Performing Rule-based Copy

Creating a Symmetrical Copy

You can copy one or more structural objects creating mirror symmetry with respect to a reference plane.

  1. Click Rule-based Copy .
  2. At the upper right of the Rule-based Copy dialog box, click Show Preferences and specify a rerouting rule.

    If the rerouting rule is added in the rules catalog or rules library in Data Setup, it is preselected.

  3. Select Symmetry.
  4. In the Symmetry plane box, select a plane with respect to which the symmetry will be created.

    You can select a plane or a structural object (panel or stiffener). In case of a structural object, its support plane is taken into account.

    Recommendation: Select the symmetry plane from the active structure system.

  5. In the objects area, select the structural objects from the 3D area or the tree.

    You can select panels, parametric panels, stiffeners, stiffeners on free edges, and beams (of all types except the Beams and Plane type).

  6. Select the check boxes of the required structural objects and click Copy .
    The objects are copied. The new objects are created under the active structure system.
  7. To verify the status of the inputs between the new and original objects, click Detail Specification and select a row,

    In the Detail Specification dialog box, for the new objects, you can:

    • Replace the inputs either by selecting new elements from the tree or the 3D area, or by creating new wireframe or surface elements using the context menu.
    • Flip the orientation of the inputs.
    Click Update .