Move tool not working

Move tool not working

Jaeger1787
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Move tool not working

Jaeger1787
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I am following a video tutorial (www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBqfAV_5sg8) as I need to create a tapered plug.  Having drawn two concentric circles, I choose the Move tool, select the appropriate circle (object).  The drag handles appear together with the dialogue box.  However, neither moving the grab handle, or entering the value in the Z field moves the selected object.  Simply nothing happens at all.

Why?  What am I missing?

 

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jeff_strater
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Both of these circles are centered at the origin.  The sketch origin point is fixed (cannot be moved).  So, to move one of the circles, you need to break it away from the origin point by deleting one of the coincident constraints to the origin

 

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screencast showing how to do this:

 

 

 


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Jaeger1787
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My thanks, Jeff.  Being used to Solidworks, I automatically started with the circle centres at the origin.  Then had to work out how to display the constraints so that I could remove them and free up the circle I wanted to move.  Got there in the end with your help.  Thanks again.

Keith

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mavigogun
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@Jaeger1787 Keith, could you Accept Jeff's solution?   Doing so will flag the post, letting other readers know you no longer require assistance.

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Jaeger1787
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I thought I had done so, by replying, thanking him for his help and indicating that it had resolved the issue.  I was not appreciative that one had to actually trigger the 'Accept solution' button.  It was not at all clear what that was for.

 

I now have another query, that I will post under a new heading.

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Beetlegeuse
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I wonder how to tell which constraint belong to which circle. Is it as simply and always the case that it is the one that is geographically closest?

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