should not use the Subtract operator. In this case, Smart 3Dx automatically changes the operation type to Add Operator Add Operator.

PlaceDesignSolid_SubtractOperator

Suppress Shapes Suppress Operator

Hides the inserted shape with respect to its parent. The suppressed shape is not included in the designed solid; therefore, it does not affect weight and center-of-gravity calculations. Although the shape still exists, it does not display with the parent shape as shown in the example (1) below. Select the shape in the System Hierarchy Explorer to modify it, as shown in the example (2) below. Alternatively, select the shape graphically under another design solid, design equipment, equipment component, equipment, or design component.

PlaceDesignSolid_SuppressOperator

S3D_Order_Shapes Order Shapes

Displays the Order Shapes Dialog, where you can review and reorder shapes. The Order Shapes S3D_Order_Shapes operator is available only when you do one of the following:

  • Graphically select a design solid in the workspace.

  • Select a design solid in the System Hierarchy Explorer.

  • Select the design solid parent using the Parent System list.

The graphic below shows the Order Shapes S3D_Order_Shapes operator.

PlaceDesignSolid_OrderShapes

Position and Orientation

Com_Move ICON Move

Moves the selected object.

S3D_Point_Start ICON Move From Position (Ctrl + T)

Specifies the point from which to start the move.

S3D_Point_End ICON Move To Position (T)

Specifies the point at which to finish the move.

S3D_Grids_CoordinateSystems_XYZ No Constraint (CTRL + 6)

Objects are free to move in any direction.

S3D_CartesianCoordinate_East_X ICON East

Y-axis and Z-axis coordinates are locked. Object moves freely along the X-axis.

Y Axis ICON North

X-axis and Z-axis coordinates are locked. Object moves freely along the Y-axis.

S3D_CartesianCoordinate_Elevation_Z ICON Elevation

X-axis and Y-axis coordinates are locked. Object moves freely along the Z-axis.

Plane Elevation Elevation Plane (CTRL + 1)

Z-axis coordinate is locked. Object moves freely in the X-Y coordinate plane.

Plane East-West East-West Plane (CTRL + 3)

X-axis coordinate is locked. Object moves freely in the Y-Z coordinate plane.

Plane North-South North-South Plane (CTRL + 2)

Y-axis coordinate is locked. Object moves freely in the X-Z coordinate plane.

Rotate (Ctrl + R)

Starts rotation for the selected object. See Rotate equipment for one example of how to use these controls.

Press RIGHT and select Rotate to rotate the object 90 degrees clockwise about the active axis.

Press LEFT and select Rotate to rotate the object 90 degrees counter-clockwise about the active axis.

Angle Step

Specifies the angle about the axis that the object rotates when you select Step Rotation S3D_Angle_Step. Enter a value in the Angle Step box, or select a blank space in the control panel to remove the input focus from the box.

Press G to set the focus to the active graphic view.

Press CTRL+LEFT to rotate the object clockwise one step about the Axis.

Press CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT to rotate the object counter-clockwise one step about the Axis.

S3D_Angle_Step Step Rotation

Rotates the object corresponding to the defined angle one step about the active axis. This control is not available if Angle Step is undefined or is set to zero.

Select a blank space in the control panel to remove the input focus, and then press G to set the focus to the active graphic view.

Press SHIFT to rotate the object counter-clockwise.

S3D_CartesianCoordinate_East_X ICON Active Axis for Rotation (UP arrow)

Specifies the axis about which Smart 3Dx rotates the object. The available options include: S3D_CartesianCoordinate_East_X ICON X-Axis, Y Axis ICON Y-Axis, and S3D_CartesianCoordinate_Elevation_Z ICON Z-Axis.

This option does not display for grids.

S3D_Target_Reposition ICON Reposition Rotate Origin

Moves the rotation triad to a position that you specify. The rotation triad indicates the point about which the rotation occurs. Select a point in the graphic view to specify the new location.

S3D_Target_RepositionToOrigin ICON Reset Rotate Origin

Moves the rotation triad origin to the origin of the selected object.

