About Extracting 3D Content

The command enables to extract the connected network from the first identified object in your selection. For example, it can be:

• The first electrical branch geometry under an electrical geometry
• The first branch under an electrical branch geometry
• The first electrical geometry under an electrical physical system

Note that this behavior is not applied for electrical geometries that are not part of a selected electrical physical system or selected electrical geometries. Electrical geometries that are not selected are not extracted even if they are connected to the network.

Any content type is created as new 3D design content, except for the devices which are created as instances only.

You can also extract segments created along external curves.

Mechanical parts located in electrical geometries are extracted as instances. To handle mechanical parts correctly, publish any points serving to route the segment along the part and give these points a unique publication name. Use published points when routing segments.

The build mode of segments is maintained after extraction.

The build mode of segments, except for those based on mechanical splines are automatically set to Length Mode after flattening, so that the flattening process does not modify segment lengths. If segments are built in Slack Mode, a minimum slack of 0.1% is recommended. If zero slack is used, this may generate update errors when extracting 3D content.

Segments based on mechanical splines and built in Slack Mode are extracted in Slack Mode. This may have repercussions when flattening, straightening and manipulating these segments.