1. Is it possible to makemthe geipper extrude or move a face but keep a body anchored?

2. Howmcan I use the Gripper or Move Face tool move a face without ACISmcomplaining that it cannot perform the operation?

Situation: I have a wing tank in the hull of my model. I want to - without creating multiple solids - pushnand pull a face tomchange the volume. However, i do not want Gripper scaling or letting ACIS say, "no solution for a vertex:Offset Face_9672935"


I created a solid from stitched surfaces.

I will try later using one of the manipulable solids, but, on rotation, the control handles claim to be visible, but are nowhere to be seen.

On a GOOD note, if i use a negative value, thentank top lowers, without error or complaint. So, i suppose i can design the maximum heigtht, then make downward modifications.

:-)

Use either the Push/Pull tool if you want a simple translation or the deep select if you want rotations as well.
This was new in v8

It seems that in VCP 7 (967), translation insists on moving the whold body, despite the face selected was by deep selection.

Offset Dace, however, works nicely. Thanks for reminding me.

Also, Move Face works nicely, too.

I think these two tools are greay, but feel that as separate tools, they can be too easily overlooked. I feel they would be more appreciated and used more if they announced themselves in ordinary select operations. They are too useful to allow to be forgotten.

I next will explore what i am doing incorrectly that is not keeping my dimensions associative. Probably something simple like moving the control points along with the face move/offset action.