Creating an Attachment

You can create an attachment between two resources (or a product and resource) so that they move as if they were a single entity.

Before you begin:

Open the content for which you want to create an attachment. The object that is getting attached (for example, a tool) must have a base port defined. The object to which an object is attached (for example, a device) must have a mount port defined. An attachment can only be created under a resource parent node.

In a manufacturing product scenario, product data should be aggregated directly under the manufacturing product in order to create a persistent attachment between product data and a workpiece positioner.

See Also
Creating Mechanical Ports
Managing Attachments
  1. Click Create Attachment .

    You can exit from the attachment process without creating an attachment by clicking again on Create Attachment .

  2. Select a tool.
    The tool is highlighted with the available base attachment ports. Select one of them in the work area.
  3. Select the device.
    The device is highlighted with the available mount attachment ports.
  4. Select the mount port.


    The Attachment Context Toolbar appear.



  5. Click Snap .
    The tool's base port moves to the mount port of the device.
  6. Click Accept to accept any offset and create the attachment.
    The device and the tool are attached.
  7. Move the device or the tool. For example, selecting the manipulation handle to check that the attached part moves with the part to which it is attached.