Creating a Standard Opening

You can create an opening using the standard contours. Standard contours are listed in opening table which is set in Data Setup.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Open the structure containing panel for creating openings on it.
See Also
Opening Dialog Box
Standard Opening Dialog Box
Managing Openings
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Create Standard Opening on Panel

You can create standard opening on panel.

  1. From the Detail section of the action bar, click Opening on Panel .
    The Opening 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 panel on which you want to create opening.
    The selected panel appears in the Applied to box.
  4. In the Method list, select Standard.

    Note: In the Direction box, the support of panel is selected.

  5. Click .

    The Standard Opening dialog box appears.

  6. 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 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.
    4. In the References area, select reference planes or panels and if required, give offset for the references.
    5. Select the Preview check box to preview the opening.
      The preview is displayed.
    6. Click OK.
  7. Optional: In the Forming list, select the required mode.
  8. Click OK in the Opening dialog box.
    The opening is created.

  9. Optional: To edit the opening, right-click it in the tree and select Opening_name > Opening.

    You can also edit multiple standard openings at the same time, provided that they are positioned using a same positioning strategy. To do so, select the openings in the tree, and right-click and select Selected Objects > Opening.

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 panel.

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

Important:
  • You can assign 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 panel 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 rule is modified, you need to right-click the opening and select Reset Action Rule to apply the changes to the opening.