Allocating Areas for Steel Outfitting Design

You can reserve areas for adding the components, steel outfitting systems, and foundation.

Before you begin: Create a product structure. See Creating a Product Structure for Steel Outfitting Design.
  1. Create the Reserve Areas node in the tree under the Steel Outfitting Design node:
    1. Right-click the Steel Outfitting Design node in the tree and select Insert > Product.
    2. In the New Content dialog box, click Physical Product.
    3. In the Physical Product dialog box, specify the title of the root product (for example Reserve Areas) and click OK.
  2. Insert new design space reference (for example ReserveArea_1) in the tree under the Reserve Areas node:
    1. Right-click the ReserveAreas node in the tree and select Insert > Extended Product.
    2. In the New Content dialog box, select Space Allocation > Design Space Reference.
  3. In the tree, double-click the representation (3D Shape) available under the ReserveArea_1 node to activate it.
  4. Switch to the Part Design Essentials app and design volume of the area.
  5. Assign the volume to the ReserveArea_1:
    1. Right click the ReserveArea_1 in the tree and select Assign Volume .
    2. Select a volume in the tree or 3D area.
    The area gets reserved for the steel outfitting.
  6. Repeat the steps 2 to 5 to reserve other areas.


    Note: For more information, see Space Allocation User's Guide.