MechDesigner Reference & User Interface

Model-Editor

The Model-Editor shows the Solid and Plane elements in your model. You can cycle the model continuously or move it to any machine angle.

In the Model-Editor, you can:

•add Planes which will be offset from other Planes

•add Mechanisms* to Planes

•edit Solid elements

•you can cycle the model continuously or move it to any machine angle (from 0 to 360º).

* You must use the Model-Editor to add a minimum of one Mechanism to a Plane.

Model-Editor: Reference Triad and fixed Planes

Graphics-area :

The Reference Triad shows the directions of the Global XYZ-axes.

The direction of each axis uses the right-hand rule.

The elements in the Model-Editor are:

•Three fixed Planes:

oFront Plane, which is co-planar with the Global XY-axes

oTop Plane, which is co-planar with the Global ZX-axes

oRight Plane, which is co-planar with the Global YZ-axes

•Other Planes that you have added

•Solids that you have added to Parts

Name-tab :

The default element name of the Model-Editor and name-tab is “Model”

Menu - the two commands that you can use in the Model-Editor are in the Mechanism menu

Toolbar - the commands that you can use in the Model-Editor are in the Model elements toolbar.