Creating a Standard Opening

You can create an opening using the standard contours. The standard contours are listed in the opening table which is set in Data Setup.

This task shows you how to:

Create Standard Opening on Panel and Plate
Create Pass Through Point on Standard Opening

Before you begin: Open a structure containing panels and plates for creating openings on it.

Create Standard Opening on Panel and Plate

You can create standard opening on panel and plate.

From the Detail section of the action bar, click Opening on Panel and Plate .
The Opening panel appears.
Select a panel or a plate on which you want to create opening.
The selected object appears in the Applied on box.
Click Create Standard Opening .
The Standard Opening dialog box appears.
Define the standard opening:
1. In the Category list, select the opening type.
2. Clear the Automatic check box and enter the required name in the Name box.
  Note: If a naming action rule is set in Rules Catalog or Rules Library in Data Setup, and the Automatic check box is selected, the structural object is named automatically according to naming action rule.
3. Select the required positioning mode.
4. Depending on the selected positioning mode, select the reference planes, panels, or plates and if required, enter the offset value for the references.
5. In the Contour area, select the opening type and the corresponding opening.
  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.
6. In the Attributes area,
  1. In the Support list, select the support.
  2. Specify the direction.
  3. Select the required mode.
  4. In the Extrusion list, select the limit for the opening.
    The extrusion must intersect the support of the plate/split plate.
7. Select the Preview check box to preview the opening.
  The preview is displayed.
8. Click Apply to apply the inputs.
9. Click OK.
The standard opening parameters are defined. The opening is created.

Important:

You can edit or delete the opening by selecting the required row and clicking Edit Opening and Delete Opening , respectively. To edit an opening, you can also select the opening in the work area and click Opening on the context toolbar.
You can copy an opening from an object (panel, plate, or profile) to another using the Advanced Copy. To do so, select the reference planes of the source and destination objects, and select the opening to be copy. Perform the reroute analysis and change the Applied on object from the source object to the destination object. The opening is copied.

Create Pass Through Point on Standard Opening

You can create a center point and a centerline to detect the center of the standard opening on .

Select Yes in the Create Points and Lines list available in the section.
Create a standard opening.
Expand the tree.
Under the Opening_x node, right-click StrOpeningForPanelCenterPoint.x and StrOpeningForPanelCenterLine.x, and select Hide/Show to display the center point and center line of the opening.
The center point and center line appear.

Important:

You can assign an action rule in Rules Catalog or Rules Library in Data Setup to compute the creation of a center point and centerline for the standard opening on according to the opening category.
When the action rule is assigned, then center point and center line are created for openings as per the defined setting and action rule.
To view a set of center points and center lines on a particular layer, you can assign an action rule.
If the action rule is modified, you need to right-click the opening and select Reset Action Rule to apply the changes to the opening.