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Element-Rows?
Each Element-Row in the Design-Set can 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
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 Dimension or Parameter.
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
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.
<<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.
The two dimensions 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.
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