Moving, Rotating, and Scaling Wires

After drawing the wire structure, you may need to modify the position or size of individual wires or groups of wires. To modify wires, you must first select them. Click on the Selection Box button on the toolbar and then expand a box using the mouse with the left button pressed. Enclose the wires you want to modify within the box (Fig. 1).

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

Move Wires

Displays the Move Wires dialog box for moving the selected wire or group of wires to a different position (Fig. 2). You can enter a different shift along each coordinate X, Y, and Z.

Rotate Wires

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

Scale Wires

Displays the Scale Wires dialog box for scaling the selected wire or group of wires (Fig. 4).

Three options are available:

• Single Factor: Allows you to set a single scale factor that will be applied to all the point coordinates of the selected wires. You can also scale the wire cross-section and coating thickness by the same factor by checking the corresponding boxes.

• Line Length: This scaling option applies only to linear wires. You can enter a scale factor and specify an anchored point: the line’s start point P1 or end point P2. By specifying an anchored point, you can lengthen or shorten the line while keeping one of its ends fixed.

• Advanced: Allows you to set a different scale factor for each Cartesian coordinate of the selected wires. This option enables you to stretch or contract a group of wires along the direction of one of the Cartesian axes: X, Y, or Z.