Positioning Strategy
In the
Positioning Strategy area, select the
appropriate option to define the location and orientation of the opening.
You can define the location of the opening using the following
options:
- Offset / Offset
- Specifies the offset from reference elements in U and V
directions.
- Half Height / Offset
- Specifies the offset from a reference element in U direction, and
halfway between plate edges in V direction.
- Mid Dist / Offset
- Specifies the halfway between two elements in U direction, and
offset from another reference element in V direction.
- Mid Dist / Mid Dist
- Specifies the halfway between two elements in U direction, and
halfway between two other elements in V direction.
- Half Height / Mid Dist
- Specifies the halfway between two elements in U direction, and
halfway between plate edges in V direction.
- 3D Axis
- Specifies the position at the origin of the 3D axis.
You can specify the orientation angle.
Contour
In the
Contour area, select the opening type and the
opening dimensions.
Note:
This list is generated from the opening table defined in
Data Setup.
In the
Type list, the types of the opening are:
- Rectangular
- Round
- Oblong
- Catalog
For the Catalog type, you can create a user-defined opening by selecting
a contour from the opening table assigned in Data Setup.
If no Resources Catalog or
Resources Library resource is set in Data Setup, the Type list becomes
unavailable. But you can still create the catalog type opening by clicking
More... in the Name list and:
- Selecting the required opening reference from the catalog/library, if the
Structure Reference Catalog or the Structure
Reference Library resource is set in Data Setup.
- Searching the required opening reference in the database, if no Structure
Reference Catalog or Structure Reference Library
resource is set in Data Setup.
Attributes
- Support
- In the
Support box, define the face for drawing the
opening sketch. The normal or inverse support can be selected from the list.
- Direction
- In the
Direction box, define the direction in which
the opening contour is projected to the element to which the opening is to be
created. It can be planar surface or a line. By default, the support of the
element on which the opening is to be created is selected as the direction.
Note:
You can create a line or a plane to define the direction
using other stack commands like
Create Line or
Create Plane respectively.
- Forming
- In the
Forming list, select the required forming
mode.
By default,
Molded Form is set as the forming mode.
For more information, see
Forming mode.
- Extrusion
- In the
Extrusion box, define the limits for
extrusion
Up To Last or
Limit1/Limit2.
The extrusion must intersect the support of the plate/split
plate.
- Limit1
- This box gets activated if
Limit1/Limit2 is selected in the
Extrusion box. In the
Limit1 box, enter the offset from contour
for Limit1.
- Limit2
- This box gets activated if
Limit1/Limit2 is selected in the
Extrusion box. In the
Limit2 box, enter the offset from contour
for Limit2.