Creating a Publication

You can create a publication on a representation.

Tip: To customize the display of publications in the tree, do one of the following:
  • Open Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling Systems Architecture > Publications. For more information, see Native Apps Preferences Guide: Publication..
  • Use the Tree Reordering command. See Reordering the Tree Manually.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Publications

Publish the Content of a Representation

You can create a publication associated with a pointed element in a representation.

  1. From the Product Modification section of the action bar, click Create a Publication .
  2. Select an object (for example, select a PartBody in a 3D Shape representation).

    Important: You cannot create a publication on the representation of a 3D part. You can create a publication at the 3D part level.

    Tip: On a cylinder pad, you can create the publication:
    • On the axis: If the Publish by default the Axis of a curved surface option is selected
    • On the face: If the Allow publication of faces, edges, vertices and axes extremities option is selected.

      To access these options, open Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling Systems Architecture > Publications. See Native Apps Preferences Guide: Publication.

    The Publication dialog box appears.
  3. From the Publication tab, in the Functional Name box, enter a name for the publication.

    Note: By default, the name of the published element is proposed. You can accept the default name or enter a different name.

    Tip: From the Published Element tab, the detailed path and a preview are displayed.

  4. Click Finish to close the dialog box.
    The publication appears in the tree.
    Notes:
    • Publications on representations can be edited in the context of a product structure and also in a pure mechanical part context.
    • If several publications exist under the Publications node, they are ordered alphabetically. To customize the publications order in the tree, see Display.

Insert an Empty Publication in a Product

You can create an empty publication on a product, and define later its pointed element.

  1. Right-click a product and select Insert > Publication.
    The Publication dialog box appears.
  2. From the Publication tab, enter a name for the publication in the Functional Name box.

    Note: A default name for the publication is provided.

  3. Click OK.
    The new publication appears in the tree.
This publication is empty. To associate a pointed element to this publication, you can edit the publication properties.