Defining a Dressup for a Mechanism

You can create multiple rigid engineering connections at once by using the Dressup functionality. This is an easy way to associate 3D dressing components to each component of a conceptual mechanism (skeleton) to allow them to move together during the kinematics simulation.

You can create a mechanism's dressup based on rigid engineering connections. It is then possible to attach the components that belong to the model to the mechanism's components.

Before you begin: Create at least one mechanism representation.
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Defining a Mechanism
About Dressup
  1. In the tree, select a mechanism.
  2. Define the selected mechanism as current by right-clicking the mechanism in the tree, and selecting Set as current in the context menu. For more information, see Part Design User's Guide: About Defining Current Objects.
    The current mechanism is underlined.
  3. Click Dressup .
    The Dressup dialog box that appears includes the following:

    • Mechanism: The selected mechanism; by default, the current mechanism.
    • Mechanism products: Lists the products that belong to the current mechanism. The products included in the mechanism are identified by a specific color-code in the 3D.
    • Attached products: Lists the products attached to the mechanism. Initially, this column is empty.

    Important: You can create only a single dressup for a mechanism.
  4. Select a product to which you want to attach a product in the model using the Mechanism products list.
    The product is highlighted in the tree and reframed in the 3D. All other products from the mechanism become transparent in the 3D.
  5. In the work area, select one or more products in the model to attach to the product from the Mechanism products list.
    The selected products appear in the Attached products list and are identified by the same color-code in the 3D.
  6. To detach a product:
    1. From the Mechanism products list, select a product.
    2. In the work area, cancel the selection of the attached product from the model.

    Tip: Alternatively, right-click a product and select Remove Link in the context menu.

    The product is removed from the Attached products list, and the Dress up link is removed. The rigid engineering connection still appears under the Engineering Connections node.
  7. To delete the rigid engineering connections associated with the dressup:
    1. From the Mechanism products list, select a product.
    2. In the work area, cancel the selection of the attached product.

    Tip: Alternatively, in the Dressup dialog box, right-click a product and select Delete Joint in the context menu.

  8. To center the tree according to the selected product, right-click a product in the Mechanism products or Attached products list and select Center Graph.
  9. Click OK.

In the tree, a Dressup node appears, including the rigid engineering connections :

Important: A rigid engineering connection appears under the Dressup node when the attached product it connects does not become a mechanism product (by activating new engineering connections in the Mechanism Manager).

Tip: To edit a dressup, double-click the Dressup node in the tree.