About Attributes Definitions in XML Files

This is what generates for the respective tags.

The following topics discuss:

This page discusses:

General Information
Design Data
Manufacturing Data

General Information

This contains some general information regarding the user, date, and time of generation of the XML.

General

Attributes:

Version: The application level
User: The creator of the XML
Units: The units used
Date: date of generation of the XML
Time: Time of generation of XML

Design Data

This section contains all the design information of the profile manufacturing process under separate sections.

This shows a snapshot of Profile XML Design Information.

Product

This contains the product information under these attributes:

Title: The title of the product
Name: The Name of the product
Revision: The revision of the product
LastModification: The last modification date and time of the product
Description: The description available for the product

Profile

This contains the profile information under these attributes:

Category: The category of the profile
Support: The support of the profile
Material: The material applied on the profile
Density: The density of the material of the profile
CuttingLength: The cutting length of the profile
Weight: The weight of the profile

EndCuts

This contains the information of the end cuts present in the profile:

Start: This section details the end cut information present at the start of the profile.
End: This section details the end cut information present at the end of the profile.

The below attributes are available for the end cut at start or end for the profile XML:

Template: Contains the Name attribute, which denotes the name of the template used for the end cut.
Parameters: The parameters of the end cut present.
Position: The position coordinates of the end cut.

Openings

This contains the information on openings present in the profile. Attributes for each opening are in this section:

Name: Name of the opening
Type: The type of the opening
Additional attributes that are based on the type of opening.

Standard Attributes for standard opening:
- ContourName: Name of the contour used
- ContourType: The type of the contour type
- The parameters available for the contour. For example Str_Width, and Str_Height for the Str_Oblong contour.
Sketch: For sketch openings, the information present in the OutputProfile for the sketch opening:
- Sketch Information: The sketch on which the OutputProfile is created has these tags:
  - RootPoint: The origin point for the sketch. This has X, Y, and Z attributes denoting the origin point of the sketch.
  - H Axis: The horizontal axis direction. This has the X, Y, and Z attributes denoting the direction of the horizontal axis for the sketch.
  - V Axis: The vertical axis direction. This has the X, Y, and Z attributes denoting the direction of vertical axis for the sketch.
- Geometry: The geometry information of the OutputProfile. This lists the output geometries in the same sequence as present in the OutputProfile of the sketch for sketch-based opening.
  Geometry can contain Arc, Curve, or Line. Below listed are the attributes for these 3 geometries:
  - Arc: This contains the start point, middle point, end point, origin, and radius value.
  - Curve: This contains all the control points defined for the curve.
  - Line: This contains the start point and end point of the line.
  Each point that defines the Arc, Curve, or Line has these attributes:
  - ID: the ID of the point
  - H: the H value, measured along the H direction of the sketch. The value is based on the local coordinate system of the sketch.
  - V: The V value, measured along the V direction of the sketch. The value is based on the local coordinate system of the sketch.

The Sketch opening information in the profile XML.

Slots

This contains information on the slots present in the profile. For each slot present in the profile, there is a Slot section having these attributes:

Name: The name of the slot.
Type: The type of the slot.
Attributes related to the type of the slot (like ContourName, BOTC and others for BULB slot type).

Manufacturing Data

This section contains the information of the profile manufacturing process under these sections.

A snapshot of a Profile XML Manufacturing Information.

Note: The Parameters available in design with a "Mfg_" prefix exports to the corresponding XML node.

Process

This contains the product information under these attributes:

Title: The title of the manufactured part
Name: The Name of the manufactured part
Revision: The revision of the manufactured part
LastModification: The last modification date and time of the part
Description: The description of the part

MarkingLines

This contains the information on the marking lines present in the profile manufacturing process under these attributes:

Name: The name of the marking line feature
Type: The type of the marking line
LineType: The line type of the marking line
LineThickness: The line thickness of the marking line

Openings

This contains all the opening preparations present in the profile manufacturing process. The attributes present for each opening preparation in the profile manufacturing process:

Name: The name of the opening preparation
Type: The type of the opening preparation
DesignNme: The design name of the opening
Additional attributes as present for the type of opening preparation (Like “LineType”, “LineThickness” for “Marked” opening)

Margins

This contains the margins present in the profile manufacturing process. These nodes are present based on the presence of margin on the profile:

StartFace This contains the margin information at the start face of the profile under the below tags:
- Web: Margin at web start
- Flange: Margin at flange start
EndFace: If the margin at the end of the web of profile is present:
- Web: Margin at web end
- Flange: Margin at flange end
BottomFace: Margin at the bottom of a profile

Each margin contains the below attributes:

AddedMaterial: The positive margin
FitUp: The negative margin

EdgePreparation

This contains the edge preparations present in the profile manufacturing process. These nodes are present based on the presence of edge preparation on the profile:

WebStartFace- If the edge preparation at the start of the web of profile is present.
WebEndFace- If edge preparation at the end of the web of profile is present.
FlangeStartFace- If edge preparation at the start of the flange of the profile is present.
FlangeEndFace- If edge preparation at the end of the flange of the profile is present.
BottomFace- If edge preparation at bottom of profile is present.

Each node contains the below attributes based on whether edge preparations are present or not:

BevelName: If the name of the bevel used in the edge preparation
EdgePrepSide: The edge preparation side. For example:Molded.
Root_Gap: The root gap for the edge preparation

Name: The name of the slot
Type: The type of the slot
Attributes related to the type of the slot (like ContourName, BOTC and others for BULB slot type).

The Sketch opening information in the profile XML.

Profile Inverse Bending Curve

The Profile IBC XML contains the following General information with these attributes.

Time: Time of creation of the profile IBC XML.
Date: Date of creation of the profile IBC XML.
Units: The units used.
User: You are responsible for the creation of the XML.
Version: The version of the application.
Curve: Contains the information of individual curves of the IBC. It has these tags:
- Point: This section contains the individual point that lies on the curve. Below are the attributes that are present under this tag:
  - ID: The ID of the point.
  - X: The X coordinate of the point.
  - Y: The Y coordinate of the point.
- MaxSag: If a sag point exists in the curve, this tag is available. This contains the attributes to define the sag point:
  - ID: The ID of the sag point.
  - X: The X coordinate of the sag point.
  - Y: The Y coordinate of the sag point.

This shows a snapshot of the profile IBC XML.