Creating an Engineering Template: Other Options

When creating an engineering template, you can add an image to this template and select the opening ID to be used at instantiation.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Creating an Engineering Template Using the Duplicate Feature

Associate a Picture to an Engineering Template

You can associate an image to the template. This image appears when instantiating the template.

Before you begin: To add an image to your template, you must first:
  • Store your image in a Know-How Apps resources container.
  • Reference the Know-How Apps resources representation in a Data Setup table. When editing the table, the resource type for Know-How Apps resources is "Directory." For more information, see Creating a Resource Table.
  • Associate your resource table to a collaborative space. For more information, see Development and Configuration: 3DEXPERIENCE Open: Common Tools: Data Setup: Associating a Package to a Collaborative space.
  1. Create your engineering template.
  2. Click the Properties tab.
  3. Fill in the boxes in the Image frame.
    1. Complete the Resources Set Name field. The entered name is the same (internal name) as the one entered in Data Setup. For example: KnowledgeResources if you referenced the resources representation in the Knowledge Resources set.
    2. Enter the data in the Directory name field. The entered name matches the logical name of the resource container: KnowledgeResources if you referenced your icon in a Knowledge Resources table. For example: MyPicturesResources.
    3. Enter the image name along with its extension. For example, GearBox.png.

Select the Opening ID to Use at Instantiation

You can choose the opening ID to compute the identifiers of the duplicated elements at instantiation. The opening ID you choose when editing the engineering template impacts the computation of the name of the duplicated reference computed at instantiation time. The available opening IDs are as follows:

  • Engineering Template cloning Business Logic: When selected, this opening ID uses the specific engineering template Business Logic whose opening identification is PLMTemplateCloning.
  • PLM New identification Business Logic: Used when creating new objects using Add > Content. If you select this opening ID, the duplicated references are named as if you created them using Add > Content.

  1. Create your engineering template.
  2. Click the Properties tab.
  3. Select the opening ID to be used at instantiation.
    Note: For more information about the above Business Logic, see the Data Setup User's Guide: Reference Information.

Select the Roots to Prevent From Updating after Instantiation

This field lets you select the roots you do not want to update after instantiation.

  1. Select the roots you do not want to update in the Updated roots columns.
  2. Use the arrow key to move them to the Not updated roots column.

Note: This option is particularly useful for reviewing the instantiated product structure on large models or for delaying compute-intensive operations such as meshing until specifications and supports have been validated.