Creating actions

This page explains how you can create actions.

Actions are part of steps. Make sure you have created the step into which you want to create the action. Also, you can move actions between steps.

To create actions in a single-part folding sequence

1. In the tabular area, select the step in which you want to create the action.
2. In the graphical area, click the panel whose position you want to adjust with the action.

A contextual edit bar appears above the graphical area.

3. In the contextual edit bar, in Action select an action: Fold, Prefold, Bend on radius, or Bend along Cone.

NOTE: The Bend along cone action controls the folding along a cone or a cylinder. It appears as an option only if you have marked an object — an arc or a line — to be a guideline.

4. To set the folding, do any of the following in the contextual edit bar:

• In Angle, select (or type) an angle value, and then press ENTER.
• Use the folding angle slider to set the angle of folding.

To create actions for structures a multi-part sequence and inserted objects.

1. In the graphical area, click the inserted objects.

A contextual edit bar appears above the graphical area.

2. Consider your situation:

• To move an inserted part. In the contextual edit bar, in Action select Perpendicular Move, Parallel Move or Sliding Move. The Distance and Angle options become available.
• To change the state of an inserted part. In the contextual edit bar, in Action select Deconstruct or Construct. The New Phase option becomes available.

NOTE: The Deconstruct action executes the steps of the inserted part up to the beginning of the selected phase. Constructing executes the steps of the inserted part up to the end of the selected phase.

3. Depending on your case, type values for Distance and Angle, respectively New Phase, and then press ENTER to set the action.