Standard Opening on Profile Dialog Box

The Standard Opening on Profile dialog box appears when you click Browse in the Opening on Profile dialog box. It provides various options to create a standard opening.

This dialog box contains controls for:

This page discusses:

See Also
Creating a Standard Opening on a Profile

Type

In the Type box, select the type of the opening.

  • Rectangular
  • Round
  • Oblong
  • Catalog

For the Catalog type, you can create a user-defined opening by selecting a contour from the opening table defined in Data Setup.

Contour

In the Contour box, select the available contours.

The table browser for selection of opening contour appears when you click More... in the Contour box.

  • This list is generated from the opening table defined in the Resources Catalog or the Resources Library resource specified 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.
  • Filters are applied depending upon the opening type and contour.
  • + sign near Contour Name box and Contour Type box indicates the filter applied. Click Reset Filter to remove filter.

Position

In the Position list, select the appropriate option to define the location and orientation of the opening.

You can define location of the opening using following options:

Spacing / Offset

The opening is positioned along the trace from a reference point at the defined spacing and offset values.

Mid Dist / Offset
The opening is positioned halfway between two elements along the trace and offset from another reference element. The reference element will be the anchor point.
Offset / Offset
The opening is positioned along the trace at the defined offset value from the reference plane.

Parameters

In the Parameters area, you can specify different parameters, anchor point and orientation angle.

Longitudinal Parameters
For Spacing / Offset position mode:
Reference Point
Select the start or end extremity as a reference point from where the opening is computed. The name of the extremity may change according to the name of the directions of the bounding box.
Offset
In the Offset box, enter the value by which the opening is offset from the reference point.
Instance(s)
In the Instances box, enter the number of openings you want to create on the profile.
Spacing
In the Spacing box, enter the value to maintain the spacing between the openings.
Repetition mode
Select any one of the repetition mode:
  • Absolute(default mode)
  • Relative

Let us take a profile having length 1000 mm. For the absolute mode, if the offset = 50 mm with 3 instances and a spacing of 200 mm, then the horizontal curvilinear abscissa will be 250 mm, 450 mm and 650 mm.

For the relative mode, the value is multiplied by the length of the trace. In this case, the offset value will be relative too. Here the offset value will become 0.05, the spacing will be 0.2 and the horizontal relative abscissa will be 0.25 , 0.45 and 0.65.

If you switch from relative to absolute or from absolute to relative, the values are updated from their previous values.

For Mid Dist / Offset position mode:
References
Select two or more reference planes or panels.
Chain
Select the Chain check box to make the end reference of an opening as the start reference for another opening.

By default, the check box is clear.

For Offset / Offset position mode:
References
Select one or more reference planes or panels.
Offset
Enter the offset value to be applied on the opening from the reference plane.
Trans./Vert. Parameters
Offset
In the Offset box, enter the value by which the opening will be offset from the anchor point in the horizontal or vertical direction.
Anchor Point
In the Anchor Point list, select the appropriate anchor point to get the correct orientation of opening.
Orientation
Angle
In the Angle box, type the value or use the arrows to change the value. This is the angle of rotation of the opening around the anchor point.
Preview
Select the Preview check box to preview the openings on profile in the work area.

Contour

In the Contour tab, you can specify the opening dimensions.

Note: The Status column indicates if the parameter value is editable or not. If the status is Locked, then the value is not editable. You can edit only unlocked values.