Displaying Bodies
The app provides a
mechanism to gather bi-dimensional and tri-dimensional elements
within the same work environment. The bodies referenced by
functional features are then displayed in the tree
only under the pointing feature.
Recommendations of Use
When displaying bodies, the following are recommended:
- When a body is aggregated by a functional
specification it still can be used by another functional
specification. In that case the body is not displayed under the
second specification.
- When deleting a body reference feature (like external shape or
push/pull/fitting) that aggregates its body, the Delete
dialog box appears. If you select Delete aggregated
elements, then the body is removed during the
operation. If you clear Delete aggregated elements
then the aggregated body is moved under the 3D shape during the
deletion.
- It is possible to define aggregated bodies and features inside
those bodies as current. The In Work Object element is
used as insertion point for solid features. It is also possible to
apply In Work Object on a geometrical set inside an
aggregated body to create some wireframe features.
- When activating View only current body and
applying the In Work Object inside an aggregated body,
only the current element is displayed in the work area. When
activating the View only current operated solid the
wireframe is also displayed.
- Parent/ Children is
available on aggregated bodies. It displays the functional feature
as a children of the body.
- Replace is available
on the aggregated body. It is possible to select another body. If
this body can be aggregated by the functional feature then the
selected body is aggregated by the functional
feature.
- Multi-body features, like divide
and extract features, do not hide the visualization of a
referenced body in the tree.
- Hybrid bodies are not aggregated by
functional specifications.
- PartBody is not aggregated by functional specifications.
- The different colors of an aggregated body
are not reported on the result of the aggregating functional
specification.
- Scan is not able to manage the content of
an aggregated body.