If keyboard shortcuts are not working when you move or rotate objects, select the application title bar to reset the focus. Smart 3Dx indicates focus by displaying the bright blue border.

Constraints Constraints

Select

Selects an existing constraint so that you can make modifications.

Add Constraint ICON Add

Adds a constraint to the selected object. Select a constraint from the list. The type of constraint you select displays in the Relationships box and the Type box. The following options are available:

Constraint - Mate ICON Mate

The mate relationship is applied between a surface of the equipment and another equipment surface, structural surface, elevation plane, or grid plane. The surfaces are constrained to be parallel with the indicated offset distance between them. The normal vector pointing out from the surface of one solid points toward the other solid:

MateAnimation

The mate relationship can also be applied between the axis of a cylindrical surface and a planar surface. The offset in this situation is applied in the direction of the surface normal. You can use this relationship to orient the equipment's nozzle axis parallel to a wall and offset from the wall a given distance.

Constraint - Align ICON Align

The align relationship makes the axes of two cylindrical surfaces collinear or constrains two planar surfaces to be parallel. When planar surfaces are aligned, the surface normals point in the same direction with the indicated offset distance between them:

Constraint - Parallel ICON Parallel

Parallel relationships can be set between the following objects:

Edge to planar surface
Surface to surface
Edge to edge
Edge to axis (implied axis of cylindrical objects)
Axis (implied axis of cylindrical objects) to axis (implied axis of cylindrical objects)

In terms of behavior, the parallel relationship is similar to align. However, while the align relationship rotates and moves an equipment object, the parallel relationship only rotates the object. As such, if you orient a pump by setting a particular nozzle axis parallel to a nozzle axis on a different equipment object, only the orientation of the equipment is affected, not its location. This option is not available for Designed Equipment.

Parallel box ANIGIF

Constraint - Mate to Tangent ICON Mate to Tangent Plane

Using the mate to tangent plane relationship, you can create a tangent plane at the intersection of a user-defined vector and a selected surface. You establish the relationship by first selecting a reference on an equipment object and then selecting two points in the model to define a vector and identify a surface (in the model). The vector is used to locate an intersection point in the model. A plane tangent to the surface (at the intersection point) is created and used as the mating surface.

Both the vector and the surface are associative inputs; if you modify the referenced surface, Smart 3Dx recomputes the point and the tangent plane.

Mate to Tangent AGIF

Com_Reset Reset Constraint

Resets the selected constraint to the last setting.

Remove Constraint ICON Remove

Deletes a constraint from the selected object.

Type

Displays the type of the selected constraint on the object, and any available options for the selected constraint. The available options in the Type list are other constraints that do not affect surfaces. The Type list allows you to select a different constraint without changing any surface.

Constraint - First Reference ICON First Reference

Select the surface on the first reference object. This is the surface that moves to create the relationship.

Constraint - Second Reference ICON Second Reference(s)

Select the surface in the model to which the first reference is related. The first reference object moves to create the relationship with this object.

Offset value

Specifies the offset value of the active constraint.

S3D_Eq_Shp_Head_SemiElliptical Shape Gallery

Adds shapes to the object. You can select the shape from the gallery of common shapes, search for a specific shape, or select Browse Catalog to open the Select from Catalog Dialog. Smart 3Dx displays a list of your most recently used shapes below the search box.

Import Shape

Displays the Import Shape Dialog, where you select the VUE, SAT, or DGN file that contains the geometry to import as the shape.

Shape Along a Path ICON Along Path

Projects a shape along a path to create a more complex shape.

Completion

Com_Cancel Cancel (ESC)

Cancels all changes and exits the command.

Finish (CTRL + ENTER)

Saves all changes and exits the command.

Finish Modify ICON Finish and Modify (CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER)

Saves all changes, and then selects the objects for modification.

Finish Repeat ICON Finish and Repeat (SHIFT + ENTER)

Saves all changes, and then restarts the command.