Creating a Standard Opening on a Profile

You can create an opening on a profile using standard contours. The standard contours are listed in the opening table, which is set in Data Setup.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Open the structure containing profiles to place an opening.
See Also
Opening on Profile Dialog Box
Managing Openings
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Create a Standard Opening on a Profile

You can create a standard opening on a profile.

  1. From the Detail section of the action bar, click Opening on Profile .
    The Opening on Profile dialog box appears.
  2. From the Category list, select the required opening category.

    If no project dictionary is set in Data Setup, only the default category is available.

  3. Select a profile.
    The selected profile appears in the Applied to box.
  4. In the Method list, select Standard.
  5. In the Direction option, select either Trans. or Vert..
  6. Click Definition.

    The Standard Opening dialog box appears.

  7. Define the standard opening:
    1. In Type list, select the opening type.
    2. In the Contour list, select the contour of opening.

      The contours are listed from the opening table defined in the Resources Catalog or the Resources Library resource, set in Data Setup.

      Note: If no Resources Catalog or Resources Library resource is set in Data Setup, the Type list becomes unavailable. But you can still create the catalog type opening by clicking More... in the Contour list and:
      • Selecting the required opening reference from the catalog or library, if the Structure Reference Catalog or the Structure Reference Library resource is set in Data Setup.
      • Searching the required opening reference in the database, if no Structure Reference Catalog or Structure Reference Library resource is set in Data Setup.

    3. In the Position list, select the required positioning mode. For more information, see Standard Opening on Profile Dialog Box.
    4. In the Longitudinal Parameters area, enter the required parameters.
    5. In the Trans./Vert. Parameters area, enter the required parameters.
    6. In the Orientation area, enter the angle value to change the orientation of the profile.

      Important: The change in the orientation of the profile is not visible when you create a Round type opening.

    7. Select the Preview check box to preview the openings created on the profile.
      The preview is displayed.
  8. Click OK in the Standard Opening dialog box.
  9. Click OK in the Opening on Profile dialog box.
    The opening is created on the profile.
    The image below shows the standard openings created on profile using Spacing / Offset mode, with spacing 500mm and offset 200mm.

  10. Optional: To edit the opening, select the opening in the work area, and click Opening on Profile on the context toolbar.

Important: You can copy an opening from an object (panel, plate, or profile) to another using the Advanced Copy. To do so, select the reference planes of the source and destination objects, and select the opening to be copy. Perform the reroute analysis and change the Applied on object from the source object to the destination object. The opening is copied. For more information, see reroute analysis.

Create Pass Through Point on Standard Opening

You can create a center point and a centerline to detect the center of the standard opening on profile.

  1. Select Yes in the Create Points and Lines list in the Display section.
  2. Create a standard opening on profile.
  3. Expand the tree.
  4. Under the Opening_x node, select SddOpeningForProfileCenterPoint.x and SddOpeningForProfileCenterLine.x. Right-click and select Hide/Show to display the center point and center line of the opening on profile.
    The center point and center line appear.

Important:
  • You can set an action rule in Rules Catalog or Rules Library in Data Setup to compute the creation of a center point and centerline for the standard opening on profile according to the opening category. For more information, see Create Pass Through Point Action Rule.
  • When the action rule is assigned, then center point and center line are created for openings as per the defined setting and action rule.
  • To view a set of center points and center lines on a particular layer, you can assign an action rule. For more information, see Index of Layer Action Rule.
  • If the action rules are modified, you need to right-click the opening and select Reset Action Rule to apply the changes to the opening.
Tip: To create a scallop on the profile along the split line of seamed panel, you need to select the Offset/Offset as the positioning mode and the edge of the split plate as a reference. For proper positioning of the scallop, select Top Center as the anchor point.