Move Sketch Elements (Sketch)

Sketch > Transform > Move

Use this function to move lines and isolated points of a sketch. When you call the function, the Move dialogue window will be displayed:

 

The currently active step will be highlighted with an orange frame in the dialogue window. After calling of the function these steps consist in the selection of lines or points.

Step 1: Select option

Use the symbols at the top of the dialogue window to specify the handling of connected lines during moving.

 

Step 2: Select elements

Select the lines or isolated points that you wish to scale in the drawing, or use the functions of the context menu that you can open with a right-click during the selection process.

Connected lines or edges*

This function can also be activated with the help of the SHIFT key: If you select a line while holding down the SHIFT key, all connected lines will be automatically selected as well.

Tangentially connected lines or edges*

Lines in rectangle (CTRL+LMB)*

  • Move the cursor to the position of the first corner point of the rectangle.
  • Hold down the CTRL key and the left mouse button.
  • Release the CTRL key and draw, while still holding down the left mouse button, the rectangle.
  • When you then release the left mouse button, all lines/edges within the rectangle will be selected.

Cancel (Esc)

 

The selected elements will be highlighted in the drawing and the number of selected elements will be shown in the dialogue window:

Press the middle mouse button to end the selection. Click the icon to expand the selection.

 

Step 3: Select direction

After completion of the line selection (press middle mouse button), HiCAD automatically switches to the "Select direction" option.

Select the direction of the displacement by

You have the additional option to right-click and open a context menu with further functions for direction specification.

To change the direction, click the icon and specify the new direction as described above.

The direction will be automatically visualized in the drawing. At the same time, HiCAD will calculate the length of the displacement vector based on the selected direction, and offers the calculated value for editing in the Distance field.

If the selected lines/points are to be moved - as shown in the preview - click OK or Apply.

When you select Apply, the dialogue window will remain open after performing the moving. Only the list of the selected elements will be deleted in the process, all other settings will be preserved and cannot be changed. In this way, further elements can be moved in the same way.

When you select OK, the dialogue window will be closed after the scaling.

When you middle-click in the drawing while the dialogue window is open, the following will happen:

 

Please remember that the selected lines and isolated points must belong to the same sketch. Otherwise, a corresponding error message will be displayed:

A: Move lines individually, B: Preserve connected lines and adjust length
(1) Selected line ; (2) Selected direction, (3) Result

 

Please note:

An example:

In case A the selected line (1) is moved in the direction (2). The result is an apex (3) with a degenerated straight line. If you delete the 3 normal lines, the degenerated straight line will remain permanently in the drawing.

In case B the selected line (1) is moved in the direction (2), resulting in multiple coincident straight lines. These can be trimmed in hindsight, which is, however, not immediately apparent.

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Date: 30/10/2018

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