About Handling Specific Elements from Physical Products

When parsing the physical model, a simplification of the diagram is done when a dress-up pattern is detected. This pattern corresponds to a wireframe part that is connected to an isolated 3D shape with a rigid connection. The simplification consists in replacing the wireframe components in the diagram with the detected 3D shape component. As a result, the diagram of the generated model is more compact and it is easier to replace body components (to have flexible bodies for example).

In the case of the physical model contains publication of axes (or a publication of a publication of axes; no limit on the number of intermediate publications), directly under the product that contains the selected mechanism; then:

• The generated model does by default not contain any World model. However, if you generate the Modelica model using the command, you can select to generate a World model and have it connected to the fixed parts even if the physical model contains publication of axes.
• The generated model includes some frames corresponding to the published axis systems.

In the diagram and icon layer, the connectors corresponding to the published axis systems are located at the top edge of the diagram/icon.

If the physical model contains any publications of Knowledgeware parameters directly under the product that contains the selected mechanism, then the corresponding Modelica parameters are created in the generated model. Those Modelica parameters are exposed in Knowledgeware, and a formula is created to assign the same value as the value of the published parameter.

Important: To keep the link between Knowledgeware parameters in the physical model and the Modelica parameters, select Keep link with selected object from Me > Preferences > Common Preferences > Object Properties > 3D Shape > Infrastructure. For more information, see Native Apps Preferences Guide: 3D Shape Infrastructure.