Using a Customized Type for Protective Covering Created from Scratch

Expert users can create technological types and associate them with a protective covering.

For this, you must perform preliminary steps to create types deriving from Knowledge types (types belonging to the Knowledge dictionary). Then you must store and declare the customized feature resource (applicative component) bound to a collaborative space. As a result, the Instantiate Protective Covering dialog box will be customized to enable the usage of one or several customized protective covering types.

Note: You can apply only one customized type to a protective covering.

For more information, see Know-how Apps Components User's Guide: About Technological Types and Creating a Type.

  1. From the Compass, click 3D Modeling Apps and select Know-how Apps Components to create an applicative component.
    The Know-how Apps Component dialog box appears.
  2. Enter a name and click OK.
  3. From the Types and processes action bar, click Create Type .
    The Create Type dialog box appears.
  4. Select a Father type:
    1. Click Launch types browser.
    2. In the Types browser, select InternalAdaptiveProtection, and then click OK.
  5. In the Type name box, enter a name for the object, for example CustomizedProtectiveCovering, and then click OK.
    The technological type appears under the Types node in the tree.

  6. In the tree, select the CustomizedProtectiveCovering type, and then click Add Attribute .
    The Create or modify attribute dialog box appears.
  7. Define the attribute to be added to the selected type:
    1. In the Name box, enter MaxBendRadius.
    2. Under Parameter, select the Length type.
    3. In the Value box, define a length (For example: 7mm).
    4. Click OK.
    The attribute appears in the Local attributes list.
  8. Select Share > Save > Save All.
  9. From the Compass, click Social and Collaborative Apps and select Data Setup to create a resource set containing the created technological type.
  10. Right-click the Electrical feature customization resource, select Create a new resource table, and then click OK.
  11. Assign the customized type to the resource set:
    1. In the Resource Set window, double-click the Resource cell to browse for the applicative component.
      The Select a Know-how Apps Component for item 'Electrical customizable features' dialog box appears.
    2. In the From Session tab, click Retrieve Loaded Objects, and then select the component you created.
    3. Click OK.
  12. In the Resource Set window, click OK to assign the type to the resource set.
  13. Optional: Associate the resource set to a collaborative space and click Save.
  14. In the Electrical 3D Part Design app, activate an electrical branch geometry.
  15. From the Protection section of the action bar, click Protective Covering .
    The Instantiate Protective Covering dialog box appears.
  16. Customize a protective covering with the type you created:
    1. Select the From scratch selection mode.
    2. Under Customized Protection Type Selection, click Protection Type to select in a browser the type you previously created.

      Note: You can assign only one type per protective covering but you can change it if several types are available by clicking Protection Type again.

    3. In the 3D area, select a branch, and then click OK in the dialog box to validate.
    The protective covering is typed. Its attributes appear under the Protection Set node in the tree.

  17. Optional: To remove a customized type or to add a different customized type, do either of the following:
    • In the Instantiate Protective Covering dialog box, right-click the customized type and select Reset Type.
    • In the tree, right-click the customized type and select Delete.

Notes:
  • You can filter the displayed parameters or variables using Me > Preferences.
  • The last used type is always preset in the dialog box when you want to customize a new protective covering.