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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Incremental Dynamics</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">Transform objects through any combination of translations, scales, and rotations. No new objects are created during these transformations until the model is updated.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The display of the objects at the intermediate steps of a dynamic transformation process is temporary and does not allow object selection.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">  View operations done when in incremental dynamics may yield strange results.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">You can undo all dynamic transformations performed since the beginning of this option.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Translate</div>
      <p class="para_division">The destination point, defined in the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/edt_trnsfrm_trnslate_r.html');return(false);">To A Point</a> option becomes a new reference point for the next translation. Indicate a new destination point to continue the transformation.
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      <p class="para_division">After translating via Delta, you can enter a new set of coordinate delta values, or click OK to use the existing set for the next translation.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Select Back when the transformation is complete. Choose Back again, and then select another Incremental Dynamics option.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Scale</div>
      <p class="para_division">This option resizes an object and alters the distance between the object and the reference point in accordance with the scale factor.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">  Non-Uniform Scale is not available in Incremental Dynamics.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">After a transformation, you can enter a new scale factor or click OK to use the existing one.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Select Back when the transformation is complete. select Back again, then select another Incremental Dynamics option.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">  Selecting and updating a parametric body will prompt a message to remove the body's parameters or ignore the body.&nbsp;</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Rotate About a Point</div>
      <p class="para_division">Move objects around a line parallel to the ZC axis, passing through the selected reference point.</p>
      <p class="para_division">A positive angle rotates the object counterclockwise with respect to the WCS.</p>
      <p class="para_division">After the initial transformation, you can enter another rotation angle, or click OK to use the existing value.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Select Back when the transformation is complete. Select another Incremental Dynamics option.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Rotate About a Line</div>
      <p class="para_division">Moves objects around a line parallel to a specified rotation axis, passing through a selected reference point.</p>
      <p class="para_division">The positive direction of rotation is determined by the right hand rule.</p>
      <p class="para_division">The initial transformation completed, enter another rotation angle or click OK to use the existing value.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Select Back when the transformation is complete. Select another Incremental Dynamics option.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Undo Last</div>
      <p class="para_division">Reverses the current transformation type entirely, not just the last move. For example, if you had translated an object, and then rotated it several times, this option would reverse only the rotation transformations.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Undo All</div>
      <p class="para_division">Reverses all current dynamic transformations and scale operations.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Both Last and All undo options take more time than Edit&rarr;Undo, because they reverse the current transformation step by step. If the part undergoing transformations is large, you may consider updating the model and using Edit&rarr;Undo.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">&nbsp;  After Update Model has been executed, Undo Last and Undo All have no effect Use Edit&rarr;Undo.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Update Model</div>
      <p class="para_division">Use this option to complete all transformations. The new objects are actually created, and all views are regenerated.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Limitations</div>
      <p class="para_division">If you cannot perform Incremental Dynamics, one of the following error messages is displayed:</p><pre class="indent">Dynamics Not Allowed
Too Many Active Views</pre><p class="para_division">The maximum allowed number of views is 50. Remove a sufficient number of views in order to use Incremental Dynamics.</p><pre class="indent">Dynamics Not Allowed
Work View Has Perspective</pre><p class="para_division">Incremental Dynamics cannot be performed in a perspective view.</p><pre class="indent">Dynamics Not Allowed
Expand Work View In Effect</pre><p class="para_division">Incremental Dynamics is incompatible with certain functions.</p>
      <p class="para_division">If Incremental Dynamics is not allowed, you are prompted to select another transformation type.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body"> If you select Multiple Copies, only the first copy is displayed during dynamic transformation process. Similarly, when you specify Subdivisions, the objects displayed in the dynamic process do not reflect the subdivision factor. All requested copies and subdivisions are generated when the model is updated. </p>
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