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<h2>Misc Tools</h2>

<h3>Add Bend</h3>
'''To add a bend to a preexisting part''', click the '''Add Bend''' button [[File:add_bend.png]] and '''select a straight length''' of a part by clicking on it to choose a location for the bend. The bend will be placed at the mid point of the selected part length.

'''Enter the offset distance''' between the part and the bend. Then click the '''OK''' button to place the bend. Whichever die is currently selected in the Assembly [[Assembly#Die|die menu]] will be used for this bend.

[[File:misc_addbend.png|750px]]

<h3>Scale</h3>
'''To scale the size of parts, material, or bend radii''', click the '''Scale''' button. [[File:misc_scale_1.png]]

In the scale window, scale values for each of these features can be supplied. Provide a percentage value to either increase or decrease the scale of a feature. See image below for an example.

[[File:misc_scale.png|1000px]]

<h3>Explode</h3>
Exploding an Assembly will move all parts away from each other so that they can be viewed separately.

First, click the '''Explode''' button. [[File:explode.png]]

The click on a PickPoint to set the base point for the assembly, and enter an explode factor to explode an Assembly project. Larger numbers will create greater distances between the parts. Click the '''Explode''' button to reset the assembly back to the normal display.

<h3>Clean</h3>
Click the '''Clean''' button [[File:clean.png]] to clear the assembly of any zero length tubes that may be in the assembly design.

<h3>Copy Radius</h3>
Click the '''Copy Radius''' button [[File:copy_radius.png]] to copy the radius of one bend to another.

First, select the bend with the radius that you want to copy. Next, select the bend that the copied radius will be applied to.

[[File:misc_copyradius.png|1000px]]

[[File:misc_adjustcenterline.png|600px|right]]
<h3>Adjust Centerline</h3>
Click the '''Adjust Centerline''' button [[File:adjustcenterline.png]] to change how the part measurements are interpreted. In the part designers, parts are assumed to be based on centerline. This tool allows the current part dimensions to be from the inside or outside of the tube instead.

After clicking the button, '''select''' a part in the display to adjust it.

'''To change the Location and/or Location Type''' for a bend, first select the bend by clicking on it in the part display. A menu will appear where the location and location types can be adjusted. Click on either of the drop down menus to choose new options.

::[[File:adjustcenterline_2.png|300px]]

Once a new location or location type has been chosen, a red preview reflecting the location changes will appear. The original part will be shown in green.

Click the '''Home''' button [[File:adjustcenterline_3.png]] to set the part preview to the default location and orientation.

Click the '''Zoom Fit''' button [[File:adjustcenterline_4.png]] to zoom all the way in on the current view of the 3D part display and fit it to the display frame.

The part model can be shown in either wire frame or as a solid shaded model. Click on the '''wireframe''' button [[File:wireframe.png]] to show the model in wireframe. Click on the '''shaded''' button [[File:shaded.png]] to show the model as a shaded part.

Check the box next to '''Display Original Part''' to have the original part shown after changes are made to the locations.

Click the '''Inside''' button [[File:adjustcenterline_5.png]] to set the locations for all of the bends to inside.

Click the '''Center''' button [[File:adjustcenterline_6.png]] to set the locations for all of the bends back to centerline.

Click the '''Outside''' button [[File:adjustcenterline_7.png]] to set the locations for all of the bends to outside.

Click the '''OK''' button [[File:adjustcenterline_8.png]] to take the location and location type adjustments and apply them to the current part design.

<h2>Labels</h2>

<h2>Break or Join Tubes</h2>

<h2>Single Bend CLR Change</h2>

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-Click the '''Break Auto''' button [[File:break_auto.png]] to
+Click the '''Break Auto''' button [[File:break_auto.png]] to automatically break the part at a specified interval.
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 [[File:misc_breakpoint.png|1000px]]
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-Click the '''Miter Trim''' button [[File:miter_trim.png]] to
+[[File:misc_miter_1.png|right|250px]]

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		+	Click the '''Break Auto''' button [[File:break_auto.png]] to


−	~~<h2>~~Break or Join Tubes~~</h2>~~	+	Click the '''Break Point''' button [[File:break_point.png]] to place a break point on a certain part. Break points will define where the part will be separated. After clicking this button, select which part will be broken by clicking on it in the display area. Last, select the PickPoint where the break will occur.
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		+	[[File:misc_breakpoint.png\|1000px]]
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		+	Click the '''Join Tubes''' button [[File:join_tubes.png]] to connect two tubes together. First, select the first part to join, and then select the other part that will be joined to it.
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		+	[[File:misc_join.png\|1000px]]
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		+	Click the '''Miter Trim''' button [[File:miter_trim.png]] to
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	<h2>Single Bend CLR Change</h2>		<h2>Single Bend CLR Change</h2>
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		+	'''To adjust the CLR of a single bend''', first select a die in the '''Select Die''' menu in the Single Bend CLR Change area. Next click the '''Select Bend''' button [[File:select_bend.png]] and click on a bend to apply the selected die to it.
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		+	[[File:misc_clr.png\|1000px]]

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+[[File:misc_adjustcenterline.png|500px|right]]
 <h3>Adjust Centerline</h3>
 Click the '''Adjust Centerline''' button [[File:adjustcenterline.png]] to change how the part measurements are interpreted. In the part designers, parts are assumed to be based on centerline. This tool allows the current part dimensions to be from the inside or outside of the tube instead.
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 <h2>Labels</h2>
 <h2>Break or Join Tubes</h2>
 <h2>Single Bend CLR Change</h2>

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 ::[[File:adjustcenterline_2.png|300px]]
-Once a new location or location type has been chosen, a red preview reflecting the location changes will appear. The original part will be shown in green.
+Once a new location or location type has been chosen, a red preview reflecting the location changes will appear. The original part will be shown in green (if the Display Original Part is checked).
 Click the '''Home''' button [[File:adjustcenterline_3.png]] to set the part preview to the default location and orientation.
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-Check the box next to '''Display Original Part''' to have the original part shown after changes are made to the locations.
+Check the box next to '''Display Original Part''' to have the original part preview shown in the adjust centerline interface after changes are made to the locations.
 Click the '''Inside''' button [[File:adjustcenterline_5.png]] to set the locations for all of the bends to inside.
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 Click the '''OK''' button [[File:adjustcenterline_8.png]] to take the location and location type adjustments and apply them to the current part design.

Misc - Revision history

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