Inserting Automatic Parts

You can insert automatic parts. These parts are inserted automatically when the application detects an end style configuration that is defined in the automatic part rule. The end styles can be on two parts, or a part and a pipe/tube or duct.

Before you begin:
  • Open a document with the parts between which you need to insert automatic parts. These parts must exist in your catalog.
  • The CATIA Systems Generative Piping and Tubing license is required.
  1. From the Fluid Design section of the action bar, select Part Mode as process mode.
  2. From the Selection Options dialog box, select Part Selection .
    For more information about the different selection options, see Selection Options and Process Modes.
  3. Select the route on which you want to insert automatic parts.
  4. On the context toolbar, click Automatic Part .
  5. In the Automatic Part panel, select the options of your choice.
    OptionDescription
    Smart Mode

    Smart Mode: places the parts used for the first port without displaying the Automatic Part Rule Sets or Table Browser dialog boxes. For more information, see Piping & Tubing 3D Design:Table Browser or HVAC 3D Design:Table Browser.

    Smart No:
    Table Show

    Show Table: displays the Automatic Part Rule Sets dialog box when you insert the automatic part.

    Note: If there are multiple rules ID, the dialog box always appears.

    Do not Show Table:
    Reframe Mode

    Reframe On: centers the first connection in the work area.

    Reframe Off
    Place Mode

    UIActive: creates the instances in the UI active product.

    Part Parent: creates the instances in the parent product of the selected part.

    Connected Part Parent: creates the instances in the connected parts parent product of the selected part.
    Place All

    Commit All: inserts automatic parts on each port.
  6. Select the port where you want to insert automatic parts.


    The Automatic Part Rule Sets dialog box appears if you have selected Show Table .

    Note: If the couples of end styles are different, then the rules applied are different for each couple.
  7. Click the Rule Preview tab in the Rule Information box if you want to see a detailed picture describing the different parts that will be added.


    Note: To have a thumbnail in the Rule Preview tab, you must create an engineering document containing the thumbnail and add the thumbnail name in the Picture column of the Automatic Part Rules Definition table. This table is available in the Piping/Tubing Design Resources or HVAC Design Resources in the Data Setup.
  8. Select a rule ID in the Matched Rule IDs box and click OK.

    The Table Browser dialog box appears.

    Note: The catalog appears only if it has more than one part that can be used as an automatic part.
  9. Select the automatic part.
    The automatic part is inserted on the selected port.

  10. Click Show final result to display information about the automatic parts that have been inserted.
    Information is displayed in the Automatic Part Result dialog box.
    Notes:
    • If the Insert Automatic Part command is still active, you can select a same part to insert automatic parts. The smart process is applied, using the same rules.
    • The Automatic Part Rules table of the current specification is used by the command to retrieve the right part. This table is available in the Piping/Tubing Design Resources or in the HVAC Design Resources.