Set Drawing Handles

Menu: Point / Set Drawing Handles

Point 1: First handle

Point 2: Second handle (optional)

Point 3: Third handle (optional)

Sets handles for the drawing. Use these handles to help you manipulate a drawing when you merge it with a new or existing drawing using the Load Symbol command.

Using the Command

Select the Set Drawing Handles command. Set one to three points in the drawing for the handles. If you set fewer than three points, press Enter to end the command.

Next, choose File / Save As and rename the file or File / Save and save it with the same name. The drawing is saved with the handles in place. The next time you merge the drawing into another one using the Load Symbol command, you can position the drawing using the handles you have set.

Example: Attach a drawing of a wing to a fuselage in another drawing.

Open the drawing of the wing. Choose the Set Drawing Handles command. Set two points at the base of the wing, where it will connect to the fuselage. Press Enter.

Next, use Save As to rename the file as SETWING.DCD and click OK. When you merge the wing into the drawing of the fuselage using the Load Symbol command, you can attach the wing precisely using the handles you have set and the Gravity command.