Moving, Rotating, and Scaling Wires

After drawing the wire structure, you may need to adjust the position, orientation, or size of individual wires or groups of wires. To modify wires, you must first select them.

Selecting Wires

1. Using the Selection Box:
   • Click the Selection Box button on the toolbar.
   • Drag a box using the mouse while holding the left button to enclose the wires you want to modify (see Fig. 1).
     • Dragging the box from top to bottom selects only fully enclosed wires.
     • Dragging the box from bottom to top selects partially enclosed wires as well.
2. Selecting Wire by Wire:
   • Click the Select Wire button (arrow icon) on the toolbar.
   • Hold the Ctrl key and left-click on individual wires to select them.
     • To deselect a wire, hold the Ctrl key and click on it again.
   • To deselect all wires, double-click on the screen or click the Home button on the toolbar.

You can also combine the Selection Box method with selecting wires individually.

Transforming Selected Wires

Once the wires are selected, navigate to the Edit menu and choose one of the following commands:

Move Wires

Opens the Move Wires dialog box (see Fig. 2), allowing you to move the selected wire or group of wires to a new position. You can specify the shift along the X, Y, and Z coordinates.

Rotate Wires

Opens the Rotate Wires dialog box (see Fig. 3), enabling you to rotate the selected wire or group of wires around a chosen axis. In addition to the Cartesian axes (X, Y, and Z), the Custom option allows you to define a rotation axis using spherical coordinates (Theta, Phi). You can also set the Rotation Center to rotate around a point other than the origin.

Scale Wires

Opens the Scale Wires dialog box (see Fig. 4), providing the following scaling options:

1. Single Factor:
   • Apply a single scale factor to all point coordinates of the selected wires.
   • Optionally, scale the wire cross-section and coating thickness by the same factor by checking the corresponding boxes.

2. Line Length:
   • Apply scaling only to linear wires.
   • Enter a scale factor and specify an anchored point: the line’s start point (P1) or end point (P2). This allows you to lengthen or shorten the line while keeping one end fixed.

3. Advanced:
   • Apply different scale factors for each Cartesian coordinate (X, Y, and Z).
   • Stretch or contract the selected wires along the direction of one of the Cartesian axes.

Note

Transmission lines fully enclosed by the selection box will be transformed along with the associated wires when using the Move, Rotate, or Scale transformations in the Edit menu. This ensures that transmission lines remain connected to wires selected via the Selection Box.