Modifying SmartPart using handles

Module(s): SmartParts

You can use Modify SmartPart using Handles to change the parameters of a SmartPart intuitively with handles. You can also use the keyboard to enter precise values.

To modify a SmartPart using handles

1. Click Modify SmartPart using Handles (How).
   

   Activate Modify SmartPart using Handles in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Change Bonus Tools SmartParts

   • Palette: Tools Change area in the following module(s):

   SmartParts

2. Click the SmartPart whose geometry you want to change.

   A preview of the SmartPart is displayed and all the handles of the SmartPart are highlighted in all views.

3. Point to a handle.

   The names of the associated parameters are displayed.
   Arrows indicate the directions in which you can move the handle.

   

4. Click a handle and move it. A ToolTip shows the current value.

   

5. Click again to place the handle at a new position. All the handles are displayed again and you can modify a different handle.
6. Clicking a handle while pressing the CTRL key opens the Value Entry dialog box, in which you can enter values directly at the keyboard.

   

7. Use the SHIFT key to select one of several congruent handles.

   

8. Press the ESC key.

   The handles disappear. This completes the modification of the SmartPart and saves the current geometry.

   If the current drawing file contains copies of the changed SmartPart, the program displays these copies in the selection color and asks whether you want to update these copies, too:
   Would you like to update identical SmartParts?

9. You have the following options:
   • Click Show identical ones to get a close-up view of all SmartParts that are identical.
   • Click Yes to apply the changes to all the copies.
   • Click No to leave the copies as they are; this creates a variant of the SmartPart.