User’s Manual
3
CONTENTS
1.
NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 10.............................................................................................9
2.
HOW TO USE AXISVM..............................................................................................................11
2.1.
H
ARDWARE
R
EQUIREMENTS
....................................................................................................................................12
2.2.
I
NSTALLATION
...........................................................................................................................................................12
2.3.
G
ETTING
S
TARTED
.....................................................................................................................................................15
2.4.
A
XIS
VM
U
SER
I
NTERFACE
........................................................................................................................................16
2.5.
U
SING THE
C
URSOR
,
THE
K
EYBOARD
,
THE
M
OUSE
...............................................................................................17
2.6.
H
OT
K
EYS
...................................................................................................................................................................19
2.7.
Q
UICK
M
ENU
.............................................................................................................................................................20
2.8.
D
IALOG
B
OXES
..........................................................................................................................................................20
2.9.
T
ABLE
B
ROWSER
........................................................................................................................................................20
2.10.
R
EPORT
M
AKER
.........................................................................................................................................................26
2.10.1.
Report....................................................................................................................................................................27
2.10.2.
Edit.........................................................................................................................................................................28
2.10.3.
Drawings..............................................................................................................................................................30
2.10.4.
Gallery...................................................................................................................................................................31
2.10.5.
The Report Toolbar............................................................................................................................................31
2.10.6.
Gallery and Drawings Library Toolbars........................................................................................................32
2.10.7.
Text Editor............................................................................................................................................................32
2.11.
S
TORIES
......................................................................................................................................................................33
2.12.
L
AYER
M
ANAGER
......................................................................................................................................................33
2.13.
D
RAWINGS
L
IBRARY
..................................................................................................................................................33
2.14.
S
AVE TO
D
RAWINGS
L
IBRARY
...................................................................................................................................33
2.15.
T
HE
I
CON BAR
............................................................................................................................................................34
2.15.1.
Selection................................................................................................................................................................35
2.15.2.
Zoom.....................................................................................................................................................................37
2.15.3.
Views.....................................................................................................................................................................38
2.15.4.
Workplanes..........................................................................................................................................................39
2.15.5.
Geometric tranformations on objects.............................................................................................................40
2.15.5.1.
Translate.......................................................................................................................................................40
2.15.5.2.
Rotate............................................................................................................................................................41
2.15.5.3.
Mirror............................................................................................................................................................42
2.15.5.4.
Scale...............................................................................................................................................................42
2.15.6.
Display Mode......................................................................................................................................................43
2.15.7.
Guidelines............................................................................................................................................................45
2.15.8.
Geometry Tools...................................................................................................................................................46
2.15.9.
Dimensions Lines, Symbols and Labels.........................................................................................................47
2.15.9.1.
Orthogonal Dimension Lines..................................................................................................................47
2.15.9.2.
Aligned Dimension Lines.........................................................................................................................49
2.15.9.3.
Angle Dimension........................................................................................................................................50
2.15.9.4.
Arc Length...................................................................................................................................................51
2.15.9.5.
Arc Radius....................................................................................................................................................51
2.15.9.6.
Level and Elevation Marks.......................................................................................................................51
2.15.9.7.
Text Box........................................................................................................................................................52
2.15.9.8.
Object Info and Result Text Boxes..........................................................................................................54
2.15.9.9.
Isoline labels................................................................................................................................................56
2.15.10.
Parts.......................................................................................................................................................................57
2.15.11.
Sections.................................................................................................................................................................59
2.15.12.
Find........................................................................................................................................................................61
2.15.13.
Display Options..................................................................................................................................................61
2.15.14.
Options.................................................................................................................................................................65
2.15.14.1.
Grid and Cursor..........................................................................................................................................66
2.15.14.2.
Editing..........................................................................................................................................................67
2.15.14.3.
Drawing........................................................................................................................................................68
2.15.15.
Model Info............................................................................................................................................................68