Drag Explicitly

The Drag Explicitly functionality allows you to re-position a section, have any attached sections lengths adjusted and realign the Secondary Nodes automatically. It is, therefore, equivalent to three operations, that is Position > Explicitly (AT), Connect > Trim to Pline > all attached and Position > Align Secondary Nodes, in one.

1. From the main menu toolbar select Position > Drag Explicitly to display the Drag Explicitly window and Positioning Control toolbar.

   

   

2. Use the Datum drop-down list to select the element Origin or an ID Design point as the point for the dragging operation. However, the Origin co-ordinates with respect to the World are displayed by default.

3. Any valid design element may be used to define the axis system for the direction boxes by entering the appropriate element in the wrt box.

4. The Positioning Control toolbar may be used to determine the new position by graphical pick, as previously mentioned.

   A bounding box and axes aid at the start position are also displayed.

   

   

   All connected sections trim to the new position of the owning section, they adjust their length as necessary. The behavior of the attached sections depends on whether the joint is dominant or subordinate, for further information refer to Dominant Versus Subordinate Joints.