Assembly3 TracePartMove
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| Menu location |
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| Assembly3 → Trace part move |
| Workbenches |
| Assembly3 |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
| - |
| See also |
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Description
The 
Trace part move command traces one single point of a kinematic assembly, when one of the assembled objects is moved with either the 
Move part tool or the 
Axial move tool.
Usage
- Optionally select a wire object:
- A point to trace itself.
- An edge or face to trace the center point of its shape.
- Activate the
Trace part move command using one of the following:
- The Trace part move button.
- The Assembly3 → Trace part move menu option.
- The
- Select one object of the assembly and move it using one of the following:
- The
Move part tool. - The
Axial move tool.
- The
- Press the esc key or the OK button (Axial move only) to finish tracing.
- Find an AsmTrace object in the Tree view.
Notes
- If you don't select any shape in the first step, you will be tracing the shape that was selected in the third step.
- To change the element to trace, you need to disable this tool before selecting a new element and enabling it again.
- If you control the movement with another tool such as this kinematic controller that allows to use a mover tool in parallel, you could use this tool to alter the assembly step by step and use the mover tool to add a point and connecting line on each step. It is possible to use the mover tool as a trigger by picking and dragging any of the arrows - just a tiny bit until the next point and line appears (use transparency if necessary).
- (I hope there will be a more elegant way in the future)
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