Move Material

Material Move ( Modeling )

Tool summary :

Can be used in Modeling to move materials, bolts and welds to a different location on a member or to a different member.
Moved material is identified as " User created material " on the General Information window.
Moving system connection material makes that connection graphical . Sometimes a better way to relocate connection materials is to use connection design locks .
See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

Modeling (where Material Move is a tool)
A solid form (materials, bolts and welds to move need to be in)
Depth checking (affects Move Material )
Model completed (material cannot be moved on or to a member with this date set)
Global coordinates (materials, bolts and welds are moved with respect to)
General Info window (alternative for moving)
Rotate Material (alternative for moving)
Move/Stretch Members (similar, but for members)
Move/Stretch Members, Include Material (same as Move/Stretch Members , but often better)

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Step-by-step instructions :

The following instructions assume that you are using a 3-button mouse, that User and Site Options > General >" Point location target " is set to ' Fancy ' ( ), and that you use mouse bindings similar to those shown in these illustrations. Please note: If you are moving multiple materials that belong to different members, press the Enter key in step 4.

Before using this tool:

Make sure that the to-be-moved materials, bolts and welds and the member you are moving those items to are displayed in a solid form and that you are in a view that lets you move the materials where you want them to move.

You may want to place construction lines so that there are INCL points where you want to move the material, bolts and welds to.

Set the selection filter to ' Default ' or ' Material ' or ' Bolts ' or ' Welds ' or ' Custom filter ' or etc., depending on the types of items that you want to move. This applies regardless of whether you do step 1 (preselection) or in-tool selection .

Step 1 (preselection) is optional. If you don't do step 1, in-tool selection is required -- see note 2 . Also see note 3 concerning " Z filtering ."

	1 . Select materials, bolts, welds on one or more members. They change to the " Primary selection color " (green).
	2 . Invoke Move Material . If you didn't do step 1, see note 2 before going to step 3.
	3 . The status line prompts, " Locate a reference point ." Move the pointer ( ) to place the target ( ), then left-click ( Locate ).
	4 . Select a member to move the items to. Or press Esc or Enter if you are moving items on multiple members.
	5 . The status line prompts, "Locate second point." Left-click ( Locate ) when the target ( ) is where you want the items moved in relation to the reference point.
	6 . Left-click ( Yes ) to confirm the move. Right-click ( No ) to back up to step 5 and locate a different second point.
	7 . The materials and welds as moved. See note 7 if any items being moved are system connection materials or welds.

Note 1: To invoke Material Move , you can choose Model > Material > Move (classic), or use a keyboard shortcut, click the icon, or use a mode. The icon, keyboard shortcut or context menu command can be found in the group named ' Model -- Material '. For lightning, Customize Interface is used to configure ribbons, keyboards, the context menu and modes.

Note 2: If you didn't do step 1 (preselection), Move Material activates Select Item(s) mouse bindings so that you can select one or more materials, bolts or welds. This prompting also occurs when a member (instead of a material) was selected in step 1. Press the Enter key or right-click ( Menu ) and choose " OK " on the menu when you are done selecting materials.

Select Item(s) bindings

Note 3: If " Z filtering " is on when you invoke this operation in step 2, a yes-no dialog opens. On it is the question: " Temporarily turn off Z filtering? " Press the " Yes " button to turn " Z filtering " off. " Z filtering " will be turned back on after the move operation. Press the " No " button if you want the distance entered to " Z filtering " to apply to materials that are moved during this operation.

Note 4: In step 3, you can locate the reference point anywhere you like -- it doesn't have to be on a to-be-moved material as shown. The selected materials, bolts and/or welds are moved in relation to the reference point no matter where it is located.

Note 5: Pressing the Enter or Esc key in step 4 keeps the material on the member it is currently a submaterial of. Instead of pressing these keys, you can right-click ( Menu ) and choose " OK " or " Cancel " on the context menu .

bindings , step 4

Note 6: Right-click ( Return ) in steps 3 or 5 ends the operation.

bindings , steps 3, 5

Note 7: If you move system connection material with this operation, the member is designated as having a graphical connection , and the SDS2 Warning window appears with a message to that effect. Press the " OK " button on the SDS2 Warnings window to make the move permanent. Press the " Cancel " button to cancel this operation.