Add Dimensions to the Design-Set
Element-Rows?
Each Element-Row in the Design-Setcan be linked to a dimension ... from the Part-Editor or parameter ... from a Function-Block- which you can then edit with the Design-Set dialog-box.
Important:
After you add a dimension or parameter to a Design-Set, you can only edit it with the Design-Set dialog-box.
To edit a dimension or a parameter in the normal way again, you must delete it from the Design-Set dialog-box.
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STEP 1: Open the Design-Set dialog-box
STEP 2: Unlock the Design-Set dialog-box
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1. Click Padlock |
The icons become colorized.
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STEP 3: Add four(4) Element-Rows to the Design-Set
There are now 4 Element Rows in the Design-Set.
An Element Row - before you select a or .
 Select in Graphics - the Element-name (and Parent) of the Dimension or Parameter you select.
 Padlock - in gray before you select an element - its use is explained later
 Property Value (units) - the value and units of the Dimension or Parameter you select.
 Min-Max button - to limit the element value between a Minimum and Maximum
The active Element-Row has a white-border around the Element-Row.
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Select from one Parameter or Dimension for each Element Row.
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STEP 4: Add to the Design-Set those dimension that define the position of the Cam-Shaft.
Do not close the Design-Set before you open the Part-Editor.
The dimensions are now Gray in the graphic-area; you cannot edit them in the Part-Editor.
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The dimensions are now in the Design-Set
 Note: the Padlock in each Element-Row is colorized and Locked.
When the icon is in this state, you cannot overwrite the Element-Row with a new Dimension or Parameter.
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STEP 5: Rename each dimension to help you identify it in the Design Set.
1.Part-Editor: Close the Design-Set dialog
2.Part-Editor: In the graphic-area: Click the dimension relative to the Y-axis
It should now be in the Selection-Window
3.Part-Editor: Right-click the dimension in the Selection-Window.
4.Part-Editor: Click Rename in contextual-menu
5.Enter Cam-X, press ENTER on your keyboard, close the Rename dialog.
Do 1-4 again, but enter Cam-Y
5.Part-Editor: Exit the Part-Editor
6.Mechanism-Editor: Open the Design-Set dialog to see the new Dimension names - Cam-X and Cam-Y. |
<<the Design-Set and the two Dimension :
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STEP 6: Add to the Design-Set those dimension that define the position of the Cam-Roller.
1.Mechanism-Editor: Edit the Cam-Follower Part
2.Part-Editor: Click - make its X-axis horizontal
3.Design-Set dialog: Click Select in graphics, to make it the active Element Row
4.Part-Editor: Click the two dimensions that define the center of the Cam-Roller relative to the X-axis and Y-axis of the Cam-Follower Part. |
The two dimensions are now in the Design-Set, and gray in the Part-Editor.
There is now a dimension in each of the four(4) Element-rows.
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STEP 7: Rename the dimensions to help you identify them in the Design Set.
1.Part-Editor: Close the Design-Set dialog
2.Part-Editor: In the graphic-area: Click the dimension relative to the Y-axis (see above
It should now be in the Selection-Window
3.Part-Editor: Right-click the dimension in the Selection-Window.
4.Part-Editor: Click Rename in contextual-menu
5.Rename dialog: Enter Roller-X, press ENTER on your keyboard, close the Rename dialog
Do 1-4 again, but enter Roller-Y
6.Part-Editor: Exit the Part-Editor
7.Click - so that the X-axis of the Base-Part is horizontal again.
8.Mechanism-Editor: Open the Design-Set dialog to see the new Dimension names. |
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