Designing

The tools you use for 2D and 3D sketching and editing are found in SpaceClaim's Design tab. With the design tools, you can sketch in 2D, generate and edit solids in 3D, and work with assemblies of solids.

In SpaceClaim, there are three modes you can use to design: Sketch, Section, and 3D mode. You can switch between these modes at any time.

When creating designs, you will use the following tools most often:

Select	Use the Select tool to select 2D or 3D objects in your design for editing. You can select vertices, edges, axes, faces, surfaces, solids, and components in 3D. In 2D, you can select points and lines. You can also use this tool to change the properties of recognized or inferred objects.
Pull	Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; and to round or chamfer corner edges.
Move	Use the Move tool to move any single face, surface, solid, or component. The behavior of the Move tool changes based on what you have selected. If you select a face, you can pull or draft it. If you select a solid or surface, you can rotate or translate it.
Combine	Use the Combine tool to merge and split solids and surfaces.
Section Mode	Use Section Mode to create and edit designs by sketching on and editing any cross-section through the design.

If an operation runs more than three seconds, the Stop icon is activated in the status bar. Click Stop to cancel the current operation. You can also press and hold Esc to cancel out of any design action that is taking too long.

When using any tool guide, you can click an empty point in the Design window to clear the tool guide selection and return to the previous action within the tool.