Accessing Commands in Live Manipulator

Live Manipulator enables you to create, edit and navigate structures, and move objects in 3D at a click of a mouse. This task shows you how to launch electrical flattening commands (Rotate, Roll, Arrange Junction, Scale and Straighten) via Balloons in Live Manipulator.

Before you begin: For more information about the life-like solution, please refer to CATIA Live Shape User Guide, and in particular About the Robot, About the Balloons, and Reference Information: Balloons.
Related Topics
Rotating Segments
Rolling Segments
Arranging Junctions
Scaling Segments
Straightening Segments
Balloons
Using Business Rule Integration in Live Manipulator

  1. Click the Live Manipulator in the Manipulator Toolbar.

    The Balloon Menu is displayed:

    The default value is: Rotate and Local mode .

  2. Choose a flattening command: Rotating Segments, Rolling Segments, Arranging Junctions, Scaling Segments or Straightening Segments.

    The Balloons are temporary hidden when you manipulate the Robot.

    For more information about the following steps, see the related topics.

  3. Choose a selection mode Punctual, Local or Global to retrieve other electrical component(s) from the selected element and to apply the same action on this / these specific element(s). The following table shows you which selection mode can be chosen for each command:

      Rotate Roll Arrange Junction Scale Straighten
    Punctual Segment (multi-selection) Segment Segment Not available Portion of Branch selection
    Local Branch (multi-selection) Branch Branch Branch Branch
    Global Junction Not available Not available Not available Not available