Double-click Editing

Double-click editing

You can double-click on most entities in order to edit them when no other command is active.

Selecting the default command in the standard context menu
Please note that you can get the same effect by right-clicking on an entity and by selecting the command displayed in bold in the standard context menu which shows up.
You can customize context menus and change default commands (see Customizing Context Menus).
The following notes refer to default commands as they are shipped in a standard installation.

In the following list of possible effects of double-clicking on entities, each title is the name of the corresponding default command (the one displayed in bold in the standard context menu).

Modify Entities

When close to the endpoint of a line, enables you to modify the position of the endpoint
When close to the midpoint of a line, enables you to modify the line length
When close to the endpoint of an arc, enables you to modify the arc angle
When on a point of an arc or circle not close to an endpoint, enables you to modify the radius of the arc or circle
When on a polygon, while the sketching environment is not active, enables you to activate the sketcher environment and turn the selected entities into a profile
When on a X-Hatch, enables you to modify the properties of the X-Hatch entity
When on a profile entity while the sketching environment is active, enables you to interactively modify the profile shape
When on a text entity, a dialog box is displayed so as to enable you to modify the text
When on an annotation, enables you to modify the annotation.

Edit 2D Profile

When on a 2D profile entity while the sketching environment is not active, activates the 2D Profile environment.

Edit 3D Profile

When on a 3D profile entity while the sketching environment is not active, activates the 3D Profile environment.

Modify Curve through Control Points

When on a curve, starts a control point editing session (does not apply to associative curves created using Insert Curve through Interpolation Points by selecting the Associative Mode check box).

Modify Surface through Control Points

When on a surface, starts a control point editing session.

Redefine Feature

When on a solid or on a feature, the definition command is started.

Note: For some entities the default action that is associated with the double-clicking action is not the entity editing, but an action considered more frequently performed on that entity.

So, when you double-click on a planar face of a solid, the action you perform is to move the Work Plane onto that face.
If the face is not planar, double-clicking starts editing the solid.

Set Current

When on a component, enables you to set it as the current one
When on a group or a drawing view, enables you to set it as the current one.

Edit Dimension

When on a driving dimension (see Drive and Reference Dimensions), enables you to change the dimension value.

Move/Modify

When on a reference dimension (see Drive and Reference Dimensions), enables you to move or modify portions of a dimension.

On Entity

When on the Work Plane, enables you position the Work Plane over a selected entity.