Inserting Manufacturing Simulations

You can insert an existing manufacturing simulation object into a presentation. Provided that this manufacturing simulation object contains 3DCS spec studies, you can directly create position variants from it. This lets you assess gap and flush during Perceive Quality reviews.

Before you begin: You must have a manufacturing simulation that contains 3DCS data, with translation and rotation spec studies. Other spec studies, such as deformations, are not yet taken into account.
  1. To insert an existing manufacturing simulation, do one of the following:
    • From the Perception Experience section of the action bar, click Insert Existing Manufacturing Simulation .
    • In the tree available in the Project panel, under Actors, right-click the 3D node, and select Insert Existing Manufacturing Simulation .
  2. In the Search box , enter search criteria to find manufacturing simulations and press Enter.

    Note: To find all manufacturing simulations, use the following search criteria: sim:*

  3. In the results list, click the manufacturing simulation of your choice.
    The manufacturing simulation is inserted into the experience, along with its spec studies. The corresponding actor is created in the Project panel, under the 3D node. A dialog box is displayed to create position variants based on the spec studies.
    Note: Alternatively, you can also start a search, right-click the search result, and select Insert in Experience from the context menu.
    Important: If the manufacturing simulation does not contain any 3DCS data, nothing is inserted.
  4. In the dialog box, chose from the available options, and click OK.    
    1. Select a scenario among those available in the spec studies.
    2. Select the translation and rotation spec studies to use for creating position variants.
    3. Select Set the nominal variant as the neutral position to define a starting position.
    4. Select the elements to capture in the thumbnail:

      • Capture all 3D: captures the whole 3D scene, as seen from the current viewpoint.
      • Capture selected 3D: centers, reframes on, and captures only the objects selected to create the variant.

    5. Select Capture environment to render the thumbnail with the currently active environment. Clear this option to render the thumbnail with a transparent background.
    A position variant line is created, based on the spec studies.

  5. To assess gap and flush, activate the variant thumbnails.


Tip: In the presentation mode, an animated transition is applied by default between variants. In the case of position variants created from spec studies, you may want to deactivate this animation. To do so, click the menu on the position variant line, and in the context menu, select Animation Duration > 0 second.