Place object

With Smart Modeling, you can easily place new and existing objects.

Procedure

Place a directly accessible object

  1. Open a model.

  2. Select the object you want to connect with a new object. The Insert smart object Insert icons are displayed.

    If you have enabled Smart Modeling, the insert icons are displayed under the following conditions.

    Enough space

    There must be enough space to arrange Insert smart object Insert icons around an object symbol. Therefore, the model display must be large enough to display Insert smart object Insert icons in the model in addition to the objects.

    Thus, Insert smart object Insert icons are displayed when Smart Modeling is enabled and the model display is equal or greater than 30 %.

    Permission to use a connection

    The user must have the privilege to use the outgoing connection of the selected object. If a user does not have the privilege because the used filter does not allow the connection, the Insert smart object Insert icon for the corresponding direction is not displayed.

    No connection access

  3. Click the Insert smart object Insert icon of the direction in which you want to place the object. The Smart Modeling toolbar opens.

  4. Click an object shown on the Smart Modeling toolbar you want to place. The object is inserted in the direction you selected the Insert smart object Insert icon and a connection is created to the previously selected object. The name of the new object is selected for renaming.

  5. Enter a name. If selectable connections are displayed, click another connection or click in the modeling area to obtain the current connection.

With Smart Modeling, you have placed an object at the specified distance.

Place an object by using the Find symbols box

  1. Open a model.

  2. Select the object you want to connect with a new object. The Insert smart object Insert icons are displayed.

    If you have enabled Smart Modeling, the insert icons are displayed under the following conditions.

    Enough space

    There must be enough space to arrange Insert smart object Insert icons around an object symbol. Therefore, the model display must be large enough to display Insert smart object Insert icons in the model in addition to the objects.

    Thus, Insert smart object Insert icons are displayed when Smart Modeling is enabled and the model display is equal or greater than 30 %.

    Permission to use a connection

    The user must have the privilege to use the outgoing connection of the selected object. If a user does not have the privilege because the used filter does not allow the connection, the Insert smart object Insert icon for the corresponding direction is not displayed.

    No connection access

  3. Click the Insert smart object Insert icon of the direction in which you want to place the object. The Smart Modeling toolbar opens.

  4. Click the Find symbols box and enter the name of the object symbol you want to place.

  5. Enter a term that is contained in the name of the object symbol you want to place. All object symbols containing the term are listed.

  6. Click the object you want to place. The object is inserted in the direction you selected the Insert smart object Insert icon and a connection is created to the previously selected object. The name of the new object is selected for renaming.

  7. Enter a name. If selectable connections are displayed, click another connection or click in the modeling area to obtain the current connection.

With Smart Modeling, you have placed an object at the specified distance. The object symbol of the placed object is added to the Smart Modeling toolbar for later use.