Assembly3 TracePartMove

Assembly3 TracePartMove
Menu location
Assembly3 → Trace part move
Workbenches
Assembly3
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The Trace part move command traces one single point of a kinematic assembly, when one of the assembled objects is moved with either the Move part tool or the Axial move tool.

Usage

1. Optionally select a wire object:
   • A point to trace itself.
   • An edge or face to trace the center point of its shape.
2. Activate the Trace part move command using one of the following:
   • The Trace part move button.
   • The Assembly3 → Trace part move menu option.
3. Select one object of the assembly and move it using one of the following:
   • The Move part tool.
   • The Axial move tool.
4. Press the esc key or the OK button (Axial move only) to finish tracing.
5. Find an AsmTrace object in the Tree view.

Notes

• If you don't select any shape in the first step, you will be tracing the shape that was selected in the third step.
• To change the element to trace, you need to disable this tool before selecting a new element and enabling it again.
• If you control the movement with another tool such as this kinematic controller that allows to use a mover tool in parallel, you could use this tool to alter the assembly step by step and use the mover tool to add a point and connecting line on each step. It is possible to use the mover tool as a trigger by picking and dragging any of the arrows - just a tiny bit until the next point and line appears (use transparency if necessary).

(I hope there will be a more elegant way in the future)