Move selected objects wizard

This wizard allows you to move and rotate a number of objects all together. The wizard is most useful for multiple objects, a group or a number of groups, or even the entire model.

To use the wizard you must first open the model browser and select the objects which you wish to move. Then click move selected objects on the browser's edit menu (also available from the popup menu).

Selecting objects

Before using the wizard you must select (in the model browser) the objects which you wish to move. There are a variety of ways in which you can do this. We list a few of the more useful methods below:

Select a single object.
Select multiple objects. You can do this in the model browser using CTRL+click to add to a selection and SHIFT+click to extend a selection.
Select an object type category. This works when the model browser is in types view mode. For example select the Lines category if you wish to move all the lines in a model.
Select a group. This works when the model browser is in groups view mode. This allows you to move all objects in that group.
Select the entire model. This is easiest to do when the model browser is in groups view mode. The first item listed in the model browser is named "Model". Select this item if you wish to move all objects in the model.

There is no limitation to the type of selections you can make. If you wish to move 2 groups then select both of them (using CTRL+click) and open the wizard.

Note:

If your selection includes a category which contains other objects (e.g. a group or an object type) then all objects in that category will be moved by the wizard.

Points

The wizard shows a list of the points associated with each selected object. For objects like buoys, vessels and shapes a single point is shown. For objects like lines, links and winches with multiple connection points the list shows each connection point for that object. The list also gives the global coordinates of each point.

For each point you have the option of including or excluding it in the move operation. This might be useful if you wanted to move only the end A line connection points and leave the end B connection points unchanged, for example.

Move specified by

There are 4 methods of specifying how the objects are moved.

Displacement

Specify a position change (i.e. a displacement) which will be applied to all the points included in the move.

Polar displacement

Similar to the displacement method, here you specify a direction and distance which determine a position change to be applied to all the points included in the move.

New position

Define a reference point and its new position. The same displacement is applied to all other points included in the move.

Rotation

Rotates the included points in the horizontal plane through a specified angle of rotation about a specified central point. Note that the environment data (e.g. wave and current directions, seabed direction etc.) are not included in the rotation.

Moving the objects

Once you have decided which objects to include in the move and how the move is specified you are ready to actually move the objects. This is done by clicking the move button.