You must first create a table that drives your component family.
This table, which contains columns associated with the model
parameters, can be a design table if you work with parts or a product table if
you work with assemblies. For more information about design tables, see
Knowledge
Basics:
Managing Relations: Design Tables. For more information about product
tables, see
Knowledge Basics: Creating and Managing Product
Tables.
Open Excel or a text editor.
Note:
The table can have a .xls or .txt format.
In a new worksheet, enter the required data.
Important:
Remember that the first column must be the identification column. As identification
column, the first column of the table cannot contain duplicated
values. In V5, a column "Part Number" was mandatory. Now the name of
this column can be different from the part number: if the table
contains a "Part Number" column, it is the identification column. If
not, it is the first column.
If the identification of an item is changed when applying changes to
the design table, it is managed as an item deletion and a new item
is created. If some models were previously generated, they are
stored in the database but not referenced by the component family
any longer.
Column types are deduced:
first from the parameter type associated with the design
table column if any,
then from the column content itself. A search is made on
the most precise type depending on the content of the cells.
For example, if you work with a column that contains values
of length type, entering (String) in the column name has no effect because a
unit is expected at this location, not a parameter type.