Hiding the Internals of the User Feature Instance Using the Black Box Protected Mode

The Black Box Protected mode ensures a locked view of the user features thus ensuring secure exchanges.

Note: User feature instance internals cannot be accessed using User Feature Debug.

Before you begin:
  • To access the models used in this topic, import the Bounding_Box_Reference_000.3dxml and the Bounding_Box_Destination_000.3dxml files located in win_b64\startup\Knowledgeware\3D Templates Samples\Sample1.
See Also
About User Feature Instantiation Modes and Options
Visualizing the Content of the User Feature Instance Internals Using the White Box Mode
Hiding the User Feature Instance Internals Using the Black Box Mode
  1. Expand the KnowledgeTemplates node and double-click the user feature, Bounding Sphere in this example.
    The User Feature Definition dialog box appears.
  2. Click the Properties tab and select Black Box Protected in the Mode combo box.
    A message appears indicating that if you select this mode, you will not be able to display the user feature internals any longer.
  3. Click Yes and OK.
  4. Save and keep open.
  5. Open the destination product and tile vertically.
  6. Click Instantiation from Selection and select the user feature in the reference product.
  7. Select the inputs, Surface.1 in our example.
    The user feature is instantiated but its internals are not displayed in the tree.
  8. Click the instantiated user feature in the tree and click User Feature Debug .
    A dialog box appears informing you that you cannot display the internals of the user feature.