Interactive Right-Click Actions

The Electronics Cooling Toolset offers various interactive dimensioning and positioning capabilities for Construction Geometries and QuickParts.

The following right-click actions are available for the different geometric entities that are displayed in the Graphics window:

Selected Geometric Entity

Common Right-Click Actions

None

Restore Hidden Quick Objects: Restores all previously hidden Construction Geometries and/or QuickParts.
Restore Hidden Quick CAD Faces: Restores all previously hidden faces of Construction Geometries and/or QuickParts.
Hardcopy...: Allows you to save the visualization display to an image file. For more information, see Hardcopy Properties.
New Annotation: Creates a new scene annotation and adds it to the active scene.; A separate Edit tab opens in which you can set the properties of the annotation, see Scene Annotations.
Add Annotation: Allows you to add a previously created scene annotation to the scene.

Vertex

Set Origin Reference At Vertex: Sets the local origin of the object that owns the vertex to the location of the selected vertex. The value of the object's Local Origin is set to Custom. The components of the Location Vector are updated to reflect the vertex position.

Edge

Linear

Set Origin Reference To Center Of Linear Edge: Sets the local origin of the object that owns the edge to the center of the selected linear edge. The value of the object's Local Origin is set to Custom. The components of the Location Vector are updated to reflect the midpoint position.

Curved

Set Origin Reference To Center Of Curve: Sets the local origin of the object that owns the circular curve to the center of the circle. The value of the object's Local Origin is set to Custom. The components of the Location Vector are updated to reflect the position.

Face

Planar

Set Origin Reference To Center Of Face: Sets the local origin of the object that owns the face to the center of the face. The value of the object's Local Origin is set to Custom. The components of the Location Vector are updated to reflect the position.
Create Face Coordinate System: Creates a new local coordinate system, where the origin of the coordinate system is centered on the selected face. Local coordinate systems are useful to place Construction Geometry or QuickPart in reference to each other.
Rename Face Coordinate System: Allows you to rename a previously created face coordinate system.
Hide: Hides the selected face from the visualization display. This action is useful for gaining a clear view of other objects. You can restore hidden objects by right-clicking in the empty background of the visualization display and selecting Restore Hidden Quick CAD Faces.

Import QuickPart from Library > [Type]: Opens the QuickPart Libraries dialog, which allows you to import a QuickPart of the selected type from a previously created QuickPart library.; You can filter the QuickParts in the library in order to make selection easier. See Filtering Displayed Objects.
New QuickPart > [Type] > [Geometry]: Creates a new QuickPart of the respective type and geometry on the selected face. For information on the different types and geometries of QuickParts and their properties, see QuickParts.
New Construction Geometry > [Type]: Creates a new templated Construction Geometry of the respective type on the selected face. For information on the different types of Construction Geometries and their properties, see Construction Geometries Shape Templates.

Note	The position of the mouse pointer when selecting the face determines the position of the local origin of the new QuickPart or Construction Geometry, respectively.

Curved

Hide: As for Planar Face.

Any

Rename

Allows you to change the name of the respective Construction Geometry or QuickPart under which it is stored in the tree.

Edit

Allows you to change the geometrical and physical properties of the respective QuickPart or Construction Geometry.

Hide

Hides the respective Construction Geometry or QuickPart from the visualization display. This action is useful for gaining a clear view of other objects. You can restore a specific hidden object by right-clicking on the respective entry in the tree and selecting Show. To restore all hidden objects click in the empty background of the visualization display and select Restore Hidden Quick Objects.

Position...

Launches the Positioning Tool that allows you to place the respective Construction Geometry or QuickPart in reference to other objects.

Paste QuickParts

Pastes the copied QuickParts from the clipboard. The QuickParts are pasted at the selected location in the Graphics window, replacing the selected item.

If you select this action when you right-click the QuickParts manager node, the QuickParts are pasted in the tree and appear in the Graphics window at the origin location (0,0,0). In both cases, the relative orientations and distances between the QuickParts are retained as in the original, and you can then move the QuickParts to the appropriate locations.

Selected Geometric Entity

Specific Right-Click Actions for QuickParts

Face

Edit

Allows you to change the properties of the respective QuickPart Surface.

Create QuickPart Surface

Creates a new QuickPart Surface that corresponds to the selected face. You can select several faces at once by holding down the <Ctrl> key when selecting the faces. The new QuickPart Surface is stored in the tree under the specified Name.

Create Open Enclosure Face

Opens an enclosure by removing the wall that corresponds to the selected face. You can restore removed walls by right-clicking on any face of the respective enclosure and selecting Restore All Open Enclosure Faces.

Note	This action is only available for rectangular enclosures.

Any

Copy QuickParts: Copies the selected QuickParts to the clipboard. The Paste QuickParts action becomes available when you right-click the QuickParts manager node or right-click in the Graphics window.