Bolt Edit ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

  • Lets you edit one or multiple bolts that you select. Selection filtering is built in.
  • While Bolt Edit can be used to edit one bolt at a time, the tool is more commonly used for multi-editing. The preferred way to edit a single bolt is to double-click it while ' Default ' is selected as the selection filter.
  • If you preselect multiple types of objects, Bolt Edit will edit only those objects that are bolts. The other objects will remain selected. Click here for an example. Preselection is done in Select Items mode. Here are the steps:

    Select Items bindings (for preselection)

    1. Draw an area box or hold down the Shift key and left-click ( Select+ ) several objects of the same type or of different types.
    2. Invoke Bolt Edit .
    3. The Bolt Edit window opens.
  • In-tool selection takes place when you invoke Bolt Edit with nothing selected or with object types other than bolts selected. The tool brings up Select Item(s) mouse bindings, and the status line prompts you select bolts. Here are the steps:

    1. Invoke Bolt Edit .

      Select Item(s) bindings (for in-tool selection)
    2. Select one or more objects. Built-in selection filtering restricts you to selecting bolts. Press the Enter key when you are done selecting the objects.
    3. The Bolt Edit window opens.
  • To invoke Bolt Edit :

    Method 1 : Click the Bolt Edit icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Objects -- Bolts ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

    Method 2 : If " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Objects > Bolts > Edit .

    Method 3, 4 or 5 : Bolt Edit can also be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the ' Lightning ' layout style, configuration of the interface is done using Customize Interface .

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