Setting a Layout

Set layouts for 3D objects. [Layouts] are used to save the position and display status of parts in a 3D object. If the part allocation of a 3D object is changed, it can be restored to its last saved state by applying the [Layout].

 

Saving a Layout

Add a [Layout] to the [Project configuration] palette and save the allocation of the [Nodes] (parts) of the 3D object.

1Adding a Layout

Create a [Layout] in the [Object configuration] palette.

(1)   Select [Layout] from the group on the [Object configuration] palette.

(2)   Click [Add new].

(3)   A layout is added.

2Configuring Part Display Settings

Set the [Nodes] to be displayed in the [Object information] palette.

(1)   Click [Set display state of node].

(2)   Click the [Visible/Invisible] icon to hide [Nodes] that you do not want to display and show [Nodes] that you want to display.

·If the item you want to set is not displayed when [Set display state of node] is opened, check the [List] in the [Node] group of the [Object configuration] palette. ·When a [Node] folder is closed in the [List], [Nodes] below that folder are not displayed in [Set display state of node]. Make sure that the folder containing the [Node] to be configured is open and displayed in the [List].

3Select the tool

Select the [Move] tool from the [Tool] palette and select [Move parts] from the [Sub Tool] palette.

4Select the part to be moved

Select the [Node] to be moved from the [Object configuration] palette.

(1)   Select [Node] from the group on the [Object configuration] palette.

(2)   Select the [Node] to be moved.

5Change the part allocation

Move the [Node] by dragging the arrows and rings of the manipulators in the [Document] window.

Move other [Nodes] to change their allocation if necessary.

·For information on the [Move parts] tool, see "Move parts" . ·If the [Node] cannot be selected properly, select [Node] in the group in the [Object configuration] palette and select the [Node] to be moved from the [List]. Select [Layout] in the group again when saving the [Layout].

6Saving a Layout

Save [Layouts] for 3D objects.

(1)   Select [Layout] from the group on the [Object configuration] palette.

(2)   Select the [Layout] added in step 1 from the [Object configuration] palette.

(3)   Click [Save 3D object layout].

·To check whether a [Layout] is registered, see "Applying a Layout" . ·To change the [Layout] name or create a thumbnail, see "Setting Item Information in a Group" .