{"id":1241,"date":"2018-10-14T14:21:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T21:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Solid-Edge-Blog\/Steering-Wheel-The-Gateway-to-Synchronous-Modeling\/ba-p\/533819"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:32:22","slug":"steering-wheel-the-gateway-to-synchronous-modeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/steering-wheel-the-gateway-to-synchronous-modeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Steering Wheel – The Gateway to Synchronous Modeling"},"content":{"rendered":"

The previous article<\/A> discussed ‘advanced’ techniques on Steering Wheel but also listed the following basic techniques: <\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n

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  1. Move the steering wheel where you want it by the origin.<\/li>\n
  2. Shift + Origin to move while preserving the orientation.<\/li>\n
  3. Shift + Bearing for angle around the other axis.<\/li>\n
  4. Ctrl + Bearing for an angle in the plane of axes.<\/li>\n
  5. Shift + Tool plane to flip the orientation.<\/li>\n
  6. Origin + Drag to an edge to align with.<\/li>\n
  7. Shift + Bearing + Select a point to orient.<\/li>\n

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    Many people are shy of asking for more information about the topic in the comments section of the article and send out personal messages instead. I ended up compiling a series of videos into a single one that demonstrates these basic steering wheel manipulation techniques.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n

    I didn’t want to do demonstrate each topic using a meaningless lump of solid, but at the same time, it was difficult to find a proper model to show the use case for each manipulation. Here’s a video with my voice over:<\/SPAN><\/P>
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