Drag Surfaces, Node Lists, or Lines

Drag surfaces, nodes, or lines along their normal direction, a vector, or another line.

1. From the Geometry ribbon, Create tools, click the Drag tool.

   
   
   Figure 1.

2. Optional: On the guide bar, click to define additional options.
3. Choose between Surfaces, Nodes, or Lines using the guide bar selector.
   Note: If Nodes is selected, a line will be drawn through the specified nodes before dragging.
4. Select surfaces/nodes/lines and drag in the following ways:
   • Drag in a normal direction by manipulating the slider or entering a value in the microdialog.

     Click in the microdialog to define a direction using the Vector tool. Once a direction has been defined, press Esc.

   • Activate the Guides selector to drag along selected guiding lines. Use the options in the microdialog to define how the geometry is dragged.

     Fixed Frame

     The geometry is only translated during the drag, not rotated.

     Line Tangent

     In addition to the translation of the fixed frame option, the geometry is also rotated in the same way that the tangent of the line list rotates.

     Frenet Frame

     In addition to the translation and rotation of the Line Tangent option, the geometry also rotates around the line list tangent axis in the same way as the curvature vector rotates.

     The Frenet Frame option does not work well when the curvature of the line list is not smooth or includes large jumps.

     Reverse Direction

     Defines the drag in the opposite direction.

5. On the guide bar, click one of the following:
   • Save changes and stay in the current context
   • Save changes and close the current context
   • Exit the current context without saving changes

Figure 2.