Opening the Resulting Product

The resulting product can open in a new tabbed window.

This task shows you how to:

Opening the IPM in a New Tab

You can open the IPM in a new tabbed window.

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  1. In the tree, select a process.
  2. From the Authoring section of the action bar, click Open Resulting Output .
    The product of the selected process opens in a new tab.
  3. Close the new tab.
  4. In the tree, select the same process.
  5. From the Authoring tab of the auxiliary viewer action bar, click Open IPM.
    The IPM of the selected process opens in a new tab.

Adding, Deleting, and Modifying 3D Manufacturing Texts

You can add, delete, and modify Text annotations.

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  1. In the tree, select a process.
  2. From the Authoring section of the action bar, click Open Resulting Output .
    The product of the selected process opens in a new tab.
  3. Select a plate and click Edge Preparation .
  4. In the Manufactured Part panel, click the Edge Preparation tab.
  5. Select an edge preparation in the list, and zoom in on the text in the auxiliary viewer.
  6. In the Manufactured Part panel, click Edit .
    The Edit edge preparation panel appears.
  7. Edit the edge preparation as required, such as changing the Orientation from Molded side to Thick side, and click OK.
    The text updates.
  8. Select a plate manufacturing process, and click Modify Text in the action bar of the auxiliary viewer.
    The screen splits such that a new window shows the PPR that has the selected process output and the manufacturing assembly.
  9. Double-click the text in the work area.
    The action bar changes to the 3D Tolerancing & Annotation commands. The Text Editor panel appears, and contains the text that is selected. You can edit the text in the Text Editor panel, as well as modify the text position. You can create or delete texts.
  10. Click to exit the 3D Tolerancing & Annotation app and retain modifications.