Autodesk 00128-051462-9310 User Guide - Page 1383

2 NOTE After you perform an editing task from the context menu, you may need to select a profile again to perform another editing task. If you do not see the editing commands that you expect on the context menu, select a profile, and right-click to display the context menu. Edit the body modifier: If you want to ... Then ... change the shape of a body modifier that is a Free Form mass select the body modifier. Select a Face grip to activate edge element grips for the face. Move the grips to the desired locations. Continue editing other faces in the same manner. change the shape of a body modifier that is a conventional mass element select the body modifier. Select grips and move them to change the shape of the body modifier. The grips that are available depend on the type of mass element used as a body modifier and the current view direction. add an object to a body modifier place the object in the location where it is needed. Select the body modifier, right-click, and click Boolean ➤ Union. Select the object, and press ENTER. Enter y (Yes) to keep the object in the drawing, or press ENTER to erase it. subtract an object from a body modifier place the object in the location where it is needed. Select the body modifier, right-click, and click Boolean ➤ Subtract. Select the object, and press ENTER. Enter y (Yes) to keep the object in the drawing, or press ENTER to erase it. create a body modifier that is the intersection of the original body modifier with another object place the object in the location where it is needed. Select the body modifier, right-click, and click Boolean ➤ Intersect. Select the object, and press ENTER. Enter y (Yes) to keep the object in the drawing, or press ENTER to erase it. trim a body modifier select the body modifier, right-click, and click Trim. Specify the points that define the trim plane, and select the side of the body modifier to be trimmed. The trimmed body modifier is converted to a Free Form mass element. divide the face of a body modifier into two faces select the body modifier, right-click, and click Split Face. Specify the points that define the edge created by splitting the faces. join two faces that are on the same plane into a single face select the body modifier, right-click, and click Join Faces. Select the edge that separates the coplanar faces. remove a body modifier select the object that forms the body modifier, and press DELETE. 3 Save or discard the changes: If you want to ... restore the body modifier to its original shape save the changes to the body modifier Then ... select the body modifier, and click . select the body modifier, and click . The body modifier uses the edited mass element to define its geometry. Using Slab and Roof Slab Context Menu Tools | 1